Theobald Software, known for its SAP data extraction capabilities, has announced the acquisition of bluetelligence. bluetelligence offers specialized solutions for SAP documentation, a SAP data catalog, and an API for extracting SAP metadata.
Accessing and extracting SAP data remains a significant challenge for analytical use cases. The options for SAP data access are limited, and implementation typically requires complex technical expertise, which creates a bottleneck for rapid deployment.
Companies faced with this challenge currently have several options: 1) use native SAP extraction capabilities or adopt the new SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC) to use SAP provided data products, 2) implement specialized SAP data extraction tools (e.g. from dab, DVW, Fivetran HVR or Theobald Software), or 3) leverage data integration platforms with SAP connectors (e.g., Collibra, Informatica, Qlik) that support SAP metadata and data extraction.
The merger of Theobald Software and bluetelligence combines two expert companies delivering high-quality connectivity solutions that can be considered market leaders in their niche. This combination of metadata and data expertise offers comprehensive data access, from SAP data discovery and analysis (including data quality and data lineage) to actual data access and extraction.
This is particularly relevant for current projects many SAP customers face, such as SAP BW 7.5 migrations (through pre-migration analysis, a better understanding of SAP data flows and business logic by a detailed data lineage analysis showing SAP data provenance and usage, and optimization), the democratization of SAP data access for business users via discovery and analysis functions, and meeting regulatory requirements through improved transparency of SAP data and processes.
Customers stand to benefit from this merger if both product lines continue to be developed with equal intensity and enthusiasm:
Customers of SAP and Theobald Software have multiple options to extract data from SAP systems, and these options continue to evolve. The extended capabilities strengthen the position of both vendors compared to other options:
Both companies are specialists in SAP data, and SAP data access remains a highly relevant topic.
The merger creates a holistic SAP data access solution by combining SAP data knowledge with actual SAP data. This can significantly simplify both business and technical access to SAP data, e.g. for offering SAP data products in the enterprise.
The key factor will be maintaining and expanding their comparative differentiators in SAP data access while enhancing capabilities to provide SAP context, knowledge and data to other tools and AI agents.
Timm Grosser is a Senior Analyst Data & Analytics at BARC with a focus on data strategy, data governance and data management. His core expertise is the definition and implementation of data & analytics strategy, organization, architecture and software selection.
He is a popular speaker at conferences and seminars and has authored numerous BARC studies and articles.
As founder and CEO, Dr. Carsten Bange has built BARC into Europe’s leading market analysis and consulting firm for data & analytics over the past 25 years. With his team of 50 people, he helps companies make the strategic, organizational and technological decisions that ensure their successful transformation into data- and analytics-driven organizations.
Dr. Bange is considered one of the leading experts on the technology market and the beneficial use of data & analytics, which makes him a sought-after speaker, author and consultant for companies, software vendors and service providers as well as investors.
