IT Conference on SAP Technologies, Cluj-Napoca, September 2015

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The HANA Cloud Platform
IT Conference on SAP Technologies by msg

2. The HANA Cloud Platform
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Cloud Computing Basics1
The HANA Cloud Platform2
• What is it?
• Feature Walkthrough
Outlook3

3. The HANA Cloud Platform
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Cloud Computing Basics1
The HANA Cloud Platform2
• What is it?
• Feature Walkthrough
Outlook3

4. 1. Source: CloudTweaks.com
Cloud Computing Basics
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5. Cloud Computing Basics
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“Cloud computing”: term used to
describe scenarios where applications
& data are deployed to- and executed
from- a shared network location
(internet or intranet), rather than a local
server

6. Types of Cloud Offerings
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• IaaS
 Management of hardware infrastructure &
virtualization “outsourced” to cloud vendor
 Billing per resources and time units, without large
upfront costs
• PaaS
 Platform for development of custom software
 No worries about network downtime or platform
upgrades
 Preferred by larger companies with sufficient
manpower for implementation
• SaaS
 Readily usable software
 No overhead for development or maintenance of
infrastructure & applications
 Billing based on actual use of software/service

7. 1. IMG Source: Wikimedia Commons
The Cloud: Pros and Cons
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 Reduced upfront costs for:
• Hardware infrastructure
• Software licenses
 instead replaced by lower, predictable,
recurring payments
 Reduced IT department size
 Increased enterprise agility
 Reduced Time-to-Market
 Scalable infrastructure
 Up-to-date platform, maintained
by cloud vendor
 Security concerns
 Dependency on cloud provider
 Vendor lock-in

8. 1. Source: 2014 IDG Enterprise Cloud Computing Study
The future is in the Cloud
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9. 1. http://www.rightscale.com/blog/cloud-industry-insights/cloud-computing-trends-2015-state-cloud-survey
2. http://www.sap.com/corporate-en/about/investors/newsandreports/financial-reports.html
Cloud Adoption Statistics
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• RightScale 2015 State of Cloud survey of 930 IT executives/managers:
 93% are using cloud in some form
 82% use hybrid cloud solutions
 68% currently run less than 20 percent of their workloads in the cloud

10. The HANA Cloud Platform
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Cloud Computing Basics1
The HANA Cloud Platform2
• What is it?
• Feature Walkthrough
Outlook3

11. The HANA Cloud Platform (HCP) - What is it?
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• PaaS offering, providing infrastructure, database & high-level application-layer services to aid in
the SW development process
© SAP

12. © SAP
Applicability/Use Cases
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• Various scenarios for applicability of Cloud Platform:
 Extension of existing cloud solution
 Extension of on-premise solution
• Applications for improved enterprise mobility
 Standalone new cloud solution

13. The HANA Cloud Platform
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Cloud Computing Basics1
The HANA Cloud Platform2
• What is it?
• Feature Walkthrough
Outlook3

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• Several tools & IDEs are available for development & maintenance of the cloud platform:
 Cloud Plaform Management:
• HCP Cockpit
• Console Client
 Development Environments:
• Eclipse
• HANA Web-based Dev. Workbench
• SAP WebIDE
Platform
Management
& IDEs
Authentication Runtimes Persistence Connectivity
Application
Services

15. • HANA Instances, Databases
& Schemas
• XS, Java & HTML5
applications
• Destinations
• Services
• Trust, Authorization, OAuth
Platform
Management
& IDEs
Authentication Runtimes Persistence Connectivity
Application
Services
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16. • Authentication delegated to a trusted Identity Provider (default is SAP ID)
 SAML 2.0 protocol used for exchange of information authorization-related information
Identity
Provider
SAML 2.0 authentication
Request access
Provide
credentials
Platform
Management &
IDEs
Authentication Runtimes Persistence Connectivity
Application
Services
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17. HCP Cockpit overview, Cloud Portal & Trust Management
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18. Try it!
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goo.gl/DwtmN3
OpenIdP account
User: itconf
Pass: itconf
Open URL:

19. • Java Runtime
 JRE 6, 7 and 8 (beta) available
 Only binaries deployed to the cloud(no source code repository available)
 Application management console for:
• Authorization and roles
• Data source mapping
• Process monitoring & management
• Logging
• Server-side JavaScript
 Running on the HANA XS Engine
 Sources stored in HANA repository along with other HANA artefacts
• HTML5
 Embedded Git repository for HTML5 applications
 Use of WebIDE for application development
Platform
Management
& IDEs
Authentication Runtimes Persistence Connectivity
Application
Services
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20. • Cloud storage available for development of fully-functional,
standalone applications
• Several options to choose from
 SAP HANA*
 SAP MaxDB
 SAP ASE
• Declarative binding of applications to the data sources by
means of the Persistence Service
*SAP HANA is also available as a standalone, private
managed cloud offering: the HANA Enterprise Cloud (HEC)
Platform
Management
& IDEs
Authentication Runtimes Persistence Connectivity
Application
Services
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21. • Connectivity Service
 Detaching application from external dependencies:
• On-premise systems
• e-Mail services
• 3rd party HTTP services
 Java & JS APIs for consumption of services
 On-premise resources exposed using Cloud Connector
Platform
Management
& IDEs
Authentication Runtimes Persistence Connectivity
Application
Services
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22. • HANA Cloud Connector
 Publishing of on-premise resources to the cloud
 Realized by tunnelling through the on-premise
firewall
On-premise
system
HANA Cloud
Connector
1. establish tunnel
for cloud
connectivity
2. Provide access
to resources:
../sap/bc..
../sap/opu/..
Firewall
Platform
Management
& IDEs
Authentication Runtimes Persistence Connectivity
Application
Services
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23. • HCI OData Provisioning (a.k.a. “Gateway as a Service”)
 Netweaver Gateway:
• exposes the heterogeneous SAP backend through standardized OData interfaces
• Composed of 2 components: Gateway Foundation/Core & Backend Enablement
 Gateway as a Service
• Cloud service that replaces Gateway Foundation
• Enables exposure of OData services directly to the cloud
Netweaver Gateway
IW_FND IW_BEP
IW_BEP
Platform
Management
& IDEs
Authentication Runtimes Persistence Connectivity
Application
Services
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24. IW_FND
IW_BEP
IW_BEP
HANA Cloud
Connector
GWaaS
Platform
Management
& IDEs
Authentication Runtimes Persistence Connectivity
Application
Services
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Connectivity Service, Cloud Connector & OData Provisioning

26. • Additional advanced services available for embedding in custom applications:
• Internet of Things
 Defining messages and registering end-points
 In- and outbound interfaces for communication with end-points via http or websockets
• Gamification
 Definition of “game rules”
 Execution of rules and awarding of “achievements”
 Out-of-box analytics for player overview and rule optimization
• Feedback
 Definition of feedback forms with automatic generation of runtime artefacts
 Out-of-the-box analytics including sentiment analysis for free-text answers
• Content Service
 Repository for storing of documents
• and many more…
Platform
Management
& IDEs
Authentication Runtimes Persistence Connectivity
Application
Services
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27. Feedback application
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28. The HANA Cloud Platform
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Cloud Computing Basics1
The HANA Cloud Platform2
• What is it?
• Feature Walkthrough
Outlook3

29. Outlook
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Docker
• Containerization of applications
(e.g. dependency management)
• Rapid deployment, increased
portability and much more
Cloud Foundry
• Open-source PaaS solution,
expected to become the “Linux of
the Cloud”
• SAP - one of founding platinum
members of the Cloud Foundry
Foundation
• Plans for integration of Cloud
Foundry in next version of Cloud
Platform
Netweaver 7.50
• Plans for tighter integration with
Cloud Platform
© SAP

30. Questions
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31. .consulting .solutions .partnership
Victor Ionescu
Senior IT Consultant
+49 899 6101 – 2596
victor.ionescu@msg-systems.com
msg systems Romania
Str. Samuel Brassai nr.9, 400104 Cluj-Napoca
Romania
www.msg-systems.com