by Tobias Kutning, SAP
SAPinsider - 2013 (Volume 14), January (Issue 1)

When deploying a new solution, a key preparation is making sure that you have a scalable hardware configuration that can support that solution and all of the operations that you will use it for. To help, the SAP Benchmark Council works to provide benchmarks so you can find the precise hardware that will fit your needs. This article takes a look at the history of the SAP Benchmark Council, its accomplishments, and its future initiatives.

by Dr. Thomas Becker and Tobias Kutning, SAP AG
SAPinsider - 2012 (Volume 13), October (Issue 4)

These days, when it comes to systems that support decision making, customers are looking for ones that can enable near real-time reporting, ad hoc reporting, and TCO reduction. The new BW enhanced mixed load (BW-EML) benchmark was built with these needs in mind. In this article, you’ll learn more about the BW-EML benchmark and how it helps companies find the right system configuration to fit their needs.

by Sebastian Schmitt, SAP
SAPinsider - 2012 (Volume 13), July (Issue 3)

In the past, companies tended to look at throughput KPIs to determine which hardware resources would be right to support their software installations. However, there is now a new KPI that companies must also consider: single computing unit (SCU) performance. Read this article to see how SAP helps customers make informed hardware purchase decisions based on improved awareness of SCU performance and through the use of Quick Sizer.

by Georg Fischer and Stefanie Kübler, SAP AG
SAPinsider - 2012 (Volume 13), April (Issue 2)

All companies want to cut operating costs, reduce the communication efforts for the IT staff, and become all-around more agile entities. In this article, you’ll learn how system consolidation and system decommissioning projects can help you reach these goals. You’ll also discover why combining these two projects not only nets the benefits of a lean data center more quickly, it also means huge savings in time and money.

by Tobias Kutning and Bernd F. Lober, SAP AG
SAPinsider - 2012 (Volume 13), January (Issue 1)

Originally introduced to boost quality assurance, SAP standard application benchmarks are also used to test and verify the scalability, concurrency, power efficiency, and multi-user behavior of system software components, relational database management systems (RDBMSs), and business applications. This article takes a closer look at these benchmarks and explores some of the record-breaking results achieved this year.

by Tobias Kutning, SAP AG
SAPinsider - 2011 (Volume 12), July (Issue 3)

How can a company be sure that the energy-efficient server it chooses is truly a sustainable one? To help, SAP, in close cooperation with its partners, introduced the SAP server power standard application benchmark, which tests a vendor's server, allowing that vendor to demonstrate the server's efficiency — and enabling customers to evaluate it before purchasing. Explore the results from one SAP partner, Fujitsu, which earned the first SAP server power standard application benchmark

by Sheree Johnson, SAP Americas
SAPinsider - 2010 (Volume 11), October (Issue 4)

A Customer Center of Expertise (COE) can help the IT organization demonstrate its value, while ensuring solution quality and keeping TCO in check. Past SAPinsider articles have explored how to set up a COE; this article dives into how to take your Customer COE to a new level. Learn how to set and manage KPIs to set the right priorities for continuous improvement.

by Richard Barrett, SAP
SAPinsider - 2010 (Volume 11), October (Issue 4)

Implementing cost-to-serve reporting and analysis operational processes can significantly benefit an organization. In this article, SAP’s Richard Barrett explores several best practices companies can take—identifying and eliminating non-value-add activities across the organization, for instance—to gain immediate cost savings and increase net margins by focusing on the most profitable customers and products.

by Shaf Begen, SAP
SAPinsider - 2010 (Volume 11), July (Issue 3)

Visibility into your organization’s health is vital at this economic inflection point. This article unlocks the value of an "enterprise health management" program, identifies three key goals to strive for when developing your program, highlights compliance and risk management capabilities offered by SAP, and uncovers real benefits from an SAP customer case study.

by Clarissa Götz and Sebastian Schmitt, SAP AG
SAPinsider - 2010 (Volume 11), July (Issue 3)

As energy prices continue to rise, companies must take a hard look at the amount of energy their IT landscapes consume. Learn how SAP is helping companies decommission their inefficient legacy systems—without losing access to valuable data—and giving them the tools they need to select more energy-efficient servers in the future.