Fujitsu to market ready-to-run virtualised appliance for SAP HANA for test and development use

Issued by Opportun(at)e for CoCre8
Munich, 11 Mar 2013

News facts:
* The virtualised Fujitsu Power Appliance for SAP HANA enables more rapid testing for multiple projects
* Simultaneous testing of multiple scenarios allows faster implementation of optimised solutions

Fujitsu today announces a certified, ready-to-run virtualised appliance for the SAP HANA platform for test and development use. The fully virtualised Fujitsu Power Appliance enables more rapid development and testing for implementations of SAP HANA, allowing companies to create true business value through faster deployment of the best-performing set-ups.

With its new appliance, Fujitsu helps enterprises answer the critical question of 'how can SAP HANA create most value for me?' The answer is that, thanks to a complete environment for the simultaneous testing of multiple virtualised configurations, the preconfigured Fujitsu Power Appliance for SAP HANA accelerates test scenarios and reduces time-to-market by running multiple configurations side-by-side.

Full virtualisation for in-memory environments running SAP HANA means businesses can more cost-effectively run multiple projects at the same time, making greater use of the technology without continually needing to justify the cost of additional hardware resources to test every new and experimental project.

Following SAP's expanded strategic collaboration with VMware, Fujitsu will market an appliance that provides a complete test and development environment using VMware vSphere based on a Fujitsu PRIMERGY RX600 S6 industry standard rack server. The virtualised appliance is the latest Fujitsu offering designed with the needs of the SAP community in mind, with approximately 100 projects worldwide already implemented on Fujitsu Power Appliance for SAP HANA.

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Supporting quotes

Dr Joseph Reger, Chief Technology Officer at Fujitsu Technology Solutions:
"Particularly in challenging R&D environments, organisations are excited about the power of actionable analytics from in-memory computing to transform their business. Fujitsu's new virtualised Power Appliance for SAP HANA will streamline the test and evaluation process for implementations of SAP HANA, and underlines our commitment to accelerate and simplify the process of deploying this innovative platform."

Ray Blanchard, Senior Director, Strategic ISV Alliances at VMware:
"For over 10 years, VMware and Fujitsu have shown leadership in designing solutions that help organisations to lower costs, increase business agility, and ensure freedom of choice. The virtualised Fujitsu Power Appliance for SAP HANA - including VMware vSphere, vCenter and Fujitsu PRIMERGY RX600 S6 servers - is a breakthrough in supporting SAP's innovative in-memory technology with flexible, streamlined and cost-efficient infrastructures."

Pricing and availability

This new appliance is scheduled to be available for order in CEMEA&I by 1 April 2013. Other regions will follow thereafter. Pricing varies by region.

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Notes to editors
Technical specification
The virtualised Fujitsu Power Appliance option for SAP HANA is based on a Fujitsu PRIMERGY RX600 S7 single-node rack server (512GB main memory, 4 CPU sockets, Intel E7-4870 10C/20T), pre-installed with the entire software stack, including SLES 11 subscription for SAP applications, the SAP HANA software and VMware vSphere 5.1. The appliance is designed and optimised for deployment in non-productive environments, eg development and test.

Fujitsu

Fujitsu is the leading Japanese information and communication technology (ICT) company offering a full range of technology products, solutions and services. Over 170 000 Fujitsu people support customers in more than 100 countries. It uses its experience and the power of ICT to shape the future of society with its customers. Fujitsu (TSE: 6702) reported consolidated revenues of yen4.5 trillion ($54 billion) for the fiscal year ended 31 March 2012. For more information, please see http://www.fujitsu.com.

Fujitsu Technology Solutions

Fujitsu Technology Solutions is the leading European IT infrastructure provider with a presence in all key markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, plus India, serving large, medium-sized and small businesses. The company offers a full portfolio of IT products, business solutions and services, ranging from workplace systems to data centre solutions, managed services, and cloud-based software and solutions. Fujitsu Technology Solutions employs more than 13 000 people and is part of the global Fujitsu Group. For more information, please see: ts.fujitsu.com/aboutus.

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