The global enterprise resource planning (ERP) giant SAP on Thursday unveiled a new database option for its system that allows for the capture and analysis of transactional data on a real-time basis. In a three-city press conference, SAP co-founder Hasso Plattner described it as a breakthrough in line with the initial development of the company’s ERP platform that millions of businesses globally run. The system relies on SAP’s HANA in-memory database technology, releas...