Each month in 2009, SAP presented a set of white papers and research reports designed to give all of us a wealth of practical knowledge about business and technology issues that support our client’s organization’s key business objectives.
Following the 2009 edition of SAPPHIRE, SAP gives us the opportunity to download some free brochures. You can find your way by browsing by Solutions/Services or by Industry. Use the search tool to look for brochures that provide additional insight into topics covered at SAPPHIRE 2009. In case your attended the event, you’ll be able [...]
In the beginning of last week, SAP released 12 Simple Sample Applications for Enterprise Services Consumption (Simple Sample Apps) using the SOA rollout platform Enterprise Services Workplace. These Apps are use cases for the most commonly used Enterprise Services, based on several SAP consumption technologies. These Apps are ready to to use and run in [...]
With a global crisis ongoing, things have changed quite a bit in the IT and Information Systems scenario, it what concerns to employment and career development. These are good times for us to assess our own skills and check if some adjustments need to be done. Typical questions of an aware SAP Consultant can be: [...]
Recently SAP announced a new buzz word: “Alloy”. So what is Alloy? It is a partnership between SAP and IBM over a new product that ties the SAP back end with the well known Lotus Notes interface. Some critics have already dug deep and think that Alloy will prove stronger than Duet, the equivalent initiative and collaboration between Microsoft and SAP.
Our recent new joiner expert in SAPLAB.org has launched an idea aiming to promote knowledge exchange through the blog. On a moderated basis, Helder Gonçalves is willing to answer your specific SAP questions with a professional answer, pointer or even a solution. It all depends on the type of challenge you present to him and [...]
The Product Availability Matrix bundles technical and release planning information on SAP components for quick reference. You will find information on the availability of SAP component releases (product versions), maintenance end dates and upgrade paths, as well as technical release information (DB-platforms, JSE-platforms, operating systems etc.). A SAP component release is structured into instances. An [...]
Since the launch of the first release of SAP, the visual design of SAP products has gone through several changes and re-design. From the 1970’s until early 1990’s, graphic design was not so much considered in SAP products – functionality always is the prime focus. At those “early days”, the look and feel and usability of SAP software was influenced by the dominant operating system – OSF/Motif and Microsoft Windows.
With a global crisis ongoing, things have changed quite a bit in the IT and Information Systems scenario, it what concerns to employment and career development. These are good times for us to assess our own skills and check if some adjustments need to be done. Typical questions of an aware SAP Consultant can be: [...]
SAP enhancement packages represent a new software delivery strategy that allows system administrators to get upgrades for SAP ECC 6.0 (ERP 2005) without having to fully upgrade the existing release. With the introduction of enhancement packages, SAP has changed the methodology for implementing new functionalities.
Working as an Information Systems Consultant for over 10 years now, I've found that working with SAP brought me added value on how to deal and manage IT and Information Systems Projects. More than a hobby, this blog is aimed to propagate SAP knowledge exchange and help other SAP technology or functional Consultants finding any piece of useful information. Please participate with your comments and opinions, it will help enrich the SAP community. Thanks! read full profile »
