The document discusses SAP HANA and its potential applications in Kenya. SAP HANA is an in-memory database that allows for real-time processing of massive amounts of data. It combines database, data processing, and application capabilities. The document outlines how SAP HANA is faster and more powerful than traditional databases for advanced analytics. It then discusses how industries in Kenya like banking, education, and healthcare could benefit from SAP HANA's real-time analytics capabilities to help with tasks like fraud detection, forecasting, and optimizing operations. The document concludes that SAP HANA presents opportunities for industries and startups in Kenya to gain business insights from their data.

1. SAP HANA AND ITS POTENTIAL
APPLICATIONS IN KENYA
BY GICHOHI ALLAN MURUTHI

2. OBJECTIVES
To demystify SAP HANA.
To highlight the benefits of SAP HANA.
To highlight how SAP HANA is superior to
competition.
To highlight the potential applications
opportunities of SAP HANA n Kenya.

3. SAP HANA
 High Performance Analytic Appliance
An application that uses in-memory database
technology allowing for processing of extremely
massive amounts of data in real-time
Combines database, data processing, and
application platform capabilities in-memory.
Deployable on-premise as an appliance, in the
cloud or as a hybrid of the two.
SAP HANA performs advanced, real-time
analytics while simultaneously handling real-time
transaction workloads.

4. SAP HANA
 HANA has a unique ability to converge database and
application logic within the in-memory engine to
transform transactions, analytics, text analysis,
predictive and spatial processing making it ideal for
real time business solutions
 Traditionally a lot of pre aggregation is done for quick
results. IT persons decides which information is
needed for analysis and prepares results for the end
user
 With HANA no pre aggregation is required ,user
performs any kind of operation in reports and gets the
data ready for analysis in real time.

5. VALUE PROPOSITION
Speed
Agility
Complex Predictive Analysis
Cloud
Simplicity
Flexibility
Optimization

6. SAP VS COMPETITION
 Price: HANA less expensive and more value.
 Simplicity
 speed
 Go beyond Big Data to Extreme Data
 Prediction
 Tested and proven

7. USERS OF HANA
 SAP HANA can be used by any organization that has large volumes
of data coupled with a need to react faster to events that impact on
business
 HANA could be across virtually 25 specific industries ranging from
banking, aerospace,education,mining and manufacturing
 SAP HANA supports various use cases for real-time analytics such as
include:
 Monitoring and optimization of telecommunications network
 Supply chain and retail optimization
 Fraud detection and security
 Forecasting and profitability reporting
 Energy use optimization and monitoring

8. HANA FOR KENYA ?
 Mobile money and other m-banking services.
 The demand for education in Kenya has risen.
 The FMCG sector will find SAP HANA useful in analyzing
monstrous data.
 Health sector, Cement industry, Oil and gas, banking industry,
hotel and telecommunications industry
 Startups and SMEs.

9. THANK YOU

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