| The name of the base system (platform): | DPC Rostelecom Moscow |
| Developers: | SAP CIS |
| Date of the premiere of the system: | 2014/12/25 |
| Technology: | DPC |
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2022: Data Centre Closure
In 2022, against the background of the geopolitical situation and the curtailment of SAP's business in Russia, the local data centers of the German vendor stopped working. In August 2022, the Kommersant newspaper wrote that the SAP global office was preparing to sell computing equipment from its own data centers in Russia - only 3.5 thousand pieces of German equipment[1]. The book value of the equipment is 3 billion rubles, and the market value, taking into account depreciation, is about 1.4 billion rubles. According to the newspaper, the purchase of equipment was interested in the long-time partner of SAP for the development of data centers in Russia, Rostelecom. The operator announced plans in the coming years to invest 10-20 billion rubles in the development of regional data centers.
The SAP data center in Russia, we recall, was opened in 2014 to provide cloud services on the territory of the Kurchatov Institute Research Center in Moscow based on the Rostelecom infrastructure. Since 2016, Rostelecom has signed an agreement with SAP to promote its cloud solutions based on its data centers.
2016
Explosive growth in sales of cloud services in Russia
In 2015, revenue from SAP cloud services in Russia hosted in its local data center showed three-digit growth rates, and in 2016 the trend towards this continued, TAdviser told SAP CIS in November. High growth rates were a condition when an investment project to create an SAP data center in Russia was approved, the company added.
The SAP report on financial results for the first half of 2016 states that in Russia and Germany during this period there was a steady double-digit growth in revenue from subscriptions to cloud services and support. The Russian office of SAP notes that a significant part of sales falls at the end of the year, and the final picture will be visible after summing up the annual results. SAP plans and valuates results in euros.
SAP CIS explains the high growth rates of the cloud business in Russia by the low starting base and customer demand, but not only. Its development is also facilitated by the peculiarities of the competitive environment in Russia, said Andrei Sharak, Deputy General Director of SAP CIS.
Creating your own cloud for the vendor is a very expensive area, he said in a conversation with TAdviser. Not every vendor can afford it, and of those who can afford, not everyone will want it. Ultimately, it turns out that, unlike Europe and America, in Russia, the competition of cloud suppliers for large corporate clients is not so high, the representative of SAP CIS summed up.
The first solutions that became available from the Russian data center SAP, launched in 2014, were SuccessFactors, Ariba and HANA Enterprise Cloud. The first of them is designed to manage personnel resources. Ariba is a specialized cloud network that connects customers and suppliers around the world, and HANA Enterprise Cloud is a cloud service for creating an enterprise cloud on the SAP HANA platform.
Andrei Sharak, in a conversation with TAdviser, noted that SuccessFactors is a "sales hit": it brings the largest share of revenue of all solutions.
In November 2016, SAP announced the availability of a new solution from its data center - SAP IBP (Integrated Business Planning) for integrated business sales planning and operations. It was transferred to the Russian data center, based on market demand, explained in SAP CIS.
Sharak says that many companies in Russia have a need for planning more than once a year, and in SAP IBP this can be done every week. You can also simulate planning, for example, in scenarios with different exchange rates.
One of the points of optimization due to planning in Russian companies is warehouse stocks. A recent SAP study showed that the potential for a reduction in inventory for Russian companies is 41.6%.
In addition to the products already available from the local data center, SAP is also in high demand in Russia for solutions that ensure the interaction of companies with end customers, Andrey Sharak told TAdviser. First of all, we are talking about CRM and solutions for e-commerce, he explained. If you look at the structure of demand, then the next step in the development of the direction of cloud services in Russia should be there, said an SAP representative.
Two new systems should become available from the local cloud in the first quarter and autumn of 2017, SAP CIS reported, without specifying exactly when.
Unlike Europe, the market for e-commerce solutions in Russia can still be considered quite young, Sharak notes. Many companies choose their own system from scratch, starting with cloud solutions, since they do not require investment in infrastructure.
Globally, SAP has about 20 products available from the cloud. The deputy general director of SAP CIS notes that the company will grow much in Russia even after the launch of new cloud solutions on the market next year.
The start of cloud cooperation with Rostelecom
On March 24, 2016, SAP CIS and Rostelecom announced the start of cooperation in the promotion of cloud services in large companies.
Under the terms of the agreement, Rostelecom will begin to offer its clients cloud solutions SAP for managing business processes based on the infrastructure data centers of the state operator. As of March 2016, Rostelecom has 3.9 thousand racks throughout. Russia
The partnership between SAP and Rostelecom is focused mainly on regional customers among large and medium-sized companies. SAP specialists and partners for the implementation of these solutions will be engaged in the conclusion of contracts within the framework of this project.
As noted by Larisa Tkachuk, Senior Vice President for Business Management at Rostelecom, by expanding its portfolio of services with SAP solutions, the telecommunications company will be able to offer Russian customers from all industries maximum benefits from the use of modern cloud technologies.
Rostelecom also noted that the company will promote SAP cloud solutions that fully meet information security requirements in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation.
 | The partnership between SAP and Rostelecom, on the one hand, is an opportunity for regional companies to use the best world solutions with support at the local level, says Pavel Gontarev, CEO of SAP CIS. - On the other hand, SAP and Rostelecom thus gain access to new markets and sources of income. |  |
2015: Placement of personal Russian customers in the data center in Moscow
On September 15, 2015, SAP announced the placement of its flagship cloud solutions in the Russian data center. Thus, the German company follows the legal requirements, according to which it is forbidden to store and process personal data of Russians abroad.
As follows from the SAP message, solutions for human resources SuccessFactors and procurement efficiency are Ariba available to Russian customers from the data center located To Moscow in and created in conjunction with. Rostelecom
According to the CEO of SAP CIS, Vyacheslav Orekhov the company has carried out all the necessary work on certification of tools, information protection including those built into SAP cloud software products. In addition, certificates of compliance of all data center information systems with the second level of data security in the certification system were obtained FSTEC Russia and LLC "" was registered SAP CIS as a personal data operator. Roskomnadzor
"Now our flagship cloud solutions and services are available to Russian customers from the local data center, which provides them with maximum security and once again proves SAP's deep commitment to the Russian market," Orekhov said.
SAP also notes that with the full launch of the first Russian data center, the company becomes a universal service provider for all stages of the life cycle of a product or service: from development and testing to providing customers and evaluating results.
2014
Opening of the Russian data center
December 23, 2014 the opening of the Russian one took place. DPC SAP CIS Based on it, the company plans to provide local customers with model access cloudy to various of its solutions, including the service,,, and Ariba Success Factors CRM system the cloud. HANA Enterprise Cloud
The data center infrastructure was developed jointly with Rostelecom and is based in the modular data center of the latter, located on the territory of the Kurchatov Institute Research Center in Moscow. The module allocated for the SAP data center at the time of launch houses 61 racks with server equipment, SAP representatives told TAdviser. In addition to the main site, the data center also includes a backup site and is certified according to Tier 4 standards (capacity availability level - more than 99.999%).
According to SAP President for Central and Eastern Europe Michael Kleinemeier, the creation of the data center lasted about 10 months, and a total of more than 100 people were involved in the work on the project. The volume of investments in the data center amounted to about 20 million euros.
The company adds that the Russian data center became the 23rd in a row in the network of SAP data centers around the world, and that it was created in accordance with the standards that applied to all other sites.
Michael Kleinemeier also said that SAP had plans to open a data center in Russia in 2013. The decision to create it in the company is associated primarily with its global cloud strategy, in which SAP becomes the provider of the entire cloud service cycle. Earlier, SAP representatives also noted that the presence of their own platform within the country will better meet local requirements in terms of data security and security and increase the level of confidence of Russian customers in SAP cloud services.
The local data center will also allow SAP to meet the requirements of the new version of the Law "On Personal Data," which is expected to enter into force in 2015. In accordance with it, operators must store personal data of Russians in Russia.
At the time of opening, cloud services based on the new data center have not yet been provided to customers, but there are already a number of signed contracts for these services with both new and existing customers of the company who want to transfer the load to the cloud. They will begin to receive subscription services within the framework of already concluded contracts after the necessary certification of the data center for compliance with the standards related to the security of personal and commercial data provided for by Russian laws is completed.
Plans to invest 20 million euros in data centers in Russia
On April 10, 2014 , SAP announced plans to open its own data center in Russia in the second half of this year, designed to provide cloud services to local customers.
According to company representatives, a full portfolio of SAP cloud software will be available to customers from the Russian data center. Among the products that it includes are ready-made solutions for strategic selection of suppliers and procurement, a CRM system, a solution for human capital management and for e-commerce.
The company notes that SAP is moving to ensure that any customer can receive its solutions both from the public cloud and from the hybrid model through the use of its own capacities.
SAP believes that the presence of its own platform within the country will better meet local requirements in terms of data security and security and increase the level of confidence of Russian customers in SAP cloud services. Representatives of the company told TAdviser that DPC it is planned to be certified for compliance with the highest level of reliability Tier IV.
Investments in the Russian data center will amount to about 20 million euros. As explained by TAdviser in SAP, the company plans to rent a building for a data center in Moscow, and place its own equipment and software in it.
In addition to the main data center, SAP plans to create a backup data center. SAP Global chief information officer Bjorn Goerke told TAdviser that the backup site will also be located in the Moscow region. He added that together with the data center in Moscow, SAP will have a total of 19 data centers around the world, the largest of which are sites located in Germany and the United States.
SAP also plans further investments in the development of cloud services, said Vyacheslav Orekhov, CEO of SAP in Russia and the CIS . In particular, they will be aimed at training and developing partners and consultants in this area.
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