Building highly reliable systems of 99.99 or above, which is must for mission-critical systems for any enterprise, is an expensive undertaking that requires deliberate designs and architecture practices regardless of whether it is for the cloud or on-premise. SAP's portfolio of cloud Line of Business solutions delivers the flexibility, choice, and control the customers need to plug innovation into their business. As growing digitization and evolving consumer demand rapidly change the marketplace, executives must find new ways to innovate for business advantages. Quickly and smoothly implement new SAP technologies and applications – no matter if the deployment scenario is on-premise, in the cloud, or a combination of the two.
SAP on Cloud
Businesses are increasingly looking for the rapid provisioning, elasticity, self-service capabilities, and on-demand advantages of cloud applications and services.
The most important reasons for customers to consider cloud-based computing:
- Fast implementation time, providing quick access to functionality
- Reduced IT efforts because both hardware and software operation and maintenance are the provider’s responsibility
- Flexibility due to subscription rather than licensing contracts and “pay-what-you-use” concepts
- Scalability to support changing business needs and supporting growth
But other than SAP Managed Services or HEC, what are the choices for going to Cloud? The key is here – trust or confidence and then level of support after moving to the cloud. There should be the right expertise to translate your business needs into a clear roadmap for transforming your IT landscape. Enterprises are struggling on searching on detailed information while moving to the cloud. That’s why I have thought that let’s collect all the information available for the most popular choice, i.e, AWS and publish it for the industry. This document has been created from available public information and as on August’2015.