This book describes the next generation of business applications in the innovative new SAP
Business Suite 4 SAP HANA (SAP S 4HANA) exploiting the revolutionary capabilities of the SAP
HANA in-memory database. Numerous real-world examples are presented illustrating the disruptive
potential of this technology and the quantum leap it has facilitated in terms of simplicity
¿exibility and speed for new applications. The intuitive structure of this book offers a
straightforward business perspective grounded in technology in order to enable valuable
business insights drawn from the wealth of real-world experience of the book's two authors
both prominent ¿gures in the ¿eld of business application systems: Hasso Plattner and Bernd
Leukert. Hasso Plattner is the co-founder of SAP and the founder of the Hasso Plattner
Institute affiliated with the University of Potsdam Germany. Bernd Leukert is a member of the
SAP Executive Board and the Global Managing Board of SAP.
