SAP HANA uses in-memory computing, a breakthrough technology that enables analysis of very large, non-aggregated data at unprecedented speed in local memory (vs. disk-based database) enabling complex analyses, plans and simulations on real-time data.

With the SAP Business Suite powered by SAP HANA, SAP brings together the SAP Business Suite applications and the next generation platform for real-time business SAP HANA and offers a wide range of innovations.

Many of these innovations can be implemented in a side-by-side scenario not affecting any of the running systems and not causing any disruption to your IT. However, many of these innovations have the potential to bring your business to the next level: They offer completely new insights into all data inside the SAP Business Suite, enable new powerful analytical scenarios based on internal and external data and with the HANA applications enable complete new business processes.