A repeatable way to move your customers to the cloud, and grow with them.
Land. Expand. Grow. Whether customers are moving from on-premise for the first time, or switching from a platform that isn't delivering.
A structured, low-risk approach to migrating SAP Business One customers to the Cloud4Partners platform.
Land. Expand. Grow.
Win new partners and new customers
Onboard new partners and customers with one bundled platform and one per-user-per-month model. No complicated bill of materials. No infrastructure friction. Sales cycles get shorter, quotes get simpler.
Migrate your existing customers
Move your existing on-premise customers, or those on other cloud platforms, to C4P with a structured, repeatable migration. The Migration Factory takes the project risk and the operational complexity off your team.
Scale together
A standardised, continuously improving platform that grows with you. Partners grow margin and recurring revenue. We grow together on a platform that improves over time, with no disruptive hardware refresh.
Two migration streams. One structured approach.
Most SAP Business One customers in need of a cloud platform are coming from one of two places. The Migration Factory handles both with the same structured, repeatable process.
On-Premise to Cloud
Your customer's SAP Business One runs on hardware: in their office, or in a server room you manage. Hardware ages, costs grow, and every failure lands on your desk. There is a clear, structured path to cloud.
Cloud to Cloud
'Already in the cloud' can mean many things: a private datacentre, another hyperscaler platform, or a provider who charges separately for features that C4P includes as standard. Not all clouds deliver the same platform or the same price.
The case for leaving on-premise behind
On-premise SAP Business One has served partners and customers well. But the model has structural limitations that compound over time. These are the four conversations your customers are already having.
Hardware lifecycle doesn't match business cycles
Server replacement runs on a three-to-five-year cycle. Support agreements, customer relationships, and business continuity expectations run much longer. The gap creates ongoing pressure that falls on the partner.
Every hardware failure becomes a reactive support call
Unplanned outages, performance spikes on ageing components, and disk failures are urgent events. As your installed base grows, the reactive burden grows with it: evenings, weekends, and month-end crises you did not budget for.
Capital expenditure slows upgrade decisions
Asking a customer to invest in new servers is a different conversation from a predictable monthly cost. Hardware refresh cycles create irregular spend events that customers defer, delay, or dispute.
Modern security expectations need cloud-native controls
MFA, single sign-on, audit logging, and data residency are now standard expectations from finance teams, IT managers, and auditors. Meeting them on ageing on-premise infrastructure is possible, but expensive. On C4P, they are all included.
What the Migration Factory gives your customers
Not all cloud platforms are the same
When a customer says they are already in the cloud, it often means their SAP Business One runs on a server they do not maintain themselves. That is a reasonable description of several hosting arrangements. But the infrastructure underneath, and the features included in the monthly price, vary considerably.
The infrastructure question
Many SAP Business One hosting providers operate independent datacentres, or lease rack space in co-location facilities. This is sometimes described as private cloud or hosted cloud. The limitation of that model is the same as on-premise: hardware ages, and someone has to manage the refresh.
Independent datacentre hosting
Often described as 'private cloud' or 'hosted cloud'
- –Hardware still ages on a similar replacement cycle
- –Refresh events still need to be planned and managed
- –Typically hosted in a single or limited number of locations
- –Features like MFA, SSO, and UAT often charged separately
- –Branded as 'private cloud' or 'hosted cloud': not hyperscaler infrastructure
AWS hyperscaler infrastructure (C4P)
Purpose-built, SAP-certified, globally redundant
- Architecture 4.0: continuous hardware generation upgrades, no disruption
- 9 global AWS regions: data sovereignty built in
- AWS infrastructure certified specifically for SAP Business One
- Full C4P bundle included: MFA, Okta SSO, UAT, upgrades, support
- AWS global redundancy and built-in resilience at hyperscaler scale
AWS operates at a scale no independent datacentre can replicate.
Continuous hardware generation upgrades happen as part of Architecture 4.0, without disruption to the customer. The platform improves over time: there is no replacement cycle to plan.
The cost question
A low headline price is not always a low total price
Some providers advertise a competitive per-user monthly rate, then charge separately for the features customers need from day one. The headline price looks sharp. The eventual invoice is a different matter.
Features that are often sold as separate add-ons by other providers:
C4P takes a different approach.
Every feature above is included in the standard per-user, per-month price across C4P Standard, C4P Advanced, and C4P MTPro. One price. No layer-on. No accumulating extras.
Moving from another major cloud platform
The migration approach is the same, whatever the source
Some customers run SAP Business One on other major cloud platforms, either set up through another partner or as a self-managed deployment. Those environments may have solid underlying infrastructure, but often lack the full C4P feature bundle, the SAP-specific management layer, and the continuous improvements that Architecture 4.0 delivers.
The Migration Factory applies the same structured approach to these migrations. The process is consistent: scope the source environment, plan the migration, provision the target platform, convert the database, run UAT, and cut over. The starting point is different. The outcome is not.
Scope
Assess the source environment and current configuration
Plan
Define the migration approach and timeline
Provision
Build the C4P target platform ready to receive the migration
Migrate
Move and convert the database with expert support throughout
Validate
UAT environment provided for customer sign-off before go-live
Cut over
Go live on the C4P platform with the Migration Factory team supporting
What your customers gain by moving to C4P
No more hardware refresh cycles
Architecture 4.0 delivers continuous infrastructure generation upgrades on AWS without disruption. The platform improves over time. There is no disruptive replacement event, ever.
Full feature bundle, one price
MFA, Okta Identity (SSO), UAT environments, Upgrade Assistance, and unlimited support are all included. No feature add-ons, no layer-on costs, no surprises on the invoice.
SAP-certified AWS infrastructure
C4P runs on AWS infrastructure specifically certified for SAP Business One: not general-purpose cloud repurposed for SAP, but a platform SAP has certified for Business One workloads.
Data sovereignty: 9 AWS regions
Choose where your customer's data sits. UK, Ireland, Germany, USA, Canada, UAE, South Africa, Australia, and Singapore are all available on the same platform, at no extra cost.
Bit People chose C4P to offload the infrastructure management and gain expert support. The C4P service desk gives direct support to Bit People's consultants, and the migration support provided expert assistance, with database upgrades completed during these migrations.
Cloud4Partners' ability to upgrade SAP databases during the migration phase is a critical value-add for Bit People, with C4P providing the test infrastructure at no additional charge.
Watch the Migration Factory in action.
Our partner webinar series includes live migration walkthroughs: real customer scenarios, database conversions, and a step-by-step look at how the Migration Factory works for both on-premise and cloud-to-cloud migrations.
Built so your team can sell from day one.
Enablement packs
- Customer-facing flyers
- Standard vs Advanced decision guide
- Customer benefits one-pager
Sales toolkit
- Discovery questions
- Packaging cheat sheets
- Positioning guides
Marketing toolkit
- Co-branded LinkedIn content
- Webinar deck
- Email nurture sequences
Common questions about the Migration Factory.
Ready to put your installed base on a better platform?
Start a Migration Factory conversation and we'll show you what a structured migration looks like for your customers, on-premise or cloud.