Innovation-enabling support for SAP software
Your existing SAP system is ready for immediate innovation — no upgrades or reimplementation required. Achieve Transformation without Disruption™, harnessing the full potential of your customized, high-performing system for AI/ML, automation and more.
With Rimini Street’s proven, end-to-end enterprise software support and services for SAP, you can confidently keep your systems running smoothly for up to 15 additional years thanks to our industry-leading third-party support, proactive security services, interoperability solutions and more.
We’ve helped thousands of clients take control of their IT roadmap, focus their resources on strategic initiatives and gain the flexibility and stability needed to accelerate growth and profitability.
Let us do the same for you.
Optimize your SAP investment
Gain flexibility to modernize
Transform without disruption
“With the money that we’ve saved by moving to Rimini Street, Pacific Textiles is now able to work on key, strategic projects... We had wanted to move to a new data lake architecture, but too much budget was wrapped up in IT support. Rimini Street helped us free up the funds to take on this important project which will support our AI innovation roadmap. ”
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Be the Disruptor.
Not the Disrupted.
Choose innovation over SAP migrations.
Disruptors don’t follow the status quo — they challenge it.
Forward-thinking, strategic Ieaders fast-track innovation, outpacing competition and market disruptions to win boldly by taking a SMARTER path.
Choose real innovation instead of SAP upgrades.
It’s your business and your future. Shouldn’t it be your roadmap, too?
Watch Regain and Retain Control of Your SAP Roadmap, with Rimini Street’s SAP expert Scott Hays and CEO of Third Stage Consulting, Eric Kimberling.
Maximize the value and capability of your SAP investment
As a global leader of end-to-end third-party enterprise software support and innovation solutions, Rimini Street serves as a strategic IT partner for organizations like yours. Let us guide you on a path toward not only protecting and future-proofing your IT investment but helping you achieve your growth and profitability goals — faster — by leveraging your existing, highly valuable systems.
Get comprehensive maintenance and support for SAP, no matter the product or release you’re running. From performance support to global tax, legal and regulatory updates, we help increase uptime and resolve critical issues.
With Rimini Support for SAP, you benefit from:
- Direct access to a Primary Support Engineer, backed by a full team of SAP experts
- Potential savings of up to 90% for innovation investment
- Included support for custom code and strategic advisory services
Let our global team of SAP engineers handle daily management for increased productivity and cost-efficiency. We’ll address incidents, service requests and routine tasks, reducing the burden on your internal team.
With Rimini Manage for SAP, you benefit from:
- An extended team of SAP experts with deep ERP skills to maximize your system’s ROI
- Choice of unlimited service delivery or variable resource options
- Root cause analysis to prevent incident recurrence and improve stability
Align your SAP ERP strategy with your business goals by applying the expertise of our talented, highly tenured professionals. Strengthen your business roadmap and proceed with confidence using vendor-agnostic guidance and innovative solutions.
With Rimini Consult for SAP, you benefit from:
- IT analysis and consultancy to determine the best path forward
- Custom project design and execution to achieve desired functionality
- Flexible staff and skills augmentation to meet demand
Utilize proactive solutions and managed security services to help protect your SAP software without disruptive upgrades. Mitigate risks within your ecosystem and continuously improve your overall security posture.
With Rimini Protect for SAP, you benefit from:
- Security case resolution with industry-leading processes and SLAs
- Hardening guides for mitigating risk based on reported vulnerabilities
- Subscription-based Security Managed Services for increased vigilance
Overcome software compatibility obstacles without code changes or expensive software upgrades. Leverage our interoperability solutions to connect the best-fit technologies to your current SAP system and extend its value.
With Rimini Connect for SAP, you benefit from:
- Quick and easy implementation with no disruptions from updates
- Options for integrating new browsers, operating systems, Java and email servers
- Stable solutions supported by our team of IT professionals
Receive proactive monitoring and guidance for your SAP application and technology environment. Keep your applications running smoothly with support services that anticipate problems before they can become critical.
With Rimini Watch for SAP, you benefit from:
- Experts to help pinpoint and mitigate issues quickly and implement best practices for business continuity
- Web-based console with real-time data and alerts
- Greater stability of your SAP to innovate around the edges
Hear what our clients have to say
We have assembled a strong internal team, which now has the capacity to rethink processes, suppliers and architecture in a strategic way. What began as a next-generation vision and a pilot has become a model for the entire company.”
With Rimini Street fully supporting our SAP systems, my team can focus 100% on realizing our Industry 4.0 vision.”
We were able to halve our SAP maintenance costs over a couple year period resulting in substantial savings.”
My team applauds the speed of Rimini Street support. It’s tremendously different than SAP support.”
With Rimini Street, the scope of support covers our customizations and add-ons. We have experienced faster time to solution and no hesitation resolving issues with our customized environment.”
With SAP, it could take up to four hours to get a ticket response. With Rimini Street, if we have a P1 critical issue, they respond within 10 minutes. And Rimini Street covers our customizations that we used to have to pay for additional professional services to support.”
With Rimini Street, you have a partner that’s always ready with depth of expertise and a demonstrated, heartfelt commitment to helping support you.”
Rimini Street took the time to listen and learn about my environment, giving me clarity and peace of mind knowing what the outcome would be and how it would improve my operations.”
The central applications run as expected, which provides peace of mind and allows the IT organization to focus on higher-value strategic objectives.”
Rimini Street adapts to what we want to do. It is truly an extension of my internal SAP support team. ”
As a result of the cost savings that we obtained by partnering with Rimini Street, we are able to invest in innovations that lead to business growth and at the same time ensure we remain competitive in the industry.
I was impressed by how professional and well-organized the onboarding process was. It was executed with care, high-quality of work, and commitment to our success. ”
Rimini Street has helped us to maximize the lifespan of our SAP system and to avoid unnecessarily spending money on upgrades. We’ve been able to redirect those funds into acquisitions and developing new products. We’re now spending money on growing NIBCO, not just keeping the lights on.”
Additional resources
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Accelerate innovation with your existing SAP system
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