Linux is also part of SAP Data Intelligence

The SAP community is discussing the SAP Data Intelligence solution in a kind of echo chamber, rather away from topics or highlights such as the Hana S/4 business suite transition or the harmonized integration of SAP cloud satellite systems, for example Success Factors or Qualtrics in SAP core solutions.

Questions arise, for example: What is data intelligence all about? What requirements does SAP want to cover with it? Or: What are the key points when using SAP Data Intelligence in terms of infrastructure and operation? What role do Linux and open source play in this?

Advantageous technology consistency

It is particularly important to know that SAP Data Intelligence and SAP Data Hub are closely interlinked, i.e. that SAP Data Intelligence extends SAP Data Hub or complements the solution. It adds machine learning (ML) capabilities/functionality so that companies can use AI in an accelerated and targeted manner.

Specifically, if SAP Data Intelligence is activated, the new SAP solution is integrated into the SAP Data Hub Launch Pad as the "ML Scenario Manager". SAP publishes availability or roadmaps for the solutions in the usual way, which every SAP user has access to.

SAP users who prefer the recommended operating system platform Suse Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications (SLES for SAP) in connection with Hana or applications based on it, such as S/4, will certainly also rely on Suse technologies for SAP Data Hub with the new SAP Data Intelligence solution for reasons of advantageous technology consistency.

This is on CaaSP as a "container solution" with Kubernetes for the combined system solution SAP Data Hub (in terms of architecture), which was the first to be certified for SAP Data Hub.

Above all, this ensures flexible and automated options for delivering microservices using containers. Suse Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) is also used as a container host OS in a dedicated version (SLES Micro OS) for optimized resource usage.

Solutions in combination

Kubernetes is used by SAP in connection with SAP Data Hub and SAP Data Intelligence. The solution(s) are deployed in Kubernetes environments as specified by SAP.

Both with hyperscalers or public cloud providers, in private cloud environments or in your own data center. And on the basis of a supported Kubernetes distribution, which Suse provides as a Kubernetes service provider.

In view of this, also at SAP: Kubernetes can be used to create a basis for operating software or software systems once they have been developed in multiple cloud environments (Kubernetes-native or cloud-native).

With a container infrastructure solution such as CaaS Platform from Suse, it is possible to directly containerize the applications including orchestration or use them as part of a microservice architecture.

It is therefore safe to say that the open source engine at SAP continues to run at full speed. Open source and open technologies are explicitly emphasized, especially in connection with SAP Data Hub and SAP Data Intelligence.

And the role of Linux in connection with Hana or S/4 is now well known. It has been shown that Hana and Linux are an excellent match, also in terms of use in the cloud environment.

As an open source innovator and long-standing partner, Suse supports SAP as a close companion, always incorporating application-related SAP requirements or developing functions specifically for SAP use. Be it on-prem, in the cloud or in hybrid environments.