An alternative to commercial solutions

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One of the alternatives to commercial solutions in the context of migration from SAP BW are Open source products. For example, Greenplum, ClickHouse, implemented on open source technologies. The advantage of using them is that enterprises do not have to pay for licenses.

Moreover, if the technology is popular enough and has azerbaijan whatsapp number data acquired a significant open community of developers, the end user will be helped with solving problems on thematic forums. At the same time, the implementation of Open source products does not contradict the rules established by regulators.

"Bare" Open Source has its downsides. For example, in order to implement and support products built on it, you will need your own IT team.

As noted by 75% of the industry representatives we surveyed, their companies have their own departments for working with data platforms and a dedicated role of chief data officer (CDO). However, it is not easy to find competent specialists for this. Filling a vacancy for a data architect can take up to 1.5–3 years. Therefore, 88% of respondents named the personnel shortage as a significant obstacle to developing their own developments.

There is a correlation: the less popular the Open Source technology used, the fewer specialists there are on the labor market who can work with it.

Another important problem is the implementation of a new product into the existing IT landscape. SAP BW was easy to integrate into it, since the software developers were interested in compatibility with the product of the German vendor. In the case of open source projects, there is a chance that you will have to spend a lot of resources on creating connectors that link it with the software already used at the enterprise.