PT Metrodata Electronics Tbk collaborating with Amazon Web Services, gain the trust of PT. Fajar Surya Wisesa, Tbk (Fajar Paper) to do SAP Workload migration to AWS Cloud, using Amazon EC2 Services technology.

Customers are usually conservative when making decisions on SAP infrastructure as they want to choose solutions that are proven and can minimize risks, Which Our Value customer can choose AWS as SAP platform with confidence, given that AWS has the best experience in executing SAP cloud transformations.

AWS has been running SAP workloads since 2008, much longer than with other cloud providers. More than 5,000 active customers have trusted AWS to run SAP, aligned with the broader Amazon brand, AWS always considers customer needs when developing new products.

Of the various public cloud vendors, AWS was chosen because it is the Leader SAP Cloud Infrastructure & Platform (based on ISG Research 2019), AWS - SAP alliance history since 2008, and most importantly Amazon EC2 provides built and fully certified instance types to run SAP workloads

One of the biggest Paper Manufacturing companies who has benefited from the utilization of the cloud is Fajar Paper, which is known as a company of the future in terms of its forward-thinking approach to business, energy conservation and the environment. Not only does every Fajar Paper products begin its life from recycled paper but also the company’s paper machines are powered by self-sufficient power plants. AWS Cloud has helped Fajar Paper to be able to optimize its business development plans.

Migrating SAP Workload on AWS using Amazon EC2 Services technology

Then, how to migration SAP on AWS which has become the backbone for business acceleration in Fajar Paper?

“We adjust business strategies and see impact directly on customer behavior or sales performance. We have improved value our SAP system by integrating SAP with AWS technology because we can drive business in real time,” said CTO (Chief Technology Officer) of PT Fajar Surya Wisesa Tbk, Ishak Surjana.

“By moving to AWS, response times at SAP database are significantly faster and We also saw significant Increase in performance at the application server level.” continued Ishak Surjana.

In addition, we choose to shift existing investments to reduce costs, modernize business processes with native AWS services the company also benefits from the shifting of CAPEX costs to OPEX, so that the company does not need to spend upfront cash for large investments at the beginning.

"Migrating SAP to AWS has helped us save more on IT infrastructure and maintenance costs, since we are able to pay as what we need, while improving many cores business processes," said CTO (Chief Technology Officer) of PT Fajar Surya Wisesa Tbk, Ishak Surjana.

To implement Amazon Web Services (AWS) - Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Fajar Surya Wisesa then collaborated with PT Metrodata Electronics Tbk, an AWS Advance Consulting Partner, registered in the Amazon Partner Network (APN) & collaborating with its subsidiaries, PT Soltius Indonesia, SAP platinum partner, can provide end to end, full SAP migration services in short period of time risk free" to deliver the project within the required timeframe for migration.

Business Challenges:

• SAP ERP application has specific requirements to ensure stable performance and high uptime SLA to ensures application always available for business
• On the other hand, an infrastructure model that is scalable and able to grow in business is needed with a scalable investment model (pay-as-you-go).
• Faster and smarter way to implement/migrate the mission critical systems
• Management and minimize the infrastructure cost and risk
• Scalability and elasticity of the environment to address the market demand
• Operations Management and cost in long term

Solution

Perform design process & provision Amazon EC2 (compute) & Amazon VPC (Virtual Private Cloud) Service to deliver a fully supported & certified cloud infrastructure to run SAP workload securely (isolated), with the highest uptime SLA in its class.

Allows Fajar Paper IT teams to focus on application development, as lower virtualization levels are managed by Amazon Web Services directly.

Benefits:

• AWS platform gave the ability to respond with greater speed, agility, and insights across the value chain, but customers, employees, and partners will also get benefit
• Implementation time to migrate the on-premises workload was on target with the help of AWS automation tools and without any delays
• Saving on the SAP infrastructure costs and the shift from CAPEX to OPEX model
• Increase server availability which can be access from all operation sites & factories of the company