SAP implementation and upgrades, SAP outsourcing and implementation partners, SAP Solution Manager, SAP support and maintenance, SAP training and certification strategy, Compliance, Buying SAP-ERP software, Evaluating ERP for small business and the midmarket, SAP ROI and TCO, SAP trends and market projections
SAP All-in-One, SAP Business ByDesign, SAP Business One, SAP CRM software, SAP ERP software, SAP HR management, SAP MM, SAP PLM software, SAP PM, SAP SCM software, SAP SD, SAP financial management, SAP industry-specific software, SAP mobile technology, SAP supplier relationship management software, SAP xApps
Business Objects and SAP business intelligence, SAP CPM software, SAP MDM software, SAP and GRC, SAP BW, Data archiving
SAP Business Process Management, SAP Duet, SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal, SAP PI-XI, SAP and enterprise service oriented architecture, SAP application integration
SAP Basis administration and NetWeaver administration, SAP security administration, SAPscript and Smart Forms
SAP ABAP, SAP Java and J2EE, SAP Web applications, SAP interface technologies, SAP Workflow
Hardware for SAP, SAP hosting, SAP virtualization, SaaS management
Definition
RFC is also an abbreviation for Request for Comments.
A Remote Function Call (RFC) is an application program interface to R/3 applications from SAP, the German company that sells a coordinated set of applications and databases to Fortune 1000 companies. SAP customers who wish to write other applications that communicate with R/3 applications and databases can use the RFC interface to do so.
Acknowledging that it’s too much work for them to take on alone, SAP is counting on its partners to help modify its user interfaces.
In a new report, Gartner says that SAP Duet Enterprise succeeds at something its predecessor failed to do, namely, making SAP ERP easier for business users and casual users alike.
In this screencast of a composite application shown at TechEd, BP demonstrates a key mapping services using NetWeaver.
Financial management applications are essential in any enterprise IT strategy -- but integration with other business software is critical, experts say.
A clear mobile strategy will determine the right questions to ask hardware vendors, software developers and service providers, consultants say.
In-house Oracle expertise proved crucial to integrating Salesforce.com’s CRM application through the Informatica Cloud service.
Oracle has spent $3.4 billion on Taleo and RightNow in the past few months, showing that it is serious about hosting applications in the cloud for its customers.
One reader asks how to set up a report in Oracle SQL so that Monday is the first day of the week.
Oracle Advanced Analytics is the company’s newest announcement around data analytics, a market that Oracle seeks to blanket with products.
A local AAA auto club serving three western states is using cloud-based data integration tools to help drive an aggressive cloud computing strategy.
There’s no lack of choices to consider if you’re looking at a possible data virtualization deployment -- both in terms of the vendors offering tools and the potential uses for the technology.
Informatica and IBM are the top dogs in the data virtualization software market, thanks to a strong combination of “enterprise-class” features, according to Forrester Research Inc.
IT leaders need to get information governance right if MDM is to help cut costs, stoke productivity and mitigate risk, according to Gartner on the eve of the MDM summit.
Gartner’s BI London summit will show a landscape beset by strategic misalignment, intra-organisational struggle and weak cloud adoption. Yet mobile BI is becoming a reality.
Find out where to hone your business intelligence, data management and data warehouse skills with this list of training courses for 2012.
The Paradies Shops’ search for BI tools to access data quickly and break away from Excel spreadsheets started with data discovery vendors but didn’t end with them.
New research reveals businesses’ relative lack of “big data” maturity and the hurdles in both technology and analytics techniques they need to overcome.
Interest in mobile BI is growing, but democratizing data also presents hurdles for building a business case, according to new research from TDWI.
With social CRM gaining popularity, companies need to identify their audiences are and what social media sites and technology they use, analysts say.
The Boston Red Sox spent seven years searching for a CRM system to handle ticketing and fan engagement before selecting a custom version of Microsoft CRM.
In this expert response, find some ways contact centers are using social media channels to manage customer contact volume.
Web content management is not just about publishing Web pages any more, according to one industry expert. It has become a way to use content to power useful business applications for the enterprise.
Digital archiving and the longevity of electronic information is being overlooked by enterprise content management professionals at the enterprise’s peril. Digital doesn’t necessarily mean permanent.
After technical infrastructure issues continually crashed Lancaster Bible College’s website over the course of a year, the school switched to a cloud Web content management system.