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SAP's Web 2.0 Prowess
Saturday, 20 December 2008 12:22 P GMT-05
Part One of this two-part article by Rory Doherty, editirial director of Optimal SAP Advisor, examined SAP’s use of Web 2.0 tools and technologies to harness the power of collective intelligence to educate its expansive ecosystem of customers
SAP's Web 2.0 Power
Wednesday, 10 December 2008 7:21 P GMT-05
SAP, the world’s largest provider of enterprise applications, is utilizing cutting-edge Web 2.0 tools and techniques to accomplish a Herculean task at a time when the stakes -- from an economic perspective -- have never been higher.Read article
More Value from SAP Enterprise Support
Wednesday, 10 December 2008 7:10 P GMT-05
What most SAP customers know about SAP’s new Enterprise Support maintenance program is limited to a few basic facts; namely, that it comes with a 22%-of-license-cost price tag; that it is mandatory for all new SAP customers (SAP 6.0); and that,
Getting the green light for SAP green projects
Thursday, 6 November 2008 11:23 A GMT-05
One might suppose that recent economic pressures are forcing ‘green’ initiatives off the table for cash- and credit-strapped companies. While this may be the case with a handful of superficial, public-facing initiatives intended solely to
Real savings from virtual SAP moves
Thursday, 6 November 2008 11:21 A GMT-05
Let’s face it, companies are less likely to make big IT spends with a tumultuous economy. Virtualization technology, because of its maturity and because it saves money, is a source of light in an otherwise murky enterprise IT sector. Leveraging
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When times get tough, the tough innovate
Thursday, 6 November 2008 11:16 A GMT-05
Despite today’s rough economy, recent IT spending forecasts are far from bleak. To be sure, the spendthrift ways of the late 1990s are not likely to return anytime soon, but leading companies understand that under investing in technology &ndash
SAP Pay Hot Despite Cold Economy
Wednesday, 24 September 2008 1:00 P GMT-05
A scarcity of experienced talent has helped pump up pay considerably for SAP-related skills in recent months, according to a new report.Read InformationWeek article: What's Hot? SAP Skills and Pay Ironically, this talent crunch –- arguably
SAP TechEd 2008 - Focus on Business Process Experts (BPX)
Saturday, 20 September 2008 3:47 P GMT-05
Of all the news that came out of the 12th annual SAP® TechEd conference held last week in Las Vegas, nothing resonated as loudly and as clearly as the heightened importance and growing need for SAP business process experts (BPX).Read article by S
SAP Fast-Start Program - The Ultimate Myth Buster
Monday, 15 September 2008 3:42 P GMT-05
That SAP ERP is too complex and expensive for small and midsize organizations has been a misleading myth for too long -- a myth that SAP’s ramped up fast-start program for SAP Business All-in-One solutions quickly debunks.Read article by Elliot
The Link Between SAP GRC & Good Credit
Monday, 15 September 2008 12:04 P GMT-05
As if the regulatory pressure of Sarbanes-Oxley and Basel II is not enough to contend with, corporations must soon exhibit proof of a formal and effective risk-management program in order to secure a positive credit rating from Standard & Poor&rs
Optimal Solutions Featured in SiliconIndia Magazine
Monday, 15 September 2008 11:53 A GMT-05
Gurvendra Suri, founder and CEO of Optimal Solutions, has grown his company significantly every year for the past 13 years providing SAP solutions and services to some of the world’s largest corporations and government organizations. His plan
Putting SAP Enterprise Support in Context
Monday, 18 August 2008 2:51 P GMT-05
Announced in February, rolled out in May and soon to be mandatory for all maintenance customers, SAP’s Enterprise Support program has created quite a stir. While some customers applaud the enhanced offering and extended coverage, others lambast
SAP, BOBJ Deepen Integration, Sharpen SME Focus
Monday, 18 August 2008 2:42 P GMT-05
Delivering on a roadmap laid out soon after SAP's acquisition of Business Objects, SAP and BOBJ recently unveiled SAP Strategy Management 7.0, SAP Business Planning and Consolidation 7.0, BusinessObjects Financial Consolidation 7.0 and BusinessOb
Optimal Targets Metals & Mining Midmarket Companies
Monday, 21 July 2008 12:40 P GMT-05
Optimal Solutions Integration , Inc., an SAP channel partner authorized to resell the SAP Business All-in-One solution to midsize companies in North America, and a leading consulting and staffing firm that has achieved premier-level status in the S
SAP Makes New Enterprise Support Mandatory for All Customers
Wednesday, 16 July 2008 4:15 P GMT-05
SAP today announced a mandatory transitioning of all of its ERP customer to the new Enterprise Support maintenance program which will go into effect as of January 1, 2009.The primary drivers for this transition, according to SAP: "The ong
What to Make of SAP's New ERP Maintenance Offering?
Tuesday, 24 June 2008 10:02 A GMT-05
Here's the skinny on SAP’s new ERP Maintenance program, “Enterprise Support,” rolled out in February and announced in May:End to 17% basic supportEnd to 22% premium supportOnly option for new SAP ERP customers is the Enterprise
SAP Talent Scarce, Opportunities Rich
Tuesday, 20 May 2008 11:18 P GMT-05
A high ranking SAP exec recently confirmed a potential deficit of 30,000 - 40,000 SAP consultants over the next few years. For its part, SAP is working to fill the gap by increasing its investment in the SAP University Alliances program, a network of
Optimal's Big SAP Midmarket Push
Wednesday, 14 May 2008 10:02 P GMT-05
In line with SAP’s expanding partner ecosystem and stated goal of having 100,000 customers by 2010, Optimal Solutions Integration announced during SAPPHIRE that it has been named an SAP® Business All-in-One channel partner, and that Tailwin
News from SAPPHIRE 2008
Friday, 9 May 2008 11:30 P GMT-05
Times are charged for SAP, the customer community and partner ecosystem, and with more than 15,000 attendees converging at the premier SAP educational and networking conference, this year’s ASUG + SAPPHIRE conference in Orlando certainly was ac
SAP Upgrade Webinar
Thursday, 10 April 2008 11:31 P GMT-05
SAP upgrade on your radar? Want to know what's new in ECC? Need help deciding if the time is right to upgrade, building a business case for an upgrade, or understanding the risks that can derail your Upgrade?SAP upgrade specialists from Opti
SAP, Salesforce.com Square Off
Thursday, 10 April 2008 10:39 A GMT-05
In a debate billed as 'The Future of Enterprise Software,' SAP's Hasso Plattner and Salesforce.com's Marc Benioff squared off on a number of critical issues that will shape how the battle for enterprise software supremacy
SAP's Knockout Combo for CFOs
Saturday, 29 March 2008 6:43 A GMT-05
While most vendors market their solutions for governance risk and compliance (GRC) and corporate performance management (CPM) separately, the truth is that the value of both GRC and performance management solutions is most fully realized when these a
SAP's Crystal Clear CPM Vision
Thursday, 20 March 2008 4:38 P GMT-05
SAP has been very active over the past several years building, buying and evolving its corporate performance management (CPM) offering. This spate of activity has brought with it a number of changes—in terms of both product nomenclature and und
Good News for SAP: ERP Top Priority in 2008
Saturday, 1 March 2008 2:55 P GMT-05
Amid a host of not-so-optimistic IT spending forecasts for 2008, it appears that spending on ERP -- software giant SAP's bread-and-butter offering -- will continue strong throughout the year. According to a quarterly survey put out by UBS, spendi
SAP to Thrive When/If Recession Strikes
Tuesday, 12 February 2008 11:50 A GMT-05
Seems like everywhere you turn nowadays there’s talk about the U.S. slipping into an economic recession, dragging the world economy down with it and forcing a global belt-tightening across all industries. But all is not gloom and doom, and if t
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