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SUSE has announced, as part of its ongoing partnership with SAP AG, that SUSE Linux Enterprise Server has been selected for use with SAP HANA.
“Our partnerships with SAP and IBM have enabled thousands of customers to gain from the exciting benefits SUSE Linux has to offer, including decreased operating costs and improved performance,” said Michael Miller, vice president of global marketing and alliances, SUSE. “SUSE Linux Enterprise Server has been recognised by both SAP and IBM as the operating system for use with SAP HANA based on its technical capabilities and ease-of-use. With SAP, IBM and our ecosystem of alliance partners, we look forward to the ongoing upward trend of customer success as they continue to see the value of implementing Linux within their IT environments.”
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server is the Linux operating system selected by SAP as the supported environment for running SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse Accelerator software, the SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search application and the enterprise agent in the SAP StreamWork application. It is now the supported offering for use with SAP HANA, based on its ability to help organisations integrate, secure and manage information assets to reduce complexity and cost.
SAP HANA is a flexible, multipurpose, data-source-agnostic, in-memory appliance that combines SAP software components optimised on most major hardware platforms. SAP HANA helps customers instantly analyse large volumes of transactional data from virtually any data source in real time, solving critical business operations and reporting needs to stay competitive.
Through SUSE’s close collaboration with SAP, customers worldwide benefit from tight integration of products and services as well as comprehensive operating system service and support options.
“Our relationship with SUSE demonstrates the power of co-innovation and is a strong example of how SAP’s ecosystem of industry-focused and community-powered partners delivers value to our customers,” said Ingo Brenckmann, program manager, Data and Analytic Engines, SAP. “Having SUSE Linux Enterprise Server available in support of SAP HANA and our in-memory computing initiative, our customers can further maximise the value of implementing our leading-edge technology in Linux environments.”
The IBM Systems solution for use with SAP HANA is a workload-optimised, pre-loaded, pre-configured appliance that can improve performance and lower total cost of ownership. It lets business users instantly access, model and analyse all transactional and analytical data from virtually any data source in real time, without impacting existing applications or systems. The IBM x3690 X5: workload-optimised solution for use with SAP In-Memory Appliance, SAP HANA, includes SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications, pre-loaded.
“IBM believes open standards and open source software are fundamental to the future of IT, and we actively support the adoption of Linux,” said Jean Staten Healy, director of Linux, IBM. “Our longstanding relationship with SUSE has yielded tremendous results for clients transforming their businesses or seeking efficiency gains around the world.”