The IBM® DB2® Analytics Accelerator for z/OS® is a powerful appliance that delivers near real time analytics to SAP on System z with DB2. SAP, a highly integrated business management application, supports most of an enterprise's business processes and usually is a mission-critical application.

This IBM Redpaper™ publication offers a review of the SAP on IBM System z®, SAP Business Information Warehouse and the need for accelerated processing of the queries. This paper also describes the use of IBM DB2 Analytics Accelerator (Accelerator) in SAP on System z landscapes.

For details about the IBM Analytics Accelerator, see Hybrid Solutions Using IBM DB2 Analytics Accelerator V3.1 for z/OS, SG24-8151.

Introduction

IBM DB2 Analytics Accelerator with SAP BW overview

Usage scenarios

Conclusion