Insights

A complete SAP Hybris system to support ecommerce is a robust yet complex set of systems comprising of a storefront and back office, media catalog and caching. This is a complex system with several steps that need to be taken with significant effort and time spent to deploy on premises. On AWS Cloud with the free service of AWS CloudFormation it is possible to do so in a few mouse clicks. This is part of CREATE BOOT aspect of Sonata’s Digital Platform Operation Model.

In order to ensure recovery of SAP HANA database one can use SAP HSR (SAP HANA System replication) or cluster options. There is a cost associated with this approach of maintaining a copy of the DB with an identical size either on premise or in cloud.

Traditional on premises SAP environments require a long and arduous process of purchasing hardware, rack and stack, powering it u and then installing the required software, going through the configuration steps.

On AWS with Infrastructure as a Code approach, this is reduced and deploying it is reduced to a few clicks. This would not be possible in an on premise data center environment.

The recent outbreak of Covid-19 leading to lockdowns in cities across the world has impacted all. Apart from companies dealing with physical goods, technology companies too are impacted with their facilities shut down and workforce directed to work from home.

In this scenario, tech startups are more agile than large enterprises. Tech startups depend less upon on premise data centres and can easily get their staff to connect from their homes and continue working.