SAP acts on clogged databases
18 Jun 2009, Rachael Singh, AccountancyAge
http://www.accountancyage.com/aa/news/1767463/sap-acts-clogged-databases
Financial software giant SAP is testing new software that is aimed at resolving claims that its systems were failing to run properly.
SAP has responded to concerns that clogged-up databases were dramatically reducing the efficiency of its software system. SAP has acknowledged the problem and is now testing a new package ‘Business By Design’.
The problems stem from customers not being able to ‘archive’ data and, instead having to back up data on local servers which is clogging up systems.
SAP currently does not provide any archiving function and customers are forced to seek third-party suppliers.
John Schwarz, executive board member at SAP, revealed the new package was being trailed just days after a report highlighted 60% of SAP customers did not archive data causing poor system performance.
‘We hope to be able to host the entire operation for businesses which will include archiving’ said Schwarz.
He added: ‘Business By Design is currently released on a test basis to around 70 clients.’
If all goes to plan the company will launch the package later this year.
Macro 4, a partner of SAP, looked at 122 databases and found that up to 70% of the information stored on local drives could be removed and was causing slower response times as well as timing out of SAP software.
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Visitor comments
Nonsense
Rachael's statement that SAP does not provide archive functionality as standard, is nonsense.
Posted by: Jon , 18 Jun 2009 | 00:00
SAP Does Provide Archiving Support
I think Rachael is really confused by the different releases of SAP and should get her facts right, Business By Design is designed for the SME market, it has not been rolled out yet and is only released to a small number of users and will never be used by large customers.
The main SAP product generally known as R3 is completely different and this is what virtually all customers running SAP are using, it does have archiving but only about 30% of customers archive because its complicated to get working thats what Rachael should have written about
Posted by: Mark Jonsone , 18 Jun 2009 | 00:00
SAP Does Have Archiving
Your reporter is talking about the wrong product SAP does have archiving, Business By Design is SAP's new product for the mid market its not even released yet
Posted by: Alan Kember , 18 Jun 2009 | 00:00
Yes it Does
SAP does have archiving, shes got the wrong product, the thing she is writing about is bew for the small and medium customer market and is sod as software as a service
Posted by: Alex Roots , 18 Jun 2009 | 00:00
There's more than one SAP product
Can you reporter get her facts correct, SAp does do archiving, talkiang about completely the wrong product
Posted by: Ann Naniev , 18 Jun 2009 | 00:00
Get your facts correct
SAP has archiving and it has from day one, maybe your reporter should talk to people that know what they are talking about
Posted by: Conor Mullaney , 18 Jun 2009 | 00:00