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How will SAP’s BO acquisition impact SAP BI consulting?

In this two-part guest column, veteran SAP expert Jon Reed sounds off on the recently announced Business Objects acquisition.

Coming back from TechEd Las Vegas, we were all taken by surprise...

SAP’s BO acquisition impact on SAP BI consulting, part two

In the first part of this column, guest expert Jon Reed expressed confidence in the future job prospects of SAP BI professionals. But what does our other expert...

NetWeaver 7.1 is here. What will NetWeaver 7.2 be like?

As mentioned...

Naeem Hashmi on the new visual modeling tool

Yesterday's TechEd keynote featured a demo of the "visual modeling tool of the future," where business process folks will be able to draw up processes like they would on a whiteboard while the SAP...

New SAP certification options

The value of formal certification differ quite a bit depending on your situation. A formal certificate may be the golden ticket to getting a foot in the door for a junior position. However, "Practical experience is King" is the mantra most of our experts rely on. "If you can show two or more years...

A peek into the future

One interesting...

SOA showcase contest winners announced

As you may recall, SAP recently decided to run a case study contest where SAP shops shared SOA success stories for a chance to win cash prizes. The contest only ran for six weeks, but yielded some 33,000...

TechEd 2007 community day highlights

You may remember SDN day at last year's TechEd event, where the SAP Developer Network pulled together some helpful resources to bring SDN members and others up to speed on the technical side of SAP. This year's pre-event day was renamed to simply "community day", which turned out to be a pretty...