FlexFrame® for SAP®
Run your SAP environment easier, faster, better and with more efficiency Enterprises of every size and in every branch of industry run SAP applications with FlexFrame for SAP because the solution enables them to react optimally to changing requirements in a fast-paced world. For ten years now this IT infrastructure solution has proven its value in hundreds of business enterprises and in every kind of provisioning model: in a company’s own data center, as a managed service, as a hosting service from a service provider and as a cloud service. Optimize your SAP processes holistically FlexFrame for SAP is much more than just technology – it is a complete solution for comprehensively optimizing your SAP operations and making them fit for the future. The preconfigured and pretested infrastructure solution is designed around a unique, holistic concept that makes planning, operation and change management in SAP environments easier, faster, better and lower in cost. For example, FlexFrame for SAP is ideal for consolidating SAP applications. This, combined with automated administration tasks, makes managing SAP environments much easier. The automatic high availability of SAP and database services improves service quality at the same time. And since IT resources can be allocated flexibly, requirements can be satisfied very quickly, and SAP services are always provided at performance levels that precisely match the actual needs of an enterprise. Advantages like these pay off in terms of lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) – depending on the environment, savings of more than 50% are possible.
FlexFrame for SAP in brief: ■ Tested and complete solution for seamlessly integrating all infrastructure components ■ Lifecycle management for the entire solution ■ Dynamic distribution of applications across physical and virtual resources ■ Integrated, standardized management from the hardware layer to the application layer ■ Integrated automatic high availability for application and database services ■ Comprehensive automation of administration and maintenance tasks ■ Ready-to-run, pre-produced in the Fujitsu Staging Center ■ Cloud-ready
A complete package for overall optimization of SAP datacenter processes For more than ten years now, FlexFrame for SAP has been deployed by enterprises of all sizes, ranging from just a few dozen employees to corporate workforces with tens of thousands of users, to make SAP operations more efficient, more reliable and more flexible. Based on PRIMERGY industry-standard servers, central storage and a high-performance network, this IT infrastructure solution offers end-to-end virtualization of servers, storage, the network and application services. The entire solution, from the hardware layer to the software layer, is consistently managed with one single administration tool. Comprehensive automation of administration and maintenance tasks also increases productivity and the service quality of SAP operations. For example, an automated high-availability solution with N:1 failover for the IT infrastructure and all application services is integrated in the package. FlexFrame for SAP is provided with quality assurance maintenance according to release status, along with service support for the complete solution; the SolutionContract product gives customers comprehensive reactive and proactive services. A Fujitsu expert is also named as the dedicated contact for responding to all questions related to the IT infrastructure solution.
Easier ■ SAP operations without the complexity of virtualization and cluster technologies ■ SAP running for various customers with one IT infrastructure ■ Lighter workloads thanks to automation
Faster ■ Provisioning of applications and servers within minutes ■ Switching applications between physical and virtual servers without modifications ■ Responding to new requirements flexibly
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■ Integrated high availability and automated management ■ High operational reliability even with updates and further developments ■ Better SLAs than possible with conventional SAP solutions ■ High level of transparency for SAP performance
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FlexFrame for SAP drastically reduces the complexity and costs of running SAP environments. The IT infrastructure solution is suited for every IT provisioning model, and it is future-proof – what’s more, it is already geared to support SAP HANA.
Why SAP runs better with Fujitsu Fujitsu and SAP have worked together successfully for almost four decades. Fujitsu is an SAP Global Partner for hardware, software, service and hosting. Fujitsu provides enterprises with comprehensive support on the application and IT infrastructure level, along with the implementation and operation of SAP systems, plus strategic consulting and the further development of business processes. FlexFrame for SAP is a dynamic infrastructure that originated from a joint Fujitsu-SAP initiative, and it is the only complete solution for managing servers, storage systems, networks and SAP applications. The solution is under constant development and offers everything needed to optimize your SAP operations – in your own data center, as a managed service, as a hosting service from a service provider and as a cloud service.
Lower costs ■ Consolidate and utilize IT infrastructures optimally ■ Minimize administration and maintenance work ■ Reduce costs by scaling performance ■ Implement energy-efficient green IT ■ Achieve high availability without expensive cluster technology ■ Reduce TCO by 50% or more
» With our joint innovations, such as the combination of the SAP Adaptive Computing Controller with the FlexFrame for SAP solution from Fujitsu, our customers can really optimize their IT investments.« Gerhard Oswald, COO and Member of the Executive Board, SAP AG
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