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The SAP and IT Thought Leadership Series
We are SAP and IT industry leaders who have taken our collective years of experience and knowledge to put together content you won’t find anywhere else. These blogs provide strategic guidance for your organization, and might just spark an idea of how to better manage your IT landscape. Learn technical jargon, get real-life customer scenarios and see what our innovative clients and partners are doing.
Navigating the Future: Managecore Shines at RISE with SAP Masterclass Session
November 9, 2023In the ever-evolving landscape of enterprise solutions, staying at the forefront of innovation is paramount. Recently, Managecore had the honor of presenting at SAP’s RISE with SAP Masterclass Session, where they showcased their expertise and insights into the future of SAP technology. This blog post delves into the key takeaways from Managecore’s presentation and highlights […]
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Managecore Celebrates Winning 2023 Google Cloud Specialization Partner of the Year Award for SAP on Google Cloud for Second Year in a Row
August 29, 2023Read the blog regarding the Managecore again awarded as Google Cloud's Partner of the Year for SAP.
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[Google Cloud Blog] Google Cloud Partner of the Year Award Winners
July 14, 2022Read the Google Cloud blog regarding the partner of the year award winner for SAP specialization - Managecore.
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[Google Cloud Blog] Starting over on Google Cloud with Managecore: BK Medical shares its SAP migration story
February 23, 2022Read the Google Cloud blog, regarding how Managecore customer BK Medical migrated their SAP landscape to Google Cloud rapidly and setup their organization for future growth on the Cloud.
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[C2C Blog] The Right Team: Managecore and NextGen Build for the Future Using Google Cloud
November 8, 2021Earlier this year, NextGen Healthcare migrated from a private cloud landscape to a public cloud landscape with Google Cloud while also upgrading to the SAP HANA database in the same project. To ensure a successful migration project, the healthcare technology organization partnered with Managecore, a technical managed services company focused on SAP. “If done properly, the promise of the cloud can truly be achieved,” said NextGen Healthcare “You just need the right team.” Read on to learn more!
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Rising Higher: How Managecore Gives Customers a Faster, Easier, Surprise-Free Path to Value on RISE with SAP
September 9, 2021In the enterprise technology game, migrating an enterprise SAP landscape is nobody's idea of a good time. In fact, the process of uprooting and relocating business-critical SAP applications can be flat-out terrifying. Today, many more IT organizations are getting a taste of this classic white-knuckle migration experience as companies begin moving their on-premise SAP environments to the Cloud. Many IT organizations, however, are learning how to hop off the roller coaster and opt for a simpler, easier, surprise-free SAP Cloud migration experience. If that sounds like a direction, you'd like to take your company's SAP Cloud migration, read on!
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SAP Ends a Preferred Partnership — and Embraces Customer Choice
July 29, 2021SAP reassures customers that they are there to support them no matter where they choose to host their applications, giving customers a wider range of partnerships, technology integrations, and other ways to leverage their Cloud investments. Read the blog post for more details
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[Google Cloud Blog] Managecore Customers’ Businesses Transforming with SAP on Google Cloud
July 7, 2021Read the Google Cloud blog, regarding how thousands of organizations globally rely on SAP for their most mission critical workloads. And for many Google Cloud customers, part of a broader digital transformation journey has included accelerating the migration of these essential SAP workloads to Google Cloud. These customers seek greater agility, elasticity, and uptime on a truly flexible cloud that includes the benefits of cutting edge AI, ML, and analytics capabilities.
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[Google Cloud Blog] Healthcare distributor FFF Enterprises improves performance 7x with SAP on Google Cloud
April 8, 2021Read the Google Cloud blog, regarding how FFF Enterprises chose to migrate from its old hosting platform to Google Cloud. “Our decision was based on many factors, such as the ability to spin up and down servers on demand, as well as the strong relationship between SAP and Google Cloud,” Wemple explains. FFF selected Wisconsin-based Managecore, a Certified Premier Google Cloud Partner, to perform the migration with ongoing SAP and Cloud managed services thereafter. “Managecore is our partner for our entire SAP environment,” Wemple notes. “Their knowledge of Google Cloud is superior to anybody else that I've spoken with, and with that extra knowledge, they're able to offer solutions that both reduce our costs and improve our performance.”
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[Google Cloud Blog] Pega: Optimizing business operations with SAP on Google Cloud
March 1, 2021Read the Google Cloud blog, in 2020, Pega chose to deploy its SAP environment, including SAP ERP Central Component (ECC) and SAP HANA data warehousing, to Google Cloud. The move has helped Pega overcome many of the challenges it faced with the previous deployment. It also made Pega’s SAP systems more reliable and offered powerful new data capabilities to support the business in making the right decisions.
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[Google Cloud Blog] Google Cloud and Managecore: Partnering to accelerate SAP cloud migrations
January 5, 2021Read the Google Cloud blog of how Google and Managecore work have been partnering for some time to modernize SAP workloads in the Cloud. Working together, Google Cloud and Managecore, demonstrated how the Google Cloud Acceleration Program (CAP) significantly reduces the cost and risk of SAP cloud migrations. Managecore used CAP to secure major SAP migration wins with clients including Pegasystems, GDT, and BK Medical—reducing migration and infrastructure costs, and giving these companies faster, simpler, and less disruptive SAP cloud migration experiences.
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SAPPHIRE NOW 2020 REIMAGINED
May 5, 2020SAPPHIRE NOW is going digital for 2020! Managecore is excited to share SAP’s digital program for this year’s SAPPHIRE NOW, where our customers can still gain valuable insights from within the SAP community. Get the full details.
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Your Immediate Action Required: SAP Netweaver 7.4 – End of Mainstream Maintenance in 2020
April 7, 2020Are you aware of the SAP requirement regarding end of mainstream maintenance for Netweaver 7.4? We encourage all SAP customers to complete their upgrade project now or least begin the planning phase to allow for enough time to successfully complete the upgrade.
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Thinking about SAP HANA? Dispel the unknowns with this helpful checklist to roadmap your project plan from start to finish
March 26, 2020For those of us in the world of IT we are well aware of the push SAP is doing to deploy SAP HANA and SAP S/4HANA. This blog will examine the critical success factors for your upgrade project strategy and execution of a successful SAP HANA migration with the intent of being a technical guide for your success.
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Managecore Virtual Meet Ups – Let’s talk SAP and Google Cloud!
March 23, 2020Want to learn more about SAP Managed Services Support? Interested to learn more about the many benefits of running SAP on the Google Cloud? Have questions about an upcoming cloud migration strategy? Looking to fill the holes in your SAP HANA roadmap? Want to know what innovation is available to better support your entire IT landscape? Get answers to all of these topics and more via Managecore’s virtual meet ups.
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Is your managed service provider your strategic IT Technical Advisor? They should be
January 23, 2020This blog post will examine the relationship that a Managed Service Provider (MSP) should establish with each one of their customers as a technical advisor. Although it should not be, I think this is one of the short comings of other MSPs and something that SAP customers should be more aware of when entering into an managed service provider engagement.
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How a Managed Service Provider Allows SAP Customers to Get Access to the Best of Breed Tools without the Headache of Vendor Maintenance and Expense
December 10, 2019As the new year quickly approaches and vendor contracts are coming up for renewal it got me thinking about the value Managecore's SAP-centric tools deliver to our customers. This blog post will examine the critical use of leading-edge tools that Managecore leverages to provide the best-in-class service to our customers. In turn Managecore customers also have access to the best of breed SAP-centric tools without the hassle of maintenance, contracts, annual expenses, training, etc.
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Migrating Your SAP systems to the Public Cloud: What you NEED to Know BEFORE You Start!
November 21, 2019The decision is final, you are migrating your SAP systems to the public cloud, simple right?... Maybe. Do you really know what you need to migrate? Well, what servers and applications make up your SAP landscape? Is the whole environment moving or just a portion of it, and are your moving more than just systems that you consider to be part of the SAP landscape? What about networking and security? These are just a few of the many questions that will make you lose sleep as you begin planning your migration. This blog post will explore answers to all of these questions and more to ensure your SAP migration to the cloud is smooth.
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IT Managed Services in the Public Cloud – How to build and maintain a winning SAP solution
October 30, 2019It is obvious, the way of the future for most SAP customers will be a cloud hosting model. It’s proven to be a more cost-effective way to maintain a company’s growing SAP landscape long-term, and today more than ever before SAP customers are looking to the large hyperscale public cloud vendors to migrate their SAP systems to. In this blog I will examine how to optimally manage SAP systems in the public cloud and the key considerations (infrastructure, security, DR, etc.) to be taken into account before, during and after you migrate.
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Transparency = Trust. Does your SAP Managed Service Provider deliver true transparency?
October 2, 2019In this thought leadership blog, I will discuss how customers are seeking to get full access to how their SAP landscape is managed. And in turn, how Managed Service providers should be equipped to accommodate their customers with full transparency. This blog post will explore ways in which MSPs should be transparent in not only their service delivery approach, but also the way in which they use technology to manage SAP environments.
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Epic Fail: Does your Managed Service Provider ONLY know SAP ECC? Then that’s a big problem
September 26, 2019In this blog, we will examine the unique complexities that an ever-evolving SAP landscape faces, and what skills and experience are needed from your Managed Service Provider to adequately support your ERP applications long-term. I will take an in-depth look into this issue with real-life examples from migrating ECC to the cloud, running on SAP HANA and new application products that require much more technical knowledge far beyond the basics of SAP ECC.
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SAP – New Year New Mandatory Requirements
August 27, 2019Is your business ready for the upcoming SAP requirements for support? If not, you still have time – but not much! See what SAP requirements will be taking place effective January 1, 2020.
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Are your SAP systems really getting backed up? Maybe not!
August 1, 2019As I speak with potential Managecore customers an issue is being brought up more and more that is troubling. The issue these customer prospects want to discuss, is they have recently found out that some, if not all, of their SAP systems are not being backed up by their technical managed services provider. For an SAP customer, that is downright frightening!
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For SAP Workloads, The Private Cloud is Dead!
April 25, 2019Public cloud vendors are pouring billions into their datacenters which is a scale that no private cloud vendor can match. This provides customers with several key benefits, specifically for SAP workloads that should not be overlooked.
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SAP Basis Administration: What it is and how it’s changing
March 7, 2019Put simply, an SAP Basis administrator is a fundamental part of your team, one without which core functions such as maintenance and monitoring up-time, evaluating upgrades, and the planning--and, most importantly--successful execution of major projects simply would not happen.
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[Article] SAP Finds Not All Users Ready to Make That Leap to SAP S/4HANA
December 7, 2018The next big thing isn’t always right for everyone, and change takes time. As SAP professionals, the next big thing for us is SAP S/4HANA. Even though it’s incredibly powerful, the marketplace isn’t as excited to make these wholesale changes as fast as you might think.
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Insufficient SAP Support: The dangers of complacency and what you can do
August 8, 2018When looking at your SAP Managed Service Provider (MSP), it’s easy to accept your current support as “good enough.” As long your SAP system is up and running, the easy assumption is that things are fine and there are no problems. But, as you may have heard before—you don't know what you don't know.
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Infrastructure as a Service, and the Critical Role of a Cloud Architect
July 30, 2018Companies of all sizes are making the move to the cloud in pursuit of efficiency, simplification and reduced capital expenditure. It’s a transition that can bring many rewards and challenges as well. Assembling and re-architecting your infrastructure to a cloud platform is complex process, so if you’re moving to the cloud, it’s essential to have a qualified cloud architect leading the transition.
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A realistic way to think about Service Level Agreements
June 15, 2018The Service Level Agreement (SLA) is a standard part of every SAP Managed Services Provider (MSP) engagement. So standard, in fact, that it’s become almost ignorable because all SLAs, in a general sense, read the same. But when something goes truly wrong with your SAP environment, what does your SLA really promise? Do you really know exactly what to expect? We’ve been in this business long enough to have heard horror stories about lack of support, despite having a signed SLA. That’s why we’ve rethought the SLA.
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Transformation of SAP Monitoring
May 17, 2018SAP system monitoring is not a new concept, however, the days of manual monitoring are gone. Technology advancements are transforming how daily monitoring is done, bringing your SAP system health full circle. Not only can new monitoring tools be completely automated, but they allow viewing into your entire IT landscape. Consultants can be more than just reactive—they can now address issues before they happen. Your system runs smoother—saving your business both time and money.
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Why your MSP should be SAP HANA certified
May 4, 2018From new product releases to phasing out legacy version support, the SAP HANA platform is here NOW and will continue to be the wave of the future—for SAP customers of every size. That said, SAP HANA is dynamic and continuously being updated, which makes it challenging for internal IT teams to keep up. Before you finish this blog, something will have changed (OK, maybe not that fast).
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Transparency—why seeing what your managed IT service provider is doing matters
April 18, 2018Transparency is characterized by visibility or accessibility of information, especially concerning business problems. A lot of companies “talk” about this, but are they really “doing” it? Avoiding ambiguity by partnering with a SAP service provider that shares information openly. After all, it’s your IT system, and you have every right to know exactly what’s happening.
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Is “an extension of your team” really what you need?
April 9, 2018“An extension of your team” is a common phrase used by many SAP managed service providers (MSPs), but is that really what you want? If you just needed to extend your team, you could simply hire another employee or a part-time contractor. However, when you seek out a managed service provider, you should be looking for something much more.
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SAP. Done Right.
March 26, 2018It’s no secret that technical SAP projects can quickly become complicated. There are recommended best practices, but let's face it—your business is unique and so are your needs. You’re often left with third-party application and hardware issues, as well as OS support questions. Where do you go for answers?
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Increasing IT Department Efficiency
March 13, 2018Business leaders are demanding innovation and looking squarely at the IT department to lead. From data transformation to artificial intelligence to machine learning—the list can be overwhelming. When piled on top of the day-to-day workload and backlogged projects, it becomes an impossible task to deliver on what senior leaders want. Where is your team going to find the time to innovate?
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Can I use my on-premise SAP licenses if I move to the cloud?
February 28, 2018Not a week goes by that I’m not speaking to an SAP customer about the public cloud as an option for hosting their SAP applications. But twice in the last month customers have said they’d like to go to the public cloud but can’t because they own on-premise SAP licenses.
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Do you know the state of your SAP system?
February 7, 2018Like many organizations today, fewer people are doing more—faster than ever. But is your SAP team moving too fast to see critical items? Could you be heading toward a cliff and not even know it?
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Where in the cloud are you with SAP?
January 30, 2018Cloud conversation to SAP is coming—for all SAP customers the solution is eventually S/4HANA. For early adopters the right answer was to move quickly. Yet for some companies HANA is not a priority, for budget reasons or even on the 3-year roadmap
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Understanding Partner Managed Cloud
October 9, 2017With all the talk about cloud coming from SAP these days, there’s one cloud option that doesn’t get much publicity – the Partner Managed Cloud. The Partner Managed Cloud (PMC) is basically a solution whereby an SAP PMC partner can buy the SAP licenses on behalf of the customer, then bundle those licenses with a cloud hosting and managed services solution, and turn it into a monthly operating expense (OPEX) for the end customer.
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Start your journey to SAP HANA at minimal expense and without risk!
August 3, 2017By now if you’re an SAP customer you’ve heard more about SAP HANA than you ever hoped you would. To their credit though, SAP is pushing hard on their install base customers because they’ve seen the transformational power this new technology had for the early adopters of their HANA product line.
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Your Technical Guide to SAP DMO (Database Migration Option)
March 14, 2017The SAP DMO (Database Migration Option) toolset simplifies and dramatically streamlines the entire SAP migration with one process, one tool, one downtime. DMO allows SAP users to update an existing SAP system to a higher release version and/or can migrate to SAP HANA database. This blog post is a technical overview on all you need to know about DMO.
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Is Your MSP Only Focused on SAP?
February 24, 2017Managing an SAP environment goes far beyond just daily monitoring and providing repetitive basis tasks. Organizations require skill sets through the entire IT stack. From hardware and infrastructure, to OS and database, up through the SAP application layer - all components play a role in keeping SAP optimally running. This is where not all Managed Service Providers are created equal.
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Transformation of Monitoring
February 17, 2017We all know that the idea of SAP® system monitoring is not a new concept, however the days of manual monitoring are in the past. When it comes to repetitive tasks, humans are error prone. However, advancements in technology are transforming how daily monitoring is done, bringing your SAP system health full circle. Not only can new monitoring tools be completely automated, but now your consultants can serve as visionaries to your entire IT landscape.
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SAP HANA Replication – What Are Your Options?
January 31, 2017Today’s disasters can range from localized hardware failures to natural disasters. When it comes to your high performing SAP HANA® system do not take any chances with your critical data. Be sure to keep your enterprise applications and business protected.
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Managing Multi-Vendor Relationships
January 24, 2017Whether we like it or not the truth is we live in a multi-vendor world. Even in our home life we have separate providers for different services. Why? Because each vendor has a specialty and we want to get the best service that will properly support our needs. Imagine if your cable provider also supplied your gas and electric? I’d bet that the end result of that would be poor customer service and mediocre consumables. It's the same concept in the IT world.
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SAP Projects Done Right
January 13, 2017Whether you are implementing a new SAP landscape or planning on upgrading your existing environment, technical SAP projects can get complicated in a hurry. There are best practices to follow, but let's face it - your business is unique and so are your needs.
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Transparency – Why it Matters to See What Your Managed IT Service Provider is Doing
December 23, 2016Transparency is characterized by visibility or accessibility of information especially concerning business problems, often times meaning absence of cloudiness, haziness, or muddiness (source: www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/transparent). Avoid the ambiguity by partnering with a truly transparent service provider, one who openly shares information about your most mission critical IT systems.
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Why Your Consultant Should be SAP HANA Certified
December 23, 2016We all know the way of the future of SAP® is everything HANA®. From new product releases to no longer providing support of previous versions, the SAP HANA platform is here NOW and will continue to be the wave of the future for all size SAP customers.
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Managecore – The SAP and IT Thought Leadership Blog Series
December 21, 2016Welcome to Managecore's blog
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