IBM Netezza Performance Server vs. SAP Business Warehouse

Netezza Performance Server enhances the data scientist's ability to rapidly design, train, and deploy machine learning models in the database. Netezza Performance Server is essential for implementing cognitive machine learning, providing data scientists with in-database analytics, and enabling them to collaborate on a single platform. Netezza Performance Server supports the use of built-in Spark as well as Python and R for rapid and sophisticated data science and machine learning adoption at scale.

Incentivized

SAP BW is best for: 1. Large enterprises 2. Enterprises with 3+ legacy systems with entrenched users (politically difficult to merge) 3. Enterprises with employees who can understand both the technical capabilities of SAP BW and the needs of the business users - ability to speak both languages, otherwise the program could be unwieldy and potentially underutilized (it's not particularly inexpensive) SAP BW is less appropriate for: 1. Small enterprises 2. Enterprises who have well established, same location, CRM and UFS - the integration of data analysis will be easier and less expensive with other solutions 3. HANA

Incentivized

• The speed of operations is really second to none
• The data control aspect is really effective and very useful
• Stability and no latency issues notices during operations

Incentivized

• ETL, great at taking data from OLTP source, flat file, etc... Easy drag and drop for transformations.
• Great reporting possibilities, easy to connect with BO, BPC, etc...
• Great Master Data Management (MDM )for BPC - helps us maintain master data for BPC.

Incentivized

• The cost is expensive for medium-sized and smaller companies.
• IBM could bring back the technical account managers.
• The procurement process is a hassle.

Incentivized

• Age of software is showing as it struggles with very large data modules, which were not as prevalent in its early years
• Querying performance at times can be very slow
• Support and development for BEx has been discontinued or hard to find.

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It needs minimal trainings and can perform tasks of data management and reporting.

Incentivized

With a simple user interface and
access to IBM's online instructions, Netezza Performance Server is easy to
operate. It also has built-in contribution facilities, as well as good customer
support, to make the DBA's job easier.

Incentivized

SAP Business Warehouse scores higher in data warehouse functionalities for integration to SAP ERP and other SAP solutions such as SAP CRM, SAP APO, and SAP SRM. Standard SAP data source extractors which are available in SAP ERP can be used immediately for full or delta replication into SAP Business Warehouse. System governance in SAP Business Warehouse is top-notch with change management support for migration between system landscape from the development system to production system.

Incentivized

• It allows us to work together simultaneously in the database to query our custom results.
• It requires users to know the object name as it does not pop up in their text editor. Thus, users take more time in writing queries.

Incentivized

• It has helped cut down on parts shortages with the minimum stock flags.
• People are able to track down parts easier because they can see where they were last used.
• Our sales team has better visibility on lead times so they can accurately quote our customers.

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