Cloud Computing is the “new normal” and an essential part of high-performance IT landscapes. In five years, 56 percent of all enterprises want to operate more than half of their IT applications out of the cloud, as a study of digital association “Bitkom” reports. Particularly due to their flexibility, scalability and data provision in real time, cloud applications gain more and more in importance. For enterprises, they provide significant benefits to establish their IT landscapes in a future-proof and sustainable way.
FIS is your strong partner ON YOUR WAY INTO THE CLOUD
FIS accompanies you holistically and individually on your way into the cloud. Our professionals already have long-standing experience in implementing and operating cloud solutions. A dedicated team of experts have been working intensively on private and public cloud as the transformation of the ERP system into the cloud is of very great importance. We guarantee professional and individual assistance of our customers and sales prospects who wish to go the forward-looking way into the cloud. The FIS development also focuses on the cloud: we transform the FIS in-house optimizations of SAP solutions into cloud solutions. Currently, most of the solutions are already available as cloud solutions, are ready for the cloud or on their way to the cloud. In this way, FIS pursues the SAP cloud strategy and creates future-proof IT landscapes together with you. We regularly prove our cloud competence: in 2024, we were awarded the “expert status” in the area of SAP Business Technology Platform.
Future-oriented and tailor-made FIS CLOUD STRATEGY
FIS as an SAP partner with “Gold” status offers tailor-made SAP optimizations enhancing the standard version and providing more convenience. FIS follows the SAP Cloud Strategy: the cloudification of the proven FIS solution portfolio forms the center of the FIS Cloud Strategy. All FIS solutions are offered as high-performing, safe and seamlessly integrable individual components based on the cloud or in a cloud-ready way. Today, all proven FIS on-premises solutions can already be used in the private cloud.
Furthermore, FIS offers SAP standard solutions out of the cloud for different business areas. As a consequence, FIS customers have the option of using the entire solution portfolio on a cloud basis and, in doing so, completely benefit from the advantages of the clean core approach.
FIS consequently transforms all solutions into the cloud on a central platform, i.e. Business Extension Platform (FIS/bxp). The cloud development platform by FIS provides flexibly combinable and deeply integrable cloud solutions to automate and optimize business processes. Intuitive dashboards and cross-platform services round off the FIS/bxp service package. SAP BTP provides the technological basis of the platform.
Overview of FIS solutions already available on a cloud basis
- FIS/Tradeflex
- FIS/edc Cloud
- FIS/bxp Open Document Exchange
- FIS/Freestyle Picking
Further FIS solutions are successively transformed into the cloud. Today, all proven FIS on-premises solutions can already be used in the private cloud.
The way to turn into an intelligent and sustainable enterprise – SAP CLOUD STRATEGY
Today, the main focus is on future-proof business processes. With a comprehensive cloud strategy, SAP supports user companies on their way to intelligence and sustainability by applying consistent end-to-end processes. Depending on industry and customer requirements, the focus is on the Cloud ERP system here, either in the private or in the public cloud variant. Integrated SAP solutions for Human Capital Management, Spend Management and Business Network as well as Customer Relationship Management complement Cloud ERP. Ecological system applications round off the solution portfolio and enhance the SAP standard version. FIS also offers numerous enhancements for the Cloud ERP system, such as FIS/TradeFlex or FIS/bxp Open Document Exchange. Enterprises whose IT landscape is based on SAP Cloud Strategy benefit from end-to-end processes, especially for Lead-to-Cash, Design-to-Operate, Source-to-Pay and Recruite-to-Retire.
Integrated business processes require a high-performance basis, which is formed by SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP) offering comprehensive functions for integrating and enhancing SAP Core by means of cloud developments. Data management, analytics and planning as well as Artificial Intelligence take center stage here.
The clean core approach has a central meaning in the SAP strategy. “Clean core” means to apply no or a barely user-defined code in the ERP system core. Enhancements complementing the SAP standard version are developed outside the core. SAP BTP provides an optimal technological basis to develop enhancements on a side-by-side basis which are deeply integrated in the SAP S/4HANA ERP system.
To implement the clean core approach, enterprises should check to what extent their requirements can be covered by the SAP standard version. If enhancements are required, they should be directly developed in a cloud-ready way. Furthermore, the wide range of key user extensibility options offers the advantage of implementing adjustments at user level without interfering with SAP Core.
Overview of SAP solutions on a cloud basis:
- SAP S/4HANA Cloud
- SAP Customer Experience: SAP Sales Cloud, SAP Service Cloud, SAP Field Service Management, SAP Emarsys, SAP Commerce Cloud
- SAP Datasphere and SAP Analytics Cloud
- SAP Integration Suite
- SAP Document and Reporting Compliance
- SAP Signavio
SAP Competency Framework FIS OBTAINS SAP BTP EXPERT STATUS
The Competency Framework for the SAP cloud business clearly shows which know-how a consulting and implementation partner has in a specific area.
Within the SAP Competency Framework, FIS has reached the highest partner status in the area of SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP) – i.e. the expert status. FIS consequently pursues the SAP Cloud Strategy, develops advanced cloud applications and provides them as side-by-side solutions for enhancing the SAP standard version on SAP BTP. In doing so, the FIS applications as well as customer-specific requirements are transformed into the cloud by following the clean core approach.
Start your way towards the cloud and benefit from the numerous options of the SAP Cloud Strategy. As a strong and competent partner, FIS will support you in successfully developing and implementing your sustainable and individual cloud strategy. Contact our experts today.
