A healthy SAP business landscape depends on a Basis team, still many businesses see SAP administration as an afterthought. If you are looking to know more in detail about SAP Basis managed service provider or to learn what SAP Basis is, here is the complete guide to know.
SAP Basis Administration Objectives
There are so many companies which run on a poor SAP performance with regular system slowdowns and unplanned outages and they assume it’s just the way things are. If your business struggles just to keep ERP running, it’s hard to conceptualize the real value of a good SAP Basis managed service.
On the other hand imagine, if your SAP landscape supports your business perfectly. There are many other things to explore such as: How fast can your software run? How quickly would your SAP Basis team resolve slowdowns or unplanned downtime? Where is your business on your journey to S/4HANA & how long would it take to get there? Where would your business be technologically in 6 months or 6 years?
Most of the above questions have obvious answers and a right SAP Basis managed services team can get you there.
Types of SAP Basis Services
In usual SAP Managed Service Providers (MSP) are scalable and can act as:
Consultant – To get your in-house team back on track
Specialist – To provide off-hours support/ to support on the absence of your admin
Team – To execute cloud HANA migration and to train your admins
Partner – To administer core SAP systems
Extension – to run your entire landscape to run your entire landscape
We can also support services such as disaster recovery, security, compliance and hosting. We can administer both SAP and third-party applications helping business to realize and synchronize new functionalities and IT strategy on your business goals.
Types of Vendors
The vender ecosystem is vast providing different ways to structure Basis support, hosting and related services which includes:
Managed Application Service Providers
A SAP Managed Application Provider (MAP) has a strong specialization in a particular platform offering a full range of technical services, installing, upgrading and maintaining SAP software. MAP’s can support a full range of public and hybrid cloud hosting options while others work with third-party clouds. Each MAP varies in terms of vendor partnerships, technical expertise and specialization.
Value-Added Resellers
VARs are historically sold packaged solutions providing hardware and software together and it is a good choice for some small companies with simple needs. However, the cloud era in SAP has forced many VARs to change their approach as many vendors’ uses pre-configured solutions for particular use cases.
System Integrators
SIs are specialists particularly in designing and assembling SAP landscapes. These vendors are project oriented and focus on functional implementation. When a business looks for a SAP upgrade, a SI is the first point of contact who brings technical partners for assisting.
A right SAP Basis partner like us can transform your system into an engine of innovation, delivering speed, visibility and analytical power for a cutting-edge business suite for performance improvements to completing your journey to SAP S/4HANA and beyond.
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