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Sleeping better with your data in the cloud?

Sleeping better with your data in the cloud?

Published by Jan Penninkhof on August 30, 2012

A recent tweet by @sapnwcloud, pointed in the direction of a new promo video about the SAP Netweaver Cloud Service offering. The tweet was followed with a “Tell us what you think”. I’m quite a cloud fan, and thought the video perfectly showcased SAPs Netweaver Cloud service offering. On the other hand, I also found that summarizing what’s in the box doesn’t completely cut it. Many IT managers are considering cloud solutions, but quite a lot of them still experience a feeling of discomfort with regards to extending their operations to the cloud. While using cloud services involving Elastic Stack…

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When the River runs dry

When the River runs dry

Published by Jan Penninkhof on July 12, 2012

It has been awfully quiet around the SAP River platform. After its initial announcement in 2010, private mentor program, beta programs, trials and innojams, the service apparently didn’t catch enough steam for a successful birth. Instead, SAP management has decided to discontinue SAP River platform development, with the exception of SAP Carbon Impact. To me, this came as quite an unexpected move, as most reviews and blogs on SAP River showed a very positive verdict. Reasons for shutting down River One can only guess about the reasons for the shutdown: River is a RAD tool based on data modeling. Is…

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