SAP HANA will soon celebrate its second birthday. Hard to believe, but
this technology has been on the market for almost two years now. During
this time, its use potential increased significantly: From an in-memory
database for data marts, which supplements SAP NetWeaver Business
Warehouse and the SAP Business Suite, to all types of data warehouse
applications and a platform for analytical and transactional systems. Today,
SAP HANA is a complete, high-end database for all SAP applications and,
at the same time, an innovation platform for completely new types of
real-time applications (in the area of healthcare, for example).
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