SAP on the Cloud

This book offers a comprehensive guide to implementing SAP and HANA on private, public and hybrid clouds. Cloud computing has transformed the way organizations run their IT infrastructures: the shift from legacy monolithic mainframes and UNIX platforms to cloud based infrastructures offering ubiquitous access to critical information, elastic provisioning and drastic cost savings has made cloud an essential part of every organization’s business strategy. Cloud based services have evolved from simple file sharing, email and messaging utilities in the past, to the current situation, where their improved technical capabilities and SLAs make running mission-critical applications such as SAP possible. However, IT professionals must take due care when deploying SAP in a public, private or hybrid cloud environment. As a foundation for core business operations, SAP cloud deployments must satisfy stringent requirements concerning their performance, scale and security, while delivering measurable improvements in IT efficiency and cost savings. The 2nd edition of “SAP on the Cloud” continues the work of its successful predecessor released in 2013, providing updated guidance for deploying SAP in public, private and hybrid clouds. To do so, it discusses the technical requirements and considerations necessary for IT professionals to successfully implement SAP software in a cloud environment, including best-practice architectures for IaaS, PaaS and SaaS deployments. The section on SAP’s in-memory database HANA has been significantly extended to cover Suite on HANA (SoH) and the different incarnations of HANA Enterprise Cloud (HEC) and Tailored Datacenter Integration (TDI). As cyber threats are a significant concern, it also explores appropriate security models for defending SAP cloud deployments against modern and sophisticated attacks. The reader will gain the insights needed to understand the respective benefits and drawbacks of various deployment models and howSAP on the cloud can be used to deliver IT efficiency and cost-savings in a secure and agile manner.

Dr.-Ing. Michael Missbach is the head of the SAP Cisco Competence Center in Walldorf, Germany. With 14 years of SAP experience, his work focuses currently on HANA and unified and stateless computing infrastructures for mission critical applications in public and private cloud scenarios. As a senior consultant he was responsible for the development of adaptive SAP infrastructures and the SAPS-meter Web service. Earlier, he worked as IT Superintendent for ALCOA and implemented outsourcing and network projects for GE. He studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of Karlsruhe and received his doctorate in Materials Science at what has become now the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).

Thorsten Stärk always wanted to be an inventor – and has come close to it. He conducted COBOL trainings, published SAP benchmarks, designed HANA appliances and wrote a book on electronics. Thorsten works for VCE, an EMC company, as an SAP Solutions Engineer. In his role he strives to turn the paradigm of converged infrastructure into customer reality – always combining VMware virtualization, Cisco UCS hardware and EMC storage (VCE). His passion is to find out “why” no matter where.

Cameron Gardiner is a developer working for Microsoft SQL Server R&D team based in Tokyo Japan. His role is to run Microsoft’s customer facing development programs such as “First Customer Shipment” of new releases of Windows, SQL Server and new technologies such as SQL Server 2012 Column Store, Hyper-V 3.0 and cloud deployments. Prior to joining Microsoft he worked as a SAP Basis Consultant covering UNIX, Oracle and DB2 platforms. Cameron is a contributor to the popular SAP on SQL Server blog and has written numerous whitepapers on topics ranging from Hardware Technologies to Securing SAP systems on Microsoft platforms. He is a regular speaker at events and is an instructor teaching a course on SAP on Microsoft platforms to several hundred students per year. His ambition is to transfer knowledge to allow customers to modernize their Business Critical Systems and benefit from modern high performance commodity platforms and cloud deployment options.

Joshua McCloud is a cyber security Business Development Manager and Solutions Architect with Cisco's Asia Pacific Enterprise Networking organization. Joshua works across various industry sectors throughout Asia, using architectural approaches to help customers improve operational effectiveness in cyber security. Joshua has worked for over 19 years in the public and private sector environment supporting customers in the US, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia. Joshua has deep expertise in the areas of architectural methodologies and frameworks, cyber security, cloud, IP mobility and military communications systems.

Mag. Robert Madl, MBA serves as Sales Specialist for SAP projects at Cisco Systems where he takes care of SAP projects in Europe, Middle East, Africa and Russia. Prior joining Cisco he was a Business Architect for a SAP hosting provider and system vendor. Coming from cloud based mobile device development his journey as a consultant in IT business led him through automated software provisioning, high-level network design, datacentre infrastructure projects, automated resource provisioning projects for large-scale virtualization environments to UNIX migration and SAP HANA projects. With his experience spanning from organizational management to command-line knowledge he often acts as the link between business and engineering. He studied Information Management at the Johannes Kepler University Linz where he earned his master’s degree and he earned his MBA in Sales Management at the LIMAK business school of Johannes Kepler University Linz.

Mark Tempes is a Senior Architect and leads the SAP NetWeaver consulting team at Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Services South Pacific. He has more than 11 years of experience in the SAP service market and his main focus is the management, delivery and sales of largescale SAP NetWeaver engagements. Mark has managed implementation teams in Europe, Asia and Australia primarily for enterprise customers of Hewlett-Packard. He has both governance and sales responsibility and manages the commercial aspects for initiatives on which his team is engaged. In his current role, he leads initiatives around SAP on Hewlett-Packard’s cloud and utility offerings including the transition, management and delivery of technical SAP projects from bid-phase through design and implementation, to go-live and support.

Dr George W. Anderson serves as the managing architect and senior director for Microsoft’s mission critical IP development team. He is an accomplished consulting professional with 15 years of SAP experience spanning business application architecture, deployment, organizational transformation, innovation and operational excellence initiatives, and more. A frequent speaker at conferences and industry events, George’s perspectives on SAP implementation and support are considered by many to be the reference standard for SAP projects around the world. He has authored or co-authored numerous books, articles and other papers relevant to how technology solutions may be used in conjunction with SAP to solve complex business problems. George’s aspirations are modest: To redefine what it means to architect, build and operate the next generation of platforms underpinning mission-critical applications. He and his team are actively developing the architectural patterns and principles capable of enabling the kind of business agility and awareness that IT has been promising for years and business enterprises need more than ever. He is a regular speaker at events and is an instructor teaching a course on SAP on Microsoft platforms to several hundred students per year. His ambition is to transfer knowledge to allow customers to modernize their Business Critical Systems and benefit from modern high performance commodity platforms and cloud deployment options.