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Executive Summary

AWS and Google Cloud offer the capabilities to speed implementations for both SAP and Oracle.
Using external cloud services is far better for implementation speed versus methodologies.

Video Introduction: How AWS and Google Cloud Speed the Implementation of SAP and Oracle
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Both SAP and Oracle rely upon an ecosystem of consulting partners to implement their software. These partners can sell both licenses and consulting services, but most only have consulting services to sell, and their consulting services are based upon billing hours. The agreement between these …

… minimal usage.
We were on a project where an SAP consulting partner was using the SAP Cloud. Using AWS or Google Cloud or Azure was not even discussed.
Why?
Because the consulting partner only recommended using SAP solutions. There was not any discussion of any competition. It was the SAP Cloud just because of the relationship between the consulting partner and SAP. We see this all the time, where the client’s interests are entirely secondary to choosing whatever SAP happens to offer.
The Latency Issues with SAP Cloud
In addition to massive limitations, things not working, and incredible …

… are inherent within the application itself. Regardless, RDS really is only a different way to purchase database licensing and management services – again I don’t see this as an inhibitor for SAP customers adopting hyperscale.”
Therefore these realities can seem at odds with the expectations of SAP to AWS migration.
“AWS manages the physical infrastructure up to the virtualization layer. The operating system and any SAP applications and databases running above the virtualization layer are managed by the customer. If a managed service is required, AWS has a network of partners that offer SAP consulting and managed services on …