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SAP HANA

Trust grows in public cloud adoption for HANA, consultant says

In this Q&A, Matt Lovell of SAP consultancy Centiq talks about the current state of cloud deployments for SAP HANA and why an S/4HANA move is more difficult than adopting HANA. Continue Reading
Translytical data platforms emerge with SAP HANA as a leader

SAP HANA is a leading translytical platform, according to Forrester, and consulting firm Convergent IS says the combination of transactional and analytical data creates new opportunities. Continue Reading
Jack Link's Beef Jerky feeds its HANA side with SAP HEC

Jack Link's Beef Jerky went with a hosted deployment on SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud when upgrading SAP ECC to HANA. Here are some lessons on how to thrive in a hosted environment. Continue Reading
The ABCs of backup and recovery for SAP Business Suite on HANA

This backup and recovery tutorial, excerpted from the book 'Implementing SAP Business Suite on SAP HANA' by Michael Pytel, walks you through backup and recovery scenarios. Continue Reading
SAP NLS app, new HANA updates changing the data management equation

Developments including an SAP Near Line Storage application and new SAP HANA features are helping solve big data bottlenecks, writes Ethan Jewett. Continue Reading

Faceoff: SAP HANA, a full in-memory database unlike Oracle Exalytics

SAP HANA, a fully in-memory database, allows real-time analysis of billions of rows of data -- way better than Oracle Exalytics. Continue Reading

Smart manufacturing technology can leave old systems behind

Smart technology like IIoT is changing the way manufacturers operate, but they face issues with older unconnected systems. Should...

MillerCoors ERP lawsuit begins harshly, ends softly

MillerCoors and IT services firm HCL have reached an 'amicable' agreement regarding the brewer's $100 million ERP implementation ...

Cloud ERP system selection: How to evaluate your company needs

This article can help you evaluate your business needs and make sure you're getting the right cloud ERP system for your ...

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Why to give third-party Oracle database monitoring tools a try

Oracle DBAs can use features in Oracle Enterprise Manager under database licenses. But third-party tools may aid efforts to ...

DataScience.com set to drive Oracle cloud analytics efforts

Oracle's cloud strategy includes machine learning jobs that differ from the usual SQL analytics. The company is turning to its ...

Oracle Cloud IaaS security gets superhero status from Ellison

TechTarget editors discuss security updates to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and company leader Larry Ellison's vivid depiction of ...

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DynamoDB pricing option makes it a go-to for serverless apps

DynamoDB had its drawbacks, but the addition of on-demand billing and ACID transactions makes it a solid database option for ...

AWS enterprise strategy targets industry verticals

AWS could soon add services specialized for industries such as healthcare and finance. It might be lucrative, but not everyone ...

COBOL applications can go serverless on AWS Lambda

More business-critical applications can now move to a serverless architecture in the cloud with the arrival of COBOL support in ...

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Tips for creating curated data sets for self-service BI users

Data curation initiatives can help streamline BI processes by reducing the amount of time users spend locating and preparing data...

What the Tableau Hyper engine does and how it was developed

Tableau's new Hyper data engine is designed to boost processing speeds in its BI and data visualization software. Making it work ...

Deep learning in big data analytics with Sisense Hunch

Sisense Hunch, a new Sisense BI tool, enables big data analytics for IoT devices by using deep learning to automatically extract ...

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Microsoft adds CRM for nonprofits to Dynamics 365 lineup

CRM for nonprofits, such as Microsoft Dynamics 365 Nonprofit Accelerator, helps nonprofit organizations take advantage of ...

8 tips for getting rich mystery shopping survey data

Mystery shopping data is only as good as the overall strategy for collecting it and setting up realistic customer experiences. ...

Mystery shopping software key to CX management

Businesses use mystery shopping platforms, comment cards, brand reputation management and more to identify customer pain points ...

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SharePoint features elevate Microsoft DMS in market

With new SharePoint features, Microsoft sets its sights on the document management space, which it has historically left to other...

Payless ShoeSource switches digital asset management tools

A new DAM tool from Cloudinary helps the shoe seller get ready for the holiday shopping rush by automating the management of ...

Cloud collaboration benefits the future of work

The future of work relies on cloud collaboration abilities to keep employees and content connected, both inside and outside ...

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6 HR vendors make Glassdoor's Best Places to Work

HR tech vendors make tools designed to improve a company's employee experience. So, it makes sense that a handful should appear ...

Ideas to curb bad candidate experience, including a free tool

Your hiring efforts should monitor job applicant resentment, which happens when candidates feel spurned by a company's ...

New employee engagement tools replacing annual surveys

Say goodbye to annual employee surveys. New approaches and better technology are coming to places like Mission Health System and ...