At the recent SAPPHIRE`99, an annual SAP conference held in the US, EMC demonstrated to an estimated 10,000 users, the importance of implementing secure, reliable and scalable e-commerce, Internet and ERP applications.
Graham Prime, senior product manager at EMC SA, says the company showed a number of new Advanced EMC/SAP Infrastructure Solutions (AESIS) and detailed the technical aspects of successful SAP e-commerce and ERP applications at several global companies. "We also supplied EMC Symmetrix subsystems to support multiple Unix and Windows NT servers running SAP R/3 demonstrations on the show floor," he says.
Elaborating on the AESIS initiative created by EMC and SAP, Prime says its purpose is to offer customers best-practices documentation to assist in deploying enterprise-wide SAP applications. "The focus is on ensuring disaster-resistance, developing non-disruptive backup and restore strategies, and using second instance applications with multiple copies of data.
"Incorporating integrated services, technical support and documentation, the initiative offers ways to maximise system performance, information availability, protection and management - through use of EMC Enterprise Storage systems and software," he comments.
Wolfgang Becker, vice president, Advanced Technology Group at SAP AG, says the two companies have been working successfully together to provide customers with enterprise storage infrastructure solutions since 1996. "The AESIS initiative offers an ideal forum to document these proven and jointly supported solutions to assist in the deployment of new business critical SAP applications. It helps build and maintain competitive advantage."
"Speed to market is critical in the digital economy," adds Prime.
"Companies are looking for the fastest, safest and most effective way to start or expand their Internet initiatives or deploy more traditional ERP applications."
SAP is part of EMC`s Global Alliances programme and EMC is an SAP Technology Partner, an SAP Complementary Software Partner and a TeamSAP Partner. EMC runs a technical centre at SAP HQ in Germany and the companies signed a maintenance and technical support agreement to ensure the highest levels of service and support for joint customers.
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