Tag: SAP on AWS

Introduction Enterprise applications generate a lot of data. Analyzing this data helps stakeholders make informed decisions. Enterprises use AI/ML for automating business processes, finding patterns at scale, and more. SAP is one of the most extensively used ERP solutions for different industries of varied scales and complexities. SAP systems are often integrated with external systems […]

Introduction In the current economic climate, cost optimization is a key priority for many businesses. As companies modernize their SAP implementations, optimizing the cost of running SAP workloads can free up resources which can instead be used for innovation. This blog shares insights and strategies for optimizing SAP workload costs and operations, leveraging best practices […]

SAP customers running critical workloads on Linux on AWS often rely on Pacemaker, an open source resource manager, to orchestrate maximum availability. Pacemaker detects and reacts to failure scenarios that impact SAP uptime by disrupting the underlying infrastructure, the operating system or the SAP application itself. AWS worked with SUSE and Red Hat on the […]

Introduction Customers running SAP workloads will often exchange data with external sources using protocols such as SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP), File Transfer Protocol Secure (FTPS), File Transfer Protocol (FTP) and Applicability Statement 2 (AS2). Examples of types of data exchanged include purchase orders, invoices, inventory lists, bank statements and payroll data which typically contain […]

Introduction To modernize their SAP landscape, many AWS customers are leveraging the breadth and depth of AWS services to develop new applications and functionalities in accordance with SAP’s “clean core” approach. This simplifies future upgrades and extensibility, thus allowing them to innovate at a rapid pace using AWS services. To meet business demands faster and […]

Omnichannel strategies have become the norm for organizations across industries. In this environment, businesses often face the challenge of integrating different systems to ensure seamless data flow and near real-time updates. Especially in e-commerce businesses, showing up-to-date inventory of a product that customers want to buy is extremely critical. Lack of access to accurate inventory […]

For customers running SAP on AWS, having a solid backup strategy is crucial for safeguarding their database and SAP application non-database file systems. Backups play a critical role in running SAP workloads by allowing for the recovery of systems in the event of data loss. With numerous third-party, database-native, and AWS-native options available, choosing the […]

Introduction Customers have been running SAP workloads on AWS since 2008 and many of these SAP customers have been developing and enhancing their SAP business process using ABAP for much longer. Many customers’ business processes rely on custom ABAP code, and have teams of ABAP developers in-house or through their partners. However, innovating with AWS […]

Why use AWS Migration Hub Orchestrator service Thousands of customers worldwide trust AWS to run their mission-critical SAP applications. For SAP applications that are still on-premises, many customers are looking for an easier way to migrate to AWS while following AWS and SAP best practices. AWS Migration Hub Orchestrator for SAP reduces the time and […]

Introduction For SAP Java applications such as SAP Enterprise Portal (EP), customers use SAP Web dispatcher as an entry point of their HTTP(s) requests. SAP Web dispatcher receives the requests  coming from internet or intranet and distributes the requests among the application servers. For internet-based HTTP(s) requests, SAP Web dispatcher needs to be accessible to […]