Category: SAP on AWS

This post was written by Kenny Rajan, Patrick Leung, Scott Francis, Will Charlton & Ganesh Suryanarayan. The convergence of Operational Technology (OT) and Information Technology (IT) is reinventing the way companies drive manufacturing efficiency. From the shop floor at the Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) level to the Manufacturing Execution System (MES), all the way up […]

Introduction Disclaimer Since AWS certificates can rotate / change at any time, it is customer’s responsibility to keep their SAP trust stores up to date. More information on certificate pinning can be found at the following link http://www.amazontrust.com/repository One of the most common requirements when running an SAP system is to send outgoing email, which […]

In a previous blog, we have concluded that HAQM CloudFront is recommended to accelerate the SAP Fiori Launchpad use case, while AWS Global Accelerator is recommended to accelerate the external system integration scenario via OData API calls such as Data extraction for analytics and reporting. We observed improvement in the time to first load SAP […]

Introduction Cloud Security is job zero at AWS. We have a Shared Responsibility Model with the customer; AWS manages and controls the components from the host operating system and virtualization layer down to the physical security of the facilities in which the services operate. The customer assumes responsibility and management of the guest operating system […]

Introduction Scheduling jobs in SAP is one of the routine operational tasks for customers running SAP workloads. SAP customers often use the transaction SM37 to run batch jobs within their SAP systems. When there are requirements for complex job scheduling and dependencies across multiple SAP systems, customers typically will use a third-party batch scheduling tool. […]

Introduction SAP customers with global operations are generally interested in enabling their entire workforce access SAP applications at any time, from any device, and from anywhere. Access at any time is easy to achieve, by making the services to be accessed, available around the clock. Access from any device is a key feature of SAP […]

Introduction Recently, SAP announced RISE with SAP, a single-tenant, SAP-managed S/4HANA solution that also includes SAP Business Technology Platform and other SAP software in a single contract. This offering delivers a standard production SLA of 99.7% (99.5% non-PROD) on the core RISE with SAP offering (and a 99.9% SLA with a price uplift). Additionally, SAP […]

Machine learning is increasingly becoming a core part of the digital transformation. It helps companies recognize patterns at scale and find novel ways to delight customers, streamline operations, or help make a product successful in a competitive marketplace. In practice, when you build an architecture based on machine learning, you need to understand the data, […]

Introduction Most companies have processes to better understand their customers and data is fast becoming the key to strengthening customer relationships. However, merely collecting data isn’t enough. While most organizations have access to plenty of data, determining the meaning behind the data can be difficult. In this blog post, we show how you can use […]