SAP on IBM Cloud
An enterprise-ready cloud that manages your security, reliability and compliance needs
Overview and benefits
Transform with SAP workloads on IBM Cloud®
Transform your SAP workloads on an enterprise-ready cloud platform. Employ high-performance infrastructure and solutions that enhance your business IT landscape.
Multiple IBM Business Partners are skilled to run SAP workloads, using PaaS and the widest portfolio of SAP-certified IaaS services from IBM Cloud combined with specialist expertise. Leverage IBM Cloud to meet current business needs, including data center exits of SAP on VMware or re-implementation of a global instance SAP S/4HANA, using IBM Power Systems Virtual Servers.
Our mandate is to provide options to start your SAP move to the cloud and empower your business for future transformation.
Why IBM Cloud
With almost 50 years of SAP experience, IBM is a Global Platinum partner and one of the most awarded SAP associates.
IBM Cloud boasts some of the highest-performing servers in the cloud.
According to IDC, clients placed IBM Cloud among the top three providers trusted to run SAP workloads.¹
Why SAP on IBM Cloud
Cloud optimized for SAP
Certified to run SAP Business Applications — industry’s widest portfolio and highest performance
Security and compliance
Provides for compliance and industry regulations, including granular controls with built-in IAM
Worldwide presence
Built for global enterprise resiliency, from assured storage performance to network interconnectivity
Technical benefits
SAP-certified infrastructure
Widest portfolio of high-performance compute for SAP HANA — up to 24 TB scale-up, 96 TB scale-out
Supported SAP applications
Includes ERP with SAP S/4HANA, EDW with SAP BW/4HANA and components like SAP NetWeaver and SAP AnyDB
Security and compliance
Multiple security-centric options with validation by the IBM Cloud Security and Compliance Center
SAP-certified IaaS options
Learn more about the infrastructure options we certify for SAP.
Intel infrastructure
IBM® Power® infrastructure
VMware SDDC infrastructure
Case studies
CCEP is deploying several large SAP workloads — including SAP ERP and SAP BW/4 HANA — as part of its hybrid transformation.
Global Omnium cuts energy costs by 10%, saving a million dollars a year. Moving from on-premises servers to SAP on IBM Cloud helps reduce IT costs by 15%.
Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. deployed SAP S/4HANA on IBM Cloud, gaining operational excellence and insight to help drive strategic transformation and reaching new markets.
SAP on IBM Cloud helped OSRAM save 7-digit figures annually and free up its internal IT team to focus on the core business.
Prysmian migrated SAP solution to IBM Cloud in less than a year with 20% cost savings.
PSF migrated mission-critical SAP applications to IBM Cloud, reducing costs by 30% and speeding time to market.
No-cost cloud migration assessment with SNP CrystalBridge
Size your SAP production instances and migration costs
A fast path to SAP on IBM Cloud
Analyze your existing SAP landscapes for free with just a few clicks and receive precise system requirements for the move to IBM Cloud. Cost comparison for different cloud licensing models and high-level S/4HANA impact assessment included. Qualifying clients use flexible options to start SAP landscape transformation on IBM Cloud.
IBM Cloud Business Partners
Take your SAP enterprise workloads to the cloud faster and more securely with the IBM Cloud ecosystem of partners.
IBM Business Partners
Next steps
Footnote
¹ Infrastructure Adoption Trends for SAP and SAP HANA 2019 — Summary of Findings and Recommendations (Link resides outside IBM), IDC, July 2020.