WALLDORF, Germany, May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Addressing a growing
need for global knowledge about the SAP HANA® platform, SAP AG
(NYSE: SAP) today announced it will publish the first edition of
the SAP HANA Essentials book in real time. The company
decided upon this proactive approach to provide customers with
high-quality content as soon as it becomes available.
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With SAP HANA, SAP has created an opportunity for enterprises to
build a new generation of solutions that can deliver groundbreaking
innovations without disruption. The platform, for example, enables
high-volume transactions to be combined with analytics to help
improve business performance and insight. Due to a growing demand
throughout the SAP ecosystem to learn more about the capabilities
and real-world applications of SAP HANA, the authors of SAP HANA
Essentials will make the latest edition of the book available
for free. Every SAP user, consultant and developer will be able to
download the book on various mobile devices, including Apple iPads,
Apple iPhones, B&N Nooks, Amazon Kindles and Mac/PC users. The
book will be available for download on May
14, 2012, and new chapters will be added quarterly.
"We have decided to write and publish SAP HANA Essentials
in real time so that we can cater the evolving content needs of our
customers and allow them to read it instantly on their preferred
device," said Jeffrey Word, vice
president, Database & Technology, SAP. "This new approach to
publishing allows our team to update content frequently and add
links to additional content, so that information is always up to
date. With SAP HANA Essentials, we're making the publishing
and learning process faster, better and less expensive."
Word is also the co-author of the bestselling books
Integrated Business Processes with ERP Systems;
Essentials of Business Processes and Information Systems;
Business Network Transformation; and SAP NetWeaver for
Dummies.
For more information about SAP HANA Essentials, visit its
content page on the Experience SAP HANA website and the SAP
Newsroom. Follow SAP on Twitter at @sapnews and @sapinmemory.
Next Major Event: SAPPHIRE® NOW
With SAPPHIRE® NOW, SAP offers its customers, partners and
prospects even more opportunities to engage in dialogue with peers,
participants and thought leaders around the globe. To be held in
Orlando, Florida, May 14-16, 2012, this enhanced, real-time event
connects attendees on site with global participants through
state-of-the-art broadcast studios and an online experience that
incorporates the latest social media and community functionality.
Whether on site or online, participants can gain insight as to how
SAP is delivering on its product strategy and helping organizations
around the world to run better. For more information, visit
www.sapphirenow.com. Follow SAPPHIRE NOW on Twitter
at @SAPPHIRENOW and visit the Events Newsroom at
www.events.news-sap.com.
Media Contact:
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