IBM and SAP: More Power Delivered for Big Data
May 5, 2015
I read “IBM Creates Power Systems Servers for Big Data Crunching in SAP HANA.” The story line is easy to grasp: Struggling IBM has purpose built fast servers for the IBM like SAP. According to the write up:
BM has expanded its partnership with SAP by creating Power Systems server configurations specifically designed to enhance the way SAP HANA is deployed for big data projects.
IBM said its Power Systems Solution Editions for SAP HANA will allow users of IBM’s Power8 systems to deploy the in-memory database management platform faster and in a more cost-effective manner.
What’s interesting is that both companies have compute intensive content processing systems. The challenge of making sense of structured and unstructured information is a need IBM and SAP customers have.
The fix is big iron. Crunching large volumes of data in real time appears to be an issue both IBM and SAP wish to resolve.
The implication is that cloud services like those available from Amazon and HP are not up to the task. The tie up sounds good. The article references content processing as well:
Powering big data analytics and database management appears to be a major part of IBM’s strategy. The company recently entered the healthcare big data market by creating Watson Health after snapping up big data and cloud startups. Big Blue is also teaming up with Twitter to analyze big data harvested from the social network.
One minor point: Will customers be able to realize cost savings? Are IBM and a company with IBM’s DNA cost effective? “Cost savings” are easy to say and sometimes difficult to deliver. I assume one can ask Watson.
Stephen E Arnold, May 5, 2015
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