Case studies:
Transport for London (TfL)
Transport for London (TfL) is the integrated transport authority responsible for running the day-to-day operation of the capital’s public transport network and managing its streets. The transport authority was looking to modernize their current SAP® estate not only to use more modern infrastructure and databases but also to deliver a more agile and cost-effective SAP platform with which to upgrade to SAP S/4 HANA as well as enable further business transformation.
Compass Group UK
Compass Group decided to adopt an AWS Cloud-first strategy and began to plan its migration to AWS. The company developed an 18-month migration timeline for the overall project scope. After selecting Lemongrass as its partner, Compass Group kicked off with a successful Proof of Concept (PoC), during which it migrated its development environment to AWS.
FirstGroup
SAP to AWS Migration for the FirstGroup Rail division is one of the UK’s largest and most experienced rail operators, carrying 345M passengers almost nine billion miles last year.
“Our systems run 10% faster in the cloud. In addition, the rail franchise acquisition team was happy their project was not impacted at all by the migration project that was running in tandem in the background. Both projects were completed on time and budget.” FirstGroup Project Manager
Reynolds Consumer Products
Reynolds Consumer Products (REYN: Nasdaq), headquartered in Lake Forest, Illinois, markets products under the Reynolds and Hefty brands and provides preparation, cooking, cleanup, and storage solutions. Lemongrass successfully transformed and modernized a complex SAP landscape migration to AWS for Reynolds Consumer Products. With tight deadlines, to minimize business impact, the project was completed on time, on budget, and remotely.
Convatec
In 2019, after a decade long relationship with a global systems integrator who provided hosting services for their core business systems of SAP®, Hyperion, IBM® Sterling and WebSphere®, ConvaTec decided to go out to providers in the Cloud services market to assess their systems for cost savings opportunities, while still ensuring the highest levels of service, agility, and alignment with their technology roadmap.
Energy Queensland
Energy Queensland recently needed Lemongrass’s expertise to seamlessly migrate an SAP environment to AWS. Energy Queensland, a group of government-owned electricity distribution, retail, and energy services businesses, had dozens of SAP applications hosted on SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud (HEC). “Overall, we can innovate faster and move faster as a company by running SAP on AWS.” Portfolio Delivery Manager.
Covestro
In 2019, Covestro made the strategic decision to move its entire IT workload from central data centers to a single hyperscale Cloud platform by end of 2022.
“This project is definitely one of the highlights I have been part of in recent years, especially given the complexity and magnitude of the work performed. Lemongrass exceeded our expectations with their professionalism, advanced knowledge, and experience migrating SAP systems to AWS.” CIO, Covestro
Coca Cola İçecek
Fifth largest bottler migrates SAP to AWS
“By using AWS, we’re saving up to 60% on our SAP infrastructure costs,” says Levent Yildirmak, Technology Manager for Coca-Cola İçecek (CCI). The company produces, distributes, and sells sparkling and still beverages under the Coca-Cola brand. It is the world’s fifth-largest bottler of Coca-Cola products by sales volume, serving more than 380 million customers.
SEACO Global Ltd
The First Large Productive SAP on AWS, Globally
Seaco Global Ltd is the world’s largest sea container leasing company with assets in excess of $6 billion. The company moved its day-to-day business management software – including SAP Business Suite and SAP Solution Manager – from traditional data centres in the United Kingdom to AWS.
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