P&G Pilot Project Supports Growing Data Warehouse
The Procter & Gamble Company enlists SAND/DNA for SAP BI from SAND Technology Inc. to more efficiently and cost-effectively manage its multi-terabyte SAP NetWeaver BI 7.0 data warehouse. The partnership is part of a pilot project that will evaluate the benefits of nearline storage (NLS) at P&G. "SAND/DNA's high data compression rates, minimal administration requirements and integration with SAP BI are the main reasons we are evaluating SAND to complement our SAP environment," says Maria Gracia Pasquale, director, P&G Global Business Services. "Our pilot with SAND is about exploring opportunities to lower costs of data storage over the long term," adds Yazdi Bagli, associate director, P&G Global Business Services.