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BOSTON — Since introducing SAP HANA, the game-changing in-memory platform, on December 1, 2010, customer and partner demand for this breakthrough technology has surged. Today, SAP Executive Board Member Vishal Sikka announced that leading independent software vendors are adopting the open SAP HANA, and unveiled that SAP HANA is at the core of the SAP platform roadmap. Read the press release.

Forty years after creating the world’s largest business-software company and with lockdown credentials as one of the most-influential leaders in the history of the technology industry, SAP chairman Hasso Plattner knows a thing or two about disruption and enduring value and hype. (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…)

The day three keynote at SAPPHIRE NOW was alive with the sound of Twitter and for good reason. Vishal Sikka, SAP executive board member, and Hasso Plattner, co-founder and chairman of the Supervisory Board for SAP, laid out a smattering of technological advancements from SAP that struck a harmonious chord with attendees. Follow the select tweets below to relive the magic. (more…)

At next week’s SAPPHIRE NOW conference, 23 SAP HANA customers will tell their stories of how the new in-memory business analytics machine from SAP is delivering unprecedented speed and performance to companies wanting to do business in the moment, SAP Co-founder and Chairman Hasso Plattner told Bloomberg. (more…)