A small eddy in the HANA current

[former_member188942]

jelena.perfiljeva” and until now the message has been “If you want Lumira Server then you have to have HANA” accompanied by all the usual non-reasons: architecture, big data, perfect fit … blah, blah, blah.

Initially, you had to pay for both the HANA software and the HANA appliance but recently SAP announced that they would throw in a runtime HANA software licence for Lumira Server with the BusinessObjects platform (but you still need to buy the HANA hardware).

However, this week, SAP seems to have gone a step further and a step closer to what their customers want. On the recent #askSAP BusinessObjects update call, ty.millerannounced a future version of the Lumira Server which would not be dependent on HANA, in essence it will be a “normal” extension to the existing BusinessObjects infrastructure, that everyone will understand and feel comfortable with.

Obviously, this will not come with the processing power of HANA and will be more limited than the HANA version, but, crucially, it is probably exactly what most customers need today and it will be easy for them to adopt. For SAP, it should be a great bridge to a HANA upsell to customers who do need the extra horsepower at some point in the future.

HANA is a great technology, but my observation in the BusinessObjects community, is that trying to ram it down people’s throats at every opportunity can be counter productive. Perhaps SAP are realising this too.