Novis SAP AMS service is consolidated on AWS

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This comprehensive service for the operation of SAP solutions, certified by SAP, is now the best option in AWS cloud.

Novis SAP AMS service is the most complete and advanced for the operation of SAP solutions. It has recently been certified for all layers – Cloud and Infrastructure Operations, HANA Operations, Hosting Operations, and Application Operations – and for its two specialized variants, SAP Business Suite and SAP S/4HANA.(see article about the certifications)

Its infrastructure component been has traditionally based in Novis’ own SAP cloud. Now we can also offer the service based on AWS IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service).

In this modality, the service offers a series of additional advantages:

• Higher infrastructure availability as a standard, as a natural result of distributed cloud and automatic backup concepts.
• Easier to deploy low-cost DR solutions (Disaster Recovery).
• Operation with close-fitting infrastructure capacity, at lower costs, with no need for oversizing.
• Easier dynamic and over time scalability, capable of absorbing seasonal demand peaks.
• Infrastructure cost optimization, leveraging the different pricing options offered by AWS. For example, for systems that operate only during office hours, or for historic systems which are uploaded only on demand.
• Easier and low-cost provisioning of on demand systems for limited periods of time. For example, SAP sandboxes, project or testing environments.
• Higher security with configuration options. Many more certifications and compliances available for all type of sensitive industries, compared to any local datacenter.
• Lower communications costs. Direct access over the Internet, from different cities and countries, with no need for a WAN.
• Possibility of including in the service the hosting of related non-SAP systems, or even all the company’s IT systems.
• Possibility of replacing systems (non-SAP) by AWS services. For example, Active Directory services, DNS services, managed database services, load balancing services, etc.
• Possibility of using all of AWS’ services portfolio, beyond the infrastructure Core Services, for innovation and digital transformation projects.

For all these advantages to come true, certified professionals in SAP and AWS are necessary. The AWS partner offering the services must also be a certified SAP partner and have enough experience in migrating and operating SAP systems on AWS.

At Novis we have been working with AWS since 2015. In this article we share our experiences with AWS. Today, we are the partner with more experience in the migration and operation of SAP solutions on AWS, and we are continuously improving our operation, as you see in the article Automated SAP services in AWS.

Our current clients are increasingly migrating their SAP solutions to public clouds, especially AWS. Our new SAP clients, who are just now joining our SAP AMS service, prefer this modality on AWS cloud.

SAP itself has just announced the Embrace program to promote the adoption of public clouds by its clients. In short, this is already the dominant trend.

For those who are interested in evaluating this alternative, we offer to develop jointly, interactively, directly, and transparently, the exercises to define the architecture and economic assessment of your infrastructure on AWS. Contact us.

Feedback/discussion with the author: Glen Canessa, Presales Manager at Novis.