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SAP software and modules

• What does big data mean for SAP landscapes?

  Learn how the advent of big data is affecting SAP systems in this webcast with expert and Capgemini Consultant Chris Kernaghan. Continue Reading

• Seize business benefits of using SAP SolMan in ERP implementation, upgrade

  The functional benefits of SAP SolMan (Solution Manager) are often underused or ignored, and that's a mistake, writes expert Jawad Akhtar. Continue Reading

• SAP XSteps now helps automate, simplify discrete manufacturing

  Long a staple in process manufacturing, SAP XSteps now helps discrete manufacturers record production data, as well as automate production processes. Continue Reading

• SAP JAM

  SAP Jam is SAP's social media platform. Continue Reading

• ERP application ecosystem strategies for making it in a SaaS world

  Analyst China Martens outlines a strategy for managing ERP application portfolios that blend SaaS and on-premises apps. Continue Reading

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  • SAP MM (SAP Materials Management)
  • SAP NetWeaver
  • SAP Business Suite
  • Fieldglass

  • SAP BW (Business Warehouse)
  • SAP Cloud Platform
  • SAP Ariba
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• SAP BW, NLS and Hadoop: The top 10 SearchSAP HANA stories from 2013

  From closer ties with Hadoop to migrating to SAP HANA and more, SearchSAP.com counts down the most popular HANA-related stories and videos from 2013.Continue Reading

• The answer's HANA: Now, what was your SAP ERP question?

  Industry analyst China Martens offers guidance on where HANA might fit in an SAP ERP strategy.Continue Reading

• technical debt

  In software development, technical debt is a metaphor equating Extreme Programming’s incremental, get-something-started approach with the easy acquisition of money through fast loans. Like monetary debt, technical debt must be repaid.Continue Reading

• Quick fixes for the most common post go-live SAP error messages

  There are a number of SAP error messages that can occur post ERP go-live, writes Jawad Akhtar. Here's how to knock them out.Continue Reading

• Use SAP Backflush functionality to automate production processes

  Companies save themselves headaches by automating production processes using SAP Backflush and Automatic Goods Receipt functions, writes Jawad Akhtar.Continue Reading

• How does SAP analytics-enabled 'smart vending' work?

  Machine-to-machine technology is big news these days. But how does M2M technology, along with SAP analytics, enable 'smart vending'?Continue Reading

• SAP Solution Manager

  SAP Solution Manager is an end-to-end Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) platform used to support and manage SAP and non-SAP applications in an SAP ERP environment, including such tasks as managing custom code and overall system performance.Continue Reading

• A guide to SAP SCM software

  Learn the basics of SAP supply chain management software and the many modules and features companies can use to make their operations more efficient.Continue Reading

• A quiz for SAP SCM software gurus

  How much do you know about SAP SCM software? Take this short quiz and find out.Continue Reading

• Business cases for M2M technology sometimes a 'tricky affair'

  M2M technology has companies thinking of new revenue streams. But that doesn't mean developing a business case is easy, according to SAP.Continue Reading