SAP to move Ariba's network to its HANA platform
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SAP is moving its Ariba cloud spend management to its HANA in-memory analytics platform, plans to introduce new features and ultimately convince customers to buy in too.
Ariba's move to HANA is a case of SAP eating its own dog food and then marketing the hell out of it.
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Technology companies often use their own products to consolidate data centers and then develop case studies and iron out product details. For SAP, which has made a cloud computing bet that largely revolves around HANA, the stakes may be a bit higher.
So far, SAP said it has moved Ariba Spend Visibility to the SAP HANA platform. The next step will be to move Ariba's entire business-to-business trading network to SAP HANA.
However, customers probably won't care until they see HANA really improve Ariba's analytics capabilities. SAP is promising the following:
- Faster data load times
- Sourcing analysis on the fly
- Visualization tools
- Supplier access to complete transaction history with analytics for payment cycles and invoice turnaround times
SAP said the new HANA-powered Ariba tolls will be previewed at SAP's Sapphire conference in Orlando June 3-5 in Orlando.
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