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HP Enterprise Cloud Services for SAP Applications

Get speed, flexibility, and choice
IT organizations like yours are under constant pressure to reduce the cost of daily operation. This can be achieved by scalable, private, hosted cloud solutions that are optimized for SAP applications based on a converged infrastructure with a flexible, secure, payas-you-go model. The target is to reduce capital expenditure on IT infrastructure by switching to operational software-as-a-service (SaaS) or application-as-a-service models. HP Enterprise Cloud Services for SAP Applications are offered via a virtual private cloud platform. We provide SAP Development and Sandbox solutions and SAP CRM rapid deployment solutions in a SaaS model. The flexible and scalable solution is offered on a threemonth to multiyear contract on a pay-per-month, per-user, or perinstance pricing. It comes bundled with infrastructure, application, and support services. Includes SAP Operations and Technical Applications Management Services Offers optional services for consulting, integration, or functional support Offers a choice of flexible service levels Is delivered out of secure, compliant, next-generation HP data centers available in each region

Choices that fit

The compute infrastructure, based on standard utility building blocks, is available in three sizes to suit specific customer needs. Each size is configured to deliver 2000, 4800, and 9500 SAPs (SAP application performance standards). You have a choice of two service tiers with appropriate service-level objectives to meet your budget. The costs can be further optimized with a selection of dedicated servers or multitenant virtual servers running on Linux. A typical customer engagement will include: A number of servers running supported OS instances Appropriate choice of SAP application templates with choice of databases Choice of storage, backup, and restore Standard Internet-based VPN connectivity Tier 2 (nonproduction) and Tier 3 (production) service levels

Flexible services, your way

HP Enterprise Cloud Services for SAP applications enable you to begin to change the way you procure and manage IT by shifting focus from CAPEX to OPEX almost immediately. The solution: Provides an HP-hosted SAP Sandbox/Development or CRM Rapid Deployment Solution environment Provides a three-month to multiyear contract basis with pay-permonth pricing Includes SAP infrastructure, platform, and application, including software license costs

What you needwhen you need it

HP Enterprise Cloud Services for SAP Applications are geared to provide numerous benefits: Reduced time to market The preprovisioned SAP environment can significantly reduce the amount of time required to provide you a final SAP-based solution. Reduced IT investment Flexible contracting solutions offer a leveraged approach to infrastructure, and a building-block approach optimizes costs. By switching costs from CAPEX to OPEX, you can leverage cash flows for innovation, which will drive costs down further. Flexible capacity on demand By developing standardized deployments and virtualizing them, we can ramp compute resources up and down based on your business priorities. This will ensure there is no capital lock-in, and you are able to meet market demands in a timely manner.

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