Rise with SAP S/4HANA Cloud, private edition Value Proposition, Benefits and Hyperscalers comparison

Introduction

On 27th January 2021 SAP announced new offering ” Rise with SAP ” a solution that is meant to help the customers go through their respective digital transformations and become  “Intelligent enterprises.” RISE with SAP is a subscription service that combines a set of services and product offerings. It is a better way of working.

RISE with SAP

• RISE with SAP brings together what you need to transform your business in the way that works best for you.
• RISE with SAP a flexible bundle of SAP’s cloud services delivered via a subscription licensing model, so there’s no upfront investment costs. It is designed to give customers freedom of deployment for their business transformation, for example, the ability to choose public or private edition for SAP S/4HANA, as well as choosing a hyperscaler option, such as Amazon web services (AWS) , Microsoft Azure & Google cloud platform (GCP).
• RISE with SAP package includes several components by default to make it easier to run your transformation journey, such as extended solutions to power SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP) and business networks to help you collaborate.
• RISE with SAP offering supports the customer for the Next-Generation ERP Architecture. Intelligence Enterprise is a new architecture that help to address transformation and brings together what you need to transform your business.

Next-Gen ERP – Rise with SAP

RISE with SAP – 5 Key components of the offering

1. SAP S/4HANA Cloud
2. SAP Business Network Starter pack
3. SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP)
4. Business process intelligence (BPI)
5. Embedded Tools and services

Rise with SAP – 5 Key offerings

Rise with SAP S/4HANA Cloud, private edition – Value Proposition

Rise with SAP S/4HANA Cloud, private edition includes managed service of infrastructure layer. Single vendor accountability for ERP license,  Maintenance & operations –  Hyperscaler infrastructure and Technical Basis layer

Rise with SAP S/4HANA Cloud, private edition

Rise with SAP S/4HANA Cloud, private edition – Licensing

Full Usage Equivalent (FUE ) License Model

• Allows dynamic and flexible consumptions of user license type based on changes/improvement in business process, user roles and degree of automation
• In standard on-premises model, different user license types are fixed and is not interchangeable
• Included SAP HANA Run time license that are normally applicable in On-Premises pricing
• Subscription based licensing
• Cost of subscription is lesser than On-premises perpetual license (one time) + maintenance cost (yearly) and Datacenter hosting costs

Rise with SAP S/4HANA Cloud, private edition – Components 

Pre-installed Components

• Cloud Connector: The SAP Cloud Connector provides a secure tunnel between SAP Cloud Platform applications and on-premises systems
• Data Service Agent: A data integration and transformation software application. It allows users to develop and execute workflows that take data from your SAP system
• Web Dispatcher: The Web Dispatcher work as load balancer for incoming requests which are distributed among all available application servers

Rise with SAP S/4HANA Cloud, private edition – Technical

Technical Upgrade

• Annual upgrade is included in the subscription
• Flexible upgrade schedule based on customer’s request
  Upgrade can be less frequent, i.e., once every 2 or 3 years in order not to disrupt business

Rise with SAP S/4HANA Cloud, private edition – Operations

Scalability & Operations

• Scalable hyperscaler based deployment, i.e., High availability, VPC/VNET peering, RAM can be flexibly increased on demand
• Kernel, OS, DB and Security Patches covered and performed by SAP with less workload by customer’s infrastructure & Basis team
• Basis activities such as Roles Assignment/Transport/Jobs scheduling are still within customer’s IT control

Rise with SAP S/4HANA Cloud, private edition – Benefits

Rise with SAP S/4HANA Cloud, private edition SLA covers the ENTIRE Solution stack at SAP login level

• Default SLA: 99.7%
• There are additional premium SLA options based on business need.

Rise with SAP S/4HANA Cloud, private edition – SLA – 99.7 %

Sole Accountability, One Contract, & Unified Support

Rise with SAP S/4HANA Cloud, private edition – Benefits

• Quarterly Updates –Access the latest innovations on a quarterly basis without extra cost
• Faster Time to Value  – Due to quicker deployment and access to solution
• Agile Development  – Flexibility on deployment; faster adoption of the customer’s solutions
• SAP Best Practices  – Leverages SAP Best Practice

Rise with SAP S/4HANA Cloud, private edition – Hyperscaler Comparison

Rise with SAP S/4HANA Cloud, private edition is designed to work with hyperscaler infrastructure like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure & Google Cloud platform (GCP).There are many benefits running SAP on these hyperscaler for example scalability of hardware specs – instance size scalable on demand.

• Conventional decision factors for customers on hyperscaler for SAP Private cloud edition is based on customer’s existing connectivity tunnel, building new tunnel will incur additional recurring costs.
• Connection services for hyperscaler’s
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS)  – AWS VPN / Direct Connect / Transit Gateway
  • Microsoft Azure – VPN connection / Express Route
  • Google Cloud Platform(GCP) – Google cloud VPN / Cloud Interconnect
• Contract will be only with SAP, with the hyperscaler’s virtual private cloud being managed by SAP. Even though the hyperscaler has the capability.

Glimpse of Hyperscaler comparison

Rise with SAP S/4HANA Cloud, private edition – Hyperscaler Comparison

Conclusion 

Rise with SAP S/4HANA Cloud, private edition – Keeping operational costs low, this single vendor offering will provide all key cloud services under one ERP roof, including hyperscaler infrastructure and operations.

Key take away points:

Outcomes without major investments Realize the value of your investment with up to 20% reduction in Total cost of Ownership (TCO).

Transformation on your own terms – lean or complex, Greenfield & Brownfield are supported in SAP S/4HANA Cloud, private edition

Simplicity by the bundle a single offer on a single contract simplifies procurement and makes it easier to manage.

Help at every step SAP analyze your processes against industry standards, offering customer tailored recommendations of where to focus your effort

SAP S/4HANA Cloud integrate, extended solution powering SAP Business Technology Platform keep your organization agile & responsive.