Note: this piece was co-written with Aiaz Kazi, head of Technology Marketing at SAP
On Sunday night, during Larry Ellison’s lackluster Open World keynote, Oracle finally announced their in-memory analytic appliance dubbed Exalytics, validating SAP’s strategy but failing to impress many observers. Before I comment on the announcement, it’s worth a walk down memory lane to better understand what was behind their announcement.
In May 2010 at SAPPHIRE NOW, SAP first announced its technology....