1. RunE2E
RunE2E Customer Success Story
Customer Success Story
Global Fashion Brand Finds
Savings and Speed with Amazon
Web Services for SAP
CHALLENGE
Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc, which. designs, sources, and markets a BENEFITS OF AWS FOR SAP
broad range of footwear, handbags, apparel and accessories, was conducting CHOICE
a comprehensive review of its on-premise hardware and wished to explore the Amazon Web Services (AWS)
feasibility of cloud-based alternatives. The company also wished to review provides maximum flexibility for your
SAP project.
the capabilities of SAP BusinessObjects 4.0 for enhanced end-user self-
• Use any programming model,
service reporting. To combine those two end goals into a single project, language or operating system
RunE2E, a certified Amazon Web Services solution provider, proposed a Proof or database
of Concept to achieve the following goals: • Use as many, or as few services,
as you need
• Assist Kenneth Cole in its understanding of the cloud and AWS capabilities • Only pay for what you use, when
you use it
• Complete the Proof of Concept quickly to meet Kenneth Cole’s timeline for
• Use any existing system
broader decision-making regarding its on-premise hardware planning management tools and extend the
• Help the client unify SAP and non-SAP data sources using the latest SAP datacenter into the cloud
BusinessObjects 4.0 toolset • Choose where and how to run your
applications (choose from regions
• Enable self-service reporting capabilities for end users
and availability zones)
• Demonstrate elasticity for Kenneth Cole—allowing the client to increase
ELASTICITY
system capacity during heavy use periods, such as end of quarter reporting
With AWS you can use resources on
demand, which saves you time and
SOLUTION money. In other words, you can scale
based on actual demand, rather than
Working on an aggressive timeline, RunE2E and AWS developed a plan to
purchasing capacity you don’t need –
achieve the following:
or even worse, running out of capacity
during times of unexpected demand.
• Provision an Amazon Web Service Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instance
via the cloud and download and install SAP BusinessObjects 4.0 software SPEED
Project and deployment times are
• Configure security parameters to allow access via the Internet
accelerated improving time to value.
• Configure data sources (connect to on-premise customer data warehouse Development environments can be
of SAP and non SAP) enabled within days instead of weeks
• Assign users, build and publish queries for end-user access or months.
• Scale the platform – small to large – depending on the reporting
demand flow
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2. RunE2E
RunE2E Customer Success Story
Customer Success Story
RESULTS TECHNICAL DETAILS
The initial system environment and platform provisioning, software installation, PROVISIONING THE PLATFORM
• Instance Size Selected: M2. Large
simple user administration, connections to the on-premise data stores, and
(4 processors, 16 GB Memory)
development of multiple reporting templates were completed in less than AWS allows you to choose which
three weeks. type of computing power you need
• Operating System: Microsoft
The total AWS infrastructure and systems cost supporting the Proof of
Windows 2008
Concept was less than $500. The cost included building a number of Amazon
• Database: Not required – SAP
EC2 instances, changing the Amazon EC2 instance size to measure system BusinessObjects embeds its own
performance improvements, copying Amazon EC2 instances into Amazon database software
Machine Image (AMI) templates, and re-deploying to the customer’s private • EBS Drive(s): (C:) 35 GB, (D:) 50 GB
AWS application. • Access: Configured client’s firewall
to recognize the IP addresses from
The Proof of Concept validated the use of SAP BusinessObjects 4.0 with AWS the Amazon firewall
as the platform, said Regina Gorinshteyn, Divisional Senior Vice President,
• Hourly Cost: $0.48 - $0.96 per
Information Technology, Kenneth Cole Productions. “RunE2E and AWS hour. Scaled up as more computing
provided Kenneth Cole Productions with an alternative to the traditional time- power was needed (4 users to 400
and resource-consuming method of deploying a development environment for users on system)
an SAP software project. Had a traditional model been used, the environment TIME OF EFFORT
would not have been available in three weeks.” • Less than 5 minutes to provision
the system
• 30 minutes to assign user roles and
connect to customer on-premise
Let’s Get Started data warehouse
• 2-3 hours to install SAP
Whether you seek new solutions or a plan for optimizing existing investments,
BusinessObjects 4.0
RunE2E Advisory Services can help. Call us today at (866) 457-2193 to – Deploy AWS-EC2 Instance
schedule a no obligation phone assessment with a RunE2E Solution Advisor. – Install Software
– Configure Security Parameters
– Configure Connections to
on-Premise Data
• Approximately two weeks to build
and publish 20-plus queries
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RunE2E is a leading provider of integrated IT consulting, workforce and technology
solutions. We offer Cloud and Virtualization, CRM, and BI consulting and contingent
workforce services to provide IT departments with more resources and greater expertise.