by Raquel Cunha, Independent Solution Manager Consultant
Solution Manager Expert - Volume 5 (2012), May

Learn how to make available for testers and test managers the scenario, process, or process step assigned to the test case during sequence maintenance and test execution.

by Tony de Thomasis, SAP Mentor, Independent Solution Manager Practitioner
Solution Manager Expert - Volume 5 (2012), March

Learn how to generate the Security Optimization Service (SOS) report in SAP Solution Manager 7.1. Discover the level of security in your SAP landscape and learn proactive actions you can take in your system to improve its security.

by Charles “Tim” Soper, Senior Education Consultant, SAP
BI Expert - Volume 10 (2012), Update 2

Get a brief overview of the new administration setup in SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation 10.0, version for SAP NetWeaver, including updated features that affect models, dimensions, properties, hierarchies, script logic, transports, and more.

by Scott Priest, Managing Editor, Solution Manager Expert
Solution Manager Expert - Volume 5 (2012), Update 1

Discover the technical and visual features of Technical Operations, a new monitoring feature with SAP Solution Manager 7.1. Learn how it differs from the Computing Center Management System (CCMS), and the expected time to set up Technical Operations.

by Dr. Karol Bliznak, Vice President, SAP AG, and Carsten Hilker, Solution Manager, SAP Labs
SAP Professional Journal - Volume 14 (2012), Issue 1

Get a first-hand look at how the CO-PA Accelerator for cost-based CO-PA with SAP HANA replicates data from SAP ERP in real time into SAP HANA for fast access to revenue, cost, and profitability data. Look at some of the most asked-about best practices available now for implementing the CO-PA Accelerator with SAP HANA, including technology prerequisites and skills needed. Learn how to execute profitability-related reports and allocations on in-memory without disruption for your business users.

by Dr. Thomas Weiss and Martin Jaekle, SAP AG
SAPinsider - 2011 (Volume 12), October (Issue 4)

This two-part article series shows you that it isn't a question of which programming language — ABAP or Java — is better than the other. The choice depends on the situation, and sometimes the answer is both. This article shows you how to create a mental map to evaluate your options and make this decision by walking through some example scenarios that illustrate the questions you need to answer for your project's unique situation and conditions.

by Alfred Barzewski, Senior Developer, SAP AG
SAP Professional Journal - Volume 13 (2011), Update 4

Learn about the package concept in the area of ABAP-based application development. Understand the essentials of the package framework, following various case studies and concrete tasks from the daily routine of the ABAP developer as examples. Attention is focused on how you can use the package concept to benefit your own development.

by Ingo Hilgefort, Director, Solution Management, SAP
SAP Professional Journal - Volume 13 (2011), Update 4

Learn about some of the new capabilities of SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.0, including data connectivity options, multilingual dashboards, and auditing and monitoring capabilities. Additionally, discover the platform integration that allows for caching and performance improvements.

by David Hannon, Features Editor
insiderPROFILES - 2011 (Volume 2), July (Issue 3)

Hostess Brands, the maker of famous food brands such as Wonder Bread and Twinkies, used to maintain its corporate organizational (org) charts manually in spreadsheets — and it’s no surprise that this created limitations, such as lack of visibility into employee data. Follow Hostess on its search for and discovery of an ERP-friendly org charting tool — Ingentis org.manager — and learn about the key benefits it’s now reaping.

by Bob Williamson, Vice President of Products, SIOS Technology Corp.
insiderPROFILES - 2011 (Volume 2), April (Issue 2)

System outages, whether planned or unplanned, can have devastating effects on the business — from lost sales to customer dissatisfaction. To enable a server switchover in case of a problem, SIOS Technology Corp offers Linux users a tool to cluster SAP NetWeaver Application Server environments and allow switchovers. In this article, get an overview of the tool’s benefits and even read a quick case study from eastern Switzerland’s largest media company.