SAP on the Cloud (2^nd Ed., Softcover reprint of the original 2nd ed. 2016) Management for Professionals Series

This book offers a comprehensive guide to implementing SAP and HANA on private, public and hybrid clouds. Cloud computing has transformed the way organizations run their IT infrastructures: the shift from legacy monolithic mainframes and UNIX platforms to cloud based infrastructures offering ubiquitous access to critical information, elastic provisioning and drastic cost savings has made cloud an essential part of every organization?s business strategy. Cloud based services have evolved from simple file sharing, email and messaging utilities in the past, to the current situation, where their improved technical capabilities and SLAs make running mission-critical applications such as SAP possible. However, IT professionals must take due care when deploying SAP in a public, private or hybrid cloud environment. As a foundation for core business operations, SAP cloud deployments must satisfy stringent requirements concerning their performance, scale and security, while delivering measurable improvements in IT efficiency and cost savings. The 2nd edition of ?SAP on the Cloud? continues the work of its successful predecessor released in 2013, providing updated guidance for deploying SAP in public, private and hybrid clouds. To do so, it discusses the technical requirements and considerations necessary for IT professionals to successfully implement SAP software in a cloud environment, including best-practice architectures for IaaS, PaaS and SaaS deployments. The section on SAP?s in-memory database HANA has been significantly extended to cover Suite on HANA (SoH) and the different incarnations of HANA Enterprise Cloud (HEC) and Tailored Datacenter Integration (TDI). As cyber threats are a significant concern, it also explores appropriate security models for defending SAP cloud deployments against modern and sophisticated attacks. The reader will gain the insights needed to understand the respective benefits and drawbacks of various deployment models and how SAP on the cloud can be used to deliver IT efficiency and cost-savings in a secure and agile manner.

Dr.-Ing. Michael Missbach is the head of the SAP Cisco Competence Center in Walldorf, Germany. With 14 years of SAP experience, his work focuses currently on HANA and unified and stateless computing infrastructures for mission critical applications in public and private cloud scenarios. As a senior consultant he was responsible for the development of adaptive SAP infrastructures and the SAPS-meter Web service. Earlier, he worked as IT Superintendent for ALCOA and implemented outsourcing and network projects for GE. He studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of Karlsruhe and received his doctorate in Materials Science at what has become now the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).

Thorsten Stärk always wanted to be an inventor – and has come close to it. He conducted COBOL trainings, published SAP benchmarks, designed HANA appliances and wrote a book on electronics. Thorsten works for VCE, an EMC company, as an SAP Solutions Engineer. In his role he strives to turn the paradigm of converged infrastructure into customer reality – always combining VMware virtualization, Cisco UCS hardware and EMC storage (VCE). His passion is to find out “why” no matter where.

Cameron Gardiner is a developer working for Microsoft SQL Server R&D team based in Tokyo Japan. His role is to run Microsoft’s customer facing development programs such as “First Customer Shipment” of new releases of Windows, SQL Server and new technologies such as SQL Server 2012 Column Store, Hyper-V 3.0 and cloud deployments. Prior to joining Microsoft he worked as a SAP Basis Consultant covering UNIX, Oracle and DB2 platforms.  Cameron is a contributor to the popular SAP on SQL Server blog and has written numerous whitepapers on topics ranging from Hardware Technologies to Securing SAP systems on Microsoft platforms. He is a regular speaker at events and is an instructor teaching a course on SAP on Microsoft platforms to several hundred students per year. 

Shows how enterprises can utilize the power of cloud computing for SAP applications

Explains how cloud and in-memory applications can be used for mission critical applications

Describes the benefits and pitfalls of running in-memory databases on private, public and hybrid clouds

Tell how to ensure security for sensitive informations on the cloud

Introduces new trends like Internet of Things and Application Centric Infrastructures