<s>
SAP	B-General_Concept
Converged	I-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
private	O
managed	O
cloud	O
developed	O
and	O
marketed	O
by	O
SAP	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
services	O
that	O
offers	O
managed	B-Architecture
private	I-Architecture
cloud	I-Architecture
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
OpenStack	B-Application
technology-based	O
public	O
cloud	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
used	O
by	O
SAP	B-Application
's	O
organization	O
for	O
their	O
own	O
internal	O
IT	O
resources	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
mix	O
of	O
different	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
environments	O
made	O
up	O
of	O
the	O
OpenStack	B-Application
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
offers	O
compute	O
,	O
storage	B-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
platform	O
services	O
that	O
are	O
accessible	O
to	O
SAP	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
SAP	B-Application
promoted	O
aspects	O
of	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2012	O
,	O
SAP	B-Application
announced	O
a	O
platform	B-Application
as	I-Application
a	I-Application
service	I-Application
called	O
the	O
SAP	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
Platform	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2013	O
,	O
a	O
managed	B-Architecture
private	I-Architecture
cloud	I-Architecture
called	O
the	O
S/4HANA	B-Application
Enterprise	O
Cloud	B-Architecture
service	I-Architecture
was	O
announced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SAP	B-General_Concept
Converged	I-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
was	O
announced	O
in	O
January	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SAP	B-General_Concept
Converged	I-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
is	O
managed	O
under	O
The	O
Converged	O
Cloud	O
unit	O
,	O
an	O
SAP	B-Application
business	O
unit	O
established	O
in	O
2015	O
headed	O
by	O
Markus	O
Riedinger	O
as	O
Unit	O
manager	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Converged	O
Cloud	O
BETA	O
went	O
live	O
in	O
May	O
2017	O
,	O
included	O
OpenStack	B-Application
technology-based	O
storage	B-General_Concept
,	O
compute	O
network	O
components	O
,	O
and	O
shared	O
new	O
services	O
made	O
by	O
SAP	B-Application
:	O
Later	O
,	O
Designate	O
(	O
DNS	O
as	O
a	O
Service	O
)	O
was	O
added	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
7	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
SAP	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
the	O
company	O
is	O
planning	O
to	O
invest	O
over	O
$1	O
billion	O
in	O
cloud	O
over	O
the	O
next	O
two	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2020	O
,	O
SAP	B-Application
donated	O
spare	O
GPUs	O
and	O
CPUs	O
from	O
its	O
cloud	O
data	O
center	O
to	O
Folding	O
@Home	O
to	O
aid	O
in	O
their	O
COVID-19	O
research	O
efforts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Business	O
organizations	O
that	O
want	O
to	O
use	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
have	O
a	O
choice	O
of	O
using	O
a	O
private	O
cloud	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
cloud	O
infrastructure	O
run	O
specifically	O
for	O
a	O
single	O
organization	O
that	O
it	O
built	O
itself	O
or	O
by	O
a	O
third-party	O
;	O
or	O
a	O
public	O
cloud	O
,	O
whereby	O
a	O
service	O
provider	O
makes	O
available	O
applications	O
,	O
storage	B-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
other	O
resources	O
to	O
the	O
general	O
public	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Infrastructure	O
as	O
a	O
Service	O
(	O
IaaS	O
)	O
model	O
can	O
be	O
a	O
hybrid	O
cloud	O
in	O
that	O
it	O
could	O
use	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
and	O
virtualization	O
technologies	O
from	O
both	O
a	O
public	O
and	O
private	O
cloud	O
infrastructure	O
to	O
provide	O
cloud	B-Architecture
services	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
models	O
that	O
mix	O
on-premises	O
cloud	O
with	O
public	O
cloud	B-Architecture
technologies	I-Architecture
include	O
Platform	B-Application
as	I-Application
a	I-Application
Service	I-Application
(	O
PaaS	B-Application
)	O
,	O
which	O
includes	O
infrastructure	O
services	O
combined	O
with	O
development	O
tools	O
and	O
middleware	O
;	O
and	O
Software	B-Architecture
as	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
Service	I-Architecture
(	O
SaaS	B-Architecture
)	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
develop	O
packaged	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
moving	O
data	O
in	B-Architecture
the	I-Architecture
cloud	I-Architecture
can	O
be	O
a	O
difficult	O
procedure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
case	O
of	O
Software	B-Architecture
as	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
Service	I-Architecture
(	O
SaaS	B-Architecture
)	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
difficult	O
particularly	O
if	O
the	O
incumbent	O
cloud	O
provider	O
used	O
proprietary	B-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
or	O
if	O
it	O
altered	O
an	O
open	O
source	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
way	O
to	O
mitigate	O
cloud	O
migration	O
difficulties	O
is	O
to	O
architect	O
applications	O
for	O
the	O
cloud	O
that	O
reduce	O
or	O
eliminate	O
the	O
dependencies	O
between	O
the	O
cloud	B-Architecture
application	I-Architecture
stack	O
and	O
the	O
capabilities	O
of	O
the	O
cloud	B-Architecture
service	I-Architecture
provider	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
method	O
is	O
to	O
select	O
open	O
standards	O
for	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
SAP	B-General_Concept
Converged	I-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
follows	O
the	O
premise	O
of	O
Converged	B-General_Concept
infrastructure	I-General_Concept
:	O
the	O
integration	O
of	O
compute	O
,	O
storage	B-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
networking	O
components	O
and	O
technologies	O
into	O
self-provisioning	O
pools	O
of	O
shared	O
resources	O
,	O
and	O
supported	O
by	O
IT	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
benefits	O
of	O
a	O
data	O
center	O
based	O
on	O
converged	B-General_Concept
infrastructure	I-General_Concept
,	O
including	O
a	O
converged	B-General_Concept
infrastructure	I-General_Concept
data	O
center	O
that	O
delivers	O
cloud	B-Architecture
services	I-Architecture
,	O
is	O
that	O
manual	O
tasks	O
can	O
be	O
automated	O
,	O
thus	O
reducing	O
the	O
time	O
and	O
cost	O
to	O
carry	O
them	O
out	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SAP	B-General_Concept
Converged	I-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
is	O
supporting	O
the	O
VMware	O
hypervisors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
multiple	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
(	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
Red	O
Hat	O
,	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
Being	O
based	O
on	O
Openstack	B-Application
technology	O
,	O
means	O
it	O
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
public	O
cloud	O
platforms	O
based	O
on	O
OpenStack	B-Application
technology	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
RackSpace	O
and	O
Nebula	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SAP	B-General_Concept
Converged	I-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
consultants	O
work	O
with	O
SAP	B-Application
's	O
users	O
to	O
help	O
them	O
configure	O
their	O
best	O
cloud	O
approach	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SAP	B-Application
Cloud	O
Marketing	O
–	O
Delivers	O
information	O
on	O
the	O
possible	O
uses	O
for	O
cloud	B-Architecture
services	I-Architecture
and	O
identifies	O
opportunities	O
to	O
begin	O
implementing	O
cloud	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compute	O
is	O
the	O
service	O
that	O
can	O
deliver	O
a	O
virtual	B-General_Concept
server	I-General_Concept
on	O
demand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
built	O
on	O
OpenStack	B-Application
's	O
open	O
source	O
operating	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Content	O
Delivery	O
Network	O
(	O
CDN	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
webservice	O
that	O
delivers	O
data	O
from	O
the	O
Object	O
Storage	B-General_Concept
to	O
users	O
all	O
around	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
an	O
extensive	O
global	O
network	O
of	O
servers	O
from	O
Akamai	B-Application
Technologies	I-Application
,	O
SAP	B-Application
's	O
CDN	O
routes	O
content	O
to	O
local	O
servers	O
closest	O
to	O
the	O
customers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Block	O
Storage	B-General_Concept
enables	O
customers	O
to	O
store	O
data	O
from	O
Compute	O
instances	O
for	O
as	O
long	O
as	O
needed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Block	O
Storage	B-General_Concept
is	O
ideal	O
for	O
applications	O
requiring	O
frequent	O
read/write	O
access	O
such	O
as	O
web	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Monitoring	O
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
MAIA	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
complementary	O
dashboard	O
which	O
delivers	O
fundamental	O
compute	O
and	O
block	O
storage	B-General_Concept
metrics	O
,	O
providing	O
visibility	O
into	O
resource	O
utilization	O
,	O
application	O
performance	O
,	O
and	O
operational	O
health	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Platform	B-Application
as	I-Application
a	I-Application
Service	I-Application
(	O
PaaS	B-Application
)	O
and	O
Software	B-Architecture
as	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
Service	I-Architecture
(	O
SaaS	B-Architecture
)	O
Special	O
cloud-based	B-Architecture
web	O
services	O
(	O
like	O
Applications	O
,	O
Databases	O
,	O
Multimedia	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
