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Pfizer Migrates to SAP S/4HANA on IBM Power10

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Pfizer achieved a 93% database reduction and 20% cost avoidance by migrating their global SAP environment to S/4HANA on IBM Power10 infrastructure.

Outcomes

93%Database reduction
73%Ledger reduction
20%Cost avoidance
21%Faster go-live
5%Order-to-cash improvement
10+ hoursMigration completed ahead of schedule

Tools & Technologies

1IC
IBM Consulting
Technology consulting and digital transformation services
2IP
IBM Power Virtual Server
Cloud-based IBM Power infrastructure for running AIX, IBM i, and Linux workloads.
3IP
IBM Power10
IBM Power10 processor-based servers designed for enterprise AI, hybrid cloud, and mission-critical workloads.
4SS
SAP S/4HANA
SAP's next-generation ERP suite built on the SAP HANA in-memory database.
5IP
IBM PowerVM
Enterprise virtualization platform for IBM Power servers enabling flexible workload management.

AI Categories

Agentic Management
Cloud Infrastructure
Workflow Automation

Challenge

Pfizer needed to migrate decades of complex SAP applications to SAP S/4HANA while managing a massive 75TB ECC 6.0 database with minimal downtime across 50,000 users globally.

Solution

Implemented hybrid cloud architecture using IBM Power10 infrastructure with SAP S/4HANA, reducing physical footprint to six systems running 500+ virtual machines via PowerVM.

Full Story

Pfizer, one of the world's largest biopharmaceutical companies with 85,000+ employees across 130 countries, faced the challenge of migrating decades of complex SAP applications to SAP S/4HANA while managing a massive 75TB database with minimal downtime for 50,000 global users.

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Source

IBM
September 2025
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