ATUL PATANKAR [ ASUG INSTALLATION MEMBER MEMBER SINCE: 2000 LINDA WILSON [ ASUG INSTALLATION MEMBER MEMBER SINCE: 1999 JUERGEN LINDNER [ SAP POINT OF CONTACT MEMBER SINCE: 1998 [ ] Application Delivery Networking Strategic IT for the Performance and Security of Your SAP Applications [ Mike Schrock F5 Networks April 16, 2010

[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Presentation Outline  Strategic IT Challenges  Application Delivery Networking  Business Cases  SAP Certification and Best Practices  Demo  Question and Answer

[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Strategic IT Challenges  User experience and application performance  Application security  Business continuity and disaster recovery  Consolidation

[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. At Home In the Office On the Road SAP Application Delivery Network UsersDatacenter Application Delivery Networking Optimizing and securing the network for the delivery of SAP applications

[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. BMW Availability and Performance  Challenges  Provide high availability for SAP-based applications  Improve performance for intranet and Internet sites  Reduce costs  Solution  Roll-out global availability project  Implement network traffic management optimization  Offload security functions (e.g., SSL) to dedicated network devices

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[  Eliminated downtime  Secure, fast and available applications for both intranet and Internet users  Reduced provisioning costs for SSL security across worldwide network Real-World Improvements

[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. SAP NetWeaver Portal CPU Usage as Load Increased to 500 Users *Joint testing conducted at SAP Co-Innovation Lab Real-World Improvements

[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. British American Tobacco User Experience and Performance  Challenges  Ensure stable network access to SAP application portal  Performance and user experience for two SAP human resources applications  Increase user efficiency  Reduce costs  Solution  Implement network traffic management optimization  Implement web acceleration using dedicated devices

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[  Stable and reliable global application portal  80-90% reduction in bandwidth utilization  Consistently high performance for 12,000 users worldwide Real-World Improvements

[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Typical End-User Transactions (Single user, first visit, 768 Kbps, 60 ms RTT, 0% packet loss) *Joint testing conducted at SAP Co-Innovation Lab Real-World Improvements

[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Typical End-User Transactions (Single user, first visit, 768 Kbps, 60 ms RTT, 0% packet loss) *Joint testing conducted at SAP Co-Innovation Lab Real-World Improvements

[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Document Download Performance on the WAN (45 Mbps, 300 ms RTT, 1% packet loss) *Joint testing conducted at SAP Co-Innovation Lab Real-World Improvements

[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. SAP Information Technology Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery  Challenges  Remote access for 7,000+ employees daily  Global business continuity  Demos at remote sites  Reduce high support costs  Solution  Implement secure remote access (SSL-VPN) in multiple data centers  Roll-out global availability project

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[ Real-World Improvements  Reduced support issues by 50%  Secure access via multiple devices, in multiple locations, on multiple networks  Endpoint Security on devices connecting to corporate network and applicaitons

[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Pohang University Application Security and Consolidation  Challenges  Secure browser-based access to SAP applications  Increase SAP ERP availability and scalability  Consolidate servers and SAP instances  Reduce costs  Solution  Web application firewall  Implement network traffic management optimization

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[  Reduced number of SAP servers  Simplified administration and lower operational costs  Enhanced security for SAP login and personal information updates Real-World Improvements

[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Putting it All Together

[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. SAP Certification and Best Practices  Best Practices for Network Services  Network Certifications  Availability and reliability  Performance optimization  Network security

[ Real Experience. Real Advantage. Demo

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