Category: Solution Management

Ensure “Training is Not a One-Time Event” SAP buys datango, Seeks to Ensure “Training is Not a One-Time Event” Posted by: Courtney Bjorlin Tags: SAP training Posted date: January 20, 2012 | No comment Seeking to provide better support and resources for end-user training, SAP this week announced it will acquire datango, a Berlin-based vendor that sells workforce performance support software. The acquisition fits into SAP’s strategy to extend learning software in its portfolio, according

To plan and execute tests there are many different products on the marketplace. SAP Solution Manager provides different options that can be utilised depending on which 3rd Party tools are already deployed. This blog focuses on utilising the SAP Solution Manager toolset .

The idea of this blog is to be a fast read of the changes and new functionalities in Change Request Management in SAP Solution Manager 7.1. Changes include a new user interface which is based on the CRM Web UI framework and additional transaction types and configuration options.

It is November again, and for the 4th time in a row - I am attempting to blog about what will be the top areas for SAP consultants to focus on for 2012

Discover how automated reporting and monitoring functionality enables administrators to see problems before they affect users.

With enhancements to FloorPlan Manager framework in Web Dynpro ABAP, we would be able to use Business Object Layer to build applications, does this sound familiar to existing SAP CRM Web Client UI framework. What would be the road ahead for UI enhancements in SAP CRM Web Client and Web Dynpro based applications?

With pressure on margins, there is renewed interest in profitability reporting and a lot of global companies investing in new initiatives. If it’s a concern for you, as a first step I would urge you to benchmark yourself on a simple on-line assessment tool that SAP has put together. It’s quick, easy - and most revealing…

@Andrea_Olivieri in this blog gives you some insights into the CHECKPOINT-GROUPS , suggests to use them as standard in the newly created custom developments and warns about the LOG-POINTS.

SAP is offering upcoming Roadmap webcasts on Technology, BusinessObjects, and NetWeaver on the Business Suites - these are open to everyone. Sign up and register today for the "A View Forward: Understanding SAP's Product Roadmap Webcast Series"

Panaya offers several SAAS solutions for ERP and one of them is SAP upgrade automation which can be seen as competition for the Solution Manager Change Impact Analysis. How do you perform an analysis using Panaya? You extract data from your ERP system (using a delivered report) and upload the data to the SAAS solution provided by Panaya. How do you perform an analysis with Solution Manager? You have to create an implementation project in Solution Manager and define your business scenarios with their respective business processes that are used in your ERP system.

Want to save money on your next SAP consulting engagement? Yosh Eisbart offers his three best-kept secrets that can lead to lower TCO with higher ROI. In this insightful post he suggests: SAP Hosting, SAP Solution Manager & Outsourcing as excellent levers managers can pull to maximise the effectiveness of their ERP system.

SAP has signed a worldwide reseller agreement with iRise for its Enterprise Visualisation Platform, enabling rapid visualisation and verification of business requirements. The partnership will help to accelerate solution design for SAP implementation projects by improving communication between business users and IT departments early in the project lifecycle, as business requirements are developed and validated. “The ability to convert business requirements into visualisations during the SAP solution design phase can accelerate the validation of the business blueprint and project realisation. Paired with frequent and early design reviews, visualisations can reduce costly change orders and rework during the build and test phases of a project,” according to an SAP spokesperson. Without the ability to visualise the solution, business stakeholders and development teams are often challenged to interpret and understand business requirements and validate what users really need. Describing visualisation as a “game-changer” for the design and delivery of business software, iRise CEO and co-founder Emmet B. Keeffe III, said the agreement with SAP will help the company achieve its vision for all software to be visualised by 2020. Melinda Ballou, program director for IDC’s Application Lifecycle Management and Executive Strategies service, said its research indicates that application visualisation can lead ...