One of SAP's co-founders seems to have a new hobbyhorse. Wherever Hasso Plattner appears in the media, a keyword soon comes up: in-memory computing.
This refers to a technique that no longer requires data to be retrieved from a Database on a hard disk, but to keep them in the working memory. The advantage is obvious: speed. With response times of less than one second, huge databases can be searched. At least that is the vision.
Plattner has already achieved one thing with his initiative: he has scared off the competition:
Larry Ellisson of the ORACLE CEO was quoted by COMPUTERWORLD as even suspecting the German flagship entrepreneur of drug use.
Quote:
"...Get me the name of their pharmacist," Ellison said at the time. "I mean, I know a lot about in-memory databases. In fact, we have the leading in-memory database, TimesTen. This is nonsense. There is no in-memory technology anywhere near ready to take the place of a relational database. It's a complete fantasy on their part.".."
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Now Hasso Plattner has responded, and rather hilariously . In a video posted on the website for the SAP business and technology congress SAPPHIRE® NOW was published.
Your turn Larry !
Will this technology ever become relevant for SAP Business One? Who knows! Maybe it's not so far-fetched to start with a "small" application first...
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