Operating SAP in the Cloud: Landscapes and Infrastructures

When migrating to the cloud, no journey is the same. If you're ready to make the leap, you've come to the right place! From creating your own cloud to public and private external cloud computing, discover which choice best fits your enterprise. With information on options for Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS), you'll learn to customize an implementation path and build a roadmap for migration. It's no longer whether or not to move to the cloud, but how. Let us show you.

* Explore the options for moving your SAP landscape to the cloud
* Learn about internal, private external, and public external clouds
* Find out how you can use SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud, SAP HANA Cloud Platform, SAP Landscape Virtualization Manager, and more

Setting Up Your Own Cloud
Want to set up your own internal cloud for SAP systems? Learn how to utilize converged infrastructures, such as Vblock and FlexPod, and the SAP Landscape Virtualization Manager to get the job done.

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Operating in a private cloud with an external data center? Discover which service interfaces and usage scenarios to implement with examples based on SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud and third-party providers such as Swisscom and Verizon.

Platform as a Service (PaaS)
Looking for platform solutions to develop and integrate the cloud? Explore information on SAP HANA Cloud Platform for big data and analytics environments, and the SAP Cloud Appliance Library based on Amazon Web Services.

* Cloud computing
* Operation and migration
* Public and private cloud
* IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS
* Converged infrastructures
* SAP Landscape Virtualization Manager
* SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud
* SAP HANA Cloud Platform
* SAP Cloud Appliance Library
* Amazon Web Services

Dr. André Bögelsack has a doctorate degree from SAP UCC Munich, where he worked as an SAP Basis administrator for a number of years. Today, he works as a technology consultant for Accenture AG and supports IT departments of multinational groups in the implementation of cloud solutions and development of cloud strategies.

Galina Baader works at SAP UCC Munich and is responsible for cloud solutions and SAP HANA, offering training classes on both these topics. Previously, she worked as a consultant and was in charge of migrating on-premise solutions to Amazon Web Services.

Loina Prifti works at SAP UCC Munich on SAP HANA Cloud Platform. Her primary focus is cloud computing.

Ronny Zimmermann works at SAP UCC Magdeburg and is the spokesman of the DSAG (German-speaking SAP user group) group Virtualization and Cloud Computing. He's the co-author of SAP PRESS books on Oracle, DB2, and SAP NetWeaver AS Java administration.

Helmut Krcmar has held the chair for Information Systems at the Information Technology Department of the Technische Universität München (TUM) since October 1, 2002. He is a member of the Information Technology Department, a secondary member of the Economics Department, and a member of the Carl von Linde Academy. Since 2004, he has been a member of the board of the elite graduate program in finance and information management (FIM) in the elite network of Bavaria, Germany. Between October 2003 and May 2007, he was academic director of the ¡communicate! program, and has been scientific director of the Center for Digital Technology and Management (CDTM) of TUM since January 2004.