SAPinsider 2024

The pursuit of increased productivity is driven by many factors: sustainability goals, skills gaps, and standard business economics to name a few. Automation and standardization are recognized strategies to boost IT Operations efficiencies, quality, compliance and speed of IT service delivery and attain the desired return on investment (ROI). Yet there are challenges: How can IT Operations teams efficiently develop and scale the desired automation across expansive hybrid cloud infrastructure and application estates? How can IT Operations leaders address acute automation skills and capacity challenges, heterogeneous automation tools usage and islands of automation that inhibit their ability to scale automation programs? Finally, how can an organization ensure it’s employing best-in-breed automation practices today and in the future? Join us and learn how customers are using Generative AI today as a "force-multiplier" of automation adoption, scale, and savings. In this session attendees will learn about: - How to future proof your infrastructure with OpenSource platforms - Real-world Generative AI automation at scale customer implementations - Generative AI automation adoption considerations roadmap for Hybrid Cloud IT Operations

This session will delve into how Red Hat Ansible Automation transcends traditional boundaries, leveraging open source, offering certified collections for SAP, and embracing the future of automation through generative AI. Attendees will gain insights into the transformative power of Ansible Automation Platform, propelling organizations into a new era of SAP implementation marked by speed, reliability, and continuous innovation. Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform stands at the forefront of transforming SAP operations, delivering unparalleled value through its unique features, scalability, partner ecosystem, and ready made content for SAP Systems. Leveraging the power of open-source, Ansible empowers organizations to quickly streamline processes, enhance efficiency, and accelerate digital transformation. In this session you will learn: - How Red Hat provides a comprehensive platform to Run Simplify and Expand your SAP solutions - Learn how customers and partners are leveraging certified and AI generated automation content to speed deployments, simplify migrations, and increase productivity of SAP systems - Speak to Red Hat Experts about how Red Hat’s Open Source Solutions improve SAP outcomes

In pursuit of enhanced flexibility, efficiency, and the integration of modern digital technologies, businesses leveraging SAP solutions are transitioning their workloads to the cloud. This transition results in a diverse array of deployment scenarios, spanning on-premise, edge, and cloud environments. Within this framework, various cloud consumption models are feasible, ranging from Infrastructure-as-a-Service to Software-as-a-Service. In this evolving landscape, both SAP and Red Hat, operating on AWS development platforms, offer the capability to develop complementary cloud-native applications. These applications serve to enrich and extend core SAP functionality, empowering enterprises to deliver competitive solutions in a digital-first era. Through collaboration, Red Hat and AWS seamlessly integrate with SAP, enabling the consistent execution of workloads across an open hybrid cloud infrastructure. Discover how the combined capabilities of Red Hat, AWS, and SAP empower businesses to operate efficiently and competitively in an Open Hybrid Cloud. In this session attendees will learn about: - Standard operating environment across on-premise, cloud and edge - Migration from on-premise to cloud - Complementary cloud native solutions from Red Hat, AWS and SAP

Join us for an exclusive SAP VIP Luncheon, where industry leaders, decision-makers and SAP experts converge to explore the future of enterprise IT. In this engaging and interactive session, we will delve into the critical role of infrastructure solutions in increasing operational efficiency, business agility and therefore improving business outcomes. Don’t miss this exclusive opportunity to network with peers, exchange ideas and chart the course towards success in your SAP journey. Sign up today!

During this session we'll discuss Ulta Beauty’s 3-phase transformation project to deploy technology with greater speed and efficiency using automation for innovation and culture transformation. By automating SAP processes, the Ulta Beauty team can now deploy the infrastructure in just a few clicks, freeing up key staff to focus on more priorities that move the business forward and add value. Overall, thousands of valuable labor hours are saved and invested back into the business each year. Attendees will learn: - How Ulta Beauty reduced deployment times from 3 weeks to less than a day. - The challenges and the learnings of an automation journey from one of America's leading brands. - How to Future proof your infrastructure with Enterprise OpenSource platforms

SAP customers are looking to embrace innovation faster while maximizing existing IT investments. Join this session to learn how you can modernize your SAP landscape with SAP RISE and BTP (Business Technology Platform) on AWS.

Aligning your investments in automation with business strategic priorities is key to getting business buy in: ● Speaking the same language as the business when we talk about automation allows them to understand the impact of operations automation on their needs ● SAP Operations Automation is an imperative without which you cannot help your business to grow

Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed is the new generative AI service for Ansible Automation Platform. It's powered by IBM watsonx Code Assistant, which is a large language model trained specifically on Ansible content. We will dive into the components of the service, which will allow you to create, adopt, and maintain Ansible automation content. Finally, we will discuss how Ansible Lightspeed can be used to create Ansible content to automate Day 1 and Day 2 operations within your SAP environment.

This session will delve into how Red Hat Ansible Automation transcends traditional boundaries, leveraging open source, offering certified collections for SAP, and embracing the future of automation through generative AI. Attendees will gain insights into the transformative power of Ansible Automation Platform, propelling organizations into a new era of SAP implementation marked by speed, reliability, and continuous innovation. Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform stands at the forefront of transforming SAP operations, delivering unparalleled value through its unique features, scalability, partner ecosystem, and ready made content for SAP Systems. Leveraging the power of open-source, Ansible empowers organizations to quickly streamline processes, enhance efficiency, and accelerate digital transformation. In this session you will learn: - How Red Hat provides a comprehensive platform to Run Simplify and Expand your SAP solutions - Learn how customers and partners are leveraging certified and AI generated automation content to speed deployments, simplify migrations, and increase productivity of SAP systems - Speak to Red Hat Experts about how Red Hat’s Open Source Solutions improve SAP outcomes

SAP customers are looking to embrace innovation faster while maximizing existing IT investments. Join this session to learn how you can modernize your SAP landscape with SAP RISE and BTP (Business Technology Platform) on AWS.

SAP customers have a strong desire for a resilient and secure SAP environment on the Cloud. They also envision a greater focus on automation to ensure efficient business operations. To optimize the SAP landscape and take full advantage of cloud automation features in operating SAP, Lemongrass has developed tailored solutions to enrich the customer's SAP architecture and automation. With Lemongrass's RISE+ offering, you can learn about their RISE migration approach. The Lemongrass Cloud Platform-Migrate also helps move large databases with ease to the Cloud. Additionally, Lemongrass MDO™ (Minimized Downtime Operations) enables future-proofed SAP system operations with the latest technical updates in minimal planned downtime.