Managed cloud services business Virtustream has expanded its partnership with SAP, becoming one of only a few global partners able to provide cloud infrastructure services for SAP solutions in the HANA Enterprise Cloud.
Virtustream was recently acquired by the EMC Federation, which also includes businesses such as VMware, Pivotal and VCE.
The service uses Virtustream’s xStream Cloud Management Platform and its Micro-VM technology to deliver infrastructure-as-a-service, with service level agreements covering application performance.
According to Virtustream, the platform includes an application automation framework that will allow customers to schedule and perform management and orchestration tasks across their SAP landscapes.
Rodney Rogers, CEO, Virtustream, said the expanded partnership is a significant milestone in Virtustream and SAP’s relationship.
“Virtustream’s ability to deliver high-security, end-to-end compliance and strong data-protection capabilities satisfies SAP’s stringent certification requirements for storing data and running mission-critical applications in conjunction with SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud,” Rogers said.
“Now, as part of the EMC Federation, our company has an expanded global reach that will allow us to deliver some of the largest, most secure and flexible cloud environments to date for SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud.”