Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Db2
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
DB2 is a family of relational database software solutions offered by IBM. It includes standard Db2 and Db2 Warehouse editions, either deployable on-cloud, or on-premise.
$0
Oracle Analytics
Score 7.5 out of 10
N/A
Oracle Analytics is a solution used to visually explore data to create and share compelling stories. Oracle Analytics Cloud is a cloud native service, and Oracle Analytics Server is the on-premise option.N/A
SAP HANA Cloud
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
SAP HANA is an application that uses in-memory database technology to process very large amounts of real-time data from relational databases, both SAP and non-SAP, in a very short time. The in-memory computing engine allows HANA to process data stored in RAM as opposed to reading it from a disk which means that the data can be accessed in real time by the applications using HANA. The product is sold both as an appliance and as a cloud-based software solution.
$0.95
per month Capacity Units
Pricing
Db2Oracle AnalyticsSAP HANA Cloud
Editions & Modules
Db2 on Cloud Lite
$0
Db2 on Cloud Standard
$99
per month
Db2 Warehouse on Cloud Flex One
$898
per month
Db2 on Cloud Enterprise
$946
per month
Db2 Warehouse on Cloud Flex for AWS
2,957
per month
Db2 Warehouse on Cloud Flex
$3,451
per month
Db2 Warehouse on Cloud Flex Performance
13,651
per month
Db2 Warehouse on Cloud Flex Performance for AWS
13,651
per month
Db2 Standard Edition
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Db2 Advanced Edition
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
YesNoYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsMust contact sales team for pricing.Includes a one year free trial.
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Considered Multiple Products
Db2
Chose Db2
Implementation and administration complexity, user learning curves, cost considerations, migration difficulties, and possible support and documentation issues are some of the drawbacks of SAP HANA Cloud. With IBM Db2 it is also incredibly safe, effective, and user-friendly. …
Oracle Analytics

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SAP HANA Cloud
Chose SAP HANA Cloud
DB2 and Oracle are more mature products, however, HANA stacks very well against it in terms of reliability and management. Cost is a huge factor in HANA's favor as well, especially given Oracle's excessive costs.
Chose SAP HANA Cloud
DB2 does an implicit ordering. The hardware base was different, that's why it is hard to compare both of them.
Chose SAP HANA Cloud
IBM has been a credible name for us as we have implemented some of the IBM tools and are going great but when it comes to IBM DB2 it was our not-so-good experience. We planned to save our time and cost with IBM DB2
Chose SAP HANA Cloud
SAP HANA Cloud is an in-memory database ideal for real-time transactions and analytics, excelling in high-performance, integrated SAP environments, while Oracle Analytics leverages its own powerful, flexible database technology, often integrating acquired systems like Hyperion …
Chose SAP HANA Cloud
Because of tight integration and seamless user experience
Chose SAP HANA Cloud
Developer friendly environment and real time data access and processing
Chose SAP HANA Cloud
Interestingly Workday financials is getting paired with Workday HCM.. Do not find it a comforting approach if one has to have tight integration with logistics operations
Chose SAP HANA Cloud
SAP HANA as a solution works real good. We chose mainly for real time/streaming analytics and it works well.
Chose SAP HANA Cloud
As users are comfortable using SAP HANA and now all solutions available with SAP HANA add-on modules the integration becomes much easier and cost effective else you need to have persons of different skill sets to maintain and operate the systems.
Chose SAP HANA Cloud
Much faster speeds and features that go hand in hand with other SAP tools and products
Chose SAP HANA Cloud
The choice of the SAP HANA solution was mainly determined by the choice of the new company ERP, which having been SAP, naturally led to the choice of its DB solution.
Chose SAP HANA Cloud
Similar to other big DBMS, but better or equal at stability and technical maintenance. Better or equal at documentation. There is room for improvement at SQL path analyzing.
Chose SAP HANA Cloud
SAP HANA is so agile. It is more than just a database and of course it's a SAP product so reliability.
Chose SAP HANA Cloud
We are trusting SAP and the roadmap they have provided. It just makes sense.
Features
Db2Oracle AnalyticsSAP HANA Cloud
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Db2
-
Ratings
Oracle Analytics
8.1
62 Ratings
1% below category average
SAP HANA Cloud
-
Ratings
Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings8.055 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable dashboards00 Ratings8.061 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings8.361 Ratings00 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Db2
-
Ratings
Oracle Analytics
8.0
66 Ratings
0% below category average
SAP HANA Cloud
-
Ratings
Drill-down analysis00 Ratings8.564 Ratings00 Ratings
Formatting capabilities00 Ratings8.265 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings7.345 Ratings00 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings8.262 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Db2
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Ratings
Oracle Analytics
7.8
63 Ratings
5% below category average
SAP HANA Cloud
-
Ratings
Publish to Web00 Ratings7.755 Ratings00 Ratings
Publish to PDF00 Ratings7.762 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Versioning00 Ratings7.853 Ratings00 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.058 Ratings00 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings8.038 Ratings00 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Db2
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Ratings
Oracle Analytics
7.9
61 Ratings
1% below category average
SAP HANA Cloud
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Ratings
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings7.659 Ratings00 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings7.652 Ratings00 Ratings
Predictive Analytics00 Ratings7.747 Ratings00 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings8.63 Ratings00 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Db2
-
Ratings
Oracle Analytics
8.4
61 Ratings
1% below category average
SAP HANA Cloud
-
Ratings
Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings8.160 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings8.060 Ratings00 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings8.560 Ratings00 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings8.54 Ratings00 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings8.741 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Db2
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Ratings
Oracle Analytics
8.0
48 Ratings
3% above category average
SAP HANA Cloud
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Ratings
Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings8.046 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Application00 Ratings8.033 Ratings00 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings8.044 Ratings00 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Db2
-
Ratings
Oracle Analytics
8.0
36 Ratings
4% above category average
SAP HANA Cloud
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Ratings
REST API00 Ratings8.331 Ratings00 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings8.030 Ratings00 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings8.323 Ratings00 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings8.031 Ratings00 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings7.531 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings8.024 Ratings00 Ratings
Relational Databases
Comparison of Relational Databases features of Product A and Product B
Db2
-
Ratings
Oracle Analytics
-
Ratings
SAP HANA Cloud
7.8
27 Ratings
2% below category average
ACID compliance00 Ratings00 Ratings8.420 Ratings
Database monitoring00 Ratings00 Ratings7.726 Ratings
Database locking00 Ratings00 Ratings7.922 Ratings
Encryption00 Ratings00 Ratings7.623 Ratings
Disaster recovery00 Ratings00 Ratings8.023 Ratings
Flexible deployment00 Ratings00 Ratings7.525 Ratings
Multiple datatypes00 Ratings00 Ratings7.625 Ratings
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User Ratings
Db2Oracle AnalyticsSAP HANA Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(112 ratings)
8.2
(76 ratings)
9.6
(308 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.9
(12 ratings)
9.1
(8 ratings)
10.0
(11 ratings)
Usability
9.1
(9 ratings)
8.2
(6 ratings)
9.6
(29 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(64 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
3.6
(1 ratings)
Performance
9.1
(12 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
3.6
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
8.9
(6 ratings)
9.1
(4 ratings)
9.1
(251 ratings)
In-Person Training
8.2
(1 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
5.8
(3 ratings)
9.1
(3 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Configurability
9.1
(2 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
3.6
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
7.9
(4 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
4.5
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.5
(66 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
4.5
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
9.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
4.5
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
3.6
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Db2Oracle AnalyticsSAP HANA Cloud
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM
I have primarily used it as the basis for a SIS - but I have migrated more than a few systems from there database systems to DB2 (Filemaker, MySQL, etc.). DB2 does have a better structural approach, as opposed to Filemaker, which allows for more data consistency, but this can also lead to an inflexibility that can sometimes be counterintuitive when attempting to compensate for the flexibility of the work environment as Schools tend to have an all in one approach.
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Oracle
Oracle Data Visualization is very effective if used in an enterprise context with huge volumes of data coming from different systems. It supports dashboard and reporting capabilities and is easy to scale. It also allows you to leverage machine learning capabilities to extract hidden data trends. Visualization capabilities are powerful but not so various if compared to other solutions on the market. If you want to present a dashboard to an executive audience and you want to make your dashboards beautiful you must adapt them through PowerPoint.
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SAP
I think if you have a large organization, it's probably the product and the marketplace to go to. We're a large management consulting firm operating in four to seven countries. And generally speaking, I think that's the size and the scope where it scales best. I can't speak to smaller companies, but I can't see smaller companies leveraging the benefits as much as a larger organization can.
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Pros
IBM
  • While we query a large set of data, the results are generally available within a minute or so.
  • Always reliable - I have never experienced an application going down.
  • It is easy to write queries and find tables and columns.
  • We can log in smoothly without any headaches.
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Oracle
  • Available without of the box connectors for Salesforce and oracle Saas Cloud. This is a huge plus for our business since we don't need another middleware solution just for this sake.
  • We are able to connect to our on-prem SQL Server database where we have our RMA database and other applications seamlessly without writing custom APIs.
  • OAC writes directly into ADW which is another advantage for loading Excel files into ADW after dataflow transformations.
  • OAC allows replication of the database from fusion ERP and lets us create subject areas using the data modeler.
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SAP
  • Real-time reporting and analytics on data: because of its in-memory architecture, it is perfect for businesses that need to make quick decisions based on current information.
  • Managing workload with complex data: it can handle a vast range of data types, including relational, documental, geospatial, graph, vector, and time series data.
  • Developing and deploying intelligent data applications: it provides various tools for such applications and can be used for machine learning and artificial intelligence to automate tasks, gain insights from data, and make predictions.
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Cons
IBM
  • Learning curve for DB resources - Improvements to UI or native command line built-ins can help with increasing efficiencies for DB resources
  • Better resource utilization monitoring and recommendations
  • Continue to adopt support for modern frameworks and languages making it easier for organizations to see making Db2 the easy first choice
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Oracle
  • More AI but with human back up.
  • Less mumbo jumbo so even IT guys/gals can more easily work.
  • More statistics (math) and orientation for those not familiar with it.
  • More live as well as virtual (live) show casing of real situations in business.
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SAP
  • Requires higher processing power, otherwise it won't fly. How ever computing costs are lower. Incase you are migrating to cloud please do not select the highest config available in that series . Upgrading it later against a reserved instance can cost you dearly with a series change
  • Lack of clarity on licensing is one major challenge
  • Unless S/4 with additional features are enabled mere migration HANA DB is not a rewarding journey. Power is in S/4
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Likelihood to Renew
IBM
The DB2 database is a solid option for our school. We have been on this journey now for 3-4 years so we are still adapting to what it can do. We will renew our use of DB2 because we don’t see. Major need to change. Also, changing a main database in a school environment is a major project, so we’ll avoid that if possible.
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Oracle
Scalability and rich integration capabilities. In the future, if we go with Hyperion for the Financial Consolidation and planning purposes -BI integration with Hyperion is going to be much simpler as it has native interface connectivity and even integration capabilities with well known CRM products (Siebel) and ERP Products (Oracle EBS, Peoplesoft, SAP) is going to be easy and straight forward.
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SAP
We would rate our likelihood of renewing at 9/10. SAP HANA Cloud has proven to be a highly reliable and scalable data platform that consistently delivers strong performance. Its seamless integration with our overall SAP landscape, combined with improved analytics and real-time data capabilities, makes it a core part of our long-term technology strategy.
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Usability
IBM
You have to be well versed in using the technology, not only from a GUI interface but from a command line interface to successfully use this software to its fullest.
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Oracle
Great, if you are limited to using it along with other Oracle products; sadly, not if you are integrating with other products, which can be a challenge. It is a great product with tons of functionality and great integration with other in-house platforms. Great visuals and customization for data and analytics to provide decision-making data and analysis.
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SAP
It is very useful solution which provides you speedier data processing, real-time analytics. It helps you manage diverse data types. It also offers you excellent disaster management. It has user friendly interface which helps you navigate system and transactions easily and perform task smoothly.
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Reliability and Availability
IBM
I have never had DB2 go down unexpectedly. It just works solidly every day. When I look at the logs, sometimes DB2 has figured out there was a need to build an index. Instead of waiting for me to do it, the database automatically created the index for me. At my current company, we have had zero issues for the past 8 years. We have upgrade the server 3 times and upgraded the OS each time and the only thing we saw was that DB2 got better and faster. It is simply amazing.
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Oracle
No problems, it's that simple.
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SAP
so far, we didn't get any outage
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Performance
IBM
The performances are exceptional if you take care to maintain the database. It is a very powerful tool and at the same time very easy to use. In our installation, we expect a DB machine on the mainframe with access to the database through ODBC connectors directly from branch servers, with fabulous end users experience.
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Oracle
Other than anomalies or expected quirks, there were never any earth-shattering delays.
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SAP
so far good
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Support Rating
IBM
Easily the best product support team. :) Whenever we have questions, they have answered those in a timely manner and we like how they go above and beyond to help.
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Oracle
Oracle Analytics Support team is very proactive and I have never had a situation where I had to wait for more than a day or two to get my issues resolved. This is a very big help for us and we appreciate Oracle and its team for guaranteeing that experience.
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SAP
However, I am not the right person to answer this as we have another department to handle support and contact the service provider for any support required. Although i will say that they are the quick respondent and knows how to handle querry of the customers and provide quick and better support.
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In-Person Training
IBM
the material was very clear and all subjects have been handled
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Oracle
Oracle University offers very in-depth training.
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SAP
No answers on this topic
Online Training
IBM
No answers on this topic
Oracle
It was a private training site.
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SAP
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
IBM
db2 work well with the application, also the replication tool can keep it up
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Oracle
A properly implemented Endeca solution performs extremely well on the largest of datasets and it positions your organization to immediately achieve your ROI.
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SAP
Professional GIS people are some of the most risk-averse there are, and it's difficult to get them to move to HANA in one step. Start with small projects building to 80% use of HANA spatial over time.
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Alternatives Considered
IBM
DB2 was more scalable and easily configurable than other products we evaluated and short listed in terms of functionality and pricing. IBM also had a good demo on premise and provided us a sandbox experience to test out and play with the product and DB2 at that time came out better than other similar products.
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Oracle
Oracle Analytics Cloud, is one of the most agile and secure data analysis platforms that according to the budget and the amount of use, you can use the resources you need under the cloud. The Oracle brand is also very well known in this field and can meet all the needs of an organization or industry in any sector.
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SAP
I have deep knowledge of other disk based DBMSs. They are venerable technology, but the attempts to extend them to current architectures belie the fact they are built on 40 year old technology. There are some good columnar in-memory databases but they lack the completeness of capability present in the HANA platform.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
IBM
No answers on this topic
Oracle
No answers on this topic
SAP
I don't have visibility in licensing
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Scalability
IBM
By
using DB2 only to support my IzPCA activities, my knowledge here
is somewhat limited.

Anyway,
from what I was able to understand, DB2 is extremely scallable.

Maybe the information below could serve as an example of scalability.
Customer have an huge mainframe environment, 13x z15 CECs, around
80 LPARs, and maybe more than 50 Sysplexes (I am not totally sure about this
last figure...)

Today
we have 7 IzPCA
databases, each one in a distinct Syplex.

Plans
are underway to have, at the end, an small LPAR, with only one DB2 sub-system,
and with only one database, then transmit the data from a lot of other LPARs,
and then process all the data in this only one database.



The
IzPCA collect process (read the data received, manipulate it, and insert rows
in the tables) today is a huge process, demanding many elapsed
hours, and lots of CPU.

Almost
100% of the tables are PBR type, insert jobs run in parallel, but in 4 of the 7
database, it is a really a huge and long process.



Combining
the INSERTs loads from the 7 databases in only one will be impossible.......,,,,



But,
IzPCA recently introduced a new feature, called "Continuous
Collector"
.
By
using that feature, small amounts of data will be transmited to the central
LPAR at every 5 minutes (or even less), processed immediately,in
a short period of time, and with small use of CPU,
instead of one or two transmissions by day, of very large amounts of data and
the corresponding collect jobs occurring only once or twice a day, with long
elapsed times, and huge comsumption of CPU



I
suspect the total CPU seconds consumed will be more or less the same in
both cases, but in the new method it will occur in small bursts
many times a day!!
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Oracle
We have seen the results of this in our initial research and are not surprised that Oracle does this like it does soo many other things in this area, so well.
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SAP
Limitation of training deliverable by organization
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Professional Services
IBM
No answers on this topic
Oracle
No answers on this topic
SAP
We are still in process for the first applciaiton
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Return on Investment
IBM
  • Negative: Difficult and manual deployment
  • Negative: Missing assistants from common monitoring metrics
  • Positive: Stability
  • Positive: Performance
  • Positive: Resiliency and high availability (HADR)
  • Positive: Data Replication (Q-Rep)
  • Positive: Interaction with storage subsystems for backups (TSM, SVC)
  • Positive: Gigantic monitoring features in the form of table functions
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Oracle
  • We've used OBIEE (or it's previous named product) for over 13 years and it's still the most used tool for BI by the business.
  • We moved our largest business system off of Business Object into OBI so we could gain improved performance, reliability, and easier management of metadata.
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SAP
  • ROI has always been high in terms of the functionality that it offers and the security features it comes with.
  • Managing large volumes of data in real-time is not an easy task, but it does it pretty well with faster data processing.
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