Qlik launches a new integrated solution to help customers optimise SAP on Google Cloud and Google BigQuery. The new product offering is part of its expanded strategic partnership with Google and new ‘SAP on Google Expertise’ designation.
The Qlik for Google Cloud solution can easily be deployed with Qlik Data Integration and aims to help customers maximise the value of their SAP data and drive business.
Qlik Data Integration Platform is an SAP-certified solution offering that supports all core SAP systems. It enables businesses to access the current and relevant SAP data for informed decision-making through the following capabilities:
- automating real-time data replication
- decoding SAP’s complex, application-specific data structures into formats optimised for Google BigQuery
Commenting on the new solution and expanded partnership with Qlik, Manvinder Singh, Director, Partnerships at Google Cloud said,
“Organizations increasingly need to drive business value from their SAP data, and we’re excited to partner with Qlik to help them do so with Google Cloud. Customers can leverage this solution from Qlik to accelerate the migration of data from SAP to Google Cloud and BigQuery, and ultimately to drive faster data-informed decision-making.”
Itamar Ankorion, SVP for LTechnology Alliances at Qlik explained how the Google Cloud and Qlik integration benefits SAP customers,
“Cloud data warehouses like BigQuery can enable customers to unlock value from their core business data. As a premier partner and certified for our expertise on SAP data, the integration of Google Cloud and Qlik will help with real-time extraction and delivery of any type of data for analysis. This joint solution will help customers see increased benefit from BigQuery with wider use of SAP data alongside other data sources for impact across their organization.”
Accelerating the Delivery of SAP data on Google BigQuery
BigQuery is Google Cloud’s serverless and cost-effective enterprise data warehouse solution for storing and querying massive datasets. Businesses use BigQuery to help them analyse various types of data for decision-making.
The Qlik for SAP on Google Cloud and BigQuery integrated solution enables customers to use data analytics in real-time and helps businesses respond to market changes and address customer requirements quickly through Qlik Data Integration’s data flow automation. Other features include:
- Rapid on-boarding and accelerated streaming of SAP data into Google Cloud
- Real-time and continuous data replication from SAP applications to BigQuery
- SAP data replication with minimal overhead on the SAP systems
- Support for a broad set of SAP application data sources in a single solution
- Automation of data integration reducing resource requirements for initial delivery and on-going maintenance
About Qlik
Qlik is a data integration, user-driven business intelligence and conversational analytics solutions provider. The global software company was founded in 1993 in Lund, Sweden and is now based in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, United States. It was listed as one of America’s top three fastest-growing tech companies by Forbes in 2012.
The company has offices across the United States, Canada, Latin America, EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), and the Asia Pacific regions.
Its first location in Australia was opened in Perth in 2013. Today, it has offices in Sydney, Canberra, and Melbourne.
