Pfizer Migra a SAP S/4HANA en IBM Power10

PPfizerFuente: IBMseptiembre de 2025

Pfizer logró una reducción del 93% en su base de datos y un ahorro del 20% en costes al migrar su entorno SAP global a S/4HANA sobre infraestructura IBM Power10.

Impacto

93%

Reducción de base de datos

73%

Reducción del libro mayor

20%

Ahorro en costes

21%

Reducción en tiempo de puesta en marcha

5%

Mejora en el ciclo order-to-cash

10+ hours

Migración completada antes del plazo

Desafío

Pfizer necesitaba migrar décadas de complejas aplicaciones SAP a SAP S/4HANA gestionando una enorme base de datos ECC 6.0 de 75 TB con el mínimo tiempo de inactividad para 50.000 usuarios globales.

Solución

Se implementó una arquitectura de nube híbrida con infraestructura IBM Power10 y SAP S/4HANA, reduciendo el footprint físico a seis sistemas que ejecutan más de 500 máquinas virtuales mediante PowerVM.

Herramientas y tecnologías

Lo que dicen los líderes

«Nuestra puesta en marcha fue verdaderamente increíble. La estrella fue IBM Power10.»

Scott Groth, Ingeniería de Plataforma ERP y Tecnologías Emergentes

«IBM Consulting fue fundamental para ayudarnos a planificar el éxito.»

Raj Hase, Director Sénior, Soluciones de Finanzas Digitales
Entiende todo el contexto.

Regístrate para leer casos de estudio completos, acceder a métricas detalladas y recibir todos los reportes.

Historia completa

Pfizer, una de las mayores compañías biofarmacéuticas del mundo con más de 85.000 empleados en 130 países, se enfrentó al reto de migrar décadas de complejas aplicaciones SAP a SAP S/4HANA gestionando una enorme base de datos de 75 TB con el mínimo tiempo de inactividad para 50.000 usuarios globales.

Usando servidores IBM Power10 e IBM Consulting, Pfizer implementó una arquitectura de nube híbrida que redujo su huella física a tan solo seis sistemas ejecutando más de 500 máquinas virtuales mediante PowerVM. La migración de 46 TB de datos brutos se completó 10 horas antes de lo previsto dentro de una ventana de 54 horas.

Los resultados fueron transformadores: una reducción del 93% en la base de datos, una reducción del 73% en el libro mayor, un ahorro del 20% en costes para nuevos proyectos, una puesta en marcha un 21% más rápida y una mejora del 5% en el ciclo order-to-cash. IBM Power Virtual Server permite ahora a Pfizer ejecutar la misma arquitectura en la nube.

Casos similares

J
Jamf
Under 45 minutes
performance review skill build time

Jamf deployed Claude Enterprise across 16 departments, then built interactive workflow skills using Claude Cowork that transformed manual spreadsheet-based processes into guided, conversational experiences. Performance reviews that previously required months of effort are now built in under 45 minutes, and non-engineering teams independently create custom data dashboards.

TechnologyCEClaude EnterpriseCCClaude Cowork
C
Confluent
15,000+
hours saved monthly

Confluent, a data streaming platform company with 2,000+ employees and 4,000+ customers, deployed Glean to solve the knowledge fragmentation that came with rapid growth from 250 to 2,000+ employees across 20+ systems. Glean indexed the company's full tool stack — Slack, Salesforce, Confluence, and more — enabling instant knowledge retrieval across all teams. The result: 15,000+ hours saved monthly, a 13% increase in support team satisfaction, and over 70% employee adoption.

TechnologyGGlean
H
Headstart
90–97%
code written by claude

Headstart, an AI-native software studio, uses Claude 3.5 Sonnet to write 90-97% of client code, compressing enterprise software project timelines from months to weeks and delivering 10-100x development speed.

TechnologyC3Claude 3.5 Sonnet
L
Lusha
300%
increase in outbound leads

Lusha is a B2B sales intelligence platform with 1.5 million users and a database of over 200 million business contacts. By deploying Elasticsearch as both a full-text search engine and a vector database for AI-powered lead recommendations, Lusha helps customers generate 300% more leads, achieve conversion rates up to 10x higher, and realize return on investment of up to 1,000%.

TechnologyEElasticsearch
A
Aquant
98%+
retrieval accuracy

Aquant is an agentic AI platform purpose-built for professionals servicing complex industrial and medical equipment at large manufacturing companies. When the company’s homegrown vector search infrastructure—built on PostgreSQL extensions—began to slow under real-time production demands, Aquant migrated to Pinecone as the retrieval backbone for its AI platform. The switch delivered sub-100ms semantic search, pushed retrieval accuracy above 98%, and helped Aquant’s customers cut average service resolution time by 49%.

TechnologyPPinecone
N
Nextdoor
2–3x
engineering productivity improvement

Nextdoor, the neighborhood social network, deployed Glean as a unified Work AI layer embedded directly into the tools employees already use. Rather than mandating adoption, the team built a self-reinforcing learning loop of Slack channels, live office hours, and quick-win storytelling that turned early experimentation into company-wide AI habits — with engineering productivity gains of 2–3x and RevOps workflows shrinking from hours to minutes.

TechnologyGGlean
M
Moderna
80
qubits utilized in simulation

Moderna partnered with IBM Quantum to explore quantum computing for mRNA sequence optimization, achieving record-breaking simulations of 60 nucleotide sequences on 80 qubits and advancing toward practical quantum advantage in drug development.

PharmaceuticalsIQIBM Quantum
PA
Palo Alto Networks
351,000 hours
employee productivity hours saved

Palo Alto Networks, the global cybersecurity leader with nearly 15,000 employees, deployed Moveworks as an AI Assistant named Sheldon to deliver autonomous support across Slack, email, and ServiceNow. The platform resolves 4,000 IT and HR issues per month while saving 351,000 employee hours, enabling the company to scale its hybrid FLEXWORK model without adding headcount.

TechnologyMMoveworks