A year on: The promise of SAP HANA for Big Data analytics (Part One)

It’s a now a little over a year since SAP launched its High-Performance Analytic Application (HANA) at its 2011 SAPphireNOW event. And, it seems that many organizations dealing with Big Data – particularly those looking to leverage data at real-time or near real-time pace – are turning to HANA.

But what’s the big deal about SAP HANA – what makes it different from a crowd of emergent...