The In-Memory Revolution (eBook)

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).

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