This document provides an overview and introduction to using the SAP HANA Cloud Persistence Service. It discusses how applications can access SAP HANA databases in the cloud using JDBC or JPA, and focuses on JPA as the preferred method. It demonstrates how to add persistence to applications using EclipseLink as the JPA implementation and includes steps for configuring applications to work with SAP HANA Cloud. The presentation concludes with reminders of related resources and a question/answer discussion section.