Value-driven solutions for SAP ECC and Business Suite
With the mainstream support end date slated for 2025 or 2027 (depending on enhancement pack level), those running SAP ECC 6 and Business Suite 7 are being pressured to move to RISE with SAP — a potentially risky, disruptive and costly move without a clear ROI. Rimini Street offers a different, smarter path to innovation that allows you to retain your existing systems and perpetual licenses for up to 15 additional years, enabling Transformation without Disruption™.
By taking advantage of Rimini Street’s end-to-end support, management and innovation solutions for SAP ECC and Business Suite, you can avoid unnecessary upgrades and gain a partner with deep ERP expertise to help manage, protect and further optimize your current SAP instances, helping ensure your mission-critical systems are stable and flexible to meet your business needs.
Rimini Street has helped thousands of clients regain control of their roadmap, reduce costs and open up future options, giving them the freedom to focus on strategic initiatives. Let us do the same for you.
Control your SAP roadmap
Save on SAP operating costs
Innovate now — not later
Why You Should Defer Moving to S/4HANA and RISE with SAP
In deciding when (or if) you should migrate your SAP ECC and Business Suite to S/4HANA and RISE with SAP, a vendor-led decision can cost you more than money. Discover the risks involved and alternative paths to achieving innovation.
Harness the full potential of SAP ECC and Business Suite
As a global leader of end-to-end third-party enterprise software support, management 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 quality support, including customizations, to help ensure optimal performance of your SAP ECC 6 and Business Suite 7. With a 4.9/ 5.0 client satisfaction score, we deliver extraordinary results to protect uptime.
With Rimini Support for SAP ECC and Business Suite, you gain:
- Dedicated Primary Support Engineer from a team averaging 20+ years of experience
- Potential savings of up to 90% on TCO for innovation investment
- Included tax, legal and regulatory updates to stay compliant
Outsource management of your core SAP systems to our global team of experts for greater efficiency. Free up your team for strategic initiatives while we address everything from service requests to disaster recovery.
With Rimini Manage for SAP ECC and Business Suite, you gain:
- Choice of unlimited ticket or variable resource model
- Root cause analysis for incident prevention and stability
- Single vendor for streamlined services and support
Get world-class professional services for SAP from our highly experienced team. From software licensing to technology roadmaps, we provide vendor-agnostic guidance and innovative solutions that prioritize your business needs.
With Rimini Consult for SAP ECC and Business Suite, you gain:
- IT roadmapping and strategy based on your goals
- Design and implementation of projects/customizations for desired functionality
- Flexible resourcing models to expand your team during high demand
Apply Rimini Street’s proactive and exclusive security solutions to help protect your SAP ECC and Business Suite while improving your security posture. Reduce risk exposure in an ever-growing threat environment without costly, disruptive upgrades.
With Rimini Protect for SAP ECC and Business Suite, you gain:
- Personalized hardening guidance to help mitigate risk
- Zero-day advisories of exploits with additional guidance
- 10-minute guaranteed response time for P1 security cases
Future-proof your SAP systems by ensuring compatibility with the latest OS, email, Java and browsers. With our interoperability solutions, you can integrate best-fit technologies without code changes or upgrades.
With Rimini Connect for SAP ECC and Business Suite, you gain:
- Fast, nondisruptive implementation by our team of specialists
- Roadmapping services to prepare for future technology updates
- Single-pane-of-glass management tool for simplified oversight
Ensure business continuity by addressing issues before they become a problem. Using proactive monitoring and analysis, our team can maintain the health of your SAP ECC and Business Suite and deliver peace of mind.
With Rimini Watch for SAP ECC and Business Suite, you gain:
- 24/7/365 monitoring with 10-minute guaranteed response time
- Web-based dashboard with alerts and diagnostic metrics for real-time visibility
- Enhanced system stability to enable innovation
Hear what our clients have to say
We were able to halve our SAP maintenance costs over a couple year period resulting in substantial savings.”
– Tim Aynsley, Head of Technology
My team applauds the speed of Rimini Street support. It’s tremendously different than SAP support.”
– Jerry Lee, IT Director
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.”
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