How SAP's HANA Is Part of A Strategy to Replace Oracle
… from many accounts globally. There is a question as to whether HANA can outperform the far less expensive SQL Server, as we cover in the article Why it is Likely That HANA Underperforms SQL Server.
However, SAP has a very effective sales force and a willing army of compliant consulting partners through both its own and its many partners. These partners effectively prevent this information from being widely known or repeated.
The first thing to know before understanding HANA’s technical details or its pricing is that the information provided by SAP and consulting companies are unreliable. The only thing …