14.12.2009
Traditional company Hager is in the process of merging various SAP systems into one client. In doing so, it is migrating 40 companies from 10 clients – including the corresponding legacy data – into its new SAP ERP system.
19.03.2008
Enterprises have a voracious appetite for information, which can’t be satisfied just with easily obtainable numbers and text stored in internal databases. Today, managing more unstructured data creates new challenges and opportunities. In an interview Brian Babineau, senior analyst at the Enterprise Strategy Group, speaks about opening up BI data for external use and its importance in the context of e-discovery.
16.01.2008
With the upgrade from SAP R/3 to SAP ERP, cable network operator and triple-play provider Kabel Deutschland has laid the foundations for flexible group accounting. The new main ledger with group consolidation from SAP Strategic Enterprise Management – Business Consolidation System (SAP SEM-BCS) – and the associated reporting – simplify the creation of financial statements in accordance with different accounting standards.
02.08.2006
The Wimax technology is being discussed as an alternative to DSL lines and UMTS connections to enable a fast internet access. As soon as a standard has been ratified by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), notebooks and cell phones can be marketed with a Wimax chip. Jan Hein Bakkers is responsible for broadband Access services and equipment in Europe at IT market researcher IDC. In conversation with SAP INFO online, he explains why, after all, he does not believe in a Wimax breakthrough in Western Europe before 2009.