Consulting firm Optimal Solutions has introduced a new portfolio of consulting services designed to help organisations deploy the SAP HANA database in cost effective way.

OPTIMIZE service applications for SAP HANA were targeted at the companies and public sector organisations of all sizes in need of applications to gain insight by analysing volumes of data.

The new applications leverages SAP Business Suite software, SAP analytic applications and advanced data management capabilities to extract maximum value of applications powered by SAP HANA.

The OPTIMIZE consulting services for SAP HANA include a series of workshops on SAP HANA, led by Optimal experts, that are focused on identifying high-value use cases and delivering a strategic implementation roadmap for realising benefits from SAP HANA.

It also offers a new service for accelerating a non-disruptive migration from the traditional SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse (SAP NetWeaver BW) component to SAP NetWeaver BW powered by SAP HANA.

Optimal’s rapid-deployment services for SAP HANA are based on SAP Rapid Deployment applications, packaged applications comprised of pre-configured software and fixed-scope implementation services that accelerate the deployment of applications.

The new services also includes a set of implementation services in support of SAP enterprise performance management (EPM) applications and the SAP Planning and Consolidation application, ensures businesses benefit from their investments in these solutions with enhanced insight into operations and turbo-charged financial planning and consolidation processes.

Optimal Solutions president Sam Sliman said by providing a single application for all transaction and analytics workloads, and by leveraging in-memory computing technology, SAP HANA makes it possible to transact, move, store, process and analyse extreme data volumes fast while reducing costs.

"Optimal’s OPTIMIZE service offerings for SAP HANA are designed to help companies strategically ramp up their capabilities and begin making smarter decisions based on real-time insight and advanced predictive analytics," said Sliman.