When it comes to data, #SAP has been pursuing a dual strategy. On the one hand, SAP is driving adoption of in-memory computing using the #HANA database to enable both faster transactions and real-time analytics. The other half of the strategy is anchored by SAP HANA #Vora, an instance of #Apache #Hadoop and #Spark that SAP deploys to create a data lake. This week at the #Strata + Hadoop conference, SAP announced it is bolstering its data lake strategy by acquiring #Altiscale, a provider of a managed cloud service based on Hadoop and the Spark in-memory computing framework. Mike Eacrett, vice president of product development for #BigData at SAP, says SAP is adding what amounts to a “white glove service” for deploying Hadoop and Spark. Many IT organizations don’t have the skills required to deploy Hadoop and Spark on their own. SAP will continue to give customers the option of deploying Hadoop and Spark as implemented by Altiscale or deploying the SAP HANA Vora implementation as a service on the Altiscale cloud. But there will be no requirement to use HANA in order to subscribe to the Altiscale service. Eacrett says the customers most interested will be organizations trying to operationalize Big Data within the context of an overall business process strategy that employs Big Data analytics to make better informed decisions. “Organizations want to be able to use Big Data to drive repeatable processes,” says Eacrett.
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