We were excited to see so many customers interested in SAP virtualization with VMware. After Leo Apotheker's keynote we talked to several customers at our booth who confirmed what Leo said about Virtualization being the Global Trend #1. Together with Michael Schatten, from C. ROB. Hammerstein (CRH), who is one of our key customers, I presented on TCO savings taken out of SAP landscapes by VMware. We had over 100 people in our room, and a good discussion on sizing, performance, support, and of course, TCO.

Mr. Schatten did a great job explaining why CRH migrated from an IBM midframe system to x86. As a result of their smooth replatforming project, performance and availability are better, CPU consumption is much less, and CRH achieved TCO savings of 81% compared to their previous landscape, including an ROI of only 3 months! This is fantastic! And I encourage all other customers on this platform to take a close look at our presenation, which you can find here. Then, get in touch with VMware to plan your migration project like some of our customers are already doing. It has been a great DSAG conference, and we'll be back next year.