SAP is one of the world's leading ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) solutions provider. SAP (System analyses and Programme networking; Systems, Applications & Products in Data Processing) offers sophisticated data hosting, storage and retrieval solutions to large scale businesses with complex requirements.

What is HANA in SAP HANA?

SAP HANA is an on-premise, on the cloud or hybrid deployment options that impart the powerful benefits of SAP like real-time analytics, developing and deploying real-time applications. SAP HANA's infrastructure is completely different from the rest of the SAP hosting platforms. It is most suitable for real time data sync or transfer which is essential for real-time analytics.

As an in-memory, column-oriented, relational DBMS, it is used widely as a database server that stores information until the request to for retrieval arises. What distinguishes SAP HANA from rest of the DBMS is that it can perform in-depth data predictive analytics, streaming analytics, text search, text analytics and several other ETL (Extract, Transform, and Load) capabilities in addition to being an application server.

What is SAP HANA SPS 08?

SPS in SAP HANA SPS 08 stands for Support Package Stack followed by the version number. SAP HANA SPS 08 is the eighth in the line of the ERP solution provider's release to help businesses accelerate, innovate and simplify operations.

Latest feature inclusions in SAP HANA SPS 08

• RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) as the default operating system
• Improvised and stabilized SAP HANA studio
• System administration enhanced with monitoring dashboard, lifecycle management, etc.
• SAS integration for better business analytics and management
• New algorithms added to SAP HANA Predictive Analysis Library
• Numerous enhancements for SAP HANA Web IDE enhancements and SAP HANA XS (Extended Application Services)
• Microsoft ADO.Net client connectivity

With RHEL and Intel Ivy Bridge processor-based systems, SAP HANA SPS 08 makes it easy for businesses to savor backup and recovery options for multiple vendors simultaneously. Secondly, integrating third party applications into the customer's new IT environment or adopting new IT infrastructure also gets simplified with SAP HANA SPS 08.

SAP HANA is largely preferred by businesses since it helps put into practice innovation through direct algorithm creation and execution in SAP HANA. SAP HANA SPS 08 eliminates the erstwhile complexity of data and helps businesses to achieve significant gains in terms of performance and agility.

SAP HANA Server Installation

With the release of SAP HANA SPS 08, the Update & Configuration Guide and the Installation Guide is now condensed and compiled under a single source called the Update Guide. The guide will contain information about updating SAP HANA system and its components on both SAP HANA lifecycle manager and lifecycle management tool.

SAP HANA Client and HANA Answers

Client Installation in SAP HANA gets a makeover with the ADO.NET and Windows 2012 R2 operating system inclusion. Furthermore, SPS 8 will also have HANA answers, a readymade collection of answers on several topics that users will have to refer to frequently.

Mastering SAP HANA SPS 08 will make a candidate indispensable for businesses that want to innovate faster. Training in SAP HANA SPS 08 will also make a candidate readily employable.