SAP's HANA to power in-memory data processing

BANGALORE, INDIA: SAP AG, provider of business software solutions, has announced the availability of SAP High-Performance Analytic Appliance (SAP HANA) software and SAP BusinessObjects Strategic Workforce Planning application, new generation of in-memory applications based on SAP HANA during SAP TechEd 2010 here today.

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SAP HANA brings the power of in-memory data processing, leveraging advances in main memory, processor technology and application know-how to deliver unprecedented benefits to analytics and a new category of applications said a press release.

"SAP HANA and the first applications built on it are already showing customers the unprecedented speed of in-memory computing, as well as the latency they have in the layers of their current IT systems,” said Vishal Sikka, executive board member, Technology and Innovation Platform, SAP AG.

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He added, "The customers we are working with are already recognizing the great potential of SAP HANA to deliver solutions that were previously not feasible, and re-thinking how to run their businesses better, now that they can analyze, simulate and react in real time."

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SAP HANA-Enabled application

SAP HANA provides a foundation on which a new generation of applications can be built, enabling customers to analyze large quantities of data from virtually any source in real time.

With the integrative approach of SAP HANA and the new programming paradigm, SAP is simplifying existing computing layers and allowing applications to directly benefit from hardware improvements for the first time.

SAP BusinessObjects Strategic Workforce Planning, version for in-memory computing, leverages the in-memory database and calculation engine, allowing managers to simulate scenarios in real time, analyze complex relationships quickly and see how proposed organizational changes will impact the business.

Managers and human resources executives can simulate how their workforce would need to grow and change using predictive modeling. This allows them to make intelligent, data-based decisions about allocating or adjusting staff, for example, as a result of an acquisition or to enter a new market.

Working together with its partner and customer ecosystem, SAP plans in the next year to introduce new applications based on SAP HANA that will help utility companies manage power supply in real time, provide retailers more timely analysis of point-of-sale data and enable more accurate sales pipeline forecasting for all types of companies.