Customer Stories

Eneco: Using cloud-based integration to support green, innovative energy and services

Explore Eneco’s journey with SAP

When energy provider and sustainable energy leader Eneco Holding N.V. looked to better support green electricity and energy services with flexible, state-of-the-art IT, it chose a cloud-first strategy. SAP Integration Suite helped make the transition smoother, faster, and more cost-effective.

Lower

IT spend for integration middleware, cutting annual TCO.

costs for hardware installation, with minimal up-front investment.

Simpler IT

that helps drive innovation.

SAP Integration Suite helped us cut down IT spend for integration middleware to between 50% and 60% of our annual total cost of ownership. Plus, the ease of use and flexibility of the solution helped us go live in a matter of weeks.

Marco Verhoef
Integration Consultant, IT Asset Management, Eneco Holding N.V.

The Challenge

Helping customers make the switch to cleaner, greener energy

Eneco Holding N.V. is active in the energy sector and one of the biggest investors in sustainable energy. To challenge the rapid process change in the utilities industry, Eneco needed to deploy intuitive, cutting-edge business and IT solutions in the cloud.

By introducing a cloud-first strategy for the company, Eneco looked to start with a scalable cloud platform that could support cloud-to-cloud integration as well as hybrid deployment models.

The Solution

Taking a cloud-first integration approach

To kick off this strategy, Eneco chose SAP Integration Suite, which is part of SAP Business Technology Platform.

Working with SAP partner Acorel, it used the Cloud Integration capability within SAP Integration Suite to implement a design-to-operate process in a matter of weeks. Plus, the suite offers standard integration content with automated release update cycles, minimizing up-front investment and eliminating hardware installation costs.

Now, with plans to explore integration governance in the future, Eneco can leverage SAP Integration Solution Advisory Methodology.

The Result

Speeding innovation and lowering TCO

With the Cloud Integration capability in SAP Integration Suite, Eneco now has the flexibility to integrate between SAP and third-party systems. Automatic monthly upgrades to the cloud infrastructure eliminate the need to invest in technical monitoring and upgrades.

The result is that Eneco has been able to cut IT spending for integration middleware to between 50% and 60% of annual total cost of ownership (TCO).

Plus, the solution is so much simpler to use that IT teams can keep the focus on driving innovation.

SAP helps Eneco run better

Key business outcomes and benefits

Flexibility to integrate between SAP and third-party systems
Automatic monthly upgrades and standard integration content, eliminating the need to invest in technical monitoring and upgrades
Flexibility and ease of use that simplifies IT and helps drive innovation
Optimized implementation of the design-to-operate process
Went live in a matter of weeks

Featured solutions and services

SAP Business Technology Platform brings together data and analytics, artificial intelligence, application development, automation, and integration in one, unified environment.
SAP Integration Suite allows you to integrate on-premise and cloud-based applications and processes with tools and prebuilt content managed by SAP.

About Eneco

Active in the energy sector for more than 100 years, Eneco Holding N.V. provides sustainable energy solutions to 5.7 million customers and partners across The Netherlands, Belgium, and the United Kingdom.

Industry	Region	Company Size	Partner
Utilities	Rotterdam, The Netherlands	7,000 employees	Acorel

Featured partner

Acorel helps organizations interact optimally with their customers and offer them a unique experience every time. Acorel uses SAP Customer Experience solutions, combined with our clear project approach and enthusiastic consultants.