Ramp Consulting provides Managed Services & Hosting Solutions that establishes a new strategy to provide customers with a low single monthly cost with full services provided
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Executive Summary
General Business Information
RAMP Consulting is a SAP Enterprise Performance Management consulting company,
specializing in leveraging SAP data into insightful business intelligence that improves budget,
planning, and forecasting decision making. The company works with clients to implement,
enhance, and manage services for Business Planning and Consolidation, Business Intelligence,
Business Warehouse, Project Cost Management, Business Objects, DS, FIM, and HANA.
RAMP solves core business decision-making needs by filling the gap between compiling data in
the SAP Business Warehouse (BW) and creating Business Intelligence (BI) reporting tools.
RAMP provides further value by offering substantial savings and a guaranteed fixed price on
projects.
RAMP Consulting is a portfolio company of premiere private equity fund, The Lotus Innovations
Fund in Irvine, California.
History of RAMP Consulting
RAMP Consulting was established in 2009 with
headquarters in Irvine, California. Staffing and
hosting operations are based in Chennai, India.
RAMP is a SAP Authorized reseller, SAP Services
Partner, SAP Certified Infrastructure Solution
provider (Strategic Partner with OnX) and has
strategic partnerships with Cognizant, Column 5,
and Method360.
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Competitive Advantage
RAMP utilizes a unique methodology and model that combines a strong client-facing account
team that has the business, financial and solutions prowess to create a valuable solution for
each client. RAMP offers 24/7 work-flow, which significantly reduces delivery times, increases
customer satisfaction and information, while having a long-lasting impact on the profitability of
your company.
Types of Services Offered
In addition to being an Authorized SAP Partner and Reseller, RAMP Consulting offers:
Business Consulting Services:
Strategic Consulting COE with Ongoing Industry Analysis:
Capital Requirements
Product Lifecycle Revenue
Profit
Cast Borrowing Requirements
Planning:
Revenue & expenditure Cycle
Product Line Profitability
Assortment Planning
Headcount Planning
Consolidations:
Single Pan of Glass for Financial Reporting
Fixed Assets
Performance Management
Dashboards, Scoreboards, and Service Reporting
Technical Consulting Services,
Software installations
Upgrades
Performance Health Checks
Ongoing administration
Solution Accelerators,
BADI
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Allocations/Distributions
Ratios
Last Year's Data
Versions
Business Objects
ETL Tools
Dashboards
BPC
Revenue Planning Process
Headcount Planning Process
Cost Management
BW Reports
Managed Services/Hosting of SAP Applications
Former Experience and List of Customers
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Product Service Offerings
Software
Resell Hardware Install Implement
Go Live
Support Training
SAP Cloud X X X X X X
SAP BW X X X X X X
SAP HANA X X X X x X
SAP BOBJ X X X X X X
SAP BPC X X X X X X
SAP Lumira X X X X X X
SAP S4/HANA X X X X X X
Project RACI
Tasks Description Client Ramp
Project prep
Determine staffing R/A R/A
Kick-Off R/A R/A
Logistics
Setting-upNetworkAccess R A
Create schedule forOn-site/Offsite Resources A R
Create ProjectPlan R/A R
Travels R A
Hotels R A
Meals R A
Laptops R A
BuildingAccess R A
Software InstallationonPC’s R A
CreatingProjectDocumentDirectory R A
Onboardingdocumentation/checklist C/I R
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Blueprint
IdentifyingSME's R/A I
ProcessIdentification R/A I
AS-ISWorkshop A/C R
CreatingConceptual Solution A/C R
TO-BE Workshop A/C R
SchedulingWorkshopTimes R A
WorkshopPreparation A/C R
WorkshopLocations R A
SolutionConfirmation &Mock-upsSign-off A/C R
BlueprintDocumentation A/C R
BlueprintSign-Off R A
Build
Functional Specs A R
Accessto SMEs throughoutBuild R A
Accessto SempraIT Team R A
Technical Specs C/I R/A
Authorization R/A C/I
Configuration C/I R/A
Unit TestScripts R
IntegrationTestScripts R/A R/A
Migrate to QA A R
Unit Testing A R
IntegrationTesting R A/C
Confirmation R A
DecisiononChange RequestsduringUAT R C
UAT Issue Correction A R
Change Requests A R
UAT Re-test A/C R
UAT Sign-Off A/C R
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Training
BuildTrainingMaterial A R
TrainingLocation R/A I
TrainingMaterial A/C R
Resource Allocation R/A I
TrainingTemplates A R
KnowledgeTransfer(KT) A R
KT Schedule A R
TrainingTimeline R/A C
DeliverTrainingtoEnd-Users R/A C
Go-Live
Accessto Production R/A
Migrate to Production A R
Migrationto ProductionSupport R/A
PostGo-Live Support A R
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SAP Certified Managed Hosting
from RAMP Consulting -Powered by OnX
SAP Certified Infrastructure Provider: RAMP-Consulting has partnered with OnX Managed Services.
RAMP hosts its own internal analytics application as well as offers end-to-end solutions for analytics and
business intelligence that include OnX’s managed hosted infrastructure for reliable solutions, fast time-to-
market for clients, and opportunity for a phased approach from DEV, QAS and into PROD.
OnX was the very first SAP Certified Infrastructure Provider in North America, delivering IT
infrastructure services within SAP compliant infrastructure environments that enable end-to-end solutions.
OnX SAP Infrastructure enablement means that you are accessing:
Dedicated, cloud and hybrid infrastructure environments and all ongoing support, data backup &
monitoring and reporting up to OS
SAP Certified Infrastructure management
Guaranteed availability & superb performance
Flexible delivery model to meet changing business requirements
Tier 3 data center standards audited for SSAE16 and PCI DSS
Operational Excellence: Together, RAMP-Consulting’s OnX Managed Hosting offerings are committed
to the highest standards and adhere to ITIL® best practices. Our people, processes and technology are
audited, tested, and measured for security, redundancy and robustness of 24x7 operations.
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Managed Hosting means that we will provision and take ownership for all aspects of your
environment up to and including the operating system:
Redundant bandwidth
Hardware provisioning and management
Data backup protection (local backup and restore)
Data backup vaulting for off-site data protection / DR capabilities
Restoration Services
Firewall Security
Intrusion Detection Service
Patch Management
OS Management
End-to-end Monitoring and Reporting
Our robust cloud enabled data centers are located in Ottawa and Toronto, Ontario Canada as well as
Naperville (Chicago) Illinois and Indianapolis Indiana, United States. Our Service Level Agreements
guarantee your services availability so that you can rest assured that the infrastructure that powers your
business will be available and secure 24x7.
Network Operations Center:
Operates 24x7, committed to ITIL & ITMS best practices
Central point of contact for customers (One phone number, one Email)
First response team, responsible to ensure alerts are appropriately addressed
Possessing sound technical skills and knowledge, the Help Desk analyst provides initial
troubleshooting services
Data Center Monitoring & Maintenance:
Each facility employs a series of monitoring systems that allow our NOC to monitor the health and
performance of the facilities and to quickly react in the event that any critical component exceeds normal
operating thresholds. Key systems that are monitored 24x7 include grid power availability and quality,
UPS (Uninterruptable Power Supply) health, availability and ambient temperature.
In order to ensure smooth operations of our facilities, OnX MS has a rigorous maintenance program in
place for all critical systems including UPS, backup power generators and air handling/CRAC (Computer
Room Air Conditioning).
The data centers are interconnected via private line and/or high speed VPN (Virtual Private Network)
allowing for complex hosting scenarios such as Active/Active fail-over for our Customers mission critical
applications.
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Certified Expert Support
We view your applications as mission critical, requiring a highly reliable and secure computing
environment, supported by an experienced and responsive technical team. By partnering with OnX,
RAMP is able to provide an end-to-end solution with access to extensive technical skills and expertise in
application management services, while reducing the cost from implementation to production. The result
is a fully customized, compliant and flexible application management environment that integrates
seamlessly with your IT environment, while you focus on your core business operations. Providing
technical expertise in analyzing and resolving customer technical issues
Monitoring and reviewing vendor and industry web sites and news groups for vulnerabilities,
patches and fixes which may apply to our customers
Troubleshooting problems / performance concerns
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CLIENT Solution Brief:
RAMP-Consulting Infrastructure Managed Hosting
PHASE 1: QAS and DEV Environments: RAMP-Consulting, powered by OnX, will host the
Development and QA environments and perform all monitoring and management of 7 Virtual Servers
(listed in Appendix A)
These systems will reside in OnX’s Naperville, IL Tier III Datacenter and backups of all servers, network
devices will be stored locally at the Naperville, IL Datacenter and replicated to the OnX Disaster Recovery
Tier III Data Center in Indianapolis, IN.
PHASE 1: OnX will provide the following for QAS and DEV Environments:
Network:
5 Mbps (burstable to 100 Mbps, billed at 95% for 5 Mbps avg monthly polled usage)
Redundant and Diverse Internet Connectivity to OnX Data Center
o This includes 1x Outside IP Addresses
o 1x SSL Certificate
2U Rack space and redundant power
o 1x Fully Managed Dedicated Cisco Firewall
DEV & QAS Servers:
(NOTE: “HANA” Server Names were ones provided, this does not include a HANA appliance)
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Managed Hosting of Live Servers
7x SAP Servers
76 VCPU
400 GB VRAM
1,668 GB Disk Space
1x Domain Controller
o 1x VCPU
o 2 GB RAM
Full 24x7x365 Management and Monitoring
Patching, remediation, configuration changes
Backup for VMWare Servers
o 7x Virtual Machine Backup Agents
o Replicated Backups from Hosting Site to DR Site
31 Days of Backup retention
Managed Infrastructure Hosting Pricing for PHASE 1: DEV & QAS
BASE CONFIGURATION
BUNDLE
QTY DESCRIPTION PRICING
(36 mo. term)
Phase 1:
Hosting and Infrastructure
Services for DEV and QAS
Environments
1
As described above
No additional infrastructure setup fees
start date will be identified and
infrastructure will be provisioned and
available to begin DEV/QAS
implementation
$8,749/mo
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PHASE 2: Addition of the final PROD environment (if DEVand QAS remain as is):
Once PHASE 1 near’s completion, then OnX can add the PROD environment (shown below as
“Production”) and perform all monitoring and management of the additional 3 Virtual Servers (listed in
Appendix A)
These systems will reside in OnX’s Naperville, IL Tier III Datacenter and backups of all servers, network
devices will be stored locally at the Naperville, IL Datacenter and replicated to the OnX Disaster Recovery
Tier III Data Center in Indianapolis, IN.
Additional PROD Servers:
(NOTE: “HANA” Server Names were ones provided, this does not include a HANA appliance)
Managed Hosting of Live Servers
3x SAP Servers
40 VCPU
o 20x VCPU for HANA DM-PROD
o 8x VCPU for BO DS ON ASE-PROD
o 8x VCPU for BOBJ ON ASE-PROD
320 GB VRAM
o 256 GB for HANA DM-PROD
o 32 GB for BO DS ON ASE-PROD
o 32 GB for BOBJ ON ASE-PROD
Add
PROD
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2,400 GB Disk Space
2,000 GB High-Performance Disk Space for HANA DM-PROD
Full 24x7x365 Management and Monitoring
Patching, remediation, configuration changes
Backup for VMWare Servers
o 3x Virtual Machine Backup Agents
o Replicated Backups from Hosting Site to DR Site
31 Days of Backup retention
Managed Infrastructure Hosting Pricing for PHASE 2: PROD
BASE CONFIGURATION
BUNDLE
QTY DESCRIPTION PRICING
(36 mo. term)
Phase 2:
Hosting and Infrastructure
Services for Production
Environment
1
As Described Above
No additional infrastructure setup fees
Presumes DEV and QAS will remain in
place
If PHASE 1
does not
change,
+ $6,184/mo
additional for
PHASE 2
PROD Hosting
We reserve the right to apply additional Time & Materials rates toward additional out of scope changes or
to re-bundle the monthly service to meet client’s business requirements going forward. We work in the
spirit of partnership with clients to minimize cost and avoid surprises in these areas.
Pricing is valid for 30 days. It is assumed that a standard RAMP-Consulting & OnX Master Services
Agreement and Managed Hosting Schedule will be signed stipulating terms, schedules, SOWs, and other
specifications including the list of services as described above. Any contract changes will be reviewed
and agreed upon by mutual agreement between the client, RAMP and OnX.