The newly formed collaboration includes research and development concerning the applications of in-memory databases.

Walldorf, June 6, 2013 - REALTECH AG and the FZI Research Center for Information Technology at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology today announced their research and development collaboration concerning the applications of in-memory databases. The partners will work together to develop practical applications of in-memory databases. In doing so, they will place particular focus on SAP HANA.

Getting the most out of in-memory databases will require a paradigm shift in many areas of IT. New programming languages and design models will become equally important as new approaches and techniques associated with using SAP HANA as the underlying infrastructure for SaaS solutions or carrying out performance analyses for applications that were optimized for in-memory computing.

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Ralf Reussner, member of the executive board and supervisor in the software engineering research division, will be in charge of the collaboration on the side of the FZI Research Center for Information Technology. He will contribute his many years of experience in researching modern software architectures and in analyzing and predicting the performance of IT applications to move the research project forward.

Prof. Reussner: "REALTECH and the FZI will cooperate closely to deliver innovative software applications on the basis of in-memory technologies. Our research findings will promote the creation of software architectures and data organization models for the efficient use of in-memory calculations. Our focus will be on innovative and high-performing software architectures."

The collaboration will center on in-memory database design, multi-tenant data models, and the use of in-memory databases for the intelligent analysis of information from multiple data sources to support decision-making processes.

Dr. Rudolf Caspary (Chief Executive Officer, REALTECH AG): "I am very much looking forward to working closely with the FZI and Prof. Dr. Reussner. Our new location in close proximity to the FZI research center will simplify the exchange of expertise and allow us to quickly advance our research in the true spirit of German engineering."

REALTECH has specialized in SAP HANA consulting and training and relies on this technology for its new SaaS application Timplify.

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