An InnoJam experience – getting hands-on with HANA

Inside SAP Business Objects , BW

1. Sarat Atluri was part of the winning team at this year's InnoJam, held as part of the SAUG Summit in Sydney. Here he tells what it was like to work 30 hours straight and learn HANA overnight.  "Success is 99 per cent failure." - Soichire Honda. During the 30 hours non-stop bliss, we failed more times than we succeeded, so did all the other teams. In the end, the lessons we learnt from the failures are the ones that led us to produce a successful prototype while enhancing and enriching our knowledge. Winning the trophy was a bonus. If I think back to the reasons why I attended InnoJam, in the order of my priority, they were: 1.    If not for InnoJam, I may not have been able to get my hands on HANA for a few more years (unless I enrolled for a training course, paying a few thousand dollars). 2.    For 30 hours I can have face-to-face interaction with the best SAP brains on the planet 3.    I can work on HANA without the hassle of having to install it. 4.    The opportunity to meet like-minded people in the SAP community. 5.    Feel and share the passion that ... (Read Full Article)

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