Blogs posted April 8, 2011

The other day, I paid a visit to the guys at the ZFabrik just a few blocks from my office in Walldorf. I was intrigued by the rumours about their Z2 environment. After a one-hour joy ride with Z2 concepts I was no longer intrigued – I was... Read More »

In an article on April 1st (no joke), CFO.com included some good information on ERM. The overall message is that the need is clear, recognized both by top executives and boards. In addition, it points out: While most (58%) organizations seem to... Read More »

As we are busy working on the launch of SAP BusinesObjects BI 4.0 and the associated Crystal Reports versions, the Crystal Reports product team is also busy working away on the first minor release of SAP Crystal Reports for enterprise. This minor... Read More »

The beloved characters from the Dilbert-comicstrips day after day nail the stark difference of what corporations want you to believe the corporate life is, and of what the corporate life really is like. Wally keeps slacking and still stays on the... Read More »

Analyst Kevin Benedict had a funny quip during a webinar on the future of enterprise mobility hosted by IT Toolbox on Thursday (and sponsored by my parent company, SAP).  Talking about some of the ways that messages were transported in the... Read More »

Requirement: Recently many clients are going for implementation of E-Sourcing/Contract Life Cycle Management (CLM) for their strategic sourcing and maintenance of Legal Contracts. In CLM clients want to go away with paper work for getting the legal... Read More »

Brief overview on SAP Interfacing and how does it actually work SAP system interacts with several other legacy systems (sending and receiving systems) through various middleware tools like XFB, UNIX, Dataware, and EAI. One best example is the... Read More »

A few days ago, Rui Nogueira The role of Open Source in SAP’s Technology Strategy me on how open source supports the SAP technology strategy. A good reason to continue my blog. Which I am doing way too rarely. This time, I was almost on my... Read More »

For quite some time, I’m playing with this idea of comparing data with some raw material (like timber) and information with some product made from that raw material (like furniture). This helps to suggest (a) that data and information are... Read More »

Applies to: ERP 6 EhP5 – Master Data Governance for Supplier Summary SAP Master Data Governance provides an out-of-the box solution for the central management of various master data objects such as financial objects, supplier and material.... Read More »