About SAP HANA

- SAP HANA is a revolutionary relational database management system which is comprised of HANA Database, Data Modeling, HANA Administration and Data Provisioning in one single suite. In SAP HANA, HANA stands for High-Performance Analytic Appliance.
  Salient features and highlights of SAP HANA System:
  - It is mainly comprised of software and hardware innovation to process huge amount of real time data
  - The architecture SAP HANA system is based on multi-core architecture in distributed system environment
  - The database system of SAP HANA is based on row and column type of data storage in database
  - The HANA appliance is widely used in Memory Computing Engine (IMCE) to process and analyze massive amount of real-time data
  - SAP HANA largely cuts down the cost of ownership, increases application performance, enables new applications to run on real-time environment that was not possible before
  - The application is programmed in C++ programming language on its core and is capable of running on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1/2 operating system
  Why there is a significant demand of SAP HANA?
  In today's competitive world, many successful companies around the globe are meant to respond quickly to market changes and new opportunities in order to stay profitable and successful. SAP HANA is a key to this by its ability to effectively and efficiently use of data and information by analyst and managers.
  Important advantages of choosing HANA
  - SAP helps the companies that are facing challenges due to increasing in Data VolumeÂ. It provides access to real-time data for analysis and business use
  - SAP HANA eliminates the high maintenance cost for IT companies that are involved in storing and maintaining large data volumes
  - It also eliminates the delays of results due to unavailability of real-time data, analysis, and processing results.
  SAP HANA preferred by leading enterprises around the world
  With its remarkable offerings of user experience and performance, SAP HANA already gained significant customer base across the globe. It has partnered with top IT hardware companies like IBM, Dell, Cisco etc. to combine it with customized SAP licensed services and technology to sell SAP HANA platform.
  Currently, there are more than 11 global vendors who are engaged in supporting the SAP HANA manufacturing, product configuration, and installation. Some of the main companies are,
  - IBM
  - Dell
  - HP
  - Cisco
  - Fujitsu
  - Lenovo (China)
  - NEC
  - Huawei
  IBM is one of major contributor of SAP HANA hardware appliances and has the market share of almost as high as 50-52%.