SAP HANA Doesn’t Have to be Hard

Are you considering SAP HANA, but you’re not sure where to start?
SAP HANA is a relational database that runs in-memory for fast access, allowing business analysts to query large quantities of data without having to wait for the database to read and write data. This speed allows users to explore and analyze both analytical and transactional data from almost any data source.

However, users of SAP HANA face some common challenges:

1. Slow deployments can be costly
One common complaint with SAP HANA is that slow implementations can be costly. Rapid deployments can increase ROI. Most organizations can expect a cloud-based SAP HANA implementation in less than 30 days and in some cases, under a week.

Using SAP HANA in the cloud allows businesses to shift from a large upfront capital expense to a more manageable monthly operational expense. This reduces the infrastructure total cost of ownership an average of 28% or more within a three-year period.

2. Latency and speed issues
There are speed benefits to being closer to the HANA production lines. Close geographic proximity puts your data nanoseconds away from the SAP HANA cloud engine. This is what happens when your application exists in the same data center as the HANA cloud. This type of speed is possible when you have a physical data center infrastructure that allows you to incubate, test, and grow IT environments that have a nanosecond access to HANA cloud.

Faster access improves flexibility because it allows you to grow an SAP HANA database, add new apps, and expand your geographic footprint giving you the lowest cost, greater speed, and least disruption. Having HANA in the cloud allows the service provider to focus on delivering an SAP HANA solution so that your IT department doesn’t have to accommodate a new platform and manage yet another system.

3. Security concerns
While many data centers offer five levels of security, there are advantages to being in the same data center as the SAP HANA cloud. One of them is that you have the benefit of not touching any public IP addresses, and another is that you have a point-to-point cross connect directly to the HANA cloud. This eliminates information exchange over public networks and allows a more secure point-to-point connection.

4. It’s a complex implementation
It’s unfortunate that SAP HANA has a reputation of being very complex and hard to deploy, especially with an on premise solution. By moving an on premise solution to the cloud, it allows your service provider to take care of complex configurations for you. While some businesses may be hampered by a complex on premise solution, having the right provider will make it easy to get customizations up and running quickly and easily. This allows the service provider to manage and optimize your SAP HANA implementation, so that your IT department doesn’t have to.

Optimization is critical for any system. Businesses have learned that optimization is not a once and done process. It is an ongoing process that requires a business to revisit and optimize on an ongoing basis. By having a strategic partner that manages your SAP HANA service, they can continue to help you optimize as they have learned some of the latest and greatest best practices from the industry.

5. No current analytics solution
What if your company doesn’t have an analytics tool; can you still get the benefits from all of those legacy systems that have disparate data that need to be combined into one dataset? Using SAP HANA, you can handle these large loads of data from legacy systems and tie them all together. This will allow you to quickly analyze data to increase business effectiveness. This is one of the true business benefits of analytics.

Conclusion
SAP HANA doesn’t have to be hard. To be successful, you need a data center with flexible, scalable deployment that is close to the SAP HANA cloud. They will also need the available space and power to handle high-density equipment and still have interconnects to SAP HANA and other carriers.
Combining the right data center with an SAP HANA partner can give you access to the industry experts, speed, and security that your company needs to succeed.

Contact Approyo today to learn more about SAP HANA

Approyo continues to build strong momentum from SAP HANA mid-market opportunities

Based on a strong showing at SAP SAPPHIRE NOW 2015 and new partnerships, Approyo builds strong momentum for SAP HANA. 

Approyo, a leading enterprise SAP HANA Solutions Provider, continues to see SAP HANA opportunities grow in the mid-market throughout the United States and globally. Recently, Approyo launched its 50^th SAP HANA client cloud solution and is on track to hit its 75^th HANA client cloud solution by the end of the year. To continue to support this growing market, Approyo recently became an SAP value-added reseller (VAR), which allows Approyo to license SAP software and provide a complete solution including software and management.

In addition, Approyo launched the first SAP S/4HANA Solution in the Cloud at SAP SAPPHIRE NOW in early May. SAP S/4HANA was highlighted extensively at SAPPHIRE Now. S/4 HANA is designed to let customers do all of their business – including finance, accounting, controlling, procurement, sales, manufacturing, plant maintenance, project system and product life cycle management – in the cloud. SAP CEO Bill McDermott, called SAP S/4 HANA “a once-in-a-generation platform.”

“We are continuing to see landscape of SAP HANA change with recent mergers and acquisitions, especially in the mid-market” said Marcus Retrac, President of Approyo. “Our focus on the mid-market and our presence at SAPPHIRE NOW in early May is proving our strategy of providing great and affordable SAP HANA solutions is paying off. We had over 65 customers and partners at our SAPPHIRE party and talked to many more about our recent growth, cloud solutions and HANA support.”

Approyo has been providing SAP HANA in the cloud for the last three years. Approyo built an entire platform using the best solutions in the market, allowing clients to benefit immediately from SAP HANA without the massive upfront cost structure typically seen with those bare metal solutions.

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Approyo Signs Value Added Reseller Agreement with SAP

Through the new VAR agreement, Approyo can now resell SAP solutions to customers of any size.

Approyo, a leading enterprise SAP HANA Solutions Provider, has signed an agreement with SAP AG that will allow its participating member firms to resell SAP products under a single framework.

The value-added reseller (VAR) deal allows Approyo to license SAP software directly to their clients and provide better business solutions involving SAP software and maintenance.

“Becoming a VAR allows Approyo to extend its long-standing strategic partnership with SAP” said Marcus Retrac, President of Approyo. “This will strengthen our relationship with our customers and partners allowing us to act as a single point of contact for SAP and continue to deliver SAP HANA products and support services.”

Approyo has been providing SAP HANA in the cloud for the last three years. Approyo built an entire platform using the best solutions in the market, allowing clients to benefit immediately from SAP HANA without the massive upfront cost structure typically seen with those bare metal solutions.

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Approyo launches first SAP S/4HANA Solution in the Cloud

Approyo is proud to announce the first SAP S/4HANA solution in the cloud. In addition, Approyo will be showcasing this new solution at the SAPPHIRE® NOW and the ASUG Annual Conference.

“Approyo worked hand and hand with SAP to build the first S/4HANA cloud solution for customers.” said Marcus Retrac, President of Approyo. “We built our cloud platform from the ground up specifically for SAP HANA environments. Our platform along with our great partnership with SAP, allowed us to bring S/4HANA in the Cloud quickly for our customers to start using right away.”

SAP S/4HANA is a new product fully built on the advanced in-memory platform, SAP HANA and is designed on the most modern design principles with the SAP Fiori user experience (UX) for mobile devices. SAP S/4HANA brings unprecedented innovations and simplifications to customers, combined with more than 40 years of experience across industries, in a completely reimagined business suite only possible with SAP HANA.

Approyo has been providing SAP HANA in the cloud for the last three years. Approyo built an entire platform using the best solutions in the market that allows clients to benefit immediately from HANA without the massive upfront cost structure typically seen with those bare metal solutions.

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Approyo to present at SAPPHIRE Now 2015

Approyo along with SAP customer Covenant Transportation Group will discuss their usage of SAP HANA in there business to track insurance, vehicles, shipments and drivers around the USA and the benefits of using HANA for the tracking and the immediate benefits garnered.

When: Wednesday, 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. RT 5

Presenters:

Chris Orban
Covenant Transportation Group

Chris Carter
Founder and CEO
Approyo

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Vote for Approyo for the SAP HANA Innovation Award

We are happy to announce that we have been nominated for the SAP HANA Innovation award. Our Ignite Solution for SAP HANA gives you the freedom to do anything you want with HANA and get your own HANA environment up and running in minutes.

Now we need your help. 

Vote for us today at https://ideas.sap.com/D25674 by April 15. 

 Winners will be announced at SAP SAPPHIRE Now 2015.

Approyo to showcase HANA Cloud and TIP Technologies Partnership at SAPPHIRE NOW

Approyo will host exclusive VIP Party at SAPPHIRE NOW on May 4 to showcase SAP HANA Solutions.

Approyo will be onsite at SAPPHIRE® NOW and the ASUG Annual Conference. During the conference, Approyo will be hosting a VIP Party on Monday, May 4 at The Pub Orlando. Approyo will be highlighting the newly announced partnership with TIP Technologies and new HANA Cloud Solutions.

“Approyo is proud to continue to be a part of SAP SAPPHIRE,” said Marcus Retrac, President of Approyo. “I look forward to showing off our new solutions from our partnership with TIP Technologies and our HANA Cloud Solutions. Attendees will have a chance to hear first-hand about some of the new advancements we are making at Approyo.”

Approyo has been providing SAP HANA in the cloud for the last three years, we have built an entire platform using the best solutions in the market that would allow our clients to benefit immediately from HANA without the massive upfront cost structure typically seen with those bare metal solutions.

The newly formed partnership between Approyo and TIP Technologies provides a focused QMS/SFE solution and delivers an immediate measurable ROI. TIPQA™, a well-established solution, is implemented around the world supporting Aerospace and Defense, Medical Device, and Automotive manufacturing organizations. The partnership will allow both companies to offer TIPQA™ within a state-of-the-art SAP ecosystem.

To connect with Approyo at SAPPHIRE NOW and the ASUG Annual Conference, visit Approyo’s VIP Party at the Pub Orlando on May 4 from 8:00 – 11:00pm. The event provide attendees the opportunity to learn and network with Approyo executives, SAP executives, partners and experts across the entire SAP ecosystem.