BMW Group: Reducing IT infrastructure costs by effectively managing data volumes
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“Successful data volume management will enable us
to drastically reduce our target IT infrastructure
footprint while significantly decreasing runtimes for
our migrations to SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition.”
SAP Enterprise Architecture, BMW Group
BMW Group
Munich, Germany
www.bmwgroup.com
Industry
Automotive
Employees
154.950
Revenue
€155.5 billion
Products and services
Manufacture of motor vehicles
Featured solutions and services
SAP MaxAttention, RISE with SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Private Edition, and SAP HANA native
storage extension
25%
Cut in IT infrastructure
costs*
50%
Reduction in in-memory
database requirements*
Before: Challenges and opportunities
• Gain transparency on enterprise-wide data volumes
• Smooth the migration to a new cloud-based IT architecture
• “Right-size” and “tight-size” the company’s new IT infrastructure by managing data volumes to avoid
high in-memory computing requirements
Why SAP
• Scalable, cloud-based ERP on RISE with SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition
• Ability to reduce disk and memory requirements through the use of SAP HANA native storage
extension and inverted individual indexes for archiving
• Custom-designed solution provided by SAP MaxAttention services
• Detailed guidance on data volume management from trusted SAP experts
After: Value-driven results
• Centralized and standardized the approach to data volume management for a clean core strategy
• Minimized in-memory computing requirements, resulting in lower IT infrastructure costs
• Accelerated migration runtime to SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition
• Established a foundation for the future rollout of a data volume management strategy across
64 enterprise-wide system landscapes
• Contributed to BMW Group’s sustainability targets by reducing infrastructure and energy consumption
Managing data volumes for an efficient and sustainable migration to
RISE with SAP with expertise from SAP MaxAttention
91725enUS (24/04) © 2024 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. sap.com/terms-of-use
*Anticipated results based on current migration status
“Successful data volume management will enable us
to drastically reduce our target IT infrastructure
footprint while significantly decreasing runtimes for
our migrations to SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition.”
SAP Enterprise Architecture, BMW Group
BMW Group
Munich, Germany
www.bmwgroup.com
Industry
Automotive
Employees
154.950
Revenue
€155.5 billion
Products and services
Manufacture of motor vehicles
Featured solutions and services
SAP MaxAttention, RISE with SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Private Edition, and SAP HANA native
storage extension
25%
Cut in IT infrastructure
costs*
50%
Reduction in in-memory
database requirements*
Before: Challenges and opportunities
• Gain transparency on enterprise-wide data volumes
• Smooth the migration to a new cloud-based IT architecture
• “Right-size” and “tight-size” the company’s new IT infrastructure by managing data volumes to avoid
high in-memory computing requirements
Why SAP
• Scalable, cloud-based ERP on RISE with SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition
• Ability to reduce disk and memory requirements through the use of SAP HANA native storage
extension and inverted individual indexes for archiving
• Custom-designed solution provided by SAP MaxAttention services
• Detailed guidance on data volume management from trusted SAP experts
After: Value-driven results
• Centralized and standardized the approach to data volume management for a clean core strategy
• Minimized in-memory computing requirements, resulting in lower IT infrastructure costs
• Accelerated migration runtime to SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition
• Established a foundation for the future rollout of a data volume management strategy across
64 enterprise-wide system landscapes
• Contributed to BMW Group’s sustainability targets by reducing infrastructure and energy consumption
Managing data volumes for an efficient and sustainable migration to
RISE with SAP with expertise from SAP MaxAttention
91725enUS (24/04) © 2024 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. sap.com/terms-of-use
*Anticipated results based on current migration status