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What does SAP HANA mean for you? This book is your introduction to all the essentials: from implementation options to the basics of data modeling and administration. With cutting-edge coverage of Smart Data Access, Vora, and more, this best-seller has everything you need to take your first steps with SAP HANA.

SAP HANA as a Database
Explore your options! Find out how SAP HANA can be used as a database for SAP BW, SAP Business Suite, SAP S/4HANA, and more-and what this means for your landscape.

SAP HANA as an Application Platform
SAP HANA is a developer´s playground. Learn what you can do with SAP HANA Extended Application Server Advanced (XSA) and SAP HANA Cloud Platform.

New Developments in Data Modeling and Provisioning
Make sure you´re up to date! Understand all the core concepts and also get the latest information on calculation views, the SAP HANA Web IDE, and Smart Data Access.

Highlights:

In-memory computing
SAP Business Warehouse on SAP HANA (SAP BW on SAP HANA)
SAP Business Suite on SAP HANA
SAP HANA Cloud Platform
SAP S/4HANA
SAP BusinessObjects BI
SAP HANA Live
Data modeling
Data provisioning
Administration
SAP HANA Studio

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Silvia, Penny
Penny Silvia is the SAP analytics and HANA leader for IBM´s Global SAP iCoC. She has extensive experience in implementing advanced and in-memory analytic solutions for SAP customers. She works closely with clients to help them understand and develop SAP HANA roadmaps, strategies, and implementation plans, as well as identifying data and analytic needs that can benefit from an in-memory solution. She is a frequent speaker at SAP conferences and is on the Advisory Board for multiple SAP publications.

Frye, Rob
Rob Frye served in the NC Army National Guard for nearly two decades, and is a combat veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom. After retiring from military service, he completed his Bachelor´s degree in Computer Science from Lenoir-Rhyne University, where he was the First Honor Graduate with a 4.0 overall GPA. More recently, Rob has managed ComeritLabs, in Huntersville, NC, for the past 4 years. ComeritLabs provides infrastructure, remote development, and training services for COMERIT, Inc. Rob is an experienced SAP HANA and SAP BusinessObjects developer, and has created SAP HANA content, training material, and processes, as well as SAP BW on HANA InfoObjects for Fortune 500 companies. Rob was the lead author for The SAP BW to HANA Migration Handbook, one of the first books to provide comprehensive, step-by-step instructions for completing the DMO (database migration option) process. Rob has delivered training in SAP HANA and the BusinessObjects toolset in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and South Africa. Rob is also a PhD student at the University of North Carolina in Charlotte, where he is conducting research into recommender systems for artificial intelligence.

Berg, Bjarne
Dr. Bjarne Berg is VP of ComeritLabs and has implemented in-memory solutions for SAP analytics in Europe and in the USA. In addition to his SAP HANA work at ComeritLabs, he has also collaborated with IBM at the Research Triangle Park in North Carolina with testing, development, and benchmarking SAP HANA on SAP BW solutions. In the past, he has implemented in-memory systems for Fortune 500 companies, and has managed over 50 SAP NetWeaver performance tuning engagements for large organizations. He is a frequent speaker at SAP conferences and also teaches in the SAP University Alliance.

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