Certis CISCO

Case study
Certis CISCO improves SAP
performance with new infrastructure
Smooth migration from AIX to HP-UX
Industry
Security
Objective
Replace ageing IBM pSeries servers with new
hardware infrastructure for a SAP Enterprise
Resource Planning (ERP) system
Approach
Called for tenders and reviewed quotations
from several vendors
IT matters
•Minimised risk on migration with
expert consultancy
•Cut downtime of migration from four days
to 20 hours due to changes in processes
and parameters
•Integrated smoothly with existing IBM tape drive
•Provided a scalable infrastructure for
future growth
•Ensured availability of expert support,
reliable systems and response
Business matters
•Improved performance and response time
•Cut time for main payroll run from six hours
to 30 minutes, helping payroll to be more
up-do-date and accurate
“The solution that HP proposed met all my requirements,
and they assisted me in improving some aspects of the
SAP system and minimising the risk on migration.”
– Chew Chee Keong, manager, Information Systems at Certis CISCO
Performance boost for SAP system
SingaporesecurityrmCertisCISCOneededtoreplace
its ageing IBM infrastructure that ran its SAP software.
HP provided the new system, and helped Certis CISCO ensure
the migration was smooth and that downtime was minimised.
The HP system is fast and reliable, with the main payroll
process now running 12 times faster.