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Introduction
In 2012, SAP attributed 390 million in revenue to HANA, making HANA the fastest growing product in SAPs history. This represented 100% growth over 2011 and with this momentum, SAPs focus on HANA is likely to continue for the foreseeable future. In fact, SAP announced in January that its entire core business suite is to be supported with HANA as the only database. Is your enterprise ready for the road to HANA? The SAP HANA platform represents exciting new opportunities that can have a potentially transformative impact on businesses that use SAP as their primary ERP system. Early adopters of this new in-memory database technology are likely to reap significant competitive advantages by either moving existing SAP solutions to HANA or taking advantage of brand new solutions built from the ground up for the new platform.
What you will learn in this paper: We describe how SAP customers
can incorporate SAP HANA into their SAP landscape in a timely manner without disrupting their existing business operations. We explore 3 primary adoption strategies that companies should consider, outline 4 critical dimensions of quality assurance, and present a 5 step strategy to ensure success in the adoption of SAP HANA in your enterprise. A case study with a Fortune 200 company is also presented.
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Companies have several options to consider when it comes to introducing HANA in their existing SAP landscape. These options can be loosely classified into three main categories: 1. Side-by-Side Implementation - Go Faster, Now This is a good initial strategy for companies looking to get started by using HANA to solve a specific, isolated problem while leaving the rest of the SAP landscape essentially unchanged. SAP offers a number of solutions that have been designed specifically to take advantage of the speed of processing that HANA provides to solve specific business problems. These solutions include: SAP Cash Forecasting SAP CO-PA Accelerator Customer Segmentation Accelerator Finance and Controlling Accelerator
In all of these solutions, a portion of the transactional data from the relevant SAP application is transferred to HANA in near real time. Then the HANA based applications perform the required analysis or other functions, taking advantage of the processing speed that an in-memory database offers over traditional database systems used for transactional applications.
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From the steps above, its clear that implementing HANA is a non-trivial undertaking that could require multiple upgrade projects and one or more data migration projects -- each of which has significant potential to disrupt existing operations. In addition, new applications have to be implemented and optimized for HANA. Finally, affected business processes may have to be updated to take into account the new functionality and the benefits that organizations can achieve with it. The move to HANA brings dramatic systems changes, and there is only one way to ensure that business processes and systems function as intended. Business processes must be tested.
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Its no longer sufficient to have applications tested just once for a PC platform. Mobility introduces significant challenges when it comes to testing. For example, to test 10 variations of your business process across 8 different mobile devices, your testing load increases 8-fold -- going from 10 tests to 80 business process tests. Performing 80 tests manually for the frequent changes in a HANA environment is practically impossible and test automation becomes a must-have capability for project teams.
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Worksoft Certify is able to do this for four specific reasons: 1. Simple - Its designed to be simple enough to be used by business SMEs yet offers the sophistication for even the most advanced IT users 2. Fast - It delivers results in a matter of days, thus delivering a rapid return and motivating teams to continue to do more 3. Resilient - It is very easy to make changes as your applications and business processes change 4. Complete - It comprehensively covers all SAP and non-SAP applications that are typically present in any modern SAP landscape
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Project Goals
The company had a major new SAP implementation project where they were moving entirely from another ERP solution to SAP, including new HANA functionality. In the process of changing systems, the company also wanted to optimize some of their business processes and eliminate a number of custom applications in favor of standard SAP software. The following core principles were established for the project: Design for the future state of the business Minimize customizations and stay on the vendor upgrade path Move rapidly to mitigate growing system risk Use a phased approach to realize value Drive cultural change and transformation
Figure 5. Performance Testing with Worksoft Certify for SAP HANA implementation
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Conclusions
One of the main attractions when you visit the beautiful Hawaiian island of Maui is the road to Hana. This 68-mile (109 km) long stretch of highway connects Kahului with the town of Hana in east Maui. It takes a full 2.5 hours to travel this short distance with no stops. The narrow, winding road passes over 59 bridges, 46 of which are only one lane wide. But the journey is definitely worthwhile because of the spectacular views, waterfalls and rain forests along the way, as well as the beach that rewards you at the end of the trip. A little planning and foresight are required to make the most of the journey and also come back in one piece! Your journey to implementing SAP HANA, although not entirely the same, can be a spectacular experience for the business results it delivers along the way. A bit of proven methodology and a lot of technology from Worksoft will go a long way toward making this journey ultimately rewarding.
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