RISE with SAP on IBM Power Virtual Server

Faster and non-disruptive move to RISE with SAP

For over half a century, enterprises have used IBM's infrastructure to host their mission-critical SAP systems for round-the-clock operations and safeguarding sensitive business data. As the next step to help accelerate their move to Cloud ERP, IBM and SAP have launched new hyperscaler option for SAP Cloud ERP Private, using the RISE with SAP methodology.

IBM and SAP launch new hyperscaler option for SAP Cloud ERP

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Benefits

Ranked in availability among SAP-certified servers.

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14x

Fewer critical vulnerabilities and exposures in hypervisor of Power servers since 2020 as compared to SAP-certified clouds using other hypervisors*.

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90 days

Designed to move SAP S/4HANA workloads from IBM Power Systems on-premises to cloud within 90 days.

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Client Stories

With over 3,500 branches worldwide, it was clear to us that the migration to SAP S/4HANA had to be secure, scalable, and future - proof. IBM Power Virtual Server as a RISE hyperscaler convinced us – with high performance, resilient infrastructure and a strong investment package that supports our business transformation.

Thomas Jensen

Director SAP & IT Development

JYSK

As a pharmaceutical manufacturing company, Difare required a robust, secure, and scalable infrastructure to modernize our SAP landscape and support our critical business operations. Having been long - term users of IBM Power servers, we've come to trust the platform's reliability and robust security features for our mission - critical applications. As we embark on modernizing to SAP Cloud ERP, IBM Power Virtual Server is the natural infrastructure choice for our RISE journey

John Calderon Carrillo

Corporate Technology Manager

Grupo DIFARE

As an existing IBM Power customer, Plastilene Group has long trusted the platform’s reliability, scalability, and performance for our mission - critical operations. Guided by innovation, continuous improvement, and strong ethical principles, we chose RISE with SAP on IBM Power Virtual Server to modernize our SAP landscape on a secure, trusted foundation. This solution delivers better TCO and supports our strategic focus on permanent growth and regional diversification — helping us continue to position ourselves in the market while contributing to the well - being of our employees, clients, and society. With IBM, we helped shape a solution that truly fits our business and accelerates our transformation

Jorge Hernan Moreno

Vice President of Logistic & IT

Plastilene Group

As we looked to support long - term growth, we needed to simplify our IT landscape while improving performance and cost efficiency. Modernizing our SAP environment meant choosing a platform that could deliver the security, reliability, and scalability our operations depend on. With RISE with SAP on IBM Power Virtual Server, we now have a resilient foundation that supports our mission - critical workloads today and positions us to adopt new SAP innovations as we continue evolving our real estate and property management business.

Miguel Flores

CIO

Los Portales

As a leading technology company in Central America and the Caribbean, GBM is focused on improving agility, scalability, and real - time insight to better support our customers. Modernizing our SAP landscape required a secure, resilient platform for our mission - critical operations. With RISE with SAP on IBM Power Virtual Server, we gain the reliability, security, and high performance we value — while creating a strong foundation to adopt SAP innovations and drive continuous transformation across the organization

Douglas Gimenez

General Manager

GBM Consulting

Investment program

To help ease customers transition to RISE with SAP on Power Virtual Server, IBM is launching a customized investment program to support early-stage technical assessments by SIs or resell partners, migration execution, and the deployment of surrounding non-RISE (SAP and non-SAP) workloads to cloud.

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One of the industry’s largest RISE with SAP implementation

"This upgrade of SAP lays a foundation for AI and solving more complex problems. As we continue to build on this, the foundation must remain secured and resilient. This is where security and availability of SAP landscape on IBM Power Virtual Server and IBM Cloud comes into play. Since the go-live, we have been running with 100% availability, no outages." Sirish Gottimukkala, Director for IT Delivery, IBM

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Footnotes

*14x fewer hypervisor CVEs in PowerVM compared to hypervisors in other SAP-certified clouds based on NIST vulnerability database records for PowerVM, Hyper-V, Xen, KVM. Data as of 6th May 2025.