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The SearchSAP.com Glossary Challenge

The SearchSAP.com Glossary Challenge

The SearchSAP.com Glossary Challenge

Are you fluent in the language of SAP? Put your skills to the test – see if you can connect the definitions of the top 10 entries from the SearchSAP.com Glossary to the appropriate term.

1. A revolutionary concept that changed the rules in computer program development, this is organized around data rather than logic.
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2. A standard format for exchanging business data...
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3. The business-to-business purchase and sale of supplies and services over the Internet.
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4. As opposed to BAPI, these are used for are used for asynchronous transactions.
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5. An information industry term for methodologies, software, and usually Internet capabilities that help an enterprise manage customer relationships.
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6. This set of integrated business applications uses the client/server model and provides the ability to store, retrieve, analyze, and process in many ways corporate data for financial analysis, production operation, human resource management, and most other business processes.
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7. A broad category of applications and technologies for gathering, storing, analyzing, and providing access to data to help enterprise users make better business decisions.
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8. A computer processing that enables a user to easily and selectively extract and view data from different points-of-view.
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9. A packaged, comprehensive business intelligence product centered around a data warehouse that is optimized for (but not limited to) the R/3 environment from SAP.
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10. A programming language for developing applications for SAP R/3...
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Manufacturing ERP
- GE customizes asset management tool JackBe Presto
  
  The water and power division of the manufacturing giant used the BI suite to harness real-time operational intelligence into its capital assets.
- Early adopters say Internet of Things resets software, business models
  
  In a panel session at SapphireNow 2013, SAP users and a telecom company say sensors are the easy part of making machines talk to each other -- and us.
- Infor customers ponder where legacy ERP fits in new social, Web push
  
  Customers of Infor use its legacy ERP brands that go back decades, but now are being challenged to move to the company's new Web architecture.
Oracle
- Domain-specific Oracle master data management
  
  Oracle master data management products are starting to merge various data management hubs, which is a help in particular vertical industries.
- Privileged user management a must for DBAs
  
  Trust, but verify. Ronald Reagan made it popular, and it's certainly relevant for DBAs in today's consolidated, virtualized IT world.
- John Webb: Why the new PeopleSoft applications are big news
  
  Lena Weiner-Bishop catches up with Oracle's vice president of PeopleSoft strategy, who explains the excitement around new PeopleSoft applications.
Data Management
- New BI stack tackles data load at Boston Children's Hospital
  
  Boston Children's Hospital upgraded its business intelligence architecture to boost enterprise reporting, a move that also required retraining users.
- Expanded Hadoop use cases will drive need for new enterprise features
  
  With user interest rising, Hadoop vendors are trying to pave a path to higher adoption with add-ons that target issues holding the technology back.
- Jim Goodnight on SAS in-memory analytics and the data scientist
  
  A podcast Q&A with SAS execs Jim Goodnight and Jim Davis looks at big data enablers, including in-memory analytics, and the role of data scientists.
DataManagement UK
- Big data roundtable webcast: gaining value from big data
  
  Roundtable discussion on business value of big data, chaired by Brian McKenna, Editor, SearchDataManagementUK, and featuring Mike Ferguson, Roxane Edjlali (Gartner), Joshua LeCure (GlaxoSmithKline).
- 2012 training courses: BI, data management, data warehousing
  
  Find out where to hone your business intelligence, data management and data warehouse skills with this list of training courses for 2012.
- Poor data quality: what is dirty data costing UK organisations?
  
  Poor data quality can have serious financial consequences for businesses. Read about the current state of data quality management at UK companies, including dirty data problems.
Business Analytics
- Marketing and advertising remain sweet spots for big data technology
  
  Marketing and advertising are the sweet spots for big data, but those who serve up marketing insights and ad space will need to evolve to survive.
- Strategies for de-cluttering business intelligence dashboard designs
  
  Expert Brian Jordan shows business intelligence managers how to avoid developing dashboards that overwhelm business users with too much information.
- Making mobile BI applications a reality: Key steps to take
  
  In a podcast, BI expert William McKnight discusses best practices and action items for managing deployments of mobile business intelligence tools.
CRM
- ACCE conference honors the best workers in the call center industry
  
  The ACCE conference celebrated its 10th anniversary with the ICMI awards dinner. Find out which companies were recognized for excellence in service.
- Windows 8 operating system a marked change in touchscreen environments
  
  Move aside iOS: Windows 8 operating system could be what turns tablets and smartphones into serious business platforms.
- Mobile technology makes time management challenging
  
  Mobile technology has made it easier to solve problems at the office while we aren't at the office. But all that connectedness could mean more work and less play.
Content Management
- Get 'em ready: Tips for planning a SharePoint 2013 training program
  
  SharePoint is a complex application. But training business users for an upgrade to SharePoint 2013 doesn't have to be a daunting task for IT teams.
- The organization of the future: Not just hybrid IT, but hybrid people
  
  The adoption of hybrid IT approaches creates a need for executives who can both formulate business objectives and assess IT requirements.
- SharePoint technology feels growing pains as 2013 release arrives
  
  SharePoint 2013 adds new features to the collaboration software. But it comes at a time when SharePoint's value is being questioned in some quarters.
Financial Applications
- With HANA mobile apps, SAP is erasing business models -- including its own
  
  At Sapphire Now 2013, in-memory analytics and mobile app demos showed how companies can turn big data into profitable service lines.
- IaaS business scales faster with Zuora billing software
  
  While a user testified to the benefits of Zuora specialty billing software, an expert said the niche tool is not necessary for all.
- Analytics, global HR hot topics at Bersin conference
  
  In this podcast, associate site and news editor Emma Snider recaps some of the key takeaways from Bersin by Deloitte's Impact 2013.

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