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Virtualizing environments provides more space for optimization

In a study, VMS compares how SAP is used in various operating types, from the classical in-house use to outsourcing in the form of a dedicated environment up to outsourcing in a dynamic, virtualized environment.

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Areas of Application

Here you can find an overview of the areas in which the VMS method achieves markedly better results – along with a considerably more efficient benchmarking process – than conventional benchmarks.

There are, of course, interdependencies between the individual areas. The strength of the VMS benchmark is all about incorporating these relationships.

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  • Performance
    Fast response times, permanency and reliability, no program crashes, punctual completion of the monthly accounts – all these are performance criteria.
  • Cost Management
    More than 60% of IT budgets is still spent on day-to-day applications and systems operations. The basic task in reducing operating costs is to create scope for investment.
  • Optimizing License-Use
    The optimal assignment of licenses to roles and users is no easy job – and is not supported by the SAP system.
  • Management of Customer Developments
    It’s time for spring-cleaning, especially as far as release upgrades are concerned. Integrating customer developments that are no longer used into a new release is a considerable cost factor.
  • Landscape Planning
    The trend to consolidation and centralization is continuing unabated, spurred on by virtualization and the free-fall of communication costs. This is accompanied by massive changes in SAP landscapes.
  • Sizing Systems
    The supposedly easy job of sizing new systems is not as easy as it looks. Don’t leave this task to hardware manufacturers alone.
  • Outsourcing and SLA Definition
    SLAs are the lynchpin of the relationship between clients and outsourcers. This is where attempts are made to specify complex quality requirements, and to make them commercially and organizationally measurable.
  • SLA Monitoring
    The monitoring of agreed-on SLAs is often sadly neglected. Usually this work is outsourced to a service provider – with only moderate success.
  • Cost Allocation
    Defining cost allocation methods is one of the services offered by VMS. The creation of the calculation can be integrated in the VMS Monitor.