Updated 3rd Edition. New chapters on SAP Business Suite powered by SAP HANA, SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse powered by SAP HANA and Application Development with SAP HANA.

SAP® HANA is a multi-purpose in-memory database appliance that delivers pre-installed SAP software components optimized on industry-standard hardware. Learn how SAP® HANA provides organizations with better insight into business operations - in "real-time" -- by analyzing all the data available and enabling them to respond to changing business conditions, no matter how rapid. SAP® HANA enables organizations to instantly explore and analyze all of their transactional and analytical data in real time - from virtually any data source.

This book provides readers with either business or technical backgrounds a broad overview of the architecture, tools, capabilities and use cases for SAP® HANA and shows how it enables organizations to analyze their business operations using huge volumes of detailed information instantly. Each chapter focuses on a specific aspect of SAP® HANA and includes numerous links to additional resources and technical details. Additional chapters will be added on a regular basis, so please sign up for updates or follow us on Twitter @epistemypress

Jeffrey Word is a Vice President at SAP and the co-founder of Epistemy Press. His newest book, Business Process Integration with SAP ERP, was released in February 2013. He is also the co-author of the bestselling books, SAP HANA Essentials, Integrated Business Processes with ERP, Essentials of Business Processes and Information Systems, Business Network Transformation and SAP NetWeaver for Dummies.

He has more than 18 years experience in business and IT strategy working for Fortune 1000 companies. Over the last several years he has worked on technology strategy with focus on corporate process improvement initiatives and enterprise architecture design. Jeff is a frequent speaker at industry events around the world and was a Visiting Professor at the Instituto de Empresa Business School in Madrid where he taught MBA courses in Supply Chain Innovation.