Hadoop vs SAP HANA

2014. MapR partners with Teradata to reach enterprise customers



The last remaining independent Hadoop provider, MapR, and the prominent big data analytics provider, Teradata, have joined forces to collaborate on integrating their respective products and developing a unified go-to-market strategy. As part of this partnership, Teradata gains the ability to resell MapR software, professional services, and provide customer support. Essentially, Teradata will act as the primary interface for enterprises that utilize or aspire to use both technologies, serving as the representative for MapR. Previously, Teradata had established a close partnership with Hortonworks, but it now extends its collaboration and analytic market leadership to all three major Hadoop providers. Similarly, earlier this week, HP unveiled Vertica for SQL on Hadoop, enabling users to access and analyze data stored in any of the three primary Hadoop distributions—Hortonworks, MapR, and Cloudera.


2014. HP plugs the Vertica analytics platform into Hadoop



HP has unveiled the introduction of Vertica for SQL on Hadoop, a significant announcement in the world of analytics. With Vertica, customers gain the ability to access and analyze data stored in any of the three primary Hadoop distributions: Hortonworks, MapR, and Cloudera, as well as any combination thereof. Given the uncertainty surrounding the dominance of a particular Hadoop flavor, many large companies opt to utilize all three. HP stands out as one of the pioneering vendors by asserting that "any flavor of Hadoop will do," a sentiment further reinforced by its $50 million investment in Hortonworks, which currently represents the favored Hadoop flavor within HAVEn, HP's analytics stack. HP's announcement not only emphasizes the platform's interoperability but also highlights its capabilities in dealing with data stored in diverse environments such as data lakes or enterprise data hubs. With HP Vertica, organizations gain a seamless solution for exploring and harnessing the value of data stored in the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS). The combination of Vertica's power, speed, and scalability with Hadoop's prowess in handling extensive data sets serves as an enticing proposition, potentially motivating hesitant managers to embrace big data initiatives confidently. HP's comprehensive offering provides a compelling avenue for organizations to unlock the potential of their data, urging them to venture beyond their reservations and embrace the world of big data.


2014. Cloudera helps to manage Hadoop on Amazon cloud



Hadoop vendor Cloudera has unveiled a new offering named Director, aimed at simplifying the management of Hadoop clusters on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud. Clarke Patterson, Senior Director of Product Marketing, acknowledged the challenges faced by customers in managing Hadoop clusters while maintaining extensive capabilities. He emphasized that there is no difference between the cloud version and the on-premises version of the software. However, the Director interface has been specifically designed to be self-service, incorporating cloud-specific features like instance-tracking. This enables administrators to monitor the cost associated with each cloud instance, ensuring better cost management.


2014. SAP and IBM partner to provide SAP HANA on IBM Cloud



The software giants SAP and IBM have joined hands and announced the availability of the HANA Enterprise Cloud service, a Big Data platform, through IBM's cloud infrastructure. SAP CEO Bill McDermott acknowledged the immense demand for SAP HANA in the cloud and described the global agreement with IBM as marking a new era of cloud collaboration. IBM CEO Ginni Rometty highlighted this as a significant milestone in the deployment of enterprise cloud, emphasizing that IBM's secure, open, and hybrid enterprise cloud platform will enable SAP clients to embrace new ways of working in an era shaped by big data, mobile, and social advancements.


2014. SAP: Germany won the World Cup thanks to Big Data


In the not-too-distant past, the Oracle yacht emerged victorious in the America's Cup. Subsequently, Oracle marketers attributed this achievement to the utilization of Oracle's Big Data system. Now, it's SAP's turn (Oracle's perennial rival) to respond to this marketing claim. As it turns out, the German football team's triumph in the World Cup can also be attributed to a Big Data system called SAP Match Insights, which operates on the innovative SAP HANA technology. This system synchronized data from scouts with video footage captured on the field, enabling coaches to easily identify crucial moments during the game. By leveraging SAP Match Insights and SAP HANA, the coaches of the German National Team simplified their training methods and improved performance, thereby enhancing the beauty of the sport for fans worldwide. This story serves as a reminder of the transformative potential of Big Data for businesses.


2013. SAP makes big companies effective with Big Data. Competitors are crying


In recent years, SAP was probably the least innovative IT giant (compared to competitors Oracle, Microsoft, IBM). All SAP's own innovative projects mostly failed (remember Business ByDesign), and the only thing that SAP could do - is buying other companies (SuccessFactors, SyBase, Ariba). But at this time, SAP is going to outdo all the competitors on the wave of new trendy technology - Big Data. What is Big Data? ***