SAP’s High-Performance Analytic Appliance, or HANA, started shipping on Wednesday. In-memory computing technology allows data to be processed in a system’s RAM as opposed to reading it off I/O disks. HANA’s ability to let large data sets be manipulated in memory will enable enterprises to run more ad hoc queries against business data. Such capabilities are becoming increasingly useful, especially in industries such as the retail sector, health care, scientific analysis and financial services, analyst Frank Scavo said.”]
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