I just read an interesting article in Bloomberg that deals with this very question, and it struck me as being very relevant to what some of my existing clients are wanting to know as well.
Lately, I have been doing a lot of research on the overall architecture and strategic aspects of implementing SAP HANA, and I seem to concur with the views expressed in this article. My primary take-away from this article is the vision that SAP has embarked upon, while addressing the needs of BIG DATA and real-time analytics – relying solely on software and adding no hardware stack to its mainstay business! “That approach may pay off as clients are increasingly seeking integrated software to analyze and manage business data without complicated hardware add-ons,” says Peter Russo, a managing director for Pierre Audoin Consultants Inc. in Washington.
“There is this push to narrow down what you’re spending on hardware and services”. Software customers are more interested to “put more resources into the actual enterprise software application.”
I must say that this definitely is going to be a key consideration for my clients too as they evaluate various BI Leaders and their BIG DATA product offerings, in their quest for a robust analytic appliance-based solution!
“While the initial demand may be encouraging, it’s still too early to say whether Hana will have the desired long-term impact.” “Most customers may wait up to two years to see the results of early test cases before making their own purchase decisions.”
Whatever the case may be, HANA sure is creating a lot of excitement in the data management and analytics space.
