Executive Summary SAP presents itself as a cloud provider. We evaluate whether this presentation matches how it operates its businesses. This article focuses on SAP, but the lessons cloud just as well be applied to Oracle. Introduction This article began as a response to the following quotation from Vinnie Mirchandani. Our References for This Article…
Executive Summary For years John Appleby provided information about HANA to the market. This is a study that measure’s John Appleby’s accuracy. Introduction HANA was introduced in 2011, although little actually happened with HANA in 2011. In 2012 and particularly into 2013 and forward, John Appleby of Bluefin Solutions published large amounts of inaccurate HANA…
Executive Summary John Appleby made bold predictions on HANA. We review how Chris Eaton severely beat him in a debate on HANA. Introduction John Appleby’s article on the SAP HANA blog was titled What In-Memory Database for SAP BW? A Comparison of the Major Vendors and was published on Nov 13, 2013. In this article’s…
Executive Summary John Appleby made bold predictions on HANA. Do we review how accurate he was in his article on What In-Memory Database for SAP BW? Introduction John Appleby’s article on the SAP HANA blog was titled What In-Memory Database for SAP BW? A Comparison of the Major Vendors and was published on Nov 13,…
Executive Summary The recent SAP and Oracle layoffs are different from prior rounds of layoffs. The layoffs are byproducts of broad internal restructuring plans. Introduction The recent Oracle layoffs and SAP layoffs had specific important characteristics. Oracle’s board approved the restructuring plan for fiscal 2019 of up to $432 million. The company spent $297 million…
Executive Summary Dan Matthews, the CTO of IFS, wrote an article about memory. We review how accurate he was in his article. Introduction Dan Matthews’s paper 3 Things Business Decision Makers Need to Know About In Memory Enterprise Software was published in May 2017. Our References for This Article If you want to see our…
Executive Summary SAP has used the SD benchmarks for years for other databases. Four years into S/4HANA, SAP has no benchmarks for S/HANA SD or ECC SD on HANA. Introduction SAP has used the SD benchmarks for years to test for transaction processing performance, but something peculiar happened when SAP released HANA, and the benchmarking…
Executive Summary SAP developed a new benchmark to make HANA look good. We cover the problems with creating a benchmark for BW. Introduction After SAP HANA was released in 2011, SAP created the BW-EML benchmark (renamed the BWAML) and the BWH benchmark. Both of these benchmarks were for SAP’s BW application. SAP published no HANA…
Executive Summary John Appleby made bold predictions on HANA. We review how accurate he was in his article on BW-EWL Benchmark. Video Introduction: How Accurate Was John Appleby on SAP BW-EML Benchmark? Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) John Appleby’s article on the SAP HANA blog was titled Behind the SAP BW EML…
Executive Summary Carl Dubler made bold predictions on HANA. We review how accurate he was in his article on a Why There Isn’t a “S/4AnyDB.” Video Introduction: How Accurate Was Carl Dubler on Why There is No S/4AnyDB? Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) John Appleby’s article on the SAP HANA blog was…