SAP is expanding the big data capabilities of its HANA in-memory system with SAP HANA Vora, an in-memory query engine that applies contextual analytics to data stored in Hadoop, enterprise systems and other distributed data sources.

Walldorf, Germany-based SAP revealed the general availability of Vora, although some partners have already launched projects at customer sites working with the new software.

"We've been pushing on -- and pioneering in -- in-memory technology in recent years," said Ken Tsai, SAP vice president of cloud platform and data management, product marketing, in an interview with CRN. That includes HANA, the in-memory database and application server that's become the platform for many of SAP's products.

The Vora software is expected to generate a range of opportunities for SAP's systems integrator and strategic service provider partners, Tsai said, from data integration and analytics projects to business transformation initiatives.

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