Though the cloud computing has been invented long back in 1960s, it has become well known in the decade of 2010. In this decade we have seen multiple cloud vendors like AWS (Amazon Web Services), Microsoft Azure, Google cloud, IBM and n number of local cloud service providers. In this list one major player whose primary business focus was to provide ERP software has shifted their core business module from ERP software provider to a Cloud Company.
SAP has 41 data centers around the world. SAP offer cloud apps (SaaS) for all lines of business, a market-leading cloud platform (PaaS), and flexible on-demand infrastructure (IaaS).
SAP providing cloud variant of SAP S/4 HANA which is their next big shift from ECC, after R/3 to ECC, has given clear indications that SAP is going to come up with more and more SAP cloud applications.
Below is a small list of SAP’s SaaS product
— SAP SuccessFactors HR Solution
— SAP S/4HANA Financ
— SAP S/4HANA Cloud (Cloud ERP for large enterprise and midsize business
— SAP Hybris Cloud for Customer
— SAP Sales Cloud
— SAP Service Cloud
— SAP Marketing Cloud
— SAP Commerce Cloud
— SAP C/4HANA
— SAP Business ByDesign (Cloud ERP for Midsize Business)
— SAP Analytics Cloud
— SAP Jam Collaboration
— SAP Jam Communities
— SAP Integrated Business Planning
— Ariba Network: Sourcing, Procurement, & Finance
— Concur: Travel & Expense Management
— Fieldglass: Flexible Labour Management
Below drawing shows SAP S/4 HANA Cloud ecosystem where the complete infrastructure in a generic SAP landscape is on cloud
Source: sap.com
Along with SAP Analytics cloud few analytics and big data products like listed below has started using kubernetes and docker concepts
— SAP Data hub
— SAP Vora (Distributed database)
— SAP HANA Dynamic Tiering (Extended big data storage)
As a PaaS from SAP, we can develop, extend, integrate, and deploy mobile-ready cloud applications on SAP Cloud Platform. We can take advantage of an in-memory database (HANA), core platform services, unique micro services – and technologies like machine learning, Blockchain, and the Internet of Things (IoT).
SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud (HEC), is a fully managed, scalable, and secure private cloud offering. It helps to Fast-track cloud adoption, control costs, minimise risk – and take the burden off IT team.
SAP also provides the provision to the customers to access the best hyperscaler IaaS providers – Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform – through SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud, for an end-to-end private managed cloud solution.
SAP is not just going to provide ERP software but also going to help customers to achieve digital transformation to keep up with the pace with world’ cutting edge technologies.