In a development that signals a shift away from relying on third-party software partners for data migration tools, SAP AG today unveiled a Data Migration service offering that uses software tools from the company’s Business Objects subsidiary.
The new offering, SAP Data Migration, is a combination of tools and services that manufacturers and others can use to migrate data from legacy applications into their SAP enterprise systems. The offering includes Business Objects software for data transformation and quality as well as services and best practices from SAP’s services organization.
“The big advantage of this is that it gives customers one vendor to work with,” said Franz Aman, vice president for business intelligence platform product marketing at Business Objects, in an interview with Managing Automation. “This gives customers more comfort that they can hold someone accountable and get what they need.”
Previously, SAP steered customers toward extract/transform/load and data quality management tools from partners. Until fairly recently, SAP resold such software tools from partner Informatica Corp. That OEM relationship has been canceled, Aman said.