SAP HANA is an application server that
includes in memory column oriented Relational Data Base Management system(RDBMS).
In memory means all the data stored in RAM.
There is no time wasted in loading data
from hard disk to RAM.
Existing database systems are designed to
work on limited RAM.
SAP HANA is developed by SAP
SAP HANA using companies can do analysis of large volume of
data in real time.
S4/HANA is the short form for business
suite for SAP HANA.
S4/HANA combines the most recent
innovations i .e
SAP HANA platform
SAP FIORI apps.
S/4 HANA only run on SAP HANA platform it
will not run an any platform.