By Emily Jacobs
HP has introduced the HP as-a-Service solution for SAP HANA, combining the SAP HANA software license with hardware and ongoing management to produce an as-a-service model.
According to HP, this model allows clients to avoid capital expenditure and lower their ownership costs, the only expense being a monthly subscription fee.
The new solution runs in an HP Managed Cloud environment, either as a managed virtual private cloud or managed private cloud, within a region-based, enterprise-class HP data centre facility.
“Today’s market pressures create the need for companies to know in real-time what is going on with their enterprise, their clients and even their competitors, so they can stay competitive,” said David Caspari, managing director of HP South Pacific.
As part of the new solution, the HP Migration Factory for SAP HANA will provide the best in-class migration, ensuring HP will plan, migrate, validate, secure and deliver clients’ mission-critical data onto the SAP HANA platform. All migration services will be performed under SAP-certified methodology.
“SAP is laser-focused on our joint clients’ business challenges and technology needs, and with HP as our strategic partner, we are delivering integrated solutions that enable them to become best-run businesses,” said Andrew Barkla, president and managing director of SAP Australia and New Zealand.
“This new offering is part of SAP’s HANA Enterprise Cloud strategy to offer mission-critical end-to-end managed cloud services to its customers, both directly and through its valued partners such as HP.”
The initiative will initially be launched in the Australian and New Zealand market, followed by a global roll-out.
