Transition to SAP S4 Hana
                     What is SAP HANA? Transition to S4HANA 
 
Nowadays, the question "What is SAP HANA" is gaining more and more force. Little by little, 
companies have chosen to start their transition from the traditional SAP model to the new S4HANA 
model. However, before going to SAP S4HANA, it is important to be very clear that the first thing to 
understand is what HANA is. 
SAP HANA is an in-memory database, it comes from an acronym that stands for "High Performance 
Analytic Appliance"; high-performance analytical device. Certainly, the idea is to have a SAP 
database faster than any other traditional database running on disk. 
The business solution that this database proposes is impressive, since now various components are 
feeding it. That is, we have many sources from where we are receiving the information. There are 
the traditional sources of data, like a conventional and additional sales process you have information 
from your website and the proliferation of mobile applications; SAP Fiori UX plays an elementary 
role in this part. Additionally, with HANA also comes the possibility of implementing "SAP Machine 
Learning" and "SAP IoT". 
The HANA database is designed to be the backbone of a digital company, it is a database feeding on 
all possible means and that is why it matters so much. 
Once we have defined what HANA is, we can have a better understanding of what SAP S4HANA is. 
Basically, it is the set of applications that are interacting with HANA. There are three elements that 
play an important role in S4HANA, the first will be its ERP, the core product of SAP and the best 
known. In addition, the CRM and SRM are included, they are all important components of s4 HANA. 
With S4HANA, not only are the data sources coming and going, but now SAP integrates all the 
applications that accompany it and, not only those that SAP provides directly. Additionally, anyone 
that can be developed on this platform, so that a third party, a business partner or an external 
consultant, with SAP or non-SAP technology, can create applications according to the client's needs; 
all supported by the HANA database. 
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SAP S4 Hana Consulting service