At the Sapphire in Orlando, Florida, SAP presented plans for HANA in-memory database technology. Among other things, it receives an update called Service Pack 8. In addition, the Group announced a test of HANA on IBM's Power Systems architecture .
Customers from IBM and SAP can participate in the test. The two companies hope for a high memory bandwidth and faster I / O connection.
"IBM Power Systems build on an open server platform designed from the ground up to handle vast amounts of data at unprecedented speeds. We believe that this combination will provide customers with a catalyst for open innovation - as well as the ability to transform into a better, data-driven enterprise, "said IBM General Manager Doug Balog.
Service Pack 8 brings new features to SAP HANA. Among other things, it offers support for partner products such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux, systems based on Intel's Ivy Bridge processors and various disaster recovery solutions from various vendors. In addition, it should now be possible to integrate powerful analytical functions such as predictive scoring models into SAP HANA. As a result, there are significant increases in performance and time-consuming processes, such as moving redundant files.
As SAP explains, partners can now also embed algorithms directly into HANA by extending the integration framework. Thus, it also offers that simplicity that is the motto of this year's event: "Simplify everything. Do anything. "
Steve Lucas, president of Platform Solutions, commented in a commentary on the subject of simplification: "Today's announcement shows that HANA is the modern platform for all applications, enabling customers to innovate and transition to the cloud. With continued innovation in HANA, mobile, and big data, as well as dramatically simplified cloud migration, SAP is the only vendor that offers seamless integration to customers, allowing them to focus on what's important - success through innovation. "
Especially SAP founder Hasso Plattner advertised on Wednesday at Sapphire together with Clayton Christensen from Harvard Business School for HANA. "This system is so minimalistic that in principle it can not fail," he explained. "For me, that's the biggest step forward enterprise systems have ever taken."ã