Tallahassee, 32317, FL,
United States
Mainline Information Systems
Mainline Information Systems, a prominent reseller, system integrator, and consulting company, that plays a vital role in numerous system integration and digital transformation initiatives. Mainline Information Systems collaboration with software players such as SAP, SUSE Group and Red Hat empowers organizations to embrace disruptive technologies and accelerate their journey to the cloud, thus reshaping their business models.
| Reseller and SI | Vendor | Application | Category | Market |
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| Mainline Information Systems | SAP | SAP S/4 HANA | ERP Financial | ERP |
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Paccar | Automotive | 30100 | $33.7B | United States | SAP | SAP HANA | Database Management | 2018 |
In 2018, Paccar migrated from SAP Db2 to SAP HANA as a Database Management initiative to support SAP S/4HANA in-memory workloads. Mainline Information Systems guided the engagement and recommended an IBM Power System E980 platform based on a comparative study against Intel x86, aligning the SAP HANA deployment to anticipated growth from roughly 2TB per system toward five to ten terabytes and projections of up to eight terabytes per system.
The SAP HANA implementation centralized the in-memory database tier for SAP S/4HANA, emphasizing memory capacity and processing throughput typical of Database Management projects. The deployment leverages POWER9 processors in IBM Power System E980 hardware to enable dynamic resource allocation and rapid scalability, with platform specifications cited to support configurations up to 64 terabytes of memory. Migration activities included live system mobility to the E980, enabling a zero downtime cutover for critical SAP HANA instances.
Operational coverage for SAP HANA spans enterprise functions that include manufacturing operations, financial services, parts distribution, and 24/7 customer support centers, reflecting Paccar’s global sales and aftermarket networks. The technical scope documented consolidation of SAP HANA systems onto the IBM Power System E980, running with six to ten times more resources per system, and plans to migrate remaining SAP HANA sidecar systems onto the same platform for uniform Database Management operations.
Governance and rollout were informed by Mainline Information Systems and supported with IBM Live Partition Mobility services from IBM Lab Services during the lift and shift to POWER9 hardware. The implementation narrative records explicit outcomes from the engagement including zero downtime migration, consolidation of servers, and stated cost savings via reduced software license requirements, while Mainline remains the named systems integrator for the deployment.
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Paccar | Automotive | 30100 | $33.7B | United States | SAP | SAP S/4 HANA | ERP Financial | 2018 |
In 2018, Paccar implemented SAP S/4 HANA as its ERP Financial platform, migrating from SAP ERP ECC 6.0 to leverage in-memory processing and real-time analytics. The program targeted the company’s global financial operations, parts distribution, and PACCAR Financial Services to address anticipated data growth and higher processing and memory demands.
Configuration work centered on SAP S/4 HANA financial capabilities, including core financials, general ledger and consolidation workflows, accounts payable and accounts receivable processes, and embedded SAP HANA analytics. Efforts emphasized transactional throughput tuning, data model alignment, and housekeeping to enable faster close and unified financial reporting across finance, parts, and service business functions.
Mainline Information Systems served as the SI VAR and guided selection of IBM Power System E980 servers based on POWER9 processors to host SAP S/4 HANA. The technical architecture migrated workloads from IBM Power System E880C to the E980 using IBM Live Partition Mobility with support from IBM Lab Services, achieving zero downtime while enabling dynamic resource allocation and scaling from roughly 2TB per system toward planned 5 to 10TB per system and larger memory footprints supported by the platform.
Program governance included a formal comparative study of IBM Power Systems versus Intel x86 commissioned by management and a decision to standardize on POWER9 for HANA workloads. Explicit outcomes reported in the engagement included systems running with six to ten times more resources, server consolidation, rapid scalability to much larger memory capacities, fewer required software licenses, and a planned migration of remaining SAP HANA sidecar systems onto the IBM Power System E980.
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Paccar | Automotive | 30100 | $33.7B | United States | SUSE Group | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications | Operating System (OS) | 2018 |
In 2018 Paccar implemented SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications as its enterprise operating system to support SAP HANA and SAP S/4HANA workloads, cataloged under Operating System (OS). The SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications deployment was performed alongside a hardware refresh to IBM Power System E980 platforms, and the rollout replaced prior IBM AIX hosts as the primary SAP operating environment. Mainline Information Systems served as the systems integrator for the project.
The implementation included SAP-focused OS configuration and kernel tuning to support in-memory database characteristics, including memory management, hugepages and NUMA-aware resource controls commonly required for SAP HANA scale-up workloads. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications was configured to host certified SAP HANA binaries and to support high availability and consolidation of SAP application tiers, aligning OS-level resource management with SAP S/4HANA performance requirements.
Integration points are explicit and hardware-centric, the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications instances run on IBM Power System E980 servers and operate directly with SAP HANA databases and SAP S/4HANA application instances. Migration tooling and operational continuity were delivered using IBM Live Partition Mobility to move workloads onto POWER9 E980 hardware with no downtime, and the program included migration of most SAP HANA systems with a plan to migrate remaining sidecar systems.
Governance and rollout were overseen by Paccar IT leadership with Mainline Information Systems executing the migration plan, technical validation and capacity studies that informed platform choice. Operational processes were realigned to consolidate servers and to centralize SAP OS administration on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications, enabling standardized patching, performance baselining and capacity planning for SAP HANA operations.
Explicit outcomes documented by the engagement include migration with zero downtime using IBM Live Partition Mobility, running systems with six to ten times more resources after consolidation, rapid scalability up to the platform limits reported as 64TB of memory, and cost savings through fewer required software licenses. The project strengthened infrastructure resilience and supported Paccar’s planned growth for SAP in-memory workloads.
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Automotive | 30100 | $33.7B | United States | Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Solutions | Operating System (OS) | 2018 |
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Automotive | 30100 | $33.7B | United States | IBM | IBM Power Systems | Application Hosting and Computing Services | 2018 |
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