SAP Mainframe Migration EDP Case-study The Company EDP – Energias de Portugal is one of Portugal’s largest companies and also one of Europe’s major electricity generation, distribution and trading. It has a strong presence in Spain, US, Africa and Latin America, mainly in Brazil. In 2007 EDP announced that 39% of its produced energy came from rene- wable sources and that it was aiming for a 75% target by 2013. To achieve that target EDP bought the US company Horizon Wind Energy in what was the largest deal in renewable energy to date, and made EDP the world’s fourth largest wind power producer. Beginning 2008 it became clear to EDP’s responsibles that they were facing important decisions about the future of their IT systems. At that time, EDP was running their core business in an ERP sy

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