RunE2E Case Study: SAP BusinessObjects in the AWS Cloud
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RunE2E helped Kenneth Cole Productions migrate its SAP infrastructure to AWS to reduce costs and improve flexibility. Within 3 weeks, RunE2E provisioned an AWS environment with SAP BusinessObjects and connected it to Kenneth Cole's on-premise data warehouse. This proof of concept validated AWS as a platform and cost less than $500, demonstrating significant savings and speed compared to traditional on-premise deployment.
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RunE2E Case Study: SAP BusinessObjects in the AWS Cloud
- 1. RunE2E RunE2E Customer Success Story Customer Success Story Global Fashion Brand Finds Savings and Speed with Amazon Web Services for SAP CHALLENGE Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc, which. designs, sources, and markets a BENEFITS OF AWS FOR SAP broad range of footwear, handbags, apparel and accessories, was conducting CHOICE a comprehensive review of its on-premise hardware and wished to explore the Amazon Web Services (AWS) feasibility of cloud-based alternatives. The company also wished to review provides maximum flexibility for your SAP project. the capabilities of SAP BusinessObjects 4.0 for enhanced end-user self- • Use any programming model, service reporting. To combine those two end goals into a single project, language or operating system RunE2E, a certified Amazon Web Services solution provider, proposed a Proof or database of Concept to achieve the following goals: • Use as many, or as few services, as you need • Assist Kenneth Cole in its understanding of the cloud and AWS capabilities • Only pay for what you use, when you use it • Complete the Proof of Concept quickly to meet Kenneth Cole’s timeline for • Use any existing system broader decision-making regarding its on-premise hardware planning management tools and extend the • Help the client unify SAP and non-SAP data sources using the latest SAP datacenter into the cloud BusinessObjects 4.0 toolset • Choose where and how to run your applications (choose from regions • Enable self-service reporting capabilities for end users and availability zones) • Demonstrate elasticity for Kenneth Cole—allowing the client to increase ELASTICITY system capacity during heavy use periods, such as end of quarter reporting With AWS you can use resources on demand, which saves you time and SOLUTION money. In other words, you can scale based on actual demand, rather than Working on an aggressive timeline, RunE2E and AWS developed a plan to purchasing capacity you don’t need – achieve the following: or even worse, running out of capacity during times of unexpected demand. • Provision an Amazon Web Service Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instance via the cloud and download and install SAP BusinessObjects 4.0 software SPEED Project and deployment times are • Configure security parameters to allow access via the Internet accelerated improving time to value. • Configure data sources (connect to on-premise customer data warehouse Development environments can be of SAP and non SAP) enabled within days instead of weeks • Assign users, build and publish queries for end-user access or months. • Scale the platform – small to large – depending on the reporting demand flow www.RunE2E.com For more information: [email protected]
- 2. RunE2E RunE2E Customer Success Story Customer Success Story RESULTS TECHNICAL DETAILS The initial system environment and platform provisioning, software installation, PROVISIONING THE PLATFORM • Instance Size Selected: M2. Large simple user administration, connections to the on-premise data stores, and (4 processors, 16 GB Memory) development of multiple reporting templates were completed in less than AWS allows you to choose which three weeks. type of computing power you need • Operating System: Microsoft The total AWS infrastructure and systems cost supporting the Proof of Windows 2008 Concept was less than $500. The cost included building a number of Amazon • Database: Not required – SAP EC2 instances, changing the Amazon EC2 instance size to measure system BusinessObjects embeds its own performance improvements, copying Amazon EC2 instances into Amazon database software Machine Image (AMI) templates, and re-deploying to the customer’s private • EBS Drive(s): (C:) 35 GB, (D:) 50 GB AWS application. • Access: Configured client’s firewall to recognize the IP addresses from The Proof of Concept validated the use of SAP BusinessObjects 4.0 with AWS the Amazon firewall as the platform, said Regina Gorinshteyn, Divisional Senior Vice President, • Hourly Cost: $0.48 - $0.96 per Information Technology, Kenneth Cole Productions. “RunE2E and AWS hour. Scaled up as more computing provided Kenneth Cole Productions with an alternative to the traditional time- power was needed (4 users to 400 and resource-consuming method of deploying a development environment for users on system) an SAP software project. Had a traditional model been used, the environment TIME OF EFFORT would not have been available in three weeks.” • Less than 5 minutes to provision the system • 30 minutes to assign user roles and connect to customer on-premise Let’s Get Started data warehouse • 2-3 hours to install SAP Whether you seek new solutions or a plan for optimizing existing investments, BusinessObjects 4.0 RunE2E Advisory Services can help. Call us today at (866) 457-2193 to – Deploy AWS-EC2 Instance schedule a no obligation phone assessment with a RunE2E Solution Advisor. – Install Software – Configure Security Parameters – Configure Connections to on-Premise Data • Approximately two weeks to build and publish 20-plus queries www.RunE2E.com For more information: [email protected] RunE2E is a leading provider of integrated IT consulting, workforce and technology solutions. We offer Cloud and Virtualization, CRM, and BI consulting and contingent workforce services to provide IT departments with more resources and greater expertise.