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Pros
"We are able to execute very complex queries. Over 90 percent of our query executions are one second or less. We do millions of queries everyday.""The underlying hardware that IBM provides with this appliance is made for a specific purpose, to serve performance on a large amount of data, and to do analytics as well. It is faster, when you compare it to any other product.""The benefit is really because of the additional speed that we have and, truth be told, the more updated ETL processes and the revamped scheduler in general.""The most valuable feature would be the fact that it has been running for awhile in an appliance format.""The most valuable features of the IBM Netezza Performance Server are the NPS server because of the reduced maintenance and overall good performance.""Distribution concurrency control.""IBM Netezza Performance Server is a cost-effective solution.""The performance is most important to me, and it helps our ability to make business decisions quickly."

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"The auto-backup replication is a perfect feature. That is the feature I liked the most.""We've found the solution very reliable overall. It's very fast.""It works well in general.""The most valuable features of SAP SQL Anywhere are the ease of use and the user interface is intuitive.""SAP SQL Anywhere is very helpful."

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Cons
"We are not able to scale. The only way to scale is to get another appliance, but we have a customers who would need us to hydrate the data between the two appliances, and Netezza does not do that.""The only issue is that it's not expandable.""Our main problem with it is concurrency. When there are too many users running Netezza at the same time, this is when we have the most complaints.""LIke Teradata, we can’t add a node/SPU to the existing appliance.""IBM Netezza Performance Server could improve its interface, support for big data, and APA-based connectivity should be available.""Concurrency limit needs to be increased somewhat.""The scalability is not as expected. The capacity in the black box is not enough.""Oracle Exadata's security features, like TDE encryption, are missing in IBM Netezza Performance Server."

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"SAP SQL Anywhere needs to incorporate functionalities like SAP S/4HANA.""A problem we are experiencing now is when doing a backup in SQL 2012 and 14.""We have had some stability issues with SAP SQL Anywhere, but I am not sure if it is an application or network issue. We sometimes have a large amount of data being queried and it cannot handle it.""The interface is not easy in comparison to the SQL Server. It could be more user-friendly.""It is not as secure as it could be."

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  • "Netezza is a costly solution. It does serve a specific purpose but it's costlier than what's available in the market, if you go to the cloud."
  • "The pricing is very expensive. It has a lot CPUs with a lot of components in it. It also has built-in redundancy for resiliency reasons."
  • "The solution has a yearly licensing fee, and users have to pay extra for support."
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  • "SQL Anywhere cost us about $400."
  • "SAP SQL Anywhere is affordable."
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    Top Answer:IBM Netezza Performance Server is a cost-effective solution.
    Top Answer:The solution has a yearly licensing fee, and users have to pay extra for support.
    Top Answer:Oracle Exadata's security features, like TDE encryption, are missing in IBM Netezza Performance Server.
    Top Answer:SAP SQL Anywhere needs to incorporate functionalities like SAP S/4HANA.
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    Also Known As
    Netezza Performance Server, Netezza
    Sybase SQL Anywhere
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    Overview
    IBM Netezza appliances are now part of IBM PureSystems - expert integrated systems with built in expertise, integration by design and a simplified user experience. Part of the PureData family, the Netezza appliance is now known as the PureData System for Analytics. It has the same key design tenets of simplicity, speed, scalability and analytics power that was fundamental to Netezza appliances.

    SAP SQL Anywhere enables companies to develop custom mobile and IoT application and rapidly design and deploy embedded database applications. The RDBMS solutions can provide secure, reliable data management and synchronization for thousands of mobile devices, Internet of Things (IoT) systems, and remote environments. They let business users work uninterrupted, even without a network connection.

    Sample Customers
    Seattle Childrens Hospital, Carphone Warehouse, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Battelle, Start Today Co. Ltd., Kelley Blue Book, Trident Marketing, Elisa Corporation, Catalina Marketing, iBasis, Barnes & Noble, Qualcomm, MediaMath, Acxiom, iBasis, Foxwoods
    AOK Bundesverband, Surgutneftegas Open Joint Stock Company, Molson Coors Brewing Company, City of Buenos Aires, ASR Group, Citrix, EarlySense, Usha International Limited, Automotive Resources International, Wªrth Group, Takisada-Osaka Co. Ltd., Coelba, RZD Russian Railways, National Basketball Association, TALLY WEiJL
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    Financial Services Firm37%
    Retailer16%
    Comms Service Provider11%
    Insurance Company11%
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    Educational Organization65%
    Financial Services Firm8%
    Computer Software Company5%
    Insurance Company3%
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    Computer Software Company19%
    Financial Services Firm10%
    Construction Company9%
    Healthcare Company8%
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    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise74%
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    Small Business5%
    Midsize Enterprise69%
    Large Enterprise26%
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    Small Business35%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise51%
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    IBM Netezza Performance Server is ranked 10th in Data Warehouse with 33 reviews while SAP SQL Anywhere is ranked 20th in Relational Databases Tools with 6 reviews. IBM Netezza Performance Server is rated 8.0, while SAP SQL Anywhere is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of IBM Netezza Performance Server writes "A cost-effective data warehousing tool, but security features like TDE encryption are missing". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SAP SQL Anywhere writes "Reliable and able to expand but needs to be more secure". IBM Netezza Performance Server is most compared with Oracle Exadata, Oracle Database, Snowflake, Teradata and SQL Server, whereas SAP SQL Anywhere is most compared with SQL Server, SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise, MySQL, Oracle Database and MariaDB.

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