Amstelveen, 2 mei 2011 – HP Enterprise Services heeft vandaag aangekondigd dat het een van de eerste partners is om een SAP-gecertificeerde wereldwijde aanbieder te worden van cloud-diensten ter ondersteuning van SAP-oplossingen.
HP biedt gestandaardiseerde IT-oplossingen en diensten, via gedeelde bronnen op het internet zodat de levering van SAP ® applicaties aan klanten op een schaalbare wijze via HP Hybrid Delivery Cloud Services kan lopen.
De certificering geeft zekerheid aan klanten die SAP-applicaties via HP’s clouddiensten gebruiken, omdat zij kunnen profiteren van:
- grotere flexibiliteit, waardoor business process aanpassingen gemaakt kunnen worden om te voldoen aan de huidige eisen van de markt;
- snelle levering, die het vermogen versnelt om de business process wijzigingen door te voeren, en
- een zeer betrouwbare architectuur en toegang tot de nieuwste clouddiensten zonder een hoge investering in infrastructuur, wat resulteert in veel lagere kosten en risico's voor bedrijven om alle voordelen van enterprise applicaties te benutten.
Leveranciers van technologie die graag gecertificeerd worden door SAP, moeten een uitgebreide auditing ondergaan die de operationele integratie van cloud mogelijkheden van de provider met SAP-applicaties bekijkt. De uitgebreide controle omvat onder meer inspectie van de technische, fysieke, management en logische beveiligingsprocessen die ondersteund worden door SAP applicaties. Wanneer dit succesvol afgerond wordt, zal elke twee jaar het proces een hercertificering ondergaan.
De certificering heeft betrekking op een reeks van HP-oplossingen, waaronder applicatie hosting, cloud management, disaster recovery en networking.
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“The race to the cloud is causing many cloud service providers to offer Infrastructure as a Service, but leave service levels and risk management to their resource-strapped clients,” said Kathy Garcia, senior vice president, Applications, HP Enterprise Services. “With this certification, HP can deliver SAP solutions via the cloud with increased flexibility and rapid provisioning, resulting in lower costs and less risk for companies to consume the full benefits of enterprise applications.”
“The certification confirms HP’s ability to deliver high-quality cloud services in support of SAP solutions,” said Michael Ressemann, global head, Outsourcing Services and Solution Delivery, SAP. “Through its cloud services and Hybrid Delivery Cloud platform, in support of SAP solutions, HP gives application service providers the ability to meet their business users’ needs quickly and cost-effectively without sacrificing reliability or quality.”
The cloud certification deepens the 20-year relationship between HP and SAP, a member of the HP Agility Alliance. The Agility Alliance is HP Enterprise Services’ premiere partner program that brings together industry-leading technology providers to build and deliver comprehensive IT solutions.
The certification announced today will help businesses and governments in their pursuit of an Instant-On Enterprise. In a world of continuous connectivity, the Instant-On Enterprise embeds technology in everything it does to serve customers, employees, partners and citizens with whatever they need, instantly.
HP’s premier client event, HP DISCOVER, takes place June 6 - 10 in Las Vegas and Nov. 29 - Dec. 1 in Vienna, Austria. The event showcases how organizations can get started on their Instant-On Enterprise journeys.
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