Rise with SAP for Public Sector Enterprises

Innovation and transformation are concepts that transcend sectors, industries, and markets. SAP has been at the forefront when it comes to transforming enterprises but while lesser known, SAP has tailored its solutions for public sector needs to address the unique challenges they face like complexities with managing large-scale data, regulatory compliance, and to fulfil objectives such as improved operational efficiency with real-time analytics, scalability, and flexibility. Whether it is Business AI to automate and streamline processes, or enhance operational efficiency, SAP’s public sector portfolio offers capabilities that go beyond budget and finance, asset management, omnichannel and insight services among others. These capabilities allow the governments and public sector entities to meet the escalating service demands, manage budgets effectively, and create citizen-centric policies. With SAP systems, governments can deliver optimized citizen services and ensure faster response times and enhanced accessibility through applications and solutions that SAP makes easier to build.

RISE with SAP: A Game Changer for Public Sector

RISE with SAP is SAP’s innovative solution designed to support organizations through the complex journey of cloud transformation. This end-to-end service provides everything required for a seamless digital transition, including the powerful SAP S/4HANA Cloud platform, advanced Business Process Intelligence (BPI) tools, technical migration support, and comprehensive infrastructure management. RISE with SAP provides a standardized approach and simplifies the adoption of cloud ERP systems, delivered ‘as a service’ which also helps lower total cost with customizations that are available through SAP BTP. RISE with SAP offers a streamlined path to a cloud operating model, in customers provisioned datacenters for businesses that need less complexity and more scalability—while complementing their existing governance standards by playing well with existing processes—with lower cost and risk.

For public sector entities, RISE with SAP is an AI-embedded offering that provides robust opportunities to embrace a “cloud”-first strategy and modernize operations. By consolidating systems and upgrading outdated processes, it significantly lowers IT infrastructure costs and reduces maintenance burdens. This agility allows governments to adapt more effectively to evolving citizen needs and policy changes. Integrated analytics and automation capabilities enable public sector organizations to optimize workflows, foster transparency, and enhance service delivery. With RISE with SAP, public sector enterprises can meet growing demands through efficient, scalable, and innovative solutions, positioning themselves to thrive in an increasingly digital world.

AI for Public Sector Enterprises

With SAP’s built-in Business AI capabilities and automation, public sector can not only enhance funding decisions but can also forecast budgets and deliver services with hyper personalization. SAP Business AI analyzes data with contextual awareness to make better decisions that improve people’s lives like chatbots for citizen services, and fraud detection. SAP’s generative AI copilot, Joule, can transform user interactions with SAP business systems by delivering secure, context-aware insights and simplifying intricate workflows. By improving user experience and amplifying developer efficiency, Joule’s sophisticated code-generation tools streamline tasks like creating data models, crafting application logic, and generating test scripts. Particularly impactful in regulated industries, higher education, and public sector management, Joule helps financial system navigation and decision-making and expedites training for financial rollouts, replacing time-intensive documentation searches with intuitive, on-demand guidance. This reduces IT workload while enabling users to make well-informed, strategic choices with greater speed and confidence.

Choosing the Right Deployment Model for Public Sector

Public sector organizations face unique challenges and requirements that make a Customer Data Center (CDC) version of RISE with SAP a more suitable choice compared to hyperscaler cloud solutions. Here are the key reasons:

1. Data Sovereignty and Compliance: Public sector entities must adhere to stringent data sovereignty laws and regulations, ensuring that sensitive data remains within national borders. Customer data center option of RISE provide greater control over data location and compliance with local regulations.
2. Security and Privacy: Government organizations handle highly sensitive information, including personal data of citizens. RISE with , Customer Data Center (CDC) systems offer enhanced security measures and reduce the risk of data breaches by keeping data within the organization’s own infrastructure.
3. Customization and Control: Public sector organizations often require highly customized solutions to meet specific operational needs. RISE CDC allows for greater customization and control over the software environment, enabling tailored solutions that align with unique governmental processes.
4. Cost Predictability: While hyperscaler solutions can offer scalability, they come with unpredictable cost. Customer data center SAP systems involve a more predictable cost structure, with investments and ongoing maintenance costs that can be more easily budgeted and managed.
5. Performance and Reliability: RISE Customer data center systems can offer superior performance and reliability, as they are not dependent on internet connectivity and external cloud service providers. This ensures continuous and uninterrupted access to critical systems and data.
6. Long-Term Investment: Investing in customer data center infrastructure can be seen as a long-term asset for public sector organizations. It provides stability and control over IT resources, reducing dependency on third-party cloud providers and potential future cost escalations.

By choosing the RISE customer data center option of SAP, public sector organizations can ensure compliance, enhance security, maintain control, and achieve cost predictability, all while meeting their unique operational needs.

Modern Cloud Experience Customer Data Centers with Dell

Dell Technologies with SAP offers a streamlined, as-a-Service cloud solution in one contract and enables public sector organizations to ensure their technology aligns with business needs. RISE with SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Private Edition, Customer Data Center Option integrates SAP’s private managed cloud and Dell’s infrastructure-as-a-service and allows organizations to use cloud features while keeping their SAP systems and data securely in customer provisioned data centers. Dell Technologies partners with SAP to deliver the SAP S/4HANA Cloud solution on SAP-certified Dell infrastructure—servers, storage, networking, and data protection—installed, monitored, and managed by Dell either customer data centers or in a colocation facility.

Dell APEX is a portfolio of as-a-Service solutions that simplifies digital transformation by enhancing IT agility and control. It allows businesses to focus on running their operations, rather than managing infrastructure, and enables quick adaptation to changing business needs while minimizing risk and optimizing resources. The solution provides agility and control over performance-sensitive workloads, allowing businesses to choose where to manage them and helps offload daily IT maintenance with Dell’s infrastructure.