Minimized Downtime Solutions (MDO™) for SAP
DevOps for SAP
To fully leverage the benefits of running SAP in a hyperscale Cloud environment, a mere infrastructure migration won’t suffice. To unlock additional advantages, the next step involves embracing innovation with DevOps for SAP. This often entails adopting a new mindset and approach to work. Lemongrass offers a ‘DevOps as a Service’ model, facilitating a swift start and immediate realization of benefits, including:
1. Rapid Adoption: Transitioning to an agile work methodology with SAP entails more than just technological changes. Organizations must adapt their working methods and implement governance processes. We’ve developed DevOps tools and procedures that allow deployment on a “cost per call off” basis. Once clients are comfortable, control of the service can be handed back or continued to be managed by us.
2. Increased Speed & Agility: Shifting to an SAP landscape on a public Cloud with DevOps enables organizations to construct systems and landscapes within hours and automate operational tasks, delivering immediate benefits.
3. Reduced Costs: A significant portion of IT budgets often goes toward “keeping all systems running.” With our Sapsense Cloud Platform, systems can be easily started to access data and stopped when no longer needed, resulting in cost savings as you only pay for systems in use.
4. Projects Enabled on Demand: Projects can commence and conclude at their own pace, and once predefined criteria are met, innovation can be released into the formal production track. This approach fundamentally accelerates innovation, reducing the critical ‘time to market.’
5. Non-Production on Demand: Rapid provisioning of systems ensures that systems are only activated when necessary. Schedule system downtime during quiet periods, such as overnight or weekends, and decommission them when not in use.
6. Latest Production Template: Since systems are built from the latest production image, system refreshes are no longer necessary. Your project, Proof of Concept (PoC), or training system operates on the latest production image, allowing developments and updates to be safely released back into your Production release track with minimal defects.
About the Sapsense Release Manager
Embracing DevOps for SAP not only enables you to move beyond the traditional waterfall SAP Release Strategy but also accelerates your release cycles, facilitates faster delivery of work, and fosters a culture of innovation within your SAP team. To support this transition, our Sapsense Release Manager offers additional services to help you effectively manage your DevOps-enabled SAP landscape. These services include:
Release Control Services
Outline your DevOps for SAP Release Strategy
Provide training for your team on the DevOps for SAP Release Strategy
Initiate the project
Conduct quality checks for projects to be incorporated into a new release
Perform quality assurance testing for the release
Coordinate the final cutover process
Environment Control Services
Set up environments per project upon request
Offer tagging strategies and templates to align with your organization’s financial reporting
Continuous Innovation Updates
Our Sapsense Cloud Platform continually evolves, with frequent releases introducing new features. These enhancements build upon existing DevOps-enabled capabilities, such as automated system hygiene tasks like system refreshes, copies, and near-zero downtime system patching and maintenance.
