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SAP Cloud Providers: An Overview and Key Considerations
What are SAP Cloud Providers?
For those moving SAP workloads to the cloud, there are multiple choices available in terms of where those solutions and their associated data repositories are located. For years organizations have been using hosting partners or managed service providers for infrastructure, though these are now referred to as private cloud environments.
At the other end of the spectrum are the SAP Hyperscalers (link to landing page) or what are called public cloud providers. These large organizations often have software or data from multiple customers running on the same hardware or systems in different virtual environments, called multi-tenant public cloud. These public cloud providers can also offer single-tenant public cloud environments where they ensure that software and data from only one organization is present on any given infrastructure.
SAP Cloud Providers: An Overview and Key Considerations
What are SAP Cloud Providers?
For those moving SAP workloads to the cloud, there are multiple choices available in terms of where those solutions and their associated data repositories are located. For years organizations have been using hosting partners or managed service providers for infrastructure, though these are now referred to as private cloud environments.
At the other end of the spectrum are the SAP Hyperscalers (link to landing page) or what are called public cloud providers. These large organizations often have software or data from multiple customers running on the same hardware or systems in different virtual environments, called multi-tenant public cloud. These public cloud providers can also offer single-tenant public cloud environments where they ensure that software and data from only one organization is present on any given infrastructure.
Other environments considered to be SAP Cloud Providers include larger managed service providers that offer their own hosting services in combination with infrastructure from larger public cloud providers. Some examples of these providers working in the SAP space include, but are not limited to:
The last type of SAP Cloud Provider is the managed environment on-premise offered by large technology companies. In these environments, organizations pay based on usage as they would with a public cloud or hyperscaler, but the hardware is physically located in their own data centers. Organizations offering these solutions for SAP are:
Key Considerations for SAPinsiders
- Ensure that you understand as much about your cloud service provider as you can before moving workloads. Every organization will want to understand how much it will cost them to start running workloads in the cloud, and how security can be assured on the data that they have located there. But there are other questions that you should also get answered before selecting a cloud service provider. This blog covers six basic questions that you should ask your cloud service provider before you start moving your SAP workloads and provides a starting point for making sure you know everything you need to know before making a commitment.
- Understand what sort of cloud environment you need and what best suits your requirements.There are many choices when it comes to cloud environments, including private cloud and public cloud, and a combination of these environments referred to as a hybrid landscape. Not every environment is suited for every deployment or every organization, and understanding the pros and cons of each choice is one of the most crucial parts of moving to the cloud. This article interviews multiple executives who made different choices when it came to cloud deployments in their own organizations, and why those made sense to them. Understanding these options is important to ensuring your own cloud success.
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RISE with SAP’s New Hyperscaler Option is IBMJul 1, 2025 — RISE with SAP on IBM Power Virtual Server is now available, offering a familiar cloud migration path for existing SAP S/4HANA users and those on older SAP ERP systems, allowing for a streamlined transition to SAP Cloud ERP that enhances reliability and reduces complexity while leveraging IBM's infrastructure.
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SAP Archiving in Microsoft Azure Checklist to Get StartedAug 1, 2024 — SAP and Microsoft are increasingly dancing around the room together. But hold on: the big move to the Azure cloud is often brought to a standstill by the many stumbling blocks of the small peripheral systems. What do you need to bear in mind to archive from SAP to Azure with ease?
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How Cloud Integration Platforms Can Help SAP Users Improve Transparency and CommunicationMar 26, 2024 — Today, many companies feel that traditional ways of managing SAP systems require a lot of manual handling and are not efficient enough to fulfill required business goals in time. This is especially the case in functions, such as purchase requisition and invoice approval. With the growing need to digitalize their systems, organizations adopt various external […]
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Leveraging SAP’s Transformation Suite approach with LeanIX, SAP Signavio, and SAP Cloud ALMDec 19, 2023 — Join us for a valuable pre-conference session covering the interplay of LeanIX, Signavio, and SAP Cloud ALM. This engaging session will empower enterprise architects and Centers of Excellence (COEs) with innovative and efficient strategies to lead transformation initiatives. Attendees will gain the insights to navigate modern transformation complexities confidently and flexibly. You will: Demystify the […]
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Enable Business Outcomes with Enriched DataOct 12, 2021 — Organizations want to understand and leverage their data more effectively. But they often do not know how much cloud elasticity they will need to get the most out of that data. And they usually do not want to put additional systems in place that add more complexity to their landscape.
SAPinsider interviewed Edy Sardilli, Global Alliances and Strategic Business Development Leader at Google Cloud, and Alison Hettrick, Head of SAP Solution Management at Google Cloud, to better understand this challenge and how Google Cloud is addressing it.
Many companies struggle to enrich and process their data to gain business insights for better decision making, Sardilli says. To give SAP customers tools to integrate their systems with non-SAP systems and to better consume and enrich their data, Google Cloud is launching Google Cloud Cortex Framework. This framework will offer scenario-driven reference architectures, analytic templates, sample deployment content, accelerators, and integration services.
Read this article to learn more about Google Cloud Cortex Framework.
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Modernize your SAP landscape with Red Hat and IntelJul 14, 2021 — Organizations are digitally transforming to take advantage of growth opportunities in new markets, adapt to evolving customer behaviors and preferences, and combat increased competitive pressure. As a result, modernizing infrastructure with increased agility, flexibility, manageability, and security is a top long-term goal for 49% of organizations. Technologies like containers, microservices, and cloud infrastructure support these […]
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Build a modern data estate with Microsoft Azure and SAPJun 11, 2021 — In this session, SAP and MSFT experts will share how customers can unlock insights from their SAP data using SAP and Azure analytics solutions. Join us to learn about:
- How to use Azure data and analytics services to drive improved business outcomes
- How to drive business transformation using SAP Business Solutions
- The data federation architecture with SAP HANA Cloud services and with Azure
- How the SAP and Microsoft partnership enables agility in your data and analytics landscape
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Top 10 Considerations for Your SAP Deployment in Public CloudMar 27, 2020 — Many SAP customers have had mission critical SAP applications running on-premise for years. These SAP applications support business processes related to finance, supply chain, and human resources, making the availability of these applications is critical to successfully run a business. There are also data privacy requirements that must be met. Oftentimes these SAP systems are accessed across the globe, requiring that network latency be optimal.
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