Migration Coordination

Data Center Migration: Moving services and specialized applications from government main data centers into a new federal master data center.

• Analysis and assessment of official applications for migration readiness
• Definition and preparation of technical framework in the new master data center
• Development and optimization of migration methods and processes
• Transformation of existing solutions into new technical standards (technology refresh)
• Coordination of architectural and technical cross-cutting issues

Project is ongoing. All milestones have been reached so far and quality gates passed.

Siemens Energy Carve-out

• Planning and building a VS-nfD certified data center infrastructure for Siemens Energy

• Considering and introducing the highest security standards (Zero Trust, Secunet SINA infrastructure)

• Design and implementation of operational processes

• Support in setting up an operations team

• Hand-over to regular operations

• Migration of applications and data into the new data center

• Project manager for design, planning, implementation, and hand-over to operations

• Building infrastructure / electrical / cooling

• IT infrastructure: network / servers / storage / backup / virtualization

• Budget planning and controlling

• Coordination with various other departments within Siemens Energy

• Building application system landscapes

• Building central IT platforms (monitoring, processes, security)

• Selection and management of external service providers

Within a very short period required by the Federal Ministry of Economics, a completely new data center infrastructure for VS-nfD applications and data was established. All data and applications were transferred without interruption. Thus, the full carve-out of all VS-nfD matters from Siemens AG could be completed within the required timeframe.

Company-wide technology refresh for about 4000 servers

• Initiation, preparation, and execution of a project to replace servers with end-of-life operating systems and/or outdated technology

• Migration of hardware servers and virtual servers to FI-TS's cloud environment (Finance Cloud)

• Standardization of the process for future similar cases

• Setting up the program organization and its subproject organizations

• Maximizing cost efficiency through the increased use of suitable methodologies and tools while minimizing personnel effort

• Project initiation and management

• Setting up the subproject organization

• Coordination of the technical departments involved in the build

• Resource and budget planning

• Responsibility for qualitative results / overall budget responsibility

• Technical management of the various implementation projects

• Coordination of competing projects / infight projects

By proactive planning and initial setup of the required technical infrastructure, the foundation was laid for the successful execution of the technology refresh.

ZIP – Central IT production – transferring the IT operations of NORD/LB to FI-TS.

• Migrating the systems and applications of NORD/LB (Norddeutsche Landesbank) and BLB (Bremer Landesbank) from one provider to the data center and network infrastructure of FI-TS.

• Provider change without interruption or disruption.

• Taking over about 200 applications from core banking systems (banking applications), trading systems, and administrative systems.

• Adjusting the security concept and implementing the highest security standards.

• Building the data center infrastructure / target architecture.

• Overall planning of the migration of banking applications (core banking systems).

• Leading the migration teams: migration team lead for about 90 application migrations.

• Setting up and introducing a new security infrastructure.

• Ensuring audit compliance (internal, BaFin, ECB).

Within about two years, the complete IT application operations of Nord/LB were migrated from a third-party provider to FI-TS.

Implementation of SAP ERP at SIXT

• SAP ERP implementation project
• SAP upgrade project EHP7 / NetWeaver 7.40

Subproject lead for SAP infrastructure / technology / basis

Successful, on-time, global SAP rollout for SIXT car rental and SIXT leasing.

Outsourcing the IT of the MAN Group to T-Systems for transition and transformation. Taking over the complete IT system landscape of the MAN Group into T-Systems' data center infrastructure.

• Transformation/migration of SAP systems
• Transformation/migration of non-SAP systems
• Capacity and resource management
• Setting up data center infrastructure and data center network
• Designing and building the virtualized platform (AppCom) for about 1500 servers including the virtual storage infrastructure
• Redesigning/building the WAN infrastructure for the MAN Group
• Coaching project team members

As part of the project, the MAN Group's IT landscape was transferred from in-house operations to T-Systems' responsibility. Infrastructure and applications were modernized, optimized, and made future-proof.

SAP implementation / SAP operations optimization

• Migration of various legacy systems to SAP ERP

• Introduction of SCM/APO modules DP and PP/DS

• Implementation of SAP Global Trade Service (GTS)

• Technical migration: hardware platform, operating system (Linux)

• Replacing different interface technologies with SAP XI

• Implementation of system and business process monitoring based on SAP Solution Manager

• Reducing TCO

• Insourcing project (transition from provider to in-house operations)

• TCO reduction and operations cost optimization

• Introduction of an ITIL-based operating model

• Provider management

• Design and implementation of technical platforms for SAP and non-SAP system landscapes as part of an insourcing project

• Execution of transition and transformation of SAP and non-SAP systems in an insourcing project (from T-Systems to MTU)

• Design and setup of a global SAP architecture, optimizing system operations

Successful implementation of the second phase of the MTU SAP strategy. The introduction of the new, highly customized SAP solution with numerous extensions was completed on schedule. In addition to the SAP system landscape, a number of other supporting systems (e.g. Guardus) were successfully launched on the target date.

SAP migration project, global rollout

• Migration of one of the world's largest R/2 installations to R/3

• Phased system deployment using regional rollout procedure

• Implementation of SAP Business Intelligence

• Implementation of SAP CRM

• Interfaces to host, client/server, and web-based systems

• Migration of internet-enabled frontend applications to SAP WebAS 6.20

• Design and setup of the system landscapes (5-system landscape)

• Introduction of HP OpenView (system management)

• Introduction of StreamServe and Macro4 "Columbus D" (output management)

• Ensuring productive operations

• System optimization (stability, performance)

• Application optimization (performance)

• Development of tools for system operations

• Migration, legacy data takeover

• Authorization concept and implementation

• Technical execution of integration and stress tests

• Creation of a cross-system transport workflow (Lotus Notes)

• SAP architecture

• SAP technology / SAP Basis

• SAP user and authorization management

The complex, highly customized SAP landscape, along with several supporting systems, was put into operation on schedule according to planning requirements.

SAP implementation project

• Replace existing host applications with SAP R/3 (all modules), SAP BW, SAP SEM, SAP EBP
• Interfaces to about 30 external systems (mainframe, open systems technologies)

Development coordination (~5000 person-days), quality assurance

• Design and build system landscapes
• Select and implement middleware products
• Interface design and implementation
• Ensure productive operation
• Optimize systems (stability, performance)
• Improve applications (performance)
• Develop tools for system operations
• Migration, legacy data takeover
• Authorization concept implementation
• SAP architecture
• SAP technology / SAP Basis

Successful completion of the first step of MTU's SAP strategy. The seamless integration into the company's highly heterogeneous overall system landscape was achieved.

SAP implementation project.

• Implement SAP R/3 at sites in Fürth, Vienna, Praga (Portugal)
• Prepare additional country rollouts
• Link to third-party systems
• Introduce an archive solution
• Set up the system landscape
• Operate the SAP systems
• Design and implement interfaces
• Support developers and customizers
• System and application tuning
• Create tools
• SAP technology consulting

One of the last large IT projects at Grundig before the final collapse. However, the fact that SAP R/3 was used as the central ERP platform had nothing to do with that.

SAP Rollout Project.

• Support at SAP for technology issues
• Focus areas: CTS, performance, Oracle DB, SAP Basis client copy

6 months of very intensive SAP technology consulting as part of the release of version 4.6C of SAP R/3