Client Introduction
Dishman Netherland is a pharmaceutical company based in the Netherlands that manufactures APIs and excipients. Since 1946, they have been producing vitamin D and have developed a range of vitamin D analogs and metabolites used as APIs in drugs. They also produce a pharmaceutical-grade cholesterol, which is used as an excipient in liposomal drug delivery systems. Dishman Netherlands is part of the Dishman Group, which consists of Dishman Pharmaceuticals & Chemicals, Carbogen Amcis, and Creapharm Parenteral.
Key Challenges
Our client was running SAP-based applications on an On-premise setup. They, with their presence at several locations, were not able to scale its applications with the current system in place.
They were facing the following challenges:-
1. High infrastructure costs and maintenance costs.
2. Scalability issues due to on-premise infrastructure.
3. Running of servers on an outdated On-premise setup, which is always at risk of hardware failure.
Solutions
1. Upgrade the SAP ECC 6.0 ERP system from EHP0 to ERP EHP8.
2. Migrated Database from MS SQL 2005 to the latest HANA 2.0 SP4 DB.
3. Migrated the Windows Server 2005 Operating system to the latest SUSE Linux 15 platform.
4. Set up SAP DMS/Content Server with the latest version.
5. Set up DR for SAP ERP using CloudEndure.
Key highlights of migration
1. Established a secure private connection between AWS, and giving their employees direct access to the systems.
2. A fully automated deployment platform was developed which enabled us to move their applications easily to cloud.
3. With AWS Identity and Access Management, our customers manage authorizations and users. A container deployment platform was also developed so that the updates of a new project release are automatically initiated.
4. Data backups were automated and we setup a DR site .
5. A simple notification service was setup for the clients to stay updated with the latest modifications.
Results
With AWS migration, our client now enjoys fully automated deployment operations with zero operational burdens. They were also able to overcome several hurdles like
Efficiency
The migration improved the application’s performance and doubled its speed and efficiency and all locations. Now they also have disaster recovery measures in place to safeguard their data.
Scalability
System Uptime was assured by almost 99.99%. Our client could now easily scale their operations quickly and efficiently.
Cost-effective
Due to the migration, the operational and overhead costs of our client reduced drastically and they are now saving more than ever.
Enhanced User Experience
The client is getting more time to focus on core business activities which is leading to a high rate of end-user satisfaction.
Why Choose Discus
We are AWS and SAP partners and have more than 10 years of experience. Having extensive experience working with many prominent companies across the globe makes us an apt choice for migrating your SAP-based applications to AWS. We have done more than 10 SAP migrations and updates to date.
Key Differentiators:
1. Certified SAP and AWS team
2. Structured approach toward migration and verification
3. Migration and upgradation were done with minimum downtime
