Making In-Memory Data Processing Affordable for SMBs via SAP HANA Cloud

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Making In-Memory Data Processing Affordable for SMBs via SAP HANA Cloud

Case study showing how Ctac delivers SAP HANA and S/4HANA as a cloud service on IBM Power Systems to give smaller businesses real-time analytics without large infrastructure costs.

Published

June 4, 2026

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3 min read

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SAP

Ctac updated its own infrastructure to host the SAP HANA platform in the cloud, allowing SMB customers to run SAP S/4HANA and real-time analytics workloads on a pay-as-you-go basis. The single environment supports both traditional and in-memory processing, delivering up to 1,000 times faster data performance and deployments that are 95 percent quicker. Customers gain live data insights and scalable capacity without upfront hardware investments, while Ctac expands its service offerings and revenue streams.

Key takeaways

Ctac hosts SAP HANA on IBM Power Systems to offer in-memory processing as a cloud service

SMBs access SAP S/4HANA and real-time analytics without large capital infrastructure spend

Platform supports simultaneous traditional and in-memory workloads on one environment

Deployments are 95 percent faster and data processing up to 1,000 times quicker

Customers scale beyond 8 TB with no performance loss and 24x7 access from any device

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