A Massive Cloud Migration—in a flash
Key Takeaways
⇨ Successful Cloud Migration: SAP, in collaboration with Accenture, migrated nine data centers to the cloud with zero service interruptions, enhancing operational efficiency and scalability.
⇨ Enhanced Security and Performance: The new cloud infrastructure improved the security, reliability, and performance of SAP SuccessFactors applications, supporting better user experiences and operational capabilities.
⇨ Support for Intelligent Enterprises: This transformation positions SAP to better help its customers become intelligent enterprises, utilizing advanced technologies like AI and real-time analytics for optimized business operations.
A top priority for SAP was ensuring zero service interruptions for SAP SuccessFactors users—more than 120 million company employees in 200+ countries. The migration had to occur entirely during existing 24-36-hour time slots slated for maintenance. That meant it would need to be split into 38 separate runs executed with precision and speed. To minimize extra infrastructure costs, SAP needed each data center to be fully decommissioned in 15 days.
An important part of SAP’s transformation initiative was migrating to hyperscalers the nine large data centers that serve SAP SuccessFactors, a customizable, comprehensive suite of human resources management software including core HR, payroll, talent management, and much more. Migrations
typically involve addressing a single customer’s needs on timing, logistics, and other issues. This project would require communicating and coordinating with SAP SuccessFactors’ more than 9,000 customers and 150,000 separate tenants.
SAP, the global enterprise software developer, has a vision to enable companies to become a network of intelligent enterprises. An intelligent enterprise uses AI, automation, and analytics to optimize businesses in real-time—and ultimately helps companies with their business transformations.
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SAP saw an enormous opportunity to support its vision and its customers’ transformations by transforming itself—in essence, doing what it encourages its customers to do. It redefined its business model to focus on delivering its end-to-end software suite from the cloud—rather than from on-premises facilities.
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