Cloudera Enterprise Data Hub vs. SAP BW/4HANA

Cloudera is critical for constructing an organizational data center
while maximizing the value of that volume of data.



Cloudera is great for comprehending data and querying for valuable
replies.



Cloudera supports data transfer from a variety of external databases and
third-party platforms.

Incentivized

Solid data warehouse based on best-in-class in-memory HANA database with excellent integration into SAP solutions, as well as predelivered business content facilitating initial implementation. Leverages the best of SAP's architecture and flexible data warehousing capabilities, without compromising performance and simplification. Will be key enabler to our Finance and HCM analytics roadmap.

Incentivized

• One of the oldest distributors of enterprise standard Hadoop.
• Distribution is based on open source Hadoop even though customizations are done on top of that.
• Faster updates and bug fixes to the products as they have Apache committers.
• Central configuration and control of your Hadoop platform (but still needs improvements).

Incentivized

• Loading data from SAP ERP data sources.
• Use of data virtualization to minimize load times.
• Data hosting in memory since the underlying database is HANA.

Incentivized

• Not fully Open Source, couple of components of the distributions are privately owned, meaning with public contributions are not welcome
• Improvements to Cloudera manager can only be recommended. its very hard to get it done once recommended as the full control is with them.
• Should make components more aligned to Open Source rather than making it closed sourced.
• Custom Features of open source software tools supported only by Cloudera are tricky. Cant commit changes to tools like Hue.
• Improvements to Cluster Management tool is required, which are already available to its competitors.

Incentivized

• Still has reliance of ABAP stack.
• Not all exception aggregation conditions are pushed down to HANA
• BW-IP should be included in offering as it was previously.
• BW workspaces could improved, has huge potential.

Incentivized

Likely to renew the use in case the requirements for Cloudera remain valid. The rapid change in customer requirements and solutions that must be validated, integrated or tested changes. As the maturity of the solution increases, the requirements to renew use decrease. From a solution feature perspective by itself would probably grade 10.

SAP BW/4HANA requires specialized skillsets around data warehouse modeling and the access to data, however the modeling capabilities are intuitive and have now become accessible to both SAP and non-SAP data warehouse specialists. This new model allows for Interchangeable skillsets and access to a broader pool of experts throughout the industry, as well as easier access to data.

Incentivized

I never experienced any support issue when using SAP BW/4HANA. The only issues I faced were at the moment of installing the tool in my computer but I got support from the local IT department of my company and was quickly fixed

Incentivized

Cloudera is a
great choice because it provides fast streaming data for tracking, breaks down
silos by providing unified self-service platforms for data-driven insights,
secures machine learning, AI solutions, and stores self-service data, enabling
our analysts to concentrate on more important tasks like displaying critical
information.

Incentivized

SAP BW / 4HANA and SAP IQ are both used for warehouse; with quick consultations for business analysis and that allows us to obtain dashboards and KPIs efficiently. SAP IQ is columnar and SAP BW / 4HANA immemorial. SAP BW / 4HANA was selected for the response speed of the queries since it saves the information in cache.

Incentivized

• Cloudera products are the most widely. It is more business friendly as data is more secure. The sensitive data that you operate on is local to you and your project rather than processing this data on Cloud.
• Cloudera is definitely faster as wait time is reduced if on Cloud.
• A lot range of products are covered. So it is definitely good for businesses and had good returns on investments.

• Reduced our Dev time to generate queries and views out of the ERP layer.
• Be conscious of the Infrastructure costs
• It is easily integrated with broader SAP Landscape, reducing overall implementation costs.

Incentivized