Author: Bas Raayman, Nutanix

Many application managers in the SAP environment continue to swear by bare metal as the ultimate for SAP environments. And they would be right if hyperconverged infrastructures (HCI) were only about virtualization. But it is about much more.

Due to the increasing number of cyberattacks, business-critical applications like SAP need more protection than ever. It doesn't start with the applications, but with the design of the infrastructure.

Why and how does the cloud paradigm need to be adopted by existing SAP customers? Few existing SAP customers are prepared for the public cloud. Cost, complexity and legal risks are difficult to manage. So how can the balancing act between the need for more agile IT and control in their own data center be achieved? The Nutanix concept of the enterprise cloud provides the answer.