VMware virtualizes SAP Managed Services infrastructure

VMware on Monday announced that SAP Managed Services, SAP AG’s internal IT infrastructure provider, has deployed the VMware platform across its IT environment as the main virtualization platform for SAP software. SAP Managed Services provides virtualized infrastructure solutions to internal SAP teams and customers. Advantages include resource savings through process automation and the ability of VMware to provide more efficient access to training and demo solutions, development landscapes and business-critical SAP applications without the cost, complexity or energy consumption of a traditional datacenter. VMware is a primary component of SAP’s Lean Demo System Landscape (LDSL) project to streamline its IT environment at its global datacenters.