[May 11, 2012]

Optimal Solutions Announces OPTIMIZE Consulting Services for SAP HANA®

Optimal Solutions Integration, Inc., an award-winning SAP (News - Alert)^® services partner, today announced a comprehensive portfolio of specialized consulting services tailored to help organizations quickly and cost-effectively deploy the SAP HANA^® database.

Optimal's OPTIMIZE service offerings for SAP HANA were created for companies and public sector organizations of all sizes in need of innovative solutions to gain actionable insight by analyzing ever-growing volumes of data. OPTIMIZE service offerings leverage Optimal's deep expertise with SAP Business Suite software and SAP analytic applications, advanced data management capabilities, and more than 17 years of industry and business process experience to further unleash the full value of solutions powered by SAP HANA.

"SAP HANA marks a transformational moment in enterprise IT," said Gurvendra Suri, CEO, Optimal Solutions. "The architecture of SAP HANA reduces TCO. In-memory computing and columnar storage make it possible to process enormous data volumes at unprecedented speeds, driving greater efficiencies through existing processes and enabling new classes of big data, analytics, cloud and mobile applications. SAP HANA is a game-changer, and organizations that adopt it will realize immediate value and a lasting competitive advantage. Optimal's team of experts are uniquely qualified to help ensure our customers get up and running fast on SAP HANA and realize the full value from this breakthrough technology."

The OPTIMIZE consulting services in support of SAP HANA include the following:

• Roadmap Workshops

A series of workshops on SAP HANA, led by Optimal experts, are focused on identifying high-value use cases and delivering a detailed, strategic implementation roadmap for realizing maximum immediate and long-term benefits from SAP HANA. Best practices and a structured methodology employed for the workshops help ensure that roadmaps involving SAP HANA can be completed in as few as five days.

• Migration Services

A streamlined service offering for accelerating a non-disruptive migration from the traditional SAP NetWeaver® Business Warehouse (SAP NetWeaver BW) component to SAP NetWeaver BW powered by SAP HANA. The comprehensive migration srvice includes upgrading to SAP NetWeaver BW 7.3, if required, and complete migration from SAP NetWeaver BW. Post-migration services include conversion of traditional, predefined, static reporting to ad-hoc, analytic reporting. These services tap both operational data and raw, real-time transactional data.

• Services for Rapid Deployment of SAP HANA

Optimal's rapid-deployment services for SAP HANA are based on SAP Rapid Deployment solutions, packaged solutions comprised of pre-configured software and fixed-scope implementation services that accelerate the deployment of applications. With predictable costs and proven performance, Optimal's rapid-deployment services for SAP HANA provide a fast, cost-effective way for businesses of all sizes to benefit immediately from the power of SAP HANA while laying the foundation for future growth.

• Implementation Services in Support of Enterprise Performance Management and SAP Planning and Consolidation

Optimal provides implementation services in support of SAP enterprise performance management (EPM) solutions and the SAP Planning and Consolidation application, leveraging its deep experience with the solutions, and capitalizing on the performance-boosting power of in-memory computing. These services from Optimal help ensure that businesses benefit fully from their investments in these solutions with faster and deeper insight into operations and turbo-charged financial planning and consolidation processes.

"There is a strong and growing demand among businesses today for innovative and effective ways to harness big data in real time for improved decision making," said Sam Sliman, president, Optimal Solutions. "By providing a single solution for all transaction and analytics workloads, and by leveraging breakthrough, in-memory computing technology, SAP HANA makes it possible to transact, move, store, process and analyze extreme data volumes in record speeds while reducing costs. Optimal's OPTIMIZE service offerings for SAP HANA are designed to help companies strategically ramp up their capabilities and begin making smarter decisions based on real-time insight and advanced predictive analytics."

With its exclusive focus and long-term experience implementing and optimizing SAP solutions for businesses and public sector organizations of all sizes, Optimal ranks among the largest pure-play providers of SAP solutions and services in the world. In addition to Optimal's work implementing SAP solutions, Optimal is an SAP-certified provider of application management and hosting services and offers subscription-based licensing for SAP Business All-in-One solutions. Optimal is also certified in the Run SAP methodology that defines the best practices for operating and managing installations of SAP solutions. Optimal was a recipient of a 2012 SAP Partner Impact award for North America.

Visit Optimal Solutions in booth 2009 at the SAPPHIRE® NOW conference in Orlando, Fla., May 14 -16.

About Optimal Solutions Integration, Inc.

Optimal Solutions Integration is a new breed of consulting firm dedicated to driving business transformation for companies and public sector organizations of all sizes. As an award-winning SAP services partner, Optimal provides a comprehensive offering of SAP solutions and services, a proven methodology for accelerated delivery of SAP solutions, deep industry expertise, and a flexible onsite/offshore delivery model that accommodates the reality of business today. Optimal specializes in helping companies maximize ROI on their SAP applications by planning, deploying and maintaining world-class solutions in a timeframe they require, and at a cost they demand. For more information about Optimal Solutions Integration, visit http://www.optimalsol.com.

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