It used to take ten hours to drive from Araria to Patna, a distance of about 350km (220 miles).

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Using the HANA in-memory data engine, salespeople can use BusinessObjects Explorer to query and drill into 12 million active customer records and 700 million historical records in real-time, versus the 4-5 hours it used to take to run a report.

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It also cut a process that used to take almost two days down to three hours.

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Folks used to just pull the cork out to let wine breathe, but studies showed it could take more than 24 hours for this to have an impact.

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