SAP woos SMB developers with an 'express' edition of Hana

SAP has made no secret of the fact that its bets for the future rest largely on its Hana in-memory computing platform. But broad adoption is a critical part of making those bets pay off.Aiming to make Hana more accessible to companies of all shapes and sizes, the enterprise software giant on Monday unveiled a downloadable "express" edition that developers can use for free.The new express edition of SAP Hana can be used free of charge on a laptop or PC to develop, test and deploy production appli