What is the Accuracy of CONSILIO IT on MRP on HANA Performance?

Executive Summary This is the Consilio S/4HANA, which is part of our research study. We evaluate the accuracy of this case study. Introduction CONSILIO IT is an SAP consulting partner, and consulting partners usually provide highly inaccurate information about SAP. CONSILIO IT makes many peculiar claims in this article, including the idea that MRP processing…

How to Understand Fake Innovation in SAP HANA

Executive Summary SAP has made many claims about the innovative nature of HANA. Our analysis is that these claims by SAP are marketing hyperbole and do not hold up. Introduction SAP uses terms for marketing or propagandistic effect more than any vendor we study at Brightwork Research & Analysis. Using these terms has no other…

What is the Actual Performance of SAP HANA?

Executive Summary Hasso Plattner, Steve Lucas, Ron Enslin, Vishal Sikka, and John Appleby provide oodles of false information around HANA’s performance. We cover the impact of SAP marketing on benchmarking on HANA performance. Video Introduction: What is the Actual Performance of SAP HANA? Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) I covered the topic…

Does SAP S/4HANA Actually Have a Simplified Data Model & Faster Financial Reconciliation?

Executive Summary SAP has proposed that HANA and S/4HANA has a simplified data model. We validated these claims, including different account silos, faster reconciliation, and understanding the columnar database’s performance. Introduction SAP has consistently pointed to the benefits of S/4HANA’s simplified data model as part of its SAP “Run Simple” marketing program. SAP has proposed…

How to Get Clear on SAP’s Claims on S/4HANA

Executive Summary SAP makes a large number of false proposals around S/4HANA. In this article, we review these claims for accuracy. Video Introduction: SAP HANA Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) SAP HANA is SAP’s database, which combines a columnar database with very fast hardware. There has been quite a bit of marketing information…

Why SAP HANA Is a Fast Database For Analytics

Executive Summary We explain what the HANA database is at the most basic level. We then explain the primary beneficial usage of HANA and then its limitations. Video Introduction: Why SAP HANA Is a Fast Database For Analytics Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) SAP has made many exaggerated proposals around HANA’s performance….