Spend any time at SAP‘s headquarters in Silicon Valley and you’ll hear the name “HANA” spoken in hushed and reverential tones by flip-flop wearing engineers and buttoned-up executives alike. HANA is fast, expensive, and touted as one of the most exciting developments in years.
Hana is not a beautiful woman or flashy car. “HANA” (which stands for High-Performance Analytic Appliance) is a container that can store up to 500 terabytes of data, and execute at high speed.
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