Adopt a Smart Strategy for Cloud Migration
Cloud is likely an integral part of any modern application strategy. With many cloud options to choose from including IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS, it is critical to pick a cloud strategy that will support business needs first. Public, private, and proprietary cloud delivery models can further complicate choices. A wrong cloud move can mean potentially wasting thousands, if not millions of dollars and resources to vendor lock-in for years. Make smart and strategic cloud choices, steering clear of adopting cloud for cloud’s sake and instead make each cloud decision a business-first strategy. Maximize business value by leveraging current ERP investments and taking advantage of public cloud infrastructure options and adopting best-in-class cloud technologies to accelerate innovation.
“Lift and shift” IT infrastructure to the cloud
Moving a data center to the cloud can be the least complex and most cost-effective cloud migration strategy. While always in control, IaaS frees the enterprise from owning and maintaining computer hardware, which makes it easier to focus resources on business value, not operations.
Rimini Street provides vendor-agnostic planning and advice to help avoid the risk of lock-in to proprietary cloud models and to maximize business value by moving to proven, public cloud options.
Break free of ERP software vendor cloud roadmaps
Many CIOs are turning to cloud computing as a top strategy to reduce “lights-on” spend on ERP and improve IT’s ability to respond to today’s business priorities. Many Oracle and SAP licensees are realizing their single, “one-size-fits-all” ERP vendor may not be the right default choice for defining a cloud strategy. Enterprises don’t want to abandon years of ERP investment for a costly migration to less functionality in a cloud ERP suite. And they can’t wait to innovate at slow ERP speed. Best practices include seeking a vendor-agnostic, trusted partner who can help carefully select the best solutions among public infrastructure cloud options and hybrid–IT models.
Hybrid IT — A pragmatic cloud strategy
Deploy best-fit, cloud-based capabilities that can support business growth and create a competitive advantage when initiating a cloud strategy. These include SaaS “systems of engagement” technologies from new modern cloud vendors around core ERP systems of record. These best-in-class, hybrid IT solutions are generally more effective, less expensive, and faster to deploy than mega-vendor cloud-suites and full ERP cloud migrations.
Why Rimini Street
Rimini Street solutions replace software vendor support and deliver a premium service experience, leveraging a scalable, global support model to drive business results. Achieve strategic flexibility and freedom from vendor lock-in by taking control of IT roadmaps and making decisions based on business priorities. Facing no further vendor lock-ins or upgrade cycles, many Rimini Street clients are freed to migrate to the cloud of their choice on their own timelines.
Better model
Avoid the hidden costs and pitfalls of an ERP vendor's cloud migration strategy through help from Rimini Street Cloud Advisory Services. Benefit from vendor-agnostic recommendations of the industry’s leading cloud providers, including IaaS options, and help in navigating complex cloud contracts and incentive programs to maintain financial and strategic control of a Business-Driven IT Roadmap.
Better people
Rimini Street clients benefit from recommendations of expert engineers averaging 20+ years of enterprise-level experience, providing service solutions and guidance on best-in-class SaaS technologies to “innovate around the edges” of core systems of record — which is generally cheaper, better, and faster than a total ERP migration to the cloud. This consultative, more 'human' approach is a hallmark of Rimini Street service where client-centricity is the standard.
Better outcomes
Rimini Street can help companies immediately save 50% on annual ERP support fees and up to 90% on total support costs — helping clients save over $8B in support costs to date, enabling a stronger focus on resources for innovation and cloud initiatives that enhance competitive advantage and fuel growth.
Featured Clients
Having support from Rimini ONE has greatly reduced the need for our team to provide after-hours support and enabled them to spend more time on strategic projects that add greater value for our customers. The partnership is definitely paying off dividends.”
– Stefan Vargheese Engineering Manager
With SAP, it could take up to four hours to get a ticket response. With Rimini Street, if we have a P1 critical issue, they respond within 10 minutes. And Rimini Street covers our customizations that we used to have to pay for additional professional services to support.”
– Hubert Tsang CIO
Within the first month of deploying Rimini Protect™ for SAP, we found several vulnerabilities which were quickly corrected. We never would have discovered all of these issues by just applying security patches.”
– Jeff Miller Director, Business Relationship Management
Additional Resources
During times of disruption, companies within the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries that innovate and proactively invest in their own future can emerge stronger on the other side. How are CTOs and CIOs leading the charge to meet their 2022 objectives in a business landscape that included a global pandemic and economic and political uncertainty? What is the role — and priority — of technology in combating disruption for organisations with GCC countries? What are IT leaders’ feelings towards digital transformation and the cloud? What are their top IT initiatives for 2022? In this report sponsored by Rimini Street, Censuswide reveals results of its GCC region IT buyer sentiment survey covering industries including Telecoms, Financial Services, Oil and Gas, Retail, Manufacturing. They provide insights on those questions and more, including: What types of initiatives would IT leaders like to see more of in 2022? What initiatives would IT leaders like to cancel in 2022? What are the biggest challenges being faced when trying to meet digital transformation objectives? What are IT leaders’ plans, if any, for cloud migration? What % feel positively about their enterprise application vendor’s cloud offering? What % are looking to move to an open-source database? What % are dissatisfied with their enterprise application vendor support and why? Assess how your organisation stacks up — and your progress on digital transformation — by downloading the report today.
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