Gain real-time insights on SAP data

Organizations are generating more data than ever before, but accessing it and gaining insights from it can be challenging. Fivetran and Snowflake simplify and speed up the process.
October 22, 2024

Organizations are generating more data than ever, but accessing and gaining insights from it can be a challenge. As the 2027 deadline for migrating from SAP ECC to S/4HANA approaches, organizations face urgent challenges in integrating complex SAP data and modernizing infrastructure. With investments reaching hundreds of millions of dollars, the pressure to leverage cloud-native solutions like Fivetran and Snowflake is immense. These tools not only streamline data integration for real-time analytics but also reduce costs and boost agility, turning a daunting task into a strategic advantage.  

The challenge with SAP data integration

SAP powers 87% of the world’s global commerce, making its ERP solutions critical for many enterprises. However, integrating SAP data into cloud-native systems is often a complex process. Extensive customization, licensing restrictions and large data volumes can create significant barriers, leading to delayed decision-making and reduced operational agility due to outdated or siloed data.

A global survey by Dimension Research found that 99% of businesses face challenges with SAP data integration, often resulting in disruptions to core operations and delayed analysis. To overcome these challenges and unlock the full potential of SAP data, companies need a robust, automated integration solution that minimizes complexity and maximizes real-time access.

Why choose Fivetran and Snowflake

Fivetran is a fully managed, cloud-based data movement platform designed to simplify the ELT process. It replicates data from over 500 data sources, including SAP, and integrates them into cloud destinations like Snowflake. Fivetran enables secure, real-time data replication from on-premise, hybrid and cloud SAP sources into the SnowflakeAI Data Cloud, making implementation straightforward and user-friendly.

Fivetran's log-based change data capture (CDC) solution ensures low-latency, minimal-impact data replication by capturing changes independently from the source application. This platform supports both application-based data transfers through SAP's Netweaver/ABAP layer and direct data replication from the database using Fivetran's CDC, offering flexibility to meet diverse customer needs. Fivetran also provides specialized SAP capabilities like support for cluster, pool and long text tables, along with solutions for SAP archiving. 

Snowflake is the data platform of choice for many of the world’s leading companies for its unmatched flexibility, functionality and scalability. It centralizes everything from IOT and SAP data to structured datasets and documents, simplifying access and driving growth. It also allows companies to move beyond proprietary systems, offering a FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) approach to data storage and sharing. Recent advancements, like Apache Iceberg, Polaris and Cortex, demonstrate Snowflake’s commitment to innovation.

Both Fivetran and Snowflake meet stringent security standards, including SOC 1 & 2, PCI DSS and HITRUST, ensuring that data is secure both at rest and in transit. Once data is integrated into Snowflake, it is also normalized — such as converting SAP dates to Snowflake dates — making it immediately ready for querying and analysis by your team.

5 benefits of combining Fivetran and Snowflake for your enterprise

  1. Performance: Sync data accurately in real-time without manual intervention, backed by Fivetran’s 99.9% uptime guarantee.
  2. Scalability: Fivetran’s CDC solution and Snowflake’s architecture make it easy to accommodate growing data volumes.
  3. Cost savings: Free up resources from building and maintaining data pipelines, allowing your team to focus on strategic initiatives. Usage-based pricing also helps optimize your total cost of ownership (TCO).
  4. Efficiency: Leverage business content templates to accelerate your digital transformation efforts.
  5. Robust reporting: Easily report on or transform data once integrated, supporting functions like hierarchies, currency conversion, data marts and natural language querying.

Together, Fivetran and Snowflake offer a powerful solution to unlock the full potential of your SAP data, driving innovation and strategic growth.

Cemex connects 1,800 global facilities in real time with Fivetran and Snowflake

Cemex, a leading global construction materials company, needed real-time insights into its global sales and operations across 1,800 facilities. They required a modern data infrastructure that could handle a diverse range of data — from IoT sensors to supply chain information — and support advanced AI/ML models, all while shifting from daily batch-based data replication to more frequent updates. 

By leveraging Fivetran, Cemex transitioned from daily batch-based replication to near real-time updates. This transformation resulted in: 

  • Reducing data processing time from weeks to near real-time, enabling quick response to market changes and better supply chain management. 
  • Decreasing manual data ingestion setup and maintenance time by 90%. 
  • Enabling 25% of its global workforce, over 10,000 users, to use data daily for decision-making, enhancing overall operational efficiency. 
  • Developing a CO2 data model to monitor and calculate emissions across all facilities, supporting Cemex’s sustainability efforts and regulatory compliance.

Streamline your SAP data integration today

As data volumes and their importance continue to grow, Fivetran and Snowflake can help customers securely replicate data from SAP and other sources for real-time operational insights, predictive analytics and AI initiatives. With Fivetran and Snowflake, customers can achieve:

  • Enhanced visibility and decision-making: Building a comprehensive view that supports holistic decision-making across the whole company and ecosystem. 
  • Agility and competitive advantage: Real-time insights will enable swift responses to market changes and emerging opportunities. 
  • Personalized customer experiences: Better understanding of customer data leads to more tailored products and services, boosting engagement and loyalty.

Book a live Fivetran demo. If you are already a Snowflake customer, visit Snowflake Partner Connect to activate your Fivetran trial and see how easily you can unlock the full potential of your SAP data. 

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Gain real-time insights on SAP data

Gain real-time insights on SAP data

October 22, 2024
October 22, 2024
Gain real-time insights on SAP data
Organizations are generating more data than ever before, but accessing it and gaining insights from it can be challenging. Fivetran and Snowflake simplify and speed up the process.

Organizations are generating more data than ever, but accessing and gaining insights from it can be a challenge. As the 2027 deadline for migrating from SAP ECC to S/4HANA approaches, organizations face urgent challenges in integrating complex SAP data and modernizing infrastructure. With investments reaching hundreds of millions of dollars, the pressure to leverage cloud-native solutions like Fivetran and Snowflake is immense. These tools not only streamline data integration for real-time analytics but also reduce costs and boost agility, turning a daunting task into a strategic advantage.  

The challenge with SAP data integration

SAP powers 87% of the world’s global commerce, making its ERP solutions critical for many enterprises. However, integrating SAP data into cloud-native systems is often a complex process. Extensive customization, licensing restrictions and large data volumes can create significant barriers, leading to delayed decision-making and reduced operational agility due to outdated or siloed data.

A global survey by Dimension Research found that 99% of businesses face challenges with SAP data integration, often resulting in disruptions to core operations and delayed analysis. To overcome these challenges and unlock the full potential of SAP data, companies need a robust, automated integration solution that minimizes complexity and maximizes real-time access.

Why choose Fivetran and Snowflake

Fivetran is a fully managed, cloud-based data movement platform designed to simplify the ELT process. It replicates data from over 500 data sources, including SAP, and integrates them into cloud destinations like Snowflake. Fivetran enables secure, real-time data replication from on-premise, hybrid and cloud SAP sources into the SnowflakeAI Data Cloud, making implementation straightforward and user-friendly.

Fivetran's log-based change data capture (CDC) solution ensures low-latency, minimal-impact data replication by capturing changes independently from the source application. This platform supports both application-based data transfers through SAP's Netweaver/ABAP layer and direct data replication from the database using Fivetran's CDC, offering flexibility to meet diverse customer needs. Fivetran also provides specialized SAP capabilities like support for cluster, pool and long text tables, along with solutions for SAP archiving. 

Snowflake is the data platform of choice for many of the world’s leading companies for its unmatched flexibility, functionality and scalability. It centralizes everything from IOT and SAP data to structured datasets and documents, simplifying access and driving growth. It also allows companies to move beyond proprietary systems, offering a FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) approach to data storage and sharing. Recent advancements, like Apache Iceberg, Polaris and Cortex, demonstrate Snowflake’s commitment to innovation.

Both Fivetran and Snowflake meet stringent security standards, including SOC 1 & 2, PCI DSS and HITRUST, ensuring that data is secure both at rest and in transit. Once data is integrated into Snowflake, it is also normalized — such as converting SAP dates to Snowflake dates — making it immediately ready for querying and analysis by your team.

5 benefits of combining Fivetran and Snowflake for your enterprise

  1. Performance: Sync data accurately in real-time without manual intervention, backed by Fivetran’s 99.9% uptime guarantee.
  2. Scalability: Fivetran’s CDC solution and Snowflake’s architecture make it easy to accommodate growing data volumes.
  3. Cost savings: Free up resources from building and maintaining data pipelines, allowing your team to focus on strategic initiatives. Usage-based pricing also helps optimize your total cost of ownership (TCO).
  4. Efficiency: Leverage business content templates to accelerate your digital transformation efforts.
  5. Robust reporting: Easily report on or transform data once integrated, supporting functions like hierarchies, currency conversion, data marts and natural language querying.

Together, Fivetran and Snowflake offer a powerful solution to unlock the full potential of your SAP data, driving innovation and strategic growth.

Cemex connects 1,800 global facilities in real time with Fivetran and Snowflake

Cemex, a leading global construction materials company, needed real-time insights into its global sales and operations across 1,800 facilities. They required a modern data infrastructure that could handle a diverse range of data — from IoT sensors to supply chain information — and support advanced AI/ML models, all while shifting from daily batch-based data replication to more frequent updates. 

By leveraging Fivetran, Cemex transitioned from daily batch-based replication to near real-time updates. This transformation resulted in: 

  • Reducing data processing time from weeks to near real-time, enabling quick response to market changes and better supply chain management. 
  • Decreasing manual data ingestion setup and maintenance time by 90%. 
  • Enabling 25% of its global workforce, over 10,000 users, to use data daily for decision-making, enhancing overall operational efficiency. 
  • Developing a CO2 data model to monitor and calculate emissions across all facilities, supporting Cemex’s sustainability efforts and regulatory compliance.

Streamline your SAP data integration today

As data volumes and their importance continue to grow, Fivetran and Snowflake can help customers securely replicate data from SAP and other sources for real-time operational insights, predictive analytics and AI initiatives. With Fivetran and Snowflake, customers can achieve:

  • Enhanced visibility and decision-making: Building a comprehensive view that supports holistic decision-making across the whole company and ecosystem. 
  • Agility and competitive advantage: Real-time insights will enable swift responses to market changes and emerging opportunities. 
  • Personalized customer experiences: Better understanding of customer data leads to more tailored products and services, boosting engagement and loyalty.

Book a live Fivetran demo. If you are already a Snowflake customer, visit Snowflake Partner Connect to activate your Fivetran trial and see how easily you can unlock the full potential of your SAP data. 

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