[bsaul]

SAP Hana is actually a pretty interesting technology for developing data analysis website. It's a DB integrated with a web server and it automatically builds web services that let you query the data. It also provides a html/js framework to easily display and drill down (i think SAPUI5 is tied to that framework, or even is that framework).

They even got an amazon AMI to start developping quickly without paying the license upfront. Unfortunately the IDE which you use to build the webapp requires Windows.

hint : i don't work for SAP at all. I just discovered that technology a few weeks ago and it was pretty weird for me since i've always associated SAP to big, bloated, clumsy, and hyper expensive tools, for the enterprise only.

[Argorak]

SAP is a strangely technology-driven company on the inside.

They just solve a horrible problem: implementing everyones business process as they find them at the client, instead of the other way around, with legacy support for ages.

(disclaimer: I worked for SAP as an intern, a few years ago)

[qznc]

SAP (or Salesforce or whatever) comes in. Client wants new tech, but keep the business process the same. Lots of wasted money, tears, and anger. Client adapts business process.

The problem is that most enterprise do not reach the last step.

[mrich]

As an example, the NBA.com stats website is running on HANA:

http://stats.nba.com/

[schmerdy]

the HANA IDE doesn't require Windows. You can get it for Windows, Linux and Mac. https://hanadeveditionsapicl.hana.ondemand.com/hanadeveditio...

[bsaul]

The ide itself doesn't , but you can't connect to your hana instance if you don't have the hana client. Which doesn't work on a mac. It may work on linux, but i've been told that Windows really was the platform of choice for development.

[schmerdy]

maybe you should just give the Mac version a try. You might be surprised. Actually, you will be surprised

[rauar]

it does not work on Mac. The regi client is windows only and therefore it's impossible to do real work.

[schmerdy]

I use it on Mac every day. The regi client is not required on the Mac version and it works just fine. I don't understand how you can make claims without even trying

[bsaul]

Are you sure you are able to upload code to a running instance deployed on an amazon AMI, right from the IDE running on your mac ? I even asked someone from SAP and had a look at various forums on the sap dev network. Everyone seemed to agree that Windows was the way to go (the SAP guy even advised me to install a Windows VM). Glad to hear i was wrong.