Plattner / Leukert The In-Memory Revolution

How SAP HANA Enables Business of the Future
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-3-319-16673-5
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 284 Seiten

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.

Prof. Dr. h.c. Hasso Plattner is the chair of the Enterprise Platform and Integration Concepts research group at the HPI, which focuses mainly on in-memory data management for enterprise applications and human-centered software design and engineering. He is the author or co-author of over 100 scientific publications and has served as a keynote speaker in conferences such as ACM SIGMOD and VLDB. He currently also serves as a visiting professor at the Stanford University Institute of Design. Prof. Plattner received his diploma in communications engineering from the University of Karlsruhe. In recent years, he has been focusing on teaching and research in the field of business computing and software engineering at large. In 1998, he founded the HPI in Potsdam, Germany. At the HPI, approximately 500 students are currently pursuing their Bachelor and Master degrees in IT Systems Engineering with the help of roughly 50 professors and lecturers. The HPI currently has over 100 PhD candidates.Bernd Leukert is a member of the Executive Board and the Global Managing Board of SAP. He is responsible for the development and delivery of all products across SAP's portfolio, including applications, analytics, cloud, mobile, as well as database and technology. Leukert joined SAP in 1994 and has held various management positions in application development, technology development, software engineering, and process governance. Leukert's efforts have contributed considerably to SAP's product portfolio, including SAP R/3, Supply Chain Management (SCM), SAP Business Suite, SAP Business One, and the SAP Business Suite 4 SAP HANA (S/4HANA).

Autoren/Hrsg.

Plattner, Hasso

Leukert, Bernd

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Disclaimer;5
2;THE TEAM;8
3;Contents;10
4;Foreword;12
5;Preface;15
6;1 RETHINK TO INNOVATE;16
6.1;1.1Starting from Scratch;20
6.2;1.2A More Theoretical View of Enterprise Applications;22
6.3;1.3About This Book;24
7;PART ONE FOUNDATIONS OF IN-MEMORYTECHNOLOGY;27
8;2THE DESIGN PRINCIPLES OF AN IN-MEMORY COLUMNAR STORAGE DATABASE;30
8.1;2.1Core Principles;34
8.2;2.2 AdvancedFeatures;39
9;3 THE IMPACTOF HANA ON THE DESIGN OF ENTERPRISEAPPLICATIONS;56
9.1;3.1Objects andRelations;58
9.2;3.2 Redesigningwith the Zero Response TimePrinciple;63
9.3;3.3OLTP and OLAPin One System;66
9.4;3.4Time Scaling;70
9.5;3.5Extensibilityon the Fly;71
9.6;3.6 The Reductionof the DataFootprint;72
9.7;3.7Big Data;74
10;PART TWONEW ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS;76
11;4 THE NEW BUSINESS SUITES/4HANA;81
11.1;4.1 Non-Disruptive Innovation withDisruptiveTechnology;82
11.2;4.2One MoreTime – Speed is Important;86
11.3;4.3The NewUser Interface;90
11.4;4.4 Better Systems with a LowerTotal Cost ofOwnership;95
11.5;4.5 Applications in the Cloud onHANA;109
11.6;4.6The Impact of Organizational Changes;113
11.7;4.7 SystemConsiderations;114
11.8;4.8Extensibility;119
11.9;4.9 SolutionPackages;122
12;5 REBUILDAND RETHINK;124
12.1;5.1 The Boardroomof the Future;126
12.2;5.2Financials;134
12.3;5.3Logistics;140
12.4;5.4 Sales andMarketing;143
12.5;5.5 Analytics andPlanning;150
12.6;5.6 LessonsLearned;157
13;PART THREEKEY BENEFITS OF HANA FOR ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS;159
14;6LEVERAGING DESIGN THINKING IN CO-INNOVATION PROJECTS;164
14.1;6.1 SAP’s Co-InnovationInitiative;165
14.2;6.2 DesignThinking as a Co-InnovationEnabler;167
14.3;6.3 Co-Innovationin Action: The Real EstateCockpit;168
14.4;6.4 Co-Innovation in Action: Medical ResearchInsights;170
15;7REDUCTION OF COMPLEXITY;185
15.1;7.1 Database Footprint Reduction in EnterpriseSystems;187
15.2;7.2 Financial Planning inthe Cloud;190
15.3;7.3 Celonis Process Mining – A New Level of ProcessTransparency;193
15.4;7.4 Signal Detection in BigMarketplaces;197
16;8 HIGHEST FLEXIBILITY BY FINESTGRANULARITY;202
16.1;8.1 EnterpriseSimulation;204
16.2;8.2 Taking the SpeedChallenge;208
16.3;8.3 FraudManagement;213
17;9 EXPLOITING THE WINDOW OFOPPORTUNITY;218
17.1;9.1 Omni-ChannelRetailing;220
17.2;9.2 ConAgra –From Insightsto Actions withTotal Margin Management;223
17.3;9.3 Risk Analysis During NaturalDisasters;228
18;10 QUALITY TIMEAT WORK;232
18.1;10.1 Determining the Who, What,and Where of ConsumerBehavior;234
18.2;10.2 All Key Performance Indicators at aGlance;241
18.3;10.3 Navigation ThroughEnterprise Data;245
18.4;10.4 Driving Sourcing and Procurement Excellence Through BetterSpend Visibility;248
19;11 SOLVING THEUNSOLVABLE;253
19.1;11.1Smart Vending;256
19.2;11.2 Remote Service and PredictiveMaintenance;259
19.3;11.3 EmpoweringLogistics Hubs;263
19.4;11.4 Tracing GoodsAroundthe Globe;267
19.5;11.5 Understanding the Opinion of the DigitalSociety;271
20;12CONCLUSIONS;275
21;Acronyms;279
22;Bibliography;283