SAP Solution: IBM DB2 Blu

Archiving, management and analysis of SAP and external data have long been on the agenda for SAP managers in companies. The use of a Nearline Analytic Infrastructure (NAI) for fast, up-to-date data analysis promises further benefits.

This is not a new chemical formula from Walldorf, but an abbreviation I created for Suite on Hana (SoH) and Hana on Power (HoP). Naturally, there is no such thing officially. But our interns got it up and running this summer. But it's not just Intel that's getting squeezed, VMware is also under pressure.

The end of the year should end on a conciliatory note. Time to tidy up the desk. Perhaps also to take stock of the year. We held a workshop with analysts from Gartner to review our SAP licenses. Looking back, amazing things happened in the community.

The SAP community wellness strategy comes to an end. Storm clouds are gathering. Oracle and SAP terminate the JDK support contract. SAP becomes in breach of contract with IBM regarding the provision of DB2 Blu. And Hana has its first CIO casualties. Things are looking bad for Hasso, Bill and Vishal's project.