SAP HANA is an in-memory database and application development platform that was introduced by SAP in 2010. Here's a brief overview of the evolution of HANA:
2010: SAP HANA 1.0 was introduced as a high-performance, in-memory database designed to handle large volumes of data in real-time.
2011: The first version of SAP Business Suite powered by SAP HANA was released, which enabled customers to run their entire business operations on a single platform.
2012: SAP HANA Cloud Platform (now called SAP Cloud Platform) was launched, providing a cloud-based platform for developing, deploying, and managing applications.
2013: SAP HANA SP7 introduced support for SAP Business Warehouse (BW) on HANA, which enabled customers to run their entire data warehousing environment on HANA.
2014: SAP HANA SPS09 introduced support for multi-tenancy, which allowed multiple applications to share a single HANA instance.
2015: SAP HANA SPS10 introduced support for dynamic tiering, which allowed customers to extend HANA's in-memory capabilities to include cold data storage.
2016: SAP HANA 2.0 was released, which included many new features and enhancements, such as enhanced analytical processing, improved security, and support for microservices.
2017: SAP HANA Cloud Services was launched, providing a cloud-based platform for running SAP HANA workloads.
2018: SAP HANA Data Management Suite was introduced, which included various tools and technologies for managing data across the entire data landscape.
2020: SAP HANA Cloud was launched, providing a cloud-native, fully managed version of SAP HANA that can be deployed on multiple public cloud platforms.
These are just some of the milestones in the evolution of SAP HANA. SAP continues to invest in HANA, and new features and enhancements are being added regularly to keep pace with the changing needs of customers.