Product Review – APM (Authorization Process Manager)

Nutshell: Reduces effort of security/authorizations testing Great for: Testing-intensive phases (upgrades, M&A) Fits: SAP ERP users – 4.7 and higher Alternatives: Manual processes Streamlined security testing Easy installation and training Core ERP kernel only New product: 50+ customers Who they are Founded: 2007 Employees: 175 (including sister company resources) HQ: Frederiksberg, Denmark Customers: 50+ User seats: 100,000+ Top four countries:... Read More

The SAP Dialogue – Straight Talk from the Chair of SUGEN

Tonnie van der Horst Who: Tonnie van der Horst, Chairman What: SAP User Group Executive Network (SUGEN) Where: The Netherlands Founded: Fall 2007 Member user groups: 50   Countries on SUGEN Board: 15 Special Interest Groups: 500 (approx) The SAP User Group Executive Network (SUGEN) is an umbrella organization for SAP user groups through which the groups can coordinate feedback on issues and present them to SAP with a united front. The group has been successful in lobbying... Read More

How RIAs are Impacting the SAP User Experience

If you’ve noticed that SAP applications are getting easier to use, you can trace the origins of that evolution to the subject of this month’s Jargon Buster: rich Internet applications (RIAs). The term rich Internet application is hardly new but there’s a case to be made that the current movement toward easy-to-use, mobile applications can be traced to an earlier push for RIAs. That push began roughly 10 years ago, largely due to the advent of AJAX and Adobe Flash, which... Read More

How to Keep SAP Running at Peak Performance

Click for PDF Maintaining good performance for the SAP environment is a must for any company if it is to get the most from its SAP investment. To help ensure your SAP installation is always in top shape, we assembled these valuable tips from a performance expert, Timothy Cooper, principal with DataXstream. Keep custom code to a minimum. The more you use standard, out-of-the-box SAP code, the better. SAP code is thoroughly vetted and tested so you can be reasonably sure it’ll... Read More