FlexFrame from Fujitsu Siemens Computers helps cut costs in
the data center by up to 65 percent
BearingPoint study confirms these figures
Munich/Germany, October 06, 2004 —IT vendor Fujitsu Siemens Computers will present the results
of a TCO / ROI (Total Cost of Ownership / Return on Investment)
analysis for the FlexFrameTM for mySAPTM Business Suite product,
which was developed in cooperation with SAP and Network Appliance,
at its European IT Forum, VISIT 2004. The independent,
Frankfurt-based consulting house BearingPoint was commissioned to
perform the analysis in order to allow certified and consistent
statements to be made about potential TCO savings. The BearingPoint
study illustrates which areas of the solution have led to cost
savings of up to 65 percent. For this purpose, BearingPoint not
only interviewed FlexFrame customers, but also assessed customer
scenarios so that these outstanding results could be placed on a
solid footing.
The study comprises two parts, which together aim to produce
a complete picture of the possible FlexFrame system landscapes. To
this end, a number of selected, structured customer interviews were
performed and experience from over 40 FlexFrame customer scenarios
reflecting typical data center environments was evaluated. It was
also clear from this that the special FlexFrame characteristics
have a significant impact on the ROI of a SAP infrastructure.
According to the findings of this study, the use of FlexFrame
in a data center can lead to process-related cost savings of up to
65 percent in the following areas of operation of SAP systems:
- SAP systems / services
- operating system
- hardware, incl. failover and high availability
- disk storage
BearingPoint based its research on a comparison between
traditional SAP system landscapes with the existing FlexFrame
architecture and the resulting operating cost / TCO adjustments and
the reduced investment costs.
The customer interviews showed an average reduction of TCO of
over 60 percent and an ROI of 168 percent within a period of three
years. The breakeven point was reached by some customers after just
1.6 years. The significantly more stringent benchmarks which were
used for modeling the customer scenarios still yielded cost savings
of over 40 percent and an ROI of 122 percent.
Since both BearingPoint and Fujitsu Siemens Computers offer
the possibility of evaluating customer SAP landscapes on the basis
of an ROI analysis, these results and empirical values can now be
deployed profitably for customers looking for reliable information
on possible cost savings in their own SAP environments. This
ensures that all customers receive their own individual ROI
calculation with their own specific facts and data, which can then
be presented to top management as a decision-making basis for
project release.
FlexFrame is already being deployed internationally by 50
customers, including, for example, T-Systems and Hella KG; a
further 120 customer projects are in the pipeline.
FlexFrame for mySAP Business Suite – Background
FlexFrame for my SAP Business Suite is the IT infrastructure
implementation of the SAP Adaptive Computing functionality, as well
as an initial concrete realization of a grid architecture. The
solution is a joint project by technology partners Fujitsu Siemens
Computers and Network Appliance. The TCO of the entire IT landscape
can be considerably reduced by limiting expenditure for in-house
integration. This will allow companies to follow a growth strategy
and react to changes in their business environment.
The SAP NetWeaver Adaptive Computing capacities and their IT
infrastructure implementation with FlexFrame for mySAP Business
Suite are likewise hoping to achieve significantly greater
flexibility on the IT infrastructure side in order to simplify the
implementation and processing of business applications and to
reduce operating costs. These improved results can be achieved
through full virtualization of the SAP applications and the
separation of these services from the infrastructure resources of
computing, network, storage and control/system management. These
infrastructure resources are provided on the basis of innovative
principles of autonomous systems via features such as
virtualization and automatic provisioning.
In addition, FlexFrame is a concrete virtualization example
of TRIOLE™, the latest strategy announced by Fujitsu Siemens
Computers for optimizing IT.
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About Fujitsu Siemens Computers
Fujitsu Siemens Computers is the leading European IT provider
with a responsible strategic focus on next-generation Mobility and
Business Critical Computing products, services and solutions. With
a portfolio of exceptional depth, our offering extends from
handhelds through desktops to enterprise-class IT infrastructure
solutions. Fujitsu Siemens Computers has a strong presence in all
key markets across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Leveraging
the strengths, innovation and global reach of our joint
shareholders, Fujitsu Limited and Siemens AG, we make sure we meet
the needs of customers: large corporations, small and medium
enterprises and private users. For further please visit::
www.fujitsu-siemens.com
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