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Building on the strong success and momentum of SAP HANA, SAP is renewing its entire platform with an SAP HANA-led architecture road map. Gartner Inc. published a new report, titled “SAP Throws Down the Next Generation Architecture Gauntlet with [SAP] HANA.” Read the newsbyte.

SAP today announced the launch of SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (BI) OnDemand, powered by SAP HANA. The solution allows companies to quickly and cost-effectively perform detailed real-time analysis of any data, including data from on-demand solutions. Read the press release.

SAP today announced that the Essar Group has chosen the SAP HANA platform and the 4.0 release of business intelligence (BI) solutions from the SAP BusinessObjects portfolio to strengthen its existing investments in SAP software and gain real-time visibility into businesses across all its verticals. Additionally, the company has selected mobility solutions from SAP and Sybase, an SAP company, to mobilize its critical business functions. Read the newsbyte.

SAP HANA is delivering transformational opportunities for two huge Asian customers by accelerating essential processes so dramatically that the companies can now begin engaging with customers in ways never before imaginable, let alone possible. (more…)

Arguing passionately that enterprise software is becoming more valuable, elegant, and mobile, SAP executive board member Vishal Sikka today soundly rejected the encroaching dogma that cloud computing is the only means by which corporations can gain those high-value and elegant experiences. During his keynote at SAP TechEd 2011 in Las Vegas, Sikka outlined SAP’s vision for how its SAP HANA in-memory technology will allow businesses to liberate the high-value software currently “trapped in hardware containers and other types of software.” (more…)

Innovative, game-changing, real-time — there isn’t an IT buzzword that SAP HANA doesn’t like. Thankfully, there’s no better place than SAP TechEd to get down to the brass tacks of whether or not this bleeding-edge piece of tech is living up to the hype and rocking the world of end-users (video reaction from Day 2 keynote attendees below). So after attending the completely packed Day 2 keynote, featuring SAP Executive Board Member Vishal Sikka, and trying my best to remain completely neutral, I can honestly say that SAP HANA is still rocking my world. Here’s why. (more…)