Case Study: Prvni novinova spolecnost achieves 30% faster SAP ERP performance with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications

Prvni novinova spolecnost - Customer Case Study

Prvni novinova spolecnost, the leading press wholesaler in the Czech Republic, needed a way to manage highly complex, time-sensitive SAP ERP distribution processes for nearly 17,000 retail locations while controlling rising infrastructure costs. The company’s UNIX-based environment on proprietary hardware was under heavy pressure from large data volumes, frequent schedule calculations, and the need for reliable, minute-by-minute delivery timing, so it turned to Suse and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications.

Suse helped PNS migrate its SAP landscape to standard x86 servers from Dell, virtualized with VMware and supported by SSD-based storage. The new setup delivered about 30% better SAP ERP performance, cut total running costs by 64% over five years, and reduced OS administration effort by 50%, while also improving flexibility, manageability, and availability with no downtime reported after go-live.

Prvni novinova spolecnost

Jan Patera

SAP BC Administrator