Explore SAP S/4HANA with your own data
Gain insights into changes you want in your new SAP S/4HANA system by creating small sandbox environments quickly. EPI-USE Labs provides sophisticated tools and services to migrate, optimize, host and secure your SAP sandbox system without disrupting your existing landscape.
Boost confidence in the S/4HANA project success
Speed up your project with agile sandboxes
Shrink sandbox systems by 75%
Protect sensitive data with scrambling
Eradicate surprises after go-live
How can you improve your S/4HANA project success?
One of the primary challenges in the move to S/4HANA is the structural reconciliation of legacy data within the new Universal Journal. Relying on theoretical mapping without empirical testing increases the probability of data inconsistencies, which only become apparent during the final cutover.
This lack of early visibility into the impact of simplification item and code incompatibility can increase the risk of your migration and digital transformation project not being successful, and create a high-pressure environment for IT teams and professionals involved in the project.
Gain confidence while you play in the Sand(box) for less
SAP recommends running at least two Sandbox upgrade dress rehearsals, at least four months before you're ready to start with the real landscape. As most companies don't have HANA-ready hardware available, a temporary HANA appliance is required.
Using our Data Sync Manager™ (DSM) solution, we take an enterprise and/or time slice of your existing Production system, so that you have a leaner Test system to explore the various conversion and data quality activities. Temporary hardware requirements can be reduced dramatically with DSM, and the data can be secured by masking sensitive personal information before it leaves the network. We can manage and support the technical aspects of the Sandbox, allowing you to focus on understanding the functional changes required.
How we give your S/4HANA project the best chance of success
Automated analysis
While SAP offers excellent readiness reporting and business scenario recommendations for S/4HANA, we offer additional insights to determine if a selective data migration may be appropriate for your landscape (instead of an ‘all or nothing’ conversion choice). Our analysis provides:
- historical analysis of your business transactions and enterprise structures
- implemented enhancements and associated custom code
- technical logs for size optimizations.
Scramble sensitive data
By scrambling your sensitive Production data, you are able to give wide access to your business and testing team without compromising any sensitive data.
Configuration and master data will be ‘production-like’ – allowing you to test and validate features and functions of the S/4 solution, and not contravene any data privacy regulations.
Reduce application footprint
Reducing the size of your Test system brings down the cost of the value exploration exercise.
A smaller HANA DB footprint means more cost savings on the project. We typically reduce the Production system size by over 75%.
Test only relevant configuration and code
When using a copy of Production, you ensure that your business is only testing code and configuration that has been promoted to Production.
Orphaned special projects and abandoned custom code in your QA and DEV systems are not included in the exploration system.
One technical specialist partner
The value exploration phase includes the cloud infrastructure (public or private), so there are no hidden infrastructure costs or provisioning delays. You deal with a single technical migration team with a fixed infrastructure cost component, which can also assist with additional technical activities such as Unicode conversion or ABAP code remediation.
Fast start, with single contract
When engaging with us, you have one technical partner to undertake the migration, provisioning and management of your system. The price includes all cloud infrastructure, with the comfort that all your sensitive data is scrambled before leaving your current data center. We offer month-to-month hosting should you require longer access to the solution.
Certified operations and solutions
Our hosting operations and SAP solutions are certified, providing clients with peace of mind that their data and associated provisioning is handled in a secure and efficient manner. Certifications include ISO/IEC 27001: 2013, SOC 2, ISO27701 and ISO27017.
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Accelerate test cycles
Smaller SAP systems provide more agility in the value exploration phase. Having a smaller system accelerates the conversion process and enables your business team to quickly retest configuration and business transactions. With EPI-USE Labs' Data Sync Manager™ (DSM) Suite, you can reduce your footprint for agile, business-aligned landscapes.
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