RISE on IBM Power Virtual Server to Accelerate SAP S/4HANA Cloud Transformation. A new solution promises 90 days to move SAP S/4HANA workloads from IBM Power Systems to the cloud.
IBM cut infrastructure and operational costs by 30% during an 18-month RISE SAP upgrade project for 150,000 ERP users.
IBM Power clients can quickly and easily convert to ERP RISE with SAP on IBM Power Virtual Server. IBM and SAP are promoting AI-powered business processes and helping companies upgrade and shift ERP platforms to the cloud.
RISE with SAP is a guided path that offers cloud ERP, platforms, and outcome-driven services to assist businesses in revaluating their business models. RISE with SAP on IBM Power Virtual Server, a new SAP hyperscaler product, will help lower risk and speed up the 90-day SAP S/4HANA Cloud migration from IBM Power Systems on-premises to the cloud.
Leading SAP Certified Infrastructure Facilitates Cloud Migration
Customers may more quickly move on-premises SAP ERP systems to the cloud, modernize business processes, and increase agility by utilising IBM Power Virtual Server, the cloud-based variant of the mission-critical IBM Power server platform used for on-premises ERP. Among SAP-certified infrastructure, IBM Power servers are the most available. Security, scalability, and dependability are their hallmarks. They are supported by the secure and sturdy IBM Cloud infrastructure and designed to minimise disruptions and speed migration.
IBM Completes RISE with SAP to Modernise the Global SAP S/4HANA Cloud
IBM has extensive experience with managed services initiatives and SAP S/4HANA Cloud modernisation. According to SAP, IBM recently migrated its quote-to-cash and record-to-report processes to RISE with SAP on IBM Power Virtual Server, making it one of the biggest and most intricate SAP S/4HANA Cloud modernisation projects of any SAP customer to date.
Over 150,000 consumers in 175 countries were impacted by the IBM effort in just 18 months. By enhancing process automation and streamlining the entire server and data footprint, it led to a 30 percent decrease in infrastructure expenditures and associated operations during this time. IBM Consulting over saw this transformation project from start to finish, offering the technical, implementation, and application management services know-how needed to assist in the safe transfer and operation of these intricate technologies.
IBM Consulting and Partner Ecosystem to Support Transformation Acceleration
By collaborating with IBM Consulting or any other SAP partner, customers will also be able to expedite their transformation with SAP S/4HANA Cloud. IBM is also collaborating with other international systems integrators and service partners to design, implement, and migrate RISE with SAP projects in order to provide clients with options.
Together with a network of partners, the two businesses plan to use their combined solutions, capabilities, and cooperative go-to-market initiatives to assist IBM customers in transforming through RISE with SAP on IBM Power Virtual Server. In order to facilitate the transition to SAP S/4HANA Cloud and RISE with SAP, IBM Business Partners and RISE with SAP on IBM Power Virtual Server users will also IBM Transformation Suite for SAP Applications is available. It will come with a collection of top-notch tools and services for automated testing, data migration, and evaluation of existing setups.
Over the course of 50 years, IBM has delivered and operated SAP on IBM systems for over 10,000 SAP customers. IBM is a full lifecycle strategic partner of SAP, offering its clients comprehensive technology solutions and consulting, including automation, generative AI with Watsonx, and hybrid cloud.
The second quarter of 2025 is when RISE with SAP on IBM Power Virtual Server is anticipated to launch, coupled with a specially designed IBM investment program. To start preparing for their transformation, clients may find out more here about IBM Consulting’s and other SAP and IBM Business Partners’ evaluation and migration services.
IBM’s future plans are just goals and objectives and can be changed or withdrawn.
Concerning IBM
IBM is a top supplier of Artificial Intelligence, hybrid cloud, and consulting services worldwide. IBM assist customers in over 175 nations in gaining a competitive edge in their sectors, streamlining corporate procedures, cutting expenses, and leveraging insights from their data. Thousands of government and corporate organisations in healthcare, telecoms, and financial services use IBM’s hybrid cloud platform with Red Hat OpenShift to quickly, effectively, and securely implement their digital transformations. IBM’s clients have access to open and flexible options because to IBM’s ground-breaking advancements in AI, quantum computing, industry-specific cloud solutions, and consultancy. IBM’s long standing dedication to trust, accountability, transparency, inclusion, and service supports all of this.
Concerning SAP
Business AI and enterprise app pioneer SAP combines technology and business. For almost 50 years, SAP has combined supply chain, finance, procurement, human resources, and customer experience to help businesses succeed.
