by Judith Myerson, Systems Engineer and Architect/Owner
SAP Professional Journal - Volume 14 (2012), Issue 2

Examine criteria for migrating your applications to the cloud. They can help you decide whether to proceed. You can use the criteria as a guideline or as a part of the pre-migration assessment.

by Sameer Page, Program Manager
SAP Professional Journal - Volume 14 (2012), Issue 1

Rapid, diverse growth demands robust system-supported business processes to manage the scale, size, and complexities of business operations. ERP systems can support and improve operational efficiencies and integrate processes. Discover the need, purpose, and major components of an ERP-enabled business transformation program and how it differs from a conventional ERP implementation.

by Rama Chemudupati, Lead Consultant, Infosys Ltd.
SAP Professional Journal - Volume 14 (2012), Issue 1

Learn a real-world example of a resource operating model, including the roles and responsibilities — for both business and IT — in achieving a successful data migration project. Arm yourself with detailed descriptions of what each role should do, when and how they interact with other roles, and how to deliver the migration objects successfully.

by Tom Kennedy, BackOffice Associates
insiderPROFILES - 2010 (Volume 1), July (Issue 3)

A long-term data migration rollout can be daunting and expensive — unless you choose a tangible, low-cost strategy. This article unfolds the key benefits of a cloud-based data migration methodology, along with a success story from a Fortune 500 corporation.

by An interview with Tom Kennedy, BackOffice Associates
insiderPROFILES - 2010 (Volume 1), April ( Issue 2)

Companies with inadequate business processes in place generally have problems maintaining a business-ready level of data quality. BackOffice Associates believes that businesses need to start focusing on data issues early in the SAP project life cycle. Learn how SAP customers can experience uneventful — and successful — data migrations following the “Boring Go Live” strategy.

by Clive Bellmore and Oliver Huschke, SAP AG
SAPinsider - 2009 (Volume 10), April (Issue 2)

Nearly 80% of all data migration projects run over time, over budget, or both. Uncover the keys to a successful data migration project, and enable the business to take charge of their data's quality.

by Chris Maxcer
SAP NetWeaver Magazine - Volume 5, Issue 1

How does a global company with 178 subsidiaries, partnerships, and joint ventures manage its financial operations as a cohesive whole? Learn why specialty chemical and materials company W. R. Grace & Co. migrated to the new SAP General Ledger. See how Grace is moving to a single source of financial data, which allows for common reporting that suits business needs in profit center accounting, financial planning, and legal reporting.

by Karsten Strothmann and Thomas Heisner, SAP AG
SAPinsider - 2008 (Volume 9), April (Issue 2)

Learn about the new advances in SAP’s mobile offering, and take an intuitive, user-friendly, six-step approach to migrating to SAP NetWeaver Mobile 7.1.

by Laura Casasanto, Associate Editor
Project Expert - Volume 3 (2010), Update 5

Formalizing your testing strategy will go a long way toward ensuring that issues and enhancements are dealt with quickly and at minimal cost. Nathan Sharp of Siemens shares 10 key elements of a successful testing strategy.

by Umesh Manoor, Senior SAP BI Consultant, Fujitsu Consulting, and Kedar Patil, Senior Consultant, Infosys Technologies Limited
SAP Professional Journal - Volume 11 (2009), Update 1

When you upgrade from SAP BW 3.x to SAP NetWeaver BI 7.0, the data flow doesn’t automatically migrate with the system. Find out how to migrate your DataSources, transformations, and Web templates to the new format.