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By: Dirk Oppenkowski

June 28, 2018 7:19 pm

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Making the Most of SAP S/4HANA: Committing to a Platform

Making the Most of SAP S/4HANA: Committing to a Platform You’ve explored the range of possible solutions for SAP S/4HANA and have made some important decisions: getting a good understanding of your enterprise ecosystem and what data needs to be moved where; opting to work with an SAP migration consultant (or not); and selecting […]

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By: Dirk Oppenkowski

May 3, 2018 2:25 pm

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Committing to Change: Next Steps in Your Move to SAP S/4HANA

No doubt you’re aware of SAP’s announcement about moving its applications solely to SAP S/4HANA by 2025. One of our recent blog posts discussed how to assess whether your business needs to make a change—and hopefully by now you’ve seen the benefits of moving to SAP S/4HANA. It’s a smart […]

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By: Dirk Oppenkowski

November 6, 2017 8:54 am

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Meet the 28 SAP HANA Innovation Award Entries that run SUSE Linux

From Accenture to Fitch Ratings to Zappos, from Automotive to Public Sector to Wholesale Distribution, across 5 continents, companies and organizations of all sizes and industries rely on SUSE Linux to run their mission critical SAP HANA infrastructure. The SAP HANA Innovation Award honors and celebrates SAP's most forward-thinking customer and partner successes, and promotes […]

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By: Dirk Oppenkowski

August 23, 2017 2:43 pm

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Pacific Drilling digs SAP HANA with SUSE Linux on AWS

With one of the newest and most technologically advanced fleets in the world, Pacific Drilling has grown into a successful, premium drilling contractor. Its stateof-the-art, high-specification drillships benefit from a proven design and highly developed construction technologies. The company currently has nearly 1000 employees at locations that range from the corporate offices in Houston, TX, […]

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By: Dirk Oppenkowski

November 21, 2016 8:56 am

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Best Practice for SAP NetWeaver High Availability

SAP NetWeaver is a common stack of middleware functionality used to support the SAP business applications. This guide describes a SAP NetWeaver installation on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 with the included SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension. We will also describe possible failure scenarios and methods for avoiding them. The described […]

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By: Dirk Oppenkowski

October 21, 2016 11:40 am

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Under Pressure in the Pursuit of Zero Downtime

The business of data center infrastructure can often feel like carpentry or home repair, as pieces need to be monitored, replaced and modernized. So if maintaining a data center is like fixing a house, you need to choose a reliable foundation, especially for your mission-critical workloads. Here’s where the analogy breaks down: unlike home […]

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By: Dirk Oppenkowski

June 17, 2015 7:37 pm

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Simplify your IT Landscape with SUSE and SAP

Thousands of organizations are looking to migrate to SAP HANA in order to take advantage of real-time business processes.  SAP and SUSE have put together a "Simpler Choice" program to support customers migrating to SAP HANA. The three-step approach is simple: Try Simple: Free trials, Value-engineering services Buy Simple: Credit for previous DB […]

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