Build of new infrastructure for SAP implementation

Challenge

The Customer is a multinational corporation and conglomerate specializing in luxury goods such as jewelry, watches, designer bags, shoes and clothing.

Client run a big complex program encompassing consolidation all IT systems for HR, Finance, Retail, Supply Chain and Production within ERP SAP FMS solution. To achieve ambitious plans with aggressive timelines, GDC Services was chosen for replacement of legacy systems and implementation of highly available, accessible and reliable infrastructure for new SAP system.

Solution

GDC Services developed and implemented a new infrastructure of more than 230 CIs, based on many technologies assembled in one unique system, such as: HP servers for non-Hana system, Equinix, IBM for HANA system, Commvault backup, EMC storage and others.

Our solution successfully passed comprehend Customer’s assessment in three Service Acceptances: one for VMAX as new Storage technology, one for Commvault as new backup technology and one for overall SAP landscape HANA and non-HANA environment.

• SAP-certified Azure VM sizing and architecture
• Azure NetApp Files for SAP HANA storage
• High-availability and disaster recovery design
• ExpressRoute connectivity to on-premise SAP systems
• Monitoring and alerting for SAP workloads

Results

• The Customer in a short time frame received the stable and highly available infrastructure solution, supporting business on 5 continents with consistent transactions and information in one place with no disruption.
• Established good collaboration between project teams (100+ team members and seven 3rd party vendors / suppliers), enabled SAP Go-Live after 13 months, with no incidents.
• The New Solution helps the Customer to achieve enhanced Quality Control and a significant reduction in Production Time.