Solution brief Secure and reliable SAP operations in the cloud Freudenberg IT’s FITvFlex cloud solution, together with HPE and SAP The Freudenberg IT (FIT) advantage: • Experience—FIT has 40+ years of experience hosting and managing business-critical SAP applications, which means extra peace of mind for you. • Expertise—As one of the first Global SAP HANA® and Cloud Certified Hosting providers, FIT has the know-how and skills to deploy your systems on the FIT SAP HANA cloud infrastructure. • Collaboration—An active HPE Partner Ready Service Provider, FIT leverages the HPE Converged Infrastructure for trusted SAP cloud solutions. • Resiliency—FIT owns and manages a number of highly resilient data centers around the globe to help you avoid risks. Plus, we have continuity plans to help you recover quickly. • Security—FIT offers end-to-end security for your sensitive data. We support SOX, HIPPA, HITECH, U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Privacy Principles, FDA, and other stringent regulations. • Scalability—FIT provides tailored private, public, and hybrid cloud solutions; choose the mix that’s best for your organization then comfortably expand if and when you need. • Credibility—FIT is ISAE 4302 audited for adherence to globally standardized IT business controls. More than that, FIT has a host of SAP HANA customers who are happy to tell you about our capabilities and customer service. • Passion—How far will FIT go to help you and your company achieve success in the cloud? Let’s just say the sky’s the limit. SAP operations made even better Like countless organizations around the world today, you probably use SAP® to run, grow, and transform your business. And if you don’t, you may be considering the important move to install innovative business solutions from SAP—using one comprehensive software suite to handle enterprise resource planning, business intelligence, customer relationship management, product lifecycle management, supply chain management, supplier relationship management, and more. Regardless of whether you’re already an SAP user or SAP is on your wish list, it’s a sure bet that you’re looking for innovative ways to improve operational service levels and reduce costs. Today, you can meet both business objectives by working with FIT to deploy your SAP environment in the cloud with FIT’s cloud hosting platform, FITvFlex. Expressly designed to run any SAP application in the cloud for both midsize and large enterprises, FITvFlex is used by satisfied customers in industries ranging from CPG, manufacturing, industrial machinery, life sciences, retail, and many more. Bottom line? FITvFlex enables customers to achieve the scalability, flexibility, and cost savings they want without sacrificing the reliability, availability, and security they need. Solution brief Proven partnership of industry leaders you can trust To deliver the FITvFlex cloud solution, FIT worked collaboratively with both SAP and Hewlett Packard Enterprise—creating the perfect blend of software, infrastructure, and services for supporting cloud-based SAP operations. Because FIT owns the entire technology stack, customers benefit from single-source service and support, which includes SAP-certified global hosting and cloud service professionals. Supporting the cloud through HPE Partner Ready Choosing a cloud service provider to host your company’s SAP data and mission-critical applications is an important decision. Security, data privacy, quality of service, agility, and service-level agreements are undoubtedly some of your requirements. For managed cloud service providers like FIT, choosing the right infrastructure to deliver secure, fast, and reliable services is an equally critical decision. That’s why FIT teams with Hewlett Packard Enterprise as a Partner Ready partner, and chooses trusted HPE Converged Infrastructure to provide best-fit hosting, management, and cloud-based solutions to customers. Backed by Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s extensive business-critical application expertise and world-class IT technology and best practices, HPE Converged Infrastructure—the underlying platform for the FITvFlex cloud solution—offers unique advantages for addressing your critical cloud requirements: •Open, modular platforms that don’t lock you in, supporting a broad ecosystem of applications, hypervisors, and operating systems •Automation and management for end-to-end service quality—from infrastructure to application •Unified service delivery across a hybrid model •Scalability and elasticity to meet unpredictable service demands •End-to-end security •Private cloud infrastructure isolates each customer’s data to provide robust data privacy policies and procedures to support customers regulated by HIPPA, HITECH, and U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Privacy Principles Your solution benefits Through the HPE Partner Ready program, FIT delivers on the promise of the cloud today: •Increase your organization’s speed, agility, and flexibility •Eliminate the cost of building, configuring, and maintaining infrastructure •Dispense with long lead times on the procurement of equipment and updates •Remove the need to deal with breaks, fixes, patches, and system monitoring •Focus your expertise and skills on growing your business The simplified way to move SAP operations to the cloud Contact your FIT representative today to arrange for an assessment of your IT environment. Discover how the FIT cloud solution running on HPE Converged Infrastructure can help you deploy secure, reliable SAP operations in the cloud. Learn more at freudenberg-it.com HPE Partner Ready Service Provider Program Our solution partner Business Partner Sign up for updates Rate this document © Copyright 2012–2013, 2015 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for HPE products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HPE shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. SAP and SAP HANA are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP SE in Germany and in several other countries. 4AA4-1504ENW, November 2015, Rev. 3