A new publication about SAP HANA (by SAP Research) is out, you can find it here:
http://vldb.org/pvldb/vol5.html AbstractWith the SAP HANA database, SAP offers a high-performance in-memory hybrid-store database. Hybrid-store databases—that is, databases supporting row- and column-oriented data management—are getting more and more prominent. While the columnar management offers high-performance capabilities for analyzing large quantities of data, the row-oriented store can handle transactional point
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