Future Proofing SAP Change Management
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Key Takeaways
⇨ SAP Solution Manager (SAP SolMan) is becoming outdated for managing cloud environments, as it was primarily designed for on-premise systems, necessitating a transition to SAP Cloud ALM for effective Application Lifecycle Management.
⇨ Integrating SAP Cloud ALM with Rev-Trac enhances change management capabilities by providing automation, end-to-end traceability, and compliance, ultimately fostering a more agile and flexible SAP environment.
⇨ Rev-Trac Platinum accelerates the change management process for both ABAP and Cloud environments, delivering low-risk enhancements and ensuring stability while promoting a unified SAP DevOps strategy.
In complex IT landscapes using SAP systems, managing change can be complex and error-prone especially when it involves implementing, maintaining, and integrating SAP applications and systems. SAP launched SAP Solution Manager (SAP SolMan) to address such challenges and enable companies to run SAP systems seamlessly. It has been the main tool for handling the full Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) cycle, especially for monitoring, change management, and migration planning. However, as companies increasingly move to the cloud, SAP Solution Manager lacks the flexibility to manage applications in today’s cloud environments effectively as companies as it was primarily designed for on-premise systems. Additionally, with the end of mainstream maintenance of SAP applications in 2027 fast approaching, SAP customers will need to transition from SAP SolMan to SAP Cloud ALM.
However, while SAP Cloud Application Lifecycle Management (Cloud ALM) offers a modern, scalable solution to manage the entire lifecycle of SAP systems and applications, transitioning to Cloud ALM in turn presents challenges pertaining to new tools adoption and processes, and managing change without disruption.
Integrating SAP Cloud ALM with Rev-Trac, the SAP DevOps platform, enables organizations to build a strong, automated change management framework that is ready for future business demands. This enables companies to keep their SAP environments agile, secure, and aligned with business goals, allowing faster, high-quality changes with enhanced automation and augmented DevOps for scalable, adaptable processes for future SAP needs.
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Rev-Trac with SAP Cloud ALM empowers organizations to manage changes in a more flexible manner while ensuring end-to-end traceability, compliance, and automation – bringing together Agile & DevOps principles with built-in capabilities to help companies become future-ready for upcoming transformations in their SAP landscapes. This not only ensures that changes to SAP environments comply with standards, but it also drives agility and building secure SAP environments.
Additionally, Rev-Trac, enhances Cloud ALM with automated change control with its Rev-Trac Platinum offering that delivers fast, low-risk enhancements for SAP applications, and strengthens SAP environments with accelerated change management to maintain agility and compliance. Rev-Trac Platinum simplifies ABAP and Cloud change management, helping organizations create a unified SAP DevOps strategy for complex systems. It combines key DevOps tools to deliver quick, frequent, and secure changes through automation. By reducing manual work and ensuring consistent processes, Rev-Trac speeds up deployments without risking system stability.
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