Skytap
announced that it has been certified by SAP to run SAP NetWeaver workloads on
AIX and IBM i in Microsoft Azure. Skytap enables SAP ERP systems to be migrated
to the cloud, regardless of operating system and without rewriting or
refactoring, for production, disaster recovery, backup and archival, and
application development and testing.
Skytap is
now certified for SAP products including SAP NetWeaver, SAP ECC (5.0+ and
6.0+), SAP R/3, SAP BusinessObjects BI, SAP Business Suite, and SAP Business
All-in-One. SAP granted Skytap certified status for Cloud Infrastructure and
Operations on September 25, 2021.
"The RISE journey to HANA requires a first step," said Brad Schick, CEO at
Skytap. "Skytap helps organizations take that step by lifting and shifting SAP
NetWeaver workloads to Azure for a variety of use cases, from full production
to simple archiving, to unlock cloud scalability and agility. Either as a
complementary solution to consolidate all SAP NetWeaver workloads on AIX in
Azure or as part of a migration to HANA, users can rest assured that Skytap is
a trusted environment for SAP applications that meets SAP's high standards."
Businesses
around the world use IBM AIX and SAP is the second most-common application
running on AIX according to the 2020 AIX Community Survey from Help Systems, with 40% of AIX users running
some type of SAP business application. More than half of the organizations
surveyed said at least 51% of their core business processes run on AIX. As an
SAP-certified partner, Skytap now provides the thousands of organizations
running SAP NetWeaver workloads on AIX today with a streamlined migration to
Azure and an ideal accelerant for those considering a move to SAP S/4HANA.
"SAP is
widely used among organizations running AIX and there's tremendous interest in
moving these critical systems to Azure," said Eric
Lockard, Corporate Vice President,
Azure Dedicated, at Microsoft. "With Skytap's existing integrations to Azure
and certification from SAP on AIX, there are now more options for organizations
to streamline the migration of non-HANA workloads to Azure via Skytap and take
advantage of its flexibility, cost saving and security."
Business
drivers for migrating SAP workloads to Azure via Skytap include:
- Business Continuity: migrate SAP NetWeaver workloads requiring cloud
backup and disaster recovery
- Regulation and Compliance: maintain legacy SAP NetWeaver workloads in
read-only state in Azure
- IBM Power Data Center Exit: migrate SAP NetWeaver workloads
as a complementary solution to consolidate all workloads on AIX or IBM i
in Azure or as part of a migration to HANA
- Modernization of Business Processes:
- Move SAP NetWeaver workloads to Skytap on Azure enabling them to
interoperate with HANA workloads or other Business Applications running
on Azure
- Move SAP NetWeaver workloads to Skytap on Azure enabling them to more
easily transition to HANA