Since I launched SAPLAB.org, I’ve received several e-mails from beginners or plain curious on SAP asking me questions like “What does SAP stand for?” or “What’s the difference between ERP and ECC?“. Even though I know for a fact that this blog is targeted as a niche blog, I think that it would be worth [...]
Like most of my other posts, the objective of this one is to provide useful information and help any SAP consultant with a start point to help answer questions like “Where is SAP going in the next years?” or “What is SAP’s release and maintenance strategy for it’s different products?” or the always important “When [...]
The SAP Business One Test Environment (B1TE) is a set of tools that helps profile the usage of the SAP Business One APIs by a solution. These tools do not require the source code or a development environment (e.g., Visual Studio) and can be helpful in many ways, including:
profiling the execution in the performance tuning [...]
If you find yourself working on client proposals or having to prepare an “on-the-fly” response for a client, this is a useful tool for you. Based on my experience, and due to the fact that still many customers are upgrading their systems to the latest ERP 6 (or ECC 6.0) or even considering the newest Business Suite 7 [...]
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 [...]
As a business owner, you need to run your business and you need your information technology (IT) system to work, every day. An i5/OS and IBM System i solution can help you meet these needs. One key factors that differentiates the System i platform from other platforms is the level of hardware and software integration. [...]
On the beginning of February, SAP announced the release of Business Suite 7, which represents a new way of software deployment more than a features upgrade. With the new approach, SAP said it’s doing away with its conventional upgrade process for software applications. SAP Business Suite 7 represents the most current versions of SAP’s [...]
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.
On February 4, 2009, SAP unveiled SAP Business Suite 7, a next-generation software suite that helps businesses to optimize their performance and reduce IT cost. The press conference included remarks from SAP co-CEO Léo Apotheker and Jim Hagemann Snabe, SAP Executive Board Member, Business Solutions & Technology. In addition [...]
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 »
