Skip to Content
author's profile photo Charles BOILLOT-Luis KAHN - FINA Finance team
0
Charles BOILLOT-Luis KAHN - FINA Finance team

Is HANA a German abbreviation ? What does it mean ?

Posted on Oct 14, 2019 at 08:57 AM 678 Views

I see that HANA stands for "high-performance analytic appliance" in English but is the abbreviation applicable in German as well ?

Add a comment
10|10000 characters needed characters exceeded

Assigned Tags

Related questions

4 Answers

  • Best Answer
    author's profile photo Jan Goedtke
    Jan Goedtke
    Posted on Oct 14, 2019 at 09:09 AM
    1

    Hi,

    in 'former times' it was

    High Performance Analytic Appliance.

    But SAP changed it to a 'standalone' name, as it is no longer an appliance.

    So HANA officially is a name and no abbreviation any more...

    Best regards

    Jan

    Add a comment
    10|10000 characters needed characters exceeded

  • author's profile photo Denys van Kempen
    Denys van Kempen
    Posted on Oct 14, 2019 at 01:05 PM
    4

    According to former (and first) SAP CTO Vishal Sikka: And I remember that night as I was driving home, I had just come back from Hawaii, and as I was driving home that night, it was very clear that this was a fundamentally new idea, not only in databases but in how we can apply the database to rethink the architecture of the application itself. And so that night, I thought of the name HANA, as Hasso's new architecture. That's sort of where the HANA name comes from. August 2006, right here in Palo Alto.

    See https://open.sap.com/courses/hanaintro1/ (video unit 1 at 00:07:29),

    The High Performance Analytic Appliance acronym was introduced for marketing purposes (for obvious reasons). First mention is from SAPPHIRE 2010 (May). Again, announcement from Vishal Sikka:

    https://youtu.be/bcLztrbOhAw

    As mentioned by Jan, with the introduction of the tailored data integration (TDI) program with SPS 06 (2013), HANA was no longer exclusively available as appliance (hardware with pre-configured software), hence the acronym was no longer used.

    If you like to learn more, I can warmly recommend (as author) the book SAP HANA 2.0, An Introduction. For more information, see my blog

    ==

    By the way, if you translate fiori (flowers) into Japanese, you also get hana ( 花 ).


    screenshot-2019-10-14-at-145117.png (506.4 kB)
    screenshot-2019-10-14-at-145117.jpg (86.1 kB)
    Add a comment
    10|10000 characters needed characters exceeded

  • author's profile photo Witalij Rudnicki
    Witalij Rudnicki
    Posted on Oct 14, 2019 at 09:05 AM
    1

    HANA is not used an abbreviation for years now. It is just a product name.

    Add a comment
    10|10000 characters needed characters exceeded

  • author's profile photo Shanthi Bhaskar
    Shanthi Bhaskar
    Posted on Oct 14, 2019 at 04:31 PM
    0

    and I guess this not SAP baby as this was acquired by SAP and improved a lot after that.

    Add a comment
    10|10000 characters needed characters exceeded

Before answering

You should only submit an answer when you are proposing a solution to the poster's problem. If you want the poster to clarify the question or provide more information, please leave a comment instead, requesting additional details. When answering, please include specifics, such as step-by-step instructions, context for the solution, and links to useful resources. Also, please make sure that you answer complies with our Rules of Engagement.
You must be Logged in to submit an answer.

Up to 10 attachments (including images) can be used with a maximum of 1.0 MB each and 10.5 MB total.