NEW! Siemens Uses SAND/DNA Nearline Solution to Keep SAP BW Costs and Data Growth Under Control
The decision was made to implement the SAND/DNA nearline solution from SAND Technology due to the high rates of compression. The software is capable of reducing the volume of data by 95% which means Siemens is able to work in completely new ways. The SAND/DNA solution is thus much more cost-effective and makes it easier to store, manage and secure large amounts of data. Extremely fast access to data was another crucial factor in the decision.
NEW! SAND Nearline Solution Provides Efficient Storage for SAP NetWeaver BI Data at Volkswagen Financial Services AG
The SAND/DNA nearline solution for SAP NetWeaver BI 7.0 from SAND Technology was chosen because of its ability to compress data by an average of around 90 percent while still keeping it available for use in analysis or as the basis for new DataStore Objects (DSOs) or InfoCubes. Other positive factors were the low total cost of ownership of SAND/DNA, resulting from its minimal administration requirements compared with standard storage systems, and the solution's ability to scale linearly with very little or no reduction in throughput.
SAND/DNA Analytics Opens Up Financial and Traffic Data for Analysis at 407 ETR (Express Toll Route)
Within a week of project startup – so fast that it was hard for some at 407 ETR to believe! – reports were being produced from the new warehouse. Overall, the speed of the implementation, and the performance of the SAND/DNA Analytics system, has enabled the company to “open up” their financial and traffic data and provide flexible, high-performance analytics throughout the company at a considerably reduced total cost of ownership.
With the SAND/DNA Analytics-based solution AEGON’s marketers enjoy easy access to customer data
With the SAND/DNA Analytics-based solution – implemented in less than three weeks – AEGON’s marketers enjoy easy access to customer data that allows them to rapidly assess the results of marketing campaigns and refine them for subsequent efforts. Rather than relying on technical resources to get the information they need, the marketers can now query the customer database directly from their desktops and get quick responses to their complex questions.
Leading Internet Provider AOL Germany Relies On SAND/DNA aCRM
SAND/DNA aCRM provided the platform for delivering key customer information such as profitability levels, loyalty profiles and product usage patterns. This allows AOL Germany to proactively measure the effectiveness of marketing campaigns and customer retention programs.
On Track for Data Management Success: SAND/DNA Intelligent Information Management Solution Cuts 14 TB Warehouse Down to Size for Atos Origin
A SAND/DNA solution was set up to automatically archive all billing data older than 401 days in SAND DNA/Access, resulting in a footprint that was 5% of the raw data size. Users who need access to the older data submit their request to the system, which extracts the required data set and loads it into SAND DNA/Analytics, where it is available for high-performance analytics for a specified period. With this solution, the projected size of the archive over the contract period has been reduced to 700 GB.
SAND/DNA Analytics Empowers Researchers at the Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke
CHUS was given the mandate to provide clinical researchers with the ability to perform complex ad hoc queries and data mining on patient data drawn from hospital systems. The resulting solution allows researchers to ask questions of the data that were practically impossible before, and in particular allows clinical data and medical notes to be queried at the same time. “Users of the system were shocked at first, then delighted.... Now a couple of hours of ad hoc querying can provide answers to questions that previously would have required months of archival research,” reports Fabien de Lorenzi, Associate Director of Research at CHUS
Deutsche Post Direkt Relies on SAND/DNA Analytics™ Data Management Platform for High-Performance Online Analysis of Prospects and Address Counting
Deutsche Post Direkt decided to adopt SAND/DNA Analytics from SAND Technology, on the basis of its superior performance and ease of use compared to other approaches. Because SAND/DNA Analytics requires no indexes or data schema design, all the data – down to the smallest detail – is immediately available for querying as soon as it is loaded. Also, the size of the database is much smaller than an equivalent relational data-base, yet it still allows for complex queries against any and all of the data fields.
SAND/DNA Enables Efficient Management of Rapidly Growing Volumes of SAP Data at ENTEGA Service
ENTEGA Service were impressed by the ability of SAND/DNA to compress selected data sets to a very high degree, while still keeping it easily accessible for use in analysis or as the basis for new ODS Objects or InfoCubes.
SAND/DNA Analytics Delivers Efficient Archival Storage and High-Performance Ad Hoc Analytics at Human Resources and Social Development Canada
HRSDC decided to implement SAND/DNA Analytics to provide efficient storage of LMSS archived data (actually replacing the antiquated LMSS) and to support the required ad-hoc reporting. The SAND/DNA Analytics implementation proved to be a cost-effective solution that satisfied the urgent need of analysts for faster response to their ad-hoc queries.
SAND/DNA Access Enhances the E-banking Experience: National Agricultural Cooperative Federation (NACF) Uses E-banking Transaction Log Archive to Optimize Customer Service
NACF chose to engage TopEnd Technologies, SAND Technology’s South Korean Systems Integration partner, to implement an e-banking log management solution using SAND/DNA Access. This system now allows NACF to store two months of transaction data – close to a terabyte, in raw form – in a compact 50 GB archive that can be directly searched using standard SQL without decompressing the data first. Compression rates for the log data range from 85 to 95%.
Weblog Analysis with SAND/DNA Analytics Helps NHN Improve Services to Users, Save on Storage and Maximize Analyst Productivity
NHN, Korea’s premier internet company, operates the Naver search portal and the Hangame game portal. The largest company in Korea’s tech-heavy KOSDAQ market in terms of market capitalization, NHN also operates in Japan, China and the USA. NHN engaged SAND Technology’s Korean partner, TopEnd Technology, to implement a solution based on the SAND/DNA Analytics high-performance analytic engine.
RI-Solution uses SAND/DNA to Bring the Data Explosion Under Control in SAP NetWeaver® BI
RI-Solution selected SAND/DNA over the other candidate solutions because of its ability to compress selected data effectively and still keep it accessible for analysis or for building new ODS Objects and InfoCubes.
SAND Technology Helps T-Systems Substantially Reduce Operating Costs
T-Systems uses SAND/DNA Analytics to analyze the behavior of users of its T-Com and Telekom online portals. This enables T-Systems to optimize their web portal content and eliminate barriers to easy navigation, encouraging customers to remain longer on the sites and more effectively providing them with the information they seek.
SAND/DNA aCRM and dunnhumby Insight Increases Tesco’s pool of loyal customers
Implementation of a system based on SAND/DNA has reduced analysis time from weeks down to just days, allowing resources to focus on getting valuable insight out of the data, rather than spend their time just managing it. These insights have resulted in better merchandising, optimized pricing strategies, more effective targeted promotions, and better tailored customer communications
SAND Technology Helps United Internet Media Put the Brakes on Rampant Data Warehouse Growth
United Internet AG eventually chose to implement the SAND/DNA aCRM solution incorporating the SAND/DNA Analytics and SAND/DNA Access products, mainly on the basis of its query speed and data throughput performance. Other considerations influencing the decision were SAND/DNA’s excellent ETL performance, advanced analytic capabilities and the anticipated low level of consulting requirements for implementatio of the solution.
SAND/DNA for SAP BI at a Large US Government Agency
Large US Goverment Agency with a data warehouse containing 5 TB of production data, projected to grow to 20 TB within five years. Requirement to retain very granular data (SAP BW PSA Data, ODS Objects and InfoCubes). Expected deterioration in query performance. Maintaining multiple instances of data replication for mirroring, backup and disaster recovery had significant impact on SLA’s.
SAND/DNA Provides Secure, High-Performance Analytic Access to Integrated HR Data for a US Government Agency
SAND/DNA Analytics improved query performance speeds, demonstrated ability to deliver results as desired through the web without compromising security constraints, identification of opportunities for simplifying data loading and “keep current” activities, and Improved knowledge of and control over data definitions and the interaction of data coming from several different systems.