Database and Data Management

What is better, saving a file in RAM or on disk? It depends… What is better, writing a file as-is or compressing it? It depends… What is better, modifying the file when one line does change or keeping the history? It depends… What... Read More »

Everyone has to start somewhere. And yes, I was a SAP HANA beginner at one time, too (going back to the first days of SAP BW Accelerator). The great news is that we have a wealth of information and plenty of learning opportunities about SAP HANA out... Read More »

In the data handling related market there is a pure Use-Case driven thinking. Customers requires to do data transformations? Provide an ETL tool. Customer requires the same data in another system? Provide a Replication tool. Customer requires... Read More »

I have a lot of customer conversations about SAP HANA hardware. It’s no wonder, given that there are nearly 500 certified appliances on the Certified SAP HANA Hardware Directory at the time of writing. In addition, it’s possible to... Read More »

When deploying SAP HANA, efficient use of hardware resources is key to achieve better performance and scalability while reducing TCO. Prior to SPS09, SAP HANA supported multiple schemas in one SAP HANA system and multiple SAP HANA systems on single... Read More »

I’ve been involved in a few SAP HANA projects where performance has been initially disappointing, and I have been asked to come and show the customer HANA speed. As I’ve said before, you can take the best technology in the world, create... Read More »

Setting the stage In my previous post, Hitchhiker’s guide to Big Data, we explored the differences and similarities of Big Data versus Business Intelligence and why both are orthogonal to each other. Based on this knowledge, this post proposes... Read More »

Big Data marketing versus reality When reading current publications, the IT world seems to have moved to Big Data. Forget about databases, with Big Data tools you can do everything – in no-time and on large volumes in addition. For every... Read More »

Update November 30, 2016: SAP HANA 2.0, SPS00 is now generally available. This blog has been updated to reflect additional detail regarding this release. Meet SAP HANA 2, the next generation platform for Digital Transformation. You can leverage... Read More »

Master Data Integration In a recent SAP Community blog series, Rui Noguiera has outlined Master Data Integration as SAP’s corporate strategy for the Integrated Intelligent Enterprise when it comes to syndicating master data for a harmonized view... Read More »