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TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Business Intelligence for SAP Netweaver (Level 200): Microsoft SQL Server 2005 includes the integrated Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services solution to easily create and manage reports on information inside any SAP Business Information Warehouse SAP BW data warehouse. An updated data provider and a new query designer enables to take advantage of the data in SAP BW...; Tags: Business Intelligence, Webcast, SAP BW, SAP NetWeaver, SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft TechNet, Enterprise Software, Databases, Software, Data Management; Webcasts 2008-03-13
The IBM DB2 Integrated Cluster Environment Leads the Way With 3-Tier, 32-Node SAP Business Information Warehouse Benchmark Results: Historically seen, the concept of data warehousing typically brings to mind complexity and expensive hardware. The introduction of Linux clustering changed that view over the last few years by using concepts from the "Linux Beowulf" High Performance Computing cluster in the enterprise arena. The IBM DB2 Universal DataBase (DB2 UDB)...; Tags: Data Warehouse, SAP BW, SAP AG, IBM DB2 Universal Database, IBM DB2, IBM Corp., Databases, Linux, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Operating Systems; White papers 2005-12-01
SAP With Microsoft SQL Server 2005: Best Practices for High Availability, Maximum Performance, and Scalability: This white paper describes best practices that customers, system integrators, and partners can use to design and install reliable, high-availability SAP implementations that deliver maximum performance, scalability, and security by using SQL Server 2005. The paper describes typical architectures, installation and configuration, and performance monitoring and tuning. The paper also...; Tags: Performance, Microsoft SQL Server, SAP BW, High Availability, Scalability, SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Best Practice, Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management; White papers 2005-11-01
Optimize Your SAP BW Environment for Operational Reporting: Two prevailing trends in the Enterprise Resource Planning ERP market have created a significant challenge for companies looking to use operational reporting to improve their business decision making. SAP, the market leader in ERP, drives both trends. Interestingly, because of SAP's tight partnership with Business Objects, SAP is also a...; Tags: SAP BW, Environment, SAP AG, Pricing, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management; White papers 2005-04-04
Reporting in SAP BW Environments: Four-fifths of existing SAP customers in Germany had neither deployed SAP BW or mySAP Business Intelligence, nor had they planned to do so. By contrast, around 13% of the SAP user community in Germany had deployed a production BW/BI installation. At 2% of the companies surveyed, the BW component was...; Tags: SAP BW, Environment, SAP AG; White papers 2003-09-01

tesa Secures Efficient Sales Reporting With SAP Business Intelligence: Headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, and a member of the Beiersdorf Group, tesa AG ranks as one of the world's leading suppliers of self-adhesive products. With some 58 subsidiaries spanning Europe, Asia, Australia, and the Americas, tesa places a great deal of importance on customers and pays strict attention to market...; Tags: SAP BW, SAP AG, Tesa, Sales Strategy, Strategic Management, Business Intelligence, Storage, Databases, Sales, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware; Case studies
SAP Case Study: MLP AG: MLP AG, Europe's leading private finance group, links quality personal advice with a comprehensive online finance offering, integrating banking and insurance services within a single solution. With SAP Business Information Warehouse SAP BW, the data warehouse solution within mySAP Business Intelligence, MLP AG has implemented an efficient sales-management tool for...; Tags: SAP BW, SAP AG, Business Intelligence, Insurance, Financial Planning, Databases, Storage, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Hardware; Case studies
Oxford University Press: SAP Customer Success Story: The everyday business of Oxford University Press is information - in the form of books of all kinds. The data volumes involved in publishing thousands of books is difficult to imagine. Because its long tradition and good reputation oblige it to uphold high standards of quality, the publisher has now...; Tags: Idea Integration Corp., SAP BW, SAP AG, Enterprise Software, Software; Case studies
TechNet Webcast: Setting Up and Configuring SQL Server 2005 for SAP Applications (Level 300): Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is the database that many organizations use for SAP business applications deployments. This webcast explains the best practices for setting up and operating SQL Server 2005 for secure, reliable, and scalable SAP deployments. It also explains about architectures, 64-bit deployments, SAP Business Information Warehouse SAP BW...; Tags: Webcast, Microsoft SQL Server, SAP BW, SAP AG, Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Microsoft TechNet, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; Webcasts
mySAP.com Business Intelligence for Analytical CRM: Efficient Customer Relations Thanks to a Personalized Service: Bertelsmann's book and music clubs are developing the systematic management of their customer relations with the help of the Customer Interaction Center CIC, a central component of mySAP.com Customer Relationship Management. Gaining new customers, keeping customers longer and increasing sales per customer are the most important business goals of Bertelsmann...; Tags: Business Intelligence, Bertelsmann AG, mySAP, SAP BW, Customer, SAP AG, Customer Relation, CRM, Sales Strategy, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Sales Force Management, Enterprise Software, Sales, Software; Case studies
TechNet Webcast: Setting Up and Deploying SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services for SAP BW (Level 200): Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 1 (SP1) includes an integrated Reporting Services solution to easily create and manage reports on information inside any SAP Business Information Warehouse SAP BW data warehouse. An updated data provider and a new query designer enable to take advantage of the data in SAP...; Tags: Webcast, Microsoft SQL Server, SAP BW, SAP AG, Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Microsoft TechNet, Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 1; Webcasts
Germany's TUEV NORD Deploys SQL Server 2005 for 2-Terabyte SAP Business Warehouse: Germany's TUEV NORD Group, one of that countries largest technical service providers, offers a wide range of consulting, testing, and servicing activities with its Systems, Mobility, Certification, Energy and Systems Engineering, Academy and International Divisions. After a merger with Rheinisch-westfalisch, the company anticipates doubling its 2 terabyte SAP Business Warehouse...; Tags: Microsoft SQL Server, SAP BW, SAP AG, Microsoft SQL Server 2005, 64-Bit, Network Technology, Databases, Enterprise Software, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Networking, Software, Data Management; Case studies
SAP Business Information Warehouse Facilitates Quick, Accurate Reporting: In a highly competitive, international financial market, managers must quickly assess opportunities and risks across all levels of the bank. To do so, they require ever-faster access to more accurate and consistent information unavailable from traditionally disparate applications. The Julius Baer Group deployed SAP Business Information Warehouse - a component...; Tags: SAP BW, SAP AG, Enterprise Software, Software; Case studies
HR Strategies Put Into Practice Swiftly and Effectively Using Efficient HR Controlling: DG BANK is a partner for credit cooperatives, small, medium-sized, and large national and international companies, as well as institutional investors. The company needed an end-to-end reporting and analysis solution that could provide rapid, convenient access to information. DG BANK opted for SAP Business Information Warehouse SAP BW. This resulted...; Tags: Human Resources, SAP BW, SAP AG, DG BANK; Case studies
New Transparency With SAP Business Information Warehouse: The Swiss company Clariant is a leading producer of specialty chemicals, selling its products worldwide. The transparency in marketing and sales that Clariant requires to conduct its business is now provided by the SAP Business Information Warehouse, which was recently implemented in only five months. SAP Labs Mannheim, the implementation...; Tags: SAP BW, SAP AG, Sales Strategy, Marketing Research, Sales, Marketing; Case studies
SAP Business Information Warehouse (SAP BW) at HOCHTIEF: Transparent Figures Ensure Efficient HR Management: Through SAP Business Information Warehouse, HOCHTIEF Software GmbH, a SAP partner for SAP's Human Resources SAP HR solution, has created the basis for strategic HR management at HOCHTIEF AG. The latest data is now available "At the press of a button". HR figures can be drawn up for the whole...; Tags: Human Resources, SAP BW, HRM, SAP AG, Data, Human Resource Management (HRM); Case studies
SAP Business Information Warehouse at SAP AG: Global Reporting Creates Transparency for Customer-Related Decisions: With its SAP Business Information Warehouse SAP BW, SAP has established a standardized reporting procedure in the whole group. Top management, line managers and a large number of employees in all parts of the world can now make decisions flexibly and quickly, based on consistent and transparent data. Thanks to...; Tags: SAP BW, SAP AG; Case studies

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Open-Xchange releases preview of next groupware server for Web 2.0 era: Open-Xchange has released a preview version of its next generation open source collaboration server designed for the Web 2.0 era. Open-Xchange Server Edition, which will succeed Open-Xchange 6 and Open-Xchange Express Edition, features an Ajax-based, customizable user interface for managing emails, contacts, task and document sharing, new...; Tags: Groupware, Web, Open-Xchange, Mashup Feature, OSGi Framework, AJAX, Web 2.0, E-mail, Servers, Open Source, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Online Communications, Hardware, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-06-30
Bad leadership causes failed IT [guest blogger]: Bad leadership causes failed IT [guest blogger]From the Obvious to the executionMuch of what you say is true, and as you point out much has been written on this subject, and very little changes.Having delivered some very successful projects myself, the biggest success factor is a clear delineation between, business,...; Tags: Strategy, Leadership, True Leadership, information technology, Bad leadership cause, Bad leadership, guest blogger; Discussion threads 2008-06-29
Do you need to be a programmer to run a software company?: Do you need to be a programmer to run a software company?It's back to square oneIn fact, the new Internet-based platforms (Google App Engine, Microsofts upcoming platform to complement SSDS) are creating an entirely new platform. This change is as profound as the change in the early 80's. To succeed...; Tags: Development tools, programmer, software, software company; Discussion threads 2008-06-25