Winter, RobertBischoff, StefanWortmann, FelixLehner, WolfgangPiller, Gunther2018-11-262018-11-262011978-3-88579-287-1https://dl.gi.de/handle/20.500.12116/18388While the conceptual architecture of enterprise information logistics has been stable since the late 1980ies, IT hardware has been subject to radical change recently. Since in-memory appliances as a new technology might address many challenges of information logistics, we discuss its potentials first. Based on a case study of a global automotive company, we then compare potentials with actual achievements. We conclude that there are situations where in-memory appliances are a useful extension to existing IT support concepts, while other situations do not require such support. As a consequence, we regard in-memory appliances as an evolution, but not revolution of IT support from an enterprise information logistics perspective.enText/Conference Paper1617-5468