SAP-Solution: BW/4

The SAP Data Warehouse Cloud brings companies closer to the goal of a data-driven enterprise. Because DW in the cloud makes your own performance measurable - with all its strengths and weaknesses.

SAP BW/4 is not just another BW release in a long line. Instead, it is an application that has been reprogrammed in large parts and which, with increasing release status, makes the best possible use of the possibilities of the underlying Hana.

To ensure that the costs of operating the Hana in-memory computing database can be controlled, an IT architecture was created to separate the data into layers.

Whether S/4, C/4 or BW/4: In the future, there will be only one platform for all SAP software offerings. Hana is more than a database. Hana is the platform for the future SAP universe. This makes the choice of the right infrastructure particularly important, because Hana is very demanding. Whether in the cloud or on-premises, IBM's Power Server architecture...

In 2016, SAP introduced BW/4 Hana, a new data warehouse. This not only replaces BW 7.5 on Hana, but also marks a turning point. At least that's what SAP says. And in fact, BW/4 is much more than simply the new release.

A good Linux platform management results in good SAP Hana use. Only condition: a system management software which supports the automation of SAP infrastructure deployment.

Playing does not mean that one plays and the other watches. But how can two people play together when their understanding of business processes could not be more different?

In the context of hybrid cloud scenarios, it is advantageous to use components that ensure technology consistency. With Suse Linux Enterprise for SAP, deployments and transitions of SAP applications are supported both on-premise and off-premise.

Google is involved as a public cloud provider for SAP Hana and Hana-based applications and shows which features the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) offers and which differentiation points can be realized compared to other public cloud service providers.

I still know the term "ABC weapons" from my military days - nuclear, biological, chemical. Now SAP also has a "C" that has to be used for another relaunch of a CRM system. C/4 is supposed to be the wonder weapon against Salesforce.

The digital transformation has arrived at companies. Many companies are converting their systems to the SAP Hana in-memory platform. But installation is not the end of the story. If you want to take advantage of all the benefits of in-memory, you should heed these practical tips.

The move to Hana and Hana-based SAP solutions like S/4 means a switch to Linux and open source - Suse: SLES for SAP Applications, Suse OpenStack Cloud and SAP Suse-Co Development Cloud Foundry.