Silicon Labs Boosts SAP Core, Cuts Support Costs with Rimini Street Deal

Silicon Labs has entered into a multi-year agreement with Rimini Street Inc. for long-term SAP maintenance and support as the company continues modernizing its SAP core. The partnership will help Silicon Labs optimize its SAP ECC environment while enabling the development of new capabilities across the business. 

The U.S.-based semiconductor manufacturer had earlier enlisted Rimini Street’s services for a larger project involving alignment of its 12 SAP environments with modern operating system and database standards. Through this project, Rimini Street reduced Silicon Labs’ technical debt by improving platform stability and strengthening its security and compliance posture. The project also helped support better decision-making by enabling real-time reporting capabilities. 

Modernization Without Migration 

Through this latest strategic partnership with Rimini Street, Silicon Labs aims to add new capabilities built around its SAP core, maximizing its SAP ECC 6.0 investment, without the disruption and cost of migrating its SAP systems to the cloud. 

Radhika Chennakeshavula, CIO and vice president of Silicon Labs, said the company is continuing to build on the value of its SAP ECC system while introducing new capabilities to support growth. She added that Silicon Labs is modernizing its SAP core in a way that aligns with its innovation strategy and preferred transformation pace. 

The company’s strategy allows it to utilize third-party support as an existing SAP customer, to optimize current systems, as they shape long-term SAP S/4HANA strategies. 

Immediate Savings and Expanded Capabilities 

The five-year agreement, which reflects the diversity of modernization paths across the SAP customer ecosystem, will get Silicon Labs: 

• Immediate savings of 50% on support costs, annually.  

• Access to Rimini Watch, Rimini Street’s change management alternative solution to SAP Solution Manager, supporting Silicon Labs’ ongoing growth initiatives. 

• Access to Rimini Street’s Agentic AI ERP solutions.  

Jeff Chenevey, Rimini Street’s VP of manufacturing industry solutions, said the company is proud to partner with manufacturers like Silicon Labs to help build secure, resilient operations capable of adopting new technologies without undergoing lengthy migrations or replatforming. 

What This Means for SAPinsiders 

Modernization isn’t one-size-fits-all. Silicon Labs’ ongoing partnership with Rimini Street for its SAP ECC initiatives shows how organizations can strengthen and optimize their SAP ECC core as part of a phased transformation strategy, even as they evaluate future cloud or SAP S/4HANA options.  

Clear timelines from software providers are shaping strategy. With SAP’s upcoming 2027–2030 support timeline for ECC in view, many organizations are using this period to implement foundational upgrades and reduce technical debt. SAPinsider research shows that the upcoming end of mainstream maintenance for SAP ECC and SAP Business Suite is the most significant driver for migration for 57% of organizations, and one of the top external factors (46%) influencing S/4HANA plans over the past year. By preparing now, organizations are setting up their move to next-generation platforms at a pace that aligns with their strategy. 

Third-party services can complement SAP roadmaps. This case highlights how some SAP customers use external support partners to reduce costs and free up internal resources, allowing teams to focus on innovation and longer-term SAP strategy planning.