Cloud Computing: SAP’s In-Memory Fact over Fiction
October 18, 2012
Grazed from Information Management. Author: Mark A. Smith.
SAP executive Vishal Sikka followed up in person to his written response to the statements Oracle CEO and Chairman Larry Ellison made at Oracle OpenWorld on the limited nature of SAP’s HANA in-memory computing technology. Sikka presented a SAP HANA server with 100 terabytes of DRAM processing 1 petabyte of raw data to counter Ellison’s commentary, and Oracle has yet to release its comparable Exadata X3 appliance. SAP also announced that SAP HANA Cloud is available in Amazon Web Services (AWS) to provide anyone the opportunity to use the technology, though the AWS version will be limited in the size of data it can process in its in-memory environment. Amazon’s Andy Jassy, the senior vice president of AWS, spoke about the company’s work with SAP to advance cloud computing’s utility for developers.
In truth, appliances and in-memory computing have varying use case scenarios. Our big data benchmark research finds a place for both approaches. They are just about even in demand, and our research finds that those who provide the highest business value in the shortest period of time will gain the most adoption…
SAP also unveiled its re-architected SAP NetWeaver Cloud platform as a server for use across the Internet. SAP announced free developer licenses for NetWeaver, designed to help build a community of cloud developers. However, SAP lacks a simple port and transfer from on-premises applications to the cloud edition; an organization’s applications will require some adjustments to migrate across these environments though its data services can help transport data from the platforms…
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