Extend the life of
your SAP, at your pace.
Third-party support for SAP and SAP HANA: the alternative to vendor maintenance. We keep your current versions secure and running —SAP ECC, SAP HANA, IBM Power, AIX, Linux— so you upgrade only when you decide to.
Team based in Spain. Support in Spanish, English and French.
Why third-party support
for your SAP?
Vendor maintenance takes a percentage of your licenses every year, and its roadmap dictates when you upgrade. Third-party support is an alternative to that maintenance: it keeps your current versions secure and running, saves you on licenses and puts the upgrade decision back in your hands. It's what thousands of companies worldwide already do.
Extend the lifecycle
If your SAP ECC or SAP HANA work, you can stay on them for years — while you calmly evaluate migrating to S/4HANA, or simply because they serve you well. Third-party support keeps those versions secure and running for as long as your business needs.
Cut maintenance costs
Vendor maintenance takes a percentage of your license value every year, and it keeps rising. With third-party support you can cut that cost significantly and reinvest the budget where it adds value: in your project and your team, not in renewing software that already works.
Technology independence
You regain control of your roadmap. You decide whether to upgrade and when: stay on your version or migrate to S/4HANA, at your pace. Your software, your timeline, your decision.
Your SAP infrastructure.
Complete third-party support.
From the firmware to the database. Maintenance, security, monitoring and lifecycle extension for your SAP infrastructure.
SAP HANA
Optimization, patching and incident resolution for SAP HANA on SUSE or RHEL, on x86 or IBM Power.
IBM Power Systems
Configuration, firmware, LPAR virtualization and performance tuning on Power9 and Power10.
AIX and Linux for SAP
Administration of AIX, SUSE SLES for SAP and Red Hat RHEL for SAP. Kernel tuning, high availability and clustering.
Storage and DRP
Management of IBM FlashSystem arrays, Ceph and backup for SAP. Snapshots, replication and disaster recovery plans.
Continuous monitoring of the SAP environment with SIEM: early detection of threats, vulnerabilities and anomalies, with proactive alerts.
Security and compliance
Security patching, system hardening, audits and regulatory compliance for critical SAP environments.
You set the schedule.
SAP has published the end-of-maintenance dates for each version. Knowing them in advance lets you plan calmly and decide your next step, with no imposed deadlines.
End of mainstream maintenance for SAP ECC 6.0 (EHP 0-5)
The oldest ECC 6.0 versions have already left standard maintenance, with no extended support option. From here on, independent support keeps them secure and running.
End of mainstream maintenance for SAP Business Suite 7
Standard maintenance for Business Suite 7 and ECC 6.0 (EHP 6-8) ends. After that: extended maintenance at an additional cost, or an independent alternative.
End of extended maintenance for SAP ECC
Paid extended maintenance ends too. If you haven't migrated to S/4HANA yet, independent support keeps these systems secure and in production for as long as you need them.
SAP's commitment to S/4HANA through 2040
SAP has committed to keeping at least one S/4HANA release in maintenance through the end of 2040. It is not a deadline that pressures you: you have plenty of room to plan your evolution at your pace.
Continuous support, with no end date
As long as your SAP infrastructure is in production, our team maintains it. No migration pressure, no imposed deadlines.
Official support and independent support.
| Criterion | Official SAP support | SIXE independent support |
|---|---|---|
| Annual cost | A percentage of license value, rising every year | Up to 50% less |
| Versions covered | Only those in active maintenance | All of them, no restrictions |
| Migration pace | Set by the vendor's roadmap | You decide |
| Response time | Depends on the tier purchased | SLA tailored to your business |
| Coverage | SAP application layer | Full stack: HW + OS + DB + SAP |
| Support model | Tiered support and portal | Direct-contact engineer |
| Security | Patches on the vendor's schedule | Continuous proactive patching |
| Languages | Depends on the plan | Spanish, English and French |
From assessment to continuous support.
Initial assessment
We analyze your entire SAP environment: servers, storage, network, databases and versions.
Tailored plan
We design a plan tailored to your needs, with defined SLAs, scope and coverage.
Seamless transition
We migrate support transparently, with no interruption to your business operations.
Continuous support
Monitoring, patching, incidents and ongoing optimization with a dedicated 24/7 team.
What people ask us
Which SAP versions do you support?
We support all SAP versions, including SAP R/3 4.6, ECC 5.0 and 6.0, SAP Business Suite 7, SAP HANA 1.0 and 2.0, S/4HANA on-premise and SAP NetWeaver. Whatever the version: if you run it, we maintain it.
Do we lose access to security patches?
No. Our security team applies proactive hardening, virtual patching and real-time vulnerability monitoring — independently of the vendor's schedule.
How much can I really save?
Typical third-party support savings range from 30% to 50% of the vendor's annual fee. The exact figure depends on your environment. Request an assessment and we'll give you a concrete number.
Do you support SAP on IBM Power?
Yes, it's one of our specialties. On IBM Power9 and Power10 we maintain SAP ECC with AIX and SAP HANA with Linux (RHEL or SUSE) — covering everything from the firmware layer to the database.
What is the transition like?
We run a full audit, document your entire environment and switch on monitoring before the transition. The change is transparent to your teams.
Do you also support VMware?
Yes, we also offer third-party support for VMware, including environments where SAP runs on virtualized infrastructure. We cover it in detail on our independent VMware support page.
Request your
assessment.
Our engineers analyze your SAP environment and present a support plan with costs, scope and terms tailored to your infrastructure.
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