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in-memoryDB has been around for the last 30 years. Why is it getting importance today? What makes the difference? or is there a difference at all? Should somebody care about it?

55 minutes to 2 seconds 1650x Sales Reporting in a retailer in Turkey. With SAP HANA a report which lasted 55 minutes were reported over the in-memory technology of SAP in 2 Seconds. That means a 1650x improvement. See it for yourself Related posts: What is HANA? High Performance Analytic Appliance from SAP. SAP Hana: Details of High Performance Analytical Appliance See How SAP co-CEO Bill uses his iPAD for Analysing Real SAP data in...

From Wikipedia: Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius (born 22 November 1986) is a South African sprint runner. Known as the “Blade Runner” and “the fastest man on no legs”, Pistorius, who has a double amputation, is the world record holder in the 100, 200 and 400 metres (sport class T44) events and runs with the aid of Cheetah Flex-Foot carbon fibretranstibial artificial limbs by Ossur. In 2007 Pistorius took part in his first international competitions for...

“If not now, then when? If not me, then who?” Mick Ebeling raised in a family of entrepreneurs and philanthropists, Mick Ebeling is founder of the Not Impossible Foundation, an organization comprised of thinkers, dreamers, and doers, with a mission to take ideas that once seemed impossible to possible, when the right people are connected and empowered.     “That was the first time I’ve drawn anything in seven years. I feel like I had been...