Executive Summary Oracle presents an excellent case for not following SAP on implementing S/4HANA. We explain the logic for pressuring SAP on creating S/4AnyDB. Video Introduction: Why Pressure SAP to Port S/4HANA to AnyDB? Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) SAP aggressively pushed for companies to implement S/4HANA. However, S/4HANA has a massive…
Executive Summary SAP is telling customers that they can use data tiering in HANA to use innovation in database design. How accurate is SAP data tiering being new? Video Introduction: Is SAP’s Warm Data Tiering for HANA New? Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) SAP has communicated a new item for SAP HANA….
Executive Summary SAP has told customers that they must use HANA CDSs. How accurate is SAP on this topic? Introduction SAP has been communicating to customers that they should use HANA CDSs as a primary way to access SAP HANA data. And that CDS views are the way SAP will go forward in the future,…
Executive Summary Hasso Plattner and SAP made several statements around the necessity of removing aggregates. In this article, we debate this claim. Introduction We debated the benefits of HANA aggregates with Vinnie Mirchandani. Our References for This Article If you want to see our references for this article and other related Brightwork articles, see this…
Executive Summary SAP proposed that ECC customers should move to HANA to prepare for S/4HANA. We evaluate the logic of this proposal. Introduction We received the following question in our article on SAP Layoffs and a Warning on HANA? Our References for This Article If you want to see our references for this article and…
Executive Summary SAP has been proposing that all companies should use a single database type and buy HANA. AWS’s CTO explains the benefits of the multi-base approach. Video Introduction: Multibase Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) What is often left out of the analysis of database advice from commercial software vendors is how biased and…
Executive Summary HANA takes enormous levels of memory compared to competing databases. HANA has continual timeout issues that are in part due to HANA’s problem managing memory. Video Introduction: HANA’s Problems with Managing Memory Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) SAP’s database competitors like Oracle, IBM, and Microsoft, have internal groups that focus…
Executive Summary HANA has high CPU consumption due to HANA’s design. The CPU consumption is explained by SAP, but we review whether the explanation makes sense. Introduction We have covered the issues with SAP HANA that SAP, SAP consulting firms, and IT media censor. As a result of this information being censored, many SAP customers…
Executive Summary SAP proposes that ERP and Big Data should reside on the same database. We evaluate the reasonableness of this proposal for using one giant database. Video Introduction: SAP’s Big Idea: ERP Data and Big Data on the Same Database? Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) SAP has been proposing that there…
Executive Summary The reason that HANA, in the name of S/4HANA, tells us interesting things about what SAP is communicating to customers. It is unheard of to place the database in the name of the application. Simple Finance and Simple Logistics are immature applications. S/4HANA’s Simple Logistics missed its release date. Video Introduction: S/4HANA Naming…