IMPLEMENTATION EXPECTATIONS
It's true: implementing a complex or customized SAP solution at a large enterprise can take more than a year. But it's also true that our solutions for midsize companies can be implemented quickly. In fact, more than 60% of SAP Business All-in-One implementations take fewer than nine months. Some can be up and running in just four.
There are several ways to go about an SAP implementation. Working with SAP Consulting, SAP Managed Services, or our partners, you'll be sure to find the assistance you need to get the value you expect, when you expect it.
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You can leverage our experience with almost 70,000 implementations over the last 30 years to help your business make a smooth transition to a new system. SAP Consulting has more than 9,000 consultants, plus a global network of 180,000 certified partners.
SAP Consulting Services include:
- Business and IT strategic consulting
- Solution and architecture design
- Technology architecture design
- Business process design
- Program and project management
- Quality and risk management
- Solution implementation
- Technical implementation
- Solution integration
- Solution optimization and upgrade
- Conversion, migration, and landscape optimization
Hosting and application management services from SAP can help take the IT burden off your shoulders. You can concentrate on meeting your business goals, while qualified experts help you evaluate, implement, and use your SAP systems. As a result, you get tangible results in reduced risk, improved service, and lower TCO.
SAP Managed Services can help you fulfill a variety of technology strategies at any stage of your solution life cycle:
- SAP Evaluation Hosting – Provides a flexible, rapidly implemented infrastructure for evaluating new SAP solutions
- SAP Implementation Hosting – Helps you implement SAP solutions
- SAP Upgrade Hosting – Provides infrastructure and handles software upgrades
- SAP Development and Prototype Hosting – Offers hosted system landscapes during development projects and provides the opportunity to create business scenarios while evaluating SAP solutions
- SAP Application Hosting – Handles ongoing operation of production systems
- SAP Remote Application Operations – Remotely manages your SAP solution on hardware that you own, providing 24/7 first-level support
- SAP Application Management – Manages all aspects of running your SAP solution, including second-level support, content management, and business process monitoring
- SAP Hosted E-Learning – Accelerates the implementation of your e-learning platform
You can work directly with an SAP partner, either a:
- Value-added reseller (VAR) – Sells and implements SAP software
- System integrator (SI) – Sells SAP software and provides implementation and integration assistance
 There are more than 1,500 SAP partners around the world, and it's easy to find one near you.
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