Leading healthcare group in India, the CK Birla Group of Hospitals includes BMBHRC, CMRI, Kolkata and RBH, Jaipur. CK Birla Hospitals, established in Kolkata and Jaipur, offer over 800 beds with comprehensive outpatient and inpatient services. Aiming to provide quality healthcare to all, the hospitals have performed more than 5.5 lakh surgeries, 1.9 lakh catheterizations, and 22,000 cardiac operations. Featuring the latest technology and a modern infrastructure, these hospitals continue to set new standards in medical care.
Journey towards migration of SAP on AWS
The hospital being in multiple locations, it was necessary for them to have seamless access to the data. The primary reason for choosing AWS solutions for hosting SAP workloads was its low costs, ease of maintenance, high scalability, and functionality.
As they started migrating to cloud, they realised they lacked the architecture expertise to incorporate best practices for delivery of SAP workloads on AWS. They required specific SAP and AWS guidance and architectural diagrams
Since AeonX and CKBH had previously worked together, CKBH trusted AeonX. As a result, they were comforted by the idea that the business was skilled and experienced in SAP and AWS healthcare data. Furthermore, AeonX was ready to start working immediately, and provided comprehensive planning as well as quick consulting assistance. AeonX provided expert oversight for a secure, scalable and easily maintainable AWS environment by leveraging existing CKBH proprietary and cloud-native solutions.
Migration to AWS cloud with AeonX –
Like many healthcare organisations, CKBH hosted SAP environments on-site. However, the performance and dependability of the system were being negatively impacted by this infrastructure’s rapid ageing and rising maintenance costs.
To change this, CKBH engaged technology provider AeonX to build an Amazon Web Services (AWS)-based platform for its new monitoring service. In addition to being an SAP Gold Partner and Advanced Consulting Partner in the AWS Partner Network (APN), AeonX is an SAP AMS Provider. When compared to what CKBH was using on-premises, AeonX’s combination of AWS services resulted in a significantly higher degree of efficiency and improved user experience. We were able to reduce licensing, support, and maintenance costs utilising AWS Lambda, Amazon S3, Amazon Glacier, Amazon Cloudwatch, and Amazon EBS, which aggregated and imported data from specific sources.
By migrating their SAP workloads on cloud, CKBH was able to scale more quickly and at a much-reduced cost, which resulted in significant cost avoidance. CKBH was able to repurpose funds for the development and adoption of novel, cutting-edge data analytics technologies because of this large cost savings. By giving its user base faster access to data and insights, these analytics capabilities assist the company’s greater aim of enhancing quality of life and long-term results for patients.
Other benefits they saw in migrating SAP workloads to cloud were:
Simplified IT Landscape: Streamlined CKBH’s IT landscapes, reducing complexity and increasing efficiency.
Improved User Experience: Enhanced the user experience with cloud-based, mobile-enabled SAP applications.
Increased Innovation: provides CKBH with access to the latest SAP technologies and services, enabling them to stay ahead of the curve and drive innovation.
Better Business Insights: provides real-time insights into CKBH operations, enabling organizations to make informed decisions and respond quickly to changing market conditions.
Scalability: allows CKBH to easily scale up or down their SAP environment to meet changing business needs.
Using Amazon Web Services Cloud to host SAP workloads: Impacts:
Migrating to AWS cloud reduced total TCO, increased flexibility and agility, and improved scalability. By avoiding redundancy, durable storage and in-elastic scalable storage, capital expenditures in IT were reduced. CKBH wants to be prepared to pivot, introduce new feature sets, and optimise where necessary as their customers’ needs evolve. The upgrading of its applications and the shift to offering them via a software-as-a-service model are the next stages of CKBH’s digital transformation that AeonX intends to assist with. According to CKBH, its newfound business agility and attempts to make its software more modular are strategic and will help it stand out as it deals with future expansion.
CKBH has experienced 40% year-over-year growth and a 17% expense reduction since moving to AWS.
Since CKBH adopted SAP on AWS, there have been noticeable enhancements in productivity as a result of the seamless integration of multiple systems. This is achieved through constant automatic monitoring and real-time access to transactional data.
Along with their SAP Workloads, we have also hosted their SAP DR and HA on AWS. By hosting SAP disaster recovery (DR) and high availability (HA) on Amazon Web Services (AWS), CKBH can experience several benefits, such as:
Improved reliability: SAP DR and HA on AWS provide enhanced disaster recovery capabilities and minimize downtime in case of an outage.
Scalability: The elasticity of the AWS cloud makes it possible to scale SAP DR and HA resources up or down depending on business needs.
Cost savings: By leveraging AWS’s pay-as-you-go model, organizations can reduce the upfront costs associated with deploying and maintaining an on-premise SAP DR and HA solution.
Enhanced security: AWS provides robust security controls and compliance certifications to help protect sensitive data and ensure regulatory compliance.
AWS provides a highly available and scalable infrastructure, reducing the effort required to maintain and upgrade the SAP DR and HA environment.
Overall, hosting SAP DR and HA on AWS can help organizations improve the availability, security, and cost-effectiveness of their SAP systems.
SAP DR Architecture:
SAP HA Architecture:
Automation reduced the occurrence of manual tasks, increases efficiency, and provides a consistent and dependable experience for enterprises when working with SAP systems. To effectively manage SAP workloads in the cloud, AeonX provided a tried and tested solution that is secure, quick, and cost-effective, with minimal risk and maximum dependability.
With its first manufacturing unit established in 1972, Konark Group have multiple business verticals and is one of India’s leading manufacturers of LED and Solar Lighting and Herbal Extracts.
As a leading manufacturer with multiple units located across various states in India, Konark Group understands the importance of leveraging advanced technologies to streamline operations and improve efficiency. That’s why the group has decided to implement SAP on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud platform.
In this blog post, we will outline the scope of work for Konark Group’s SAP on AWS implementation, as well as the key benefits and considerations for adopting this solution.
Scope of Work –
The scope of work for Konark Group’s SAP on AWS implementation includes a range of tasks to ensure the smooth and effective deployment of the SAP solution on the cloud. These tasks include setting up the necessary AWS accounts and providing access to Konark Group’s teams, configuring the SAP landscape including development, test, and production environments, and conducting quarterly reviews to assess the performance of the solution.
To assist Konark Group in tracking and optimizing its SAP and AWS infrastructure, the implementation team also assisted with security audits to ensure compliance with industry standards. The team also assisted with any issues that arose during the billing cycle and provided recommendations for optimizing the SAP and AWS infrastructure. Finally, budgets were created and attached to notifications to help Konark Group monitor its AWS costs and identify any potential areas for optimization.
Security
Ensuring the security of Konark Group’s SAP on AWS landscape was a top priority. To this end, the implementation team took the following measures:
Disabled Inactive Users: Any inactive users are disabled to reduce the risk of unauthorized access.
MFA Defined and Implemented: Multi Factor authentication (MFA) is defined and implemented to provide an additional layer of security for user access.
Security Group Reviewed: The security group reviewed to ensure that it was configured correctly and in line with best practices.
IAM Reviewed: The Identity and Access Management (IAM) system reviewed to ensure that it was properly configured and secure.
Cost Review
To help Konark Group optimize its costs on AWS, the implementation team took the following actions:
Tagging Completed for Various Endpoints: Tagging is completed for various endpoints, such as Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instances, to help Konark Group track and optimize its costs.
Invalid AMI Removed: Any invalid Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) are removed to avoid unnecessary costs.
Unattached EBS Volumes Removed: Unattached Elastic Block Store (EBS) volumes are removed to avoid unnecessary costs.
Cost Saving due to seamless migration
AeonX’s Proof of Concept (POC) for Konark Group was a resounding success! Not only did it give the organization the confidence to migrate their SAP workloads to the AWS Cloud, but the actual migration was completed in just 4 hours. And to ensure everything was running smoothly, AeonX dedicated an additional 3 hours to performance testing.
But that’s not all – the entire process, from the POC to the final migration, took a total of 60 days to complete. And the benefits have been enormous. The migration has saved Konark Group a whopping 20% on hardware replacement costs, like server racks and storage. These replacements used to take up to a month to procure and install, and required 8 hours of maintenance every month. Now, thanks to AeonX’s expertise and efficiency, Konark Group is enjoying significant cost savings and reduced downtime.
Here are some benefits gained by Konark by using SAP on Cloud:
Some Benefits of RISE with SAP are:
Simplification: Simplified IT landscapes by consolidating and harmonizing multiple SAP solutions into a single, unified platform.
Innovation: Enabled Konark to adopt new SAP solutions that incorporate the latest technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, and the Internet of Things.
Improved user experience: Simplified and intuitive user experience, making it easier for employees to adopt and use new SAP solutions.
Future-proofing: Helped Konark to prepare for the future by enabling them to adopt new technologies and trends, such as digital transformation.
Business acceleration: Accelerated their digital transformation journey, enabling them to quickly and effectively adopt new solutions and technologies to drive business growth and competitiveness.
Gaining a competitive edge through digital transformation
Konark Group has redirected these operational and time savings towards other areas of digital innovation. For example, the organization is currently experimenting with Internet of Things technologies to predict hardware failures and facilitate maintenance.
With SAP and AWS services in place, Konark Group has gained a lot of automation, including automatic hardware recovery, and automatic starting and stopping of servers using AWS Lambda functions. As a consequence, the IT team is developing analytical capabilities that take advantage of the data that the company now has at its fingertips. In addition, utilizing online tutorials to enhance their knowledge of SAP and AWS, they are also striving to broaden their comprehension of the complete scope of features offered by SAP workloads that are hosted on the AWS cloud.
Not only that, in order to completely future proof their business, Konark also hosted their SAP DR and HA on AWS cloud.
The benefits gained by Konark of SAP Disaster Recovery (DR) and High Availability (HA) on the cloud are:
Increased reliability: Cloud-based DR and HA solutions ensures that their SAP systems are protected against outages and data loss, providing a highly available and resilient environment for critical business operations.
Improved disaster recovery times: Cloud-based DR solutions are quickly activated in the event of a disaster, reducing downtime and ensuring Konark’s business continuity.
Flexibility: Offered greater flexibility and scalability, enabling Konark to adjust their DR and HA strategies as their needs change over time.
Reduced costs: reduced costs compared to traditional on-premise solutions, as they eliminated the need for costly hardware, software, and maintenance expenses.
Enhanced security: provided robust security and data protection, ensuring that Konark’s sensitive information is kept safe and secure.
Ease of use: Hosting SAP workloads on cloud made it easier for Konark to adopt and implement DR and HA solutions, as the cloud provider manages the underlying infrastructure, freeing up IT resources for other projects.
SAP DR and HA Architecture:
In conclusion, the implementation of SAP workloads on AWS has proven to be a successful solution for Konark who were looking to modernize their IT infrastructure and improve their overall business operations. The cloud-based deployment of SAP provided them with scalability, reliability, and security benefits, while also reducing costs associated with on-premises systems. By leveraging the power of hosting SAP workloads on AWS, Konark can now efficiently run their critical business processes, access real-time data, and make informed decisions that drive growth and innovation.
With offices in Dubai, Oman, Abu Dhabi, and India, as well as stocking facilities in Jebel Ali, Doha, and Hamriyah Free Zone in Sharjah, DBMSC has strategically positioned themselves as a top importer, exporter, and stockist of structural steel products. Because of these factors, they have been notably catering to the important markets of the Middle East, Iraq, Jordan, Egypt, and African nations. They contribute to gaining the clients’ overall trust by focusing on technology innovation and raising customer service standards. From the initial demand to the definition, design, process, and delivery, they offer value to every project with the support of skilled and experienced people.
AeonX thoroughly assessed their infrastructure and found opportunities to save costs with their solutions. As a result, DBMSC was able to make significant financial savings. Additionally, AeonX re-architected their disaster recovery system and used pilot light design for optimal benefit. We also offer AWS managed services to DBMSC.
Upon in-depth evaluation of their existing DR setup, AeonX came up with the following Architecture to ensure that their solution is cost optimised, and they can reap the maximum benefits out of it.
We used scripting to automate the DR monitoring and DR health status.
The scripting automation technique will help in Realtime notifications and actions in case of any technical issues and disturbances. This was achieved with the help of AWS Lambda.
Here is an overview of DBMSC’s business continuity plan using DR:
Along with setting up a reliable and effective DR system, AeonX also helped DBMSC with the following:
1) AWS Account Management:
AWS Account Setup: Create / map account on AWS public cloud and provide required access.
Monthly Cost review using AWS Trusted Advisor and suggestion to downsize instances size.
Quarterly Service Delivery Review
Support provided during Security Audits.
Consolidated reporting: Provide cost, usage reports on monthly basis
Support in billing cycle: Resolve issues if any in billing cycles & provide recommendation for Optimization of AWS Infrastructure.
Monitoring the billing cycle: Create, monitor, and attach notifications to budgets
2) AWS Account Security:
Disable Inactive users
MFA defined and implemented
Disabled inactive users (90 days)
Security Group reviewed
IAM reviewed
3) AWS Account Cost Review:
Tagging completed for various endpoints
Remove invalid AMI
Remove unattached EBS volumes
Tag EBS volumes
Reserved instances cost optimized for Linux servers
AeonX supported DBMSC at every stage as an AWS Advanced Tier Partner and professional consultant. The account manager assisted them in resolving any concerns that arose as well as evaluating new services. DBMC are now able to reap all the benefits of AWS and at the same time main their AWS infrastructure.
BVG India Limited, founded in 1997 by Mr. Hanmantrao Gaikwad, is a responsible and forward-thinking company that seeks to support India’s entire development. By 2030, the BVG group hopes to make a positive difference in the lives of ten million people through empowerment, employment, and education.
Trying to Meet Recovery Goals
BVG’s Disaster Recovery(DR) system was on the verge of failure. For disaster recovery, they used on-site infrastructure servers, which lacked the flexibility they would have needed. As a result, they lost all of their data. To overhaul its DR solution and fulfil the company’s larger goal of migration to the cloud, BVG turned to AeonX.
BVG’s focus on customer service has fuelled a rapid level of growth since its launch around three decades ago. BVG’s DR testing and drills revealed the following issues with its existing infrastructure:
The solution, which was hosted on a physical server on-site, was unable to keep up with the expansion of the business.
Backup was performed in the on-premise data centre, which was expensive and hard to scale as requirements increased.
Hardware was starting to deteriorate and would last for 2 to 3 years at most.
Having no disaster recovery system enabled a heavy reliance on local backups that are unreliable, which led to the loss of data.
Furthermore, it had limited assistance for technology testing and development and its systems were not as adaptable as they would have desired. Additionally, the company lacked a comprehensive business continuity and disaster recovery(DR) plan and required a technology infrastructure that could meet demand while also fostering additional expansion.
In search of reliability and automation
BVG India Limited began working with AeonX, an AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner, in the summer of 2022 to deploy AWS On-Cloud Disaster Recovery, which minimizes downtime and data loss with the quick, dependable recovery of cloud-based applications using economical storage, minimum computing, and point-in-time recovery.
By working through the night through its 24/7 delivery centre, AeonX came up with a solution to fix the production server. It was accomplished by proposing the following structural changes:
By hosting Disaster Recovery on the cloud, we minimize downtime and data loss, utilizing affordable storage, minimal computing, and point-in-time recovery methods of cloud-based applications.
Review of monthly costs using AWS Trusted Advisor and, if necessary, recommendations to reduce the number of instances.
Recommended to turn off the preload option when setting up replication between primary and secondary instances. By deactivating this option, duplicated data is not loaded into the memory of the secondary HANA instance, so the second instance does not require the same amount of memory. Lowering costs while ensuring fail-safe protection.
By using scripting, we were able to automate the DR monitoring and DR health status.
With the scripting automation technique, BVG is given real-time notifications; this allows them to be informed of any problems immediately and take swift action.
With a more efficient DR solution in place, BVG India Limited has been working alongside AeonX to accelerate the migration from its on-premises data centre to the cloud on AWS. Using AWS disaster recovery hosting in the cloud, BVG has saved at least 20x on upfront costs. It improved its recovery goals, achieving an RTO of 4 hours as opposed to 12 hours (a 67 per cent jump) and an RPO of 2 hours as opposed to 4 hours (a 50 per cent boost).
Additionally, it postponed a sizable planned capital expenditure to upgrade the hardware in its DR data centre and instead redirected that money to cover the operational costs of maintaining DR in the cloud.
Public Sector Competency in AWS Government organizations is rapidly adopting cloud services to drive efficiency and unlock new digital experiences for their users.
As the market leader in cloud infrastructure services, Amazon Web Services (AWS) continues to see strong adoption among government agencies – particularly departments with high IT security standards and compliance requirements.
In this brief, you will learn about the benefits of implementing AWS in government agencies. By understanding these best practices, you can ensure that your implementation of AWS will be secure and compliant with all relevant regulations.
Read on to understand why your organization should adopt AWS, the different ways it can be implemented within your agency, and more.
Strengthening public sector infrastructure with AWS
Maintain security and compliance:
Designed with comprehensive security capabilities, AWS can meet the most rigorous requirements in terms of information security.
With AWS, you can access cloud services at every level of classification: Unclassified, Sensitive, Secret, or Top Secret.
AWS Cloud provides comprehensive controls, auditing, and wide security accreditation to support compliance with numerous laws, including those related to health, family education rights, privacy rights, and criminal justice information systems.
Drive innovation in support of citizens :
The government is better able to innovate in order to safeguard and assist individuals thanks to our builder’s mentality. More services are provided from AWS than from any other cloud provider, with 200 fully featured services available for a variety of technologies. Within such services, AWS also offers the most sophisticated capabilities.
AWS offers the most comprehensive and in-depth selection of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) services for your company. We are primarily concerned with resolving some of the most difficult problems that prevent every developer from using ML.
Power, modernize, and maximize enterprise systems:
The massive enterprise-level systems that manage the social, medical, and financial benefits in providing care to millions of people can be powered and transformed by AWS.
Get assistance with database migration and dependable, scalable data storage
Transform your data into valuable insights by sharing it across platforms
Reduce costs by quickly scaling up or down IT resources
The most complex organizations can easily implement sophisticated and secure access permissions and processes
Facilitate innovation and enhance the customer experience:
Access constituent services more easily and effectively for improved social outcomes.
Increase staff efficiency by creating mobile applications, virtual assistance, and self-service portals
Get instant access to powerful IT resources, like natural language processing or machine learning, to improve customer service
Make your solutions faster, better, and more accessible with AWS:
AWS unlocks business enablement, marketing, and technical resources. Connect with your customers while accelerating your go-to-market efforts.
Utilize technical resources, consultations, and well-architected evaluations to speed up development with AWS.
Create useful data visualizations to aid in decision-making
Maintain and modernize legacy databases and systems:
The scalability, high availability, and lower costs of the AWS Cloud give law enforcement and public safety organizations greater leverage.
Support for database migration and reliable and secure data storage
Ensure fast, reliable disaster recovery to minimize data loss and downtime
Create sophisticated and secure access permissions for organizations of any size
Hybrid cloud solutions using on-premises resources
How AeonX can help?
Keeping a long-term consumer focus, being hyper-vigilant, and avoiding practices that slow down innovation is essential for a company in today’s world.
The AWS Public Sector Competency demonstrates AWS technical expertise and proven customer success across a wide range of industries, use cases, and workloads.
AeonX assists you in using the cloud to transform ideas into opportunities, resulting in new avenues for expansion, improved productivity, and improved customer service.
With the support of our knowledgeable personnel, you may increase your company’s performance by more than 40% and get better outcomes.
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