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Construction and Real Estate | 2000 | $600M | Belgium | SAP | SAP S/4 HANA - Controlling (CO) | ERP Financial | 2014 |
In 2014 AG Real Estate implemented SAP S/4 HANA - Controlling (CO) as part of an SAP S/4HANA Finance and SAP ERP on HANA environment, categorized under ERP Financial. The deployment was executed as a hosted private cloud engagement with Ctac operating the SAP landscape on IBM Power Systems and IBM Storage using a Tailored Data Center Integration model to centralize infrastructure responsibility.
SAP S/4 HANA - Controlling (CO) was configured alongside modules for materials management, project systems, sales and distribution, vendor invoice management, and SAP Real Estate, with SAP BusinessObjects supplying BI and self-service reporting. The Controlling implementation focused on financial controlling, cost monitoring and internal reporting workflows, and was complemented by SAP Enable Now for end user training and process documentation to support governance and adoption.
The technical architecture is hosted by Ctac on IBM Power Systems servers virtualized with IBM PowerVM and managed with IBM PowerVC, running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications, and on IBM Storwize storage virtualized with IBM Spectrum Virtualize software. Ctac’s aggregated SAP estate includes over 400 physical POWER processor cores and 38 TB of memory, and is configured with 96 logical partitions across ten physical servers, enabling multi-tenant containment and operational automation of virtual machines.
Operational scope covered AG Real Estate’s IT and organization functions in Belgium, with Ctac handling infrastructure, patching and hosting services so the internal IT team could focus on functionality. Process transformation included a strengthened purchase-order approval process to improve financial controls and supplier management, and expanded reporting capabilities that delivered faster tenancy and finance insights through SAP BusinessObjects and HANA powered reporting.
Explicit infrastructure and operational outcomes were recorded, including a reduced physical footprint with 96 logical partitions across ten servers, an average of 8 hours monthly to manage each compute block and 10.5 hours monthly per storage device, and measured power draw of approximately 2.6 kilowatts per server and one kilowatt per storage device. AG Real Estate and Ctac have continued development work, including a Ctac-built application to centralize personal data on SAP HANA for GDPR compliance and plans to extend analytics by connecting SAP HANA to external social data sources.
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Construction and Real Estate | 2000 | $600M | Belgium | SAP | SAP S/4 HANA - Project System (PS) | Project Portfolio Management | 2014 |
In 2014, AG Real Estate implemented SAP S/4 HANA - Project System (PS) as a core Project Portfolio Management solution hosted by Ctac on IBM Power Systems and IBM Storage. The deployment placed SAP S/4 HANA - Project System (PS) inside a managed private cloud model, aligning the application with the organization’s move from a diverse set of business applications to a consolidated ERP environment.
The implementation encompassed SAP modules for controlling, materials management, project systems, sales and distribution, and vendor invoice management, together with SAP S/4HANA Finance, SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence, SAP Real Estate, and SAP Enable Now for training and process documentation. SAP S/4 HANA - Project System (PS) served as the project accounting and portfolio control layer within the Project Portfolio Management scope, supporting project controlling and financial integration with the company ledger and procurement workflows.
Architecturally the environment is hosted and operated by Ctac on IBM infrastructure, using a Tailored Data Center Integration approach with IBM Power Systems servers and IBM Storwize storage. The underlying stack uses IBM PowerVM virtualization, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications, IBM Spectrum Virtualize software for storage virtualization, and IBM PowerVC for VM management, with Ctac reporting 96 logical partitions across ten physical servers and an aggregated platform footprint that Ctac sized and automated for multi-tenant SAP workloads. IBM provided the hardware and platform support while Ctac managed the SAP landscape and operational runbooks.
Operationally the rollout affected finance, procurement and IT operations, and introduced governance changes including a formal purchase order approval process and expanded self-service reporting using SAP BusinessObjects on SAP HANA. AG Real Estate reported improved reporting speed and democratized analytics, zero production downtime in 2017 as reported by the customer, and a roadmap item to deploy a Ctac-built application to centralize personal data on SAP HANA for GDPR compliance and potential future connectivity of shopping center information to external sources.
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Construction and Real Estate | 2000 | $600M | Belgium | SAP | SAP S/4 HANA - Materials Management (MM) | Inventory Management | 2014 |
In 2014 AG Real Estate implemented SAP S/4 HANA - Materials Management (MM) to centralize Inventory Management across its property portfolio and move from a diverse set of business applications to a consolidated ERP environment. The deployment was delivered as a hosted SaaS style arrangement managed by Ctac and built on IBM infrastructure, aligning the SAP S/4 HANA - Materials Management (MM) application with finance, real estate and reporting capabilities to support tenancy, procurement and vendor invoice workflows.
The implementation encompassed SAP modules for materials management, controlling, project systems, sales and distribution, vendor invoice management, and SAP S/4HANA Finance, together with SAP BusinessObjects for reporting, SAP Real Estate for property lifecycle management, and SAP Enable Now for training and process documentation. The technical architecture ran on Ctac hosted IBM Power Systems and IBM Storage in a Tailored Data Center Integration model, virtualized with IBM PowerVM, automated with IBM PowerVC Virtualization Center, and using SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications and IBM Spectrum Virtualize on storage. Ctac reported running 96 logical partitions across ten physical servers, over 400 POWER processor cores and 38 TB of memory in the SAP environment.
Integrations were implemented between the SAP S/4 HANA - Materials Management (MM) core and SAP BusinessObjects and SAP Real Estate to enable fast tenancy and finance reporting, and the environment was provisioned so Ctac could operate patching, capacity scaling and system administration as the managed services provider. Operational coverage focused on AG Real Estate in Belgium, with Ctac providing hosting, service management and cloud integrator capabilities while IBM provided the underlying server and storage platform as the implementation partner. AG Real Estate and Ctac also planned a custom application to centralize personal data on the SAP HANA database to support GDPR compliance.
Governance and process changes included standardizing purchase-order workflows to strengthen financial controls and supplier management, and launching self-service reporting to broaden analytic access across the business. Operational outcomes recorded in the engagement include resilient production availability with no downtime reported in 2017, rapid scaling of compute resources on IBM Power Systems, and Ctac assuming infrastructure responsibilities such as patching so AG Real Estate IT staff could focus on functional configuration and business process.
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Construction and Real Estate | 2000 | $600M | Belgium | SAP | SAP BusinessObjects | Analytics and BI | 2018 |
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Construction and Real Estate | 2000 | $600M | Belgium | SAP | SAP S/4 HANA | ERP Financial | 2018 |
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Construction and Real Estate | 2000 | $600M | Belgium | IBM | IBM Power Systems | Application Hosting and Computing Services | 2014 |
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Construction and Real Estate | 2000 | $600M | Belgium | SAP | SAP EnableNow | Digital Adoption | 2014 |
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Oil, Gas and Chemicals | 500 | $85M | Egypt | SAP | SAP ERP ECC 6.0 | ERP Financial | 2015 |
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Oil, Gas and Chemicals | 500 | $85M | Egypt | IBM | IBM Power Systems | Application Hosting and Computing Services | 2015 |
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Life Sciences | 18000 | $6.5B | United States | SAP | SAP CRM | CRM | 2012 |
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