At the SAP academic research conference Friday, Hasso Plattner spent a lot of time talking about database design and why it’s still important.

Perhaps more significantly, he drilled into why re-architecting applications to take advantage of a fundamentally differently database than what we are used to with relational databases is critical if we are to simplify code bases and develop new generations of applications that take off where the current state of the art ends.

This area has a pretty steep learning curve so to get started here’s a good explanation of the distinction between columnar vs. row database architecture.

For more #SAPAC09 coverage and analysis…

• Jeff Nolan’s Live Coverage
• Hasso Plattner Demos Agile Columnar Database Concepts

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