[ Articles with keyword 'understanding' ]
SAP University Alliances focuses on Africa
17.10.2008
About 300 university professors from all over the world learned about business software and its use in research and education at the University Alliances User Group Meeting in Walldorf, Germany. The focal topic this year was Africa.
Betting on SOA Can Pay Big Dividends for SMEs
16.04.2008
Although the business-empowering benefits of service-oriented architecture (SOA) have been readily embraced by many of today’s leading global corporations, small and midsize enterprises (SMEs) have generally remained reluctant to jump on the SOA bandwagon. To CEOs with limited IT budgets, an investment in the promise of SOA often looks like a particularly risky gamble. Marcia Kaufman, a partner at Hurwitz & Associates and one of the coauthors of “SOA For Dummies”, explains why the greater risk for SMEs may lie in rejecting today’s strategy of choice for achieving sustainable agility and competitive advantage.
“Plat-Forming” with Partners
26.03.2008
Attendees traveled to SAP´s Walldorf headquarters from all over the globe to learn, discuss, and validate what SAP is doing in the area of service-oriented architecture – and enterprise services specifically. They met for the first Platform Thought Leadership Council (PTLC).
SAP Is Partnering With Egypt
27.11.2007
SAP today announced that the Egyptian government has selected SAP as its strategic IT provider for enterprise resource planning (ERP) software.
SAP Introduces Enterprise Architect Certification Program
17.10.2007
Delivering on its commitment to help companies embrace an enterprise service-oriented architecture (enterprise SOA), SAP AG today announced an extension of its training and education program to meet the needs of a growing SAP ecosystem workforce that includes customers, partners, universities and communities.
SAP Expands Business Process Expert Community
18.04.2007
Further extending its unparalleled expertise and market leadership in industry solutions, SAP AG today announced the addition of 11 new industry forums to the rapidly growing Business Process Expert Community.
SAP Successfully Passed Full QMS Audit
11.09.2006
In December 2005, Pharmaceuticals Validation Group conducted a full QMS Audit of SAP software – with no critical findings.
Catalyst for Growth
15.05.2006
With IT innovations, many enterprises primarily improve the efficiency of the IT department itself. But that is only a minor aspect of the value that innovation can add. If enterprises use IT innovatively, they increase their profitability, for example, because information is more accessible. That’s how IT can accelerate decisions, shorten development cycles, and reduce costs.
Keys to Better Managing Security Issues
18.04.2006
With recent financial legislation such as Sarbanes-Oxley, security and controls are finding their way onto executive agendas and are playing a vital role in systems implementations. Many organizations, if they have not already, are embracing the concept of having a dedicated security and controls team during their SAP implementations in order to provide strategic direction on system security and integration. To complete an effective security implementation, three key streams need to be addressed: project management, technology management, and stakeholder management.
The New York Times Company Selects SAP
30.03.2006
The New York Times Company, a leading media company and publisher of The New York Times, The Boston Globe and The International Herald Tribune (IHT), has selected applications from mySAP Business Suite and the SAP for Media solution portfolio to support its advertising management, home delivery and single copy circulation systems.
