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August 19, 2011  8:08 PM

How secure is data in the cloud?



Posted by: Todd Morrison
cloud, private cloud, SaaS, SAP Business ByDesign, SAP cloud computing, SAP public sector

Like many businesses, the U.S. government sees cloud computing as the future. As Vivek Kundra, the former U.S. CIO recently put it, "the movement to the cloud is a one-way street." As part of that strategy - which includes a new mandate that any agency considering new computer systems look at...

July 25, 2011  2:58 PM

Adoption of SAP ECC 6.0 surges in the UK



Posted by: Todd Morrison
BusinessObjects, ECC 6.0, SAP support

SAP shops in the UK are for the most part on board with SAP ECC 6.0.  It's SAP BusinessObjects they're not quite sure about. According to a new survey by the UK and Ireland SAP User Group, two-thirds of the 204 respondents said they're now using ECC 6.0, up from 35% in 2009, according to Alan...


July 22, 2011  2:26 PM

How do your SCM, MES and PLM initiatives compare to that of your peers?



Posted by: Jacquelyn Howard
erp, MES, plm, SAP, SCM

Our sister site, SearchManufacturingERP.com, is currently running a

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July 7, 2011  1:37 PM

Solution Manager or third-party applications for test data management?



Posted by: Todd Morrison
SAP, SAP maintenance, Solution Manager

by Todd Morrison, News and Features Editor This past week I caught Ray Wang's webinar about optimizing SAP systems and reducing cost through things like proper test data management.  Getting a handle on those systems is increasingly important due to the explosion in the size...


March 30, 2011  7:30 PM

Further insights into in-memory and SAP HANA



Posted by: Jacquelyn Howard
SAP, SAP HANA

Yesterday, I attended SAP Americas’ webinar “

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December 9, 2010  5:22 PM

Private cloud party getting more crowded



Posted by: CourtneyBjorlin
private cloud, SAP, vBlock

For most SAP customers, the cloud remains a place to develop and test applications. That's according to a new Forrester report, "Cloud Computing Offers Both Near-Term and Long-Term Benefits for SAP Customers." The benefits are irrefutable, Forrester states. In fact, SAP itself uses Amazon EC2 in...


November 18, 2010  8:43 PM

Users share strategies for ensuring an SAP project doesn’t fail



Posted by: CourtneyBjorlin
SAP, SAP project failure

There certainly has been a lot in the trade press over the past couple of weeks about SAP project failures. Michael Krigsman, who has come to be known as the authority on these matters, provides an excellent analysis of


November 7, 2010  11:41 PM

SAP and the private cloud



Posted by: CourtneyBjorlin
private cloud, SAP

Are you interested in the private cloud? It was a question I asked a few users while I was at the recent TechEd conference in Las Vegas. Keep in mind, these are the guys who like to...


October 7, 2010  7:55 PM

Is SAP buying BMC?



Posted by: CourtneyBjorlin
application lifecycle management, Oracle, SAP

I feel it's time for a little acquisition speculation -- and no, I'm not going to belabor HP and SAP rumor.


October 2, 2010  4:24 PM

For SAP users, when will on-demand really be in-demand?



Posted by: CourtneyBjorlin
SAP, SAP support

This past week, I had the opportunity to speak with Andreas Oczko, DSAG Executive Board Member, department operations/service and support. DSAG is the SAP user group for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. I was interested to hear what DSAG thought about SAP's strategy. DSAG has made its share...