For SAP Landscapes, Migration Means Much More Than Just Linux

Migrating to SAP HANA® is a carefully planned process for most organizations with significant SAP landscapes, often conducted in multiple orchestrated steps, and typically executed by special teams involving multiple stakeholders: lines-of-business staff, database managers, IT infrastructure teams, third-party consultants like systems integrators and servers and storage vendors, and sometimes even SAP for very large customers. Many variables need to be considered, among the first and foremost whether to deploy in the cloud or on premises.