SAP Solution: database

We remember back to the R/3 era: Back then, the R/3 modules - now called apps - worked with numerous databases. What at first glance appeared to be a technical world sensation was, on closer inspection, a simple sleight of hand.

The underlying technology of an SAP system has not changed over the years. It consists of an operating system, a bunch of executable files and a database. Is that still up to date?

Tidying up, creating order, backing up old data sets - How can you cleverly approach the topic of data archiving and data backup in SAP Solution Manager?

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...

For banks that work with SAP systems and plan to do so in the future, the question inevitably arises as to when and how the conversion to SAP S/4 Hana should take place. When is the bank ready for this and what homework needs to be done?

Consumability of data today means: distributed data infrastructures are needed, for which the open source database Apache Cassandra is particularly suitable.

Please read on, because this is not about SAP's S/4 Damocles 2025, but about the technical version change of your database.

Implementing SAP test and training systems is laborious and time-consuming. Software engines are the solution, as they can tackle numerous challenges—including secure and fast data transfer of SAP mass data.

Hooray! The direction is right! But is there enough time? To ensure that the Hana and S/4 journey does not become an odyssey, the existing SAP customer must look around for professional help:

On June 3 and 4, 2019, the DOAG community again invites members and interested parties to Düsseldorf for knowledge exchange and networking.

Whereas in the event of a system failure at the University Medical Center Göttingen it took several hours for SAP applications to support business processes again, the systems have recently been restored in a matter of minutes using an innovative business continuity optimization concept.

Every new technology is a step backward. The new is never as well established and evaluated as the old. The new will be better than the old - but that takes time. And SAP does not give its existing customers this time.