The Cloud has revolutionised our approach to digital.
As a real springboard for the digital transformation of businesses, it has radically changed economic and organisational models, tools, processes and… data management.
For our Sileron customers, the S/4HANA Public Cloud data hosting is a central concern during their ERP changeover project.
That’s why Jeremy Briand, our Director, has set out the 3 essential points for you to master when it comes to hosting S/4HANA Public Cloud data
1- Security and control of data confidentiality
“Is my data sufficiently secure in the Cloud?”
With cyber-attacks on the increase, it’s only natural that Cloud solutions should raise questions.
In response, SAP has deployed a comprehensive system to offer its users the highest levels of security in terms of cybersecurity and data protection.
S/4HANA Public Cloud ERP has been designed with a “security by design” and “security by default” approach. This means that all stored data is encrypted and systematically backed up. Authentication via an autonomous identity provider and authorisation management also play a key role in securing the ERP.
But that’s not all! SAP has designed S/4HANA Public Cloud to meet ISO 27001standards, SOC 1, 2, 3, NIS 2 and GDPR. These standards ensure the highest levels of confidentiality, integrity, data availability and detection of security breaches for your ERP.
Finally, as with all software, regular security updates are the key to ensuring that your ERP data is always well protected. With S/4HANA Public Cloud, these updates are carried out automatically for you.
2- Location of S/4HANA Public Cloud data hosting
“Where is SAP Cloud data hosted and can we choose where it is hosted?”
This is certainly the question most frequently asked by our customers.
And we’ve got good news for you: it’s a big YES!
SAP lets you choose the continent where you want your S/4HANA Public Cloud data to be hosted, depending on your company’s location and regulatory requirements.
So, if your company is located in Europe and subject to the GDPR, you can rely on data centres based in:
This also allows you to benefit from maintenance and update slots adapted to your country’s time zone.
In short, if you want to choose a 100% European ERP for your business, S/4HANA Public Cloud makes it possible.
3- Performance of S/4HANA Public Cloud data hosting
“Is SAP Cloud hosting as good as On-Premise hosting?”
For Jeremy, there is no debate on this issue.
Hosting S/4HANA Public Cloud data is much more efficient. To be competitive, Cloud hosting providers have to offer the best services on the market. It is therefore difficult for a company that is not in the Cloud business to compete in terms of performance with the services offered by a hosting provider.
In addition, the SAP HANA in-memory database has been designed to boost the performance of SAP ERP systems such as S/4HANA Public Cloud.
Finally, SAP is committed to guaranteeing 99.7%* availability of S/4HANA Public Cloud, anywhere in the world (*excluding planned maintenance periods). Who can beat that?
So, with S/4HANA Public Cloud data hosting at the cutting edge of innovation, you can concentrate on your business and its challenges. Your SAP ERP takes care of the rest! In this way, you gain agility and flexibility while SAP takes care of securing, ensuring compliance and optimising the performance of your Cloud ERP data.
For more information about the SAP S/4HANA cloud solution:
This article was written with the help of Jeremy Briand, Director at Sileron.
Since 2017, Jeremy Briand has been Director at Sileron, where he is the go-to guy for SAP S/4HANA Cloud and SAP Business ByDesign solutions. As an SAP expert since 2007, he’s got a handle on both the business side and the technical aspects of cloud solutions.
