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What Is SAP HANA?

SAP High-Performance Analytic Appliance (HANA) is a high-performance real-time data computing platform launched by SAP in June 2011. The platform leverages the memory computing technology, which enables users to directly query and analyze a large quantity of real-time business data.

For details, see Introduction to SAP HANA.