The implementation of mySAP.com is always undertaken with the intention of achieving fundamental business goals as well as far-reaching, positive business impact. Among these are increased profitability, faster time-to-market, greater market share and improved productivity.
"To deliver on these intentions, mission-critical enterprise applications like mySAP.com require a robust information infrastructure to support them, independent of the operating system. This information infrastructure, which EMC calls E-Infostructure must provide high availability, business continuity protection, manageability and scalability to help organisations realise the benefits of a SAP enterprise application," says John Jordaan, manager alliances at EMC SA.
This year`s Sapphire 2000 conference, held in conjunction with Comdex 2000, will see EMC demonstrating how its E-Infostructure provides a foundation that places information at the centre of the IT infrastructure. This allows organisations to share, protect and manage their information across the entire enterprise to achieve the most aggressive business goals.
"In the implementation phase of your SAP solution, you need to evaluate your application and its supporting environment to ensure that you are selecting the right solution and the right infrastructure. Decisions made in this phase affect the balance of the life cycle as they lay the foundation for all future phases," says Jordaan.
"EMC Enterprise Storage infrastructure lays down the first components of a modular foundation that can ensure success throughout the SAP life cycle. EMC Enterprise Storage systems and software enable you to accelerate your initial implementation phase while reducing the risk of error and maximising your use of scarce resources."
Once the SAP application is up and running, the intention is always to minimise or eliminate planned and unplanned downtime for this critical part of the business operation. EMC Enterprise Storage delivers a high availability, high performance information infrastructure that supports this 24x7 business demand, while backups are performed without disruption.
"SAP customers are among the most innovative users of information in the world. By building an information infrastructure based on EMC Enterprise Storage systems and software, they can ensure that their information is available when its needed, is properly protected and is easily managed. The platform independence of both EMC and SAP gives customers the freedom to build this infrastructure with the best tools for their business needs," Jordaan concludes.
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