SAP HANA Essentials eBook – FREE COPY

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May 142012
 

Everything you want to know about SAP HANA is now available in an eBook, SAP HANA Essentials. The book provides business or technical backgrounds a broad overview of the architecture, tools, capabilities and use cases for SAP HANA. Additional chapters will be added on a regular basis.

You can get the book free via offer code: 0FED1038

Table of Contents

Chapter Title Timetable
1 SAP HANA Overview Available Now
2 SAP HANA Architecture Coming in Fall 2012
3 SAP HANA Business Cases & ROI Model Coming in Summer 2012
4 SAP HANA Applications Coming in Summer 2012
5 SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse on SAP Coming in Summer 2012
6 Data Provisioning with SAP HANA Coming in Fall 2012
7 Data Modeling with SAP HANA Coming in Fall 2012
8 Application Development with SAP HANA Coming in Fall 2012
9 SAP HANA Administration & Operations Coming in Fall 2012
10 SAP HANA Hardware Available Now
11 SAP HANA Projects & Implementation Available Now
12 SAP HANA Resources Coming in Summer 2012

 

About the Author: Jeffrey Word, Ph.D., is responsible for creating and communicating thought leadership on SAP’s In-Memory database strategy globally.  Over the last 13 years at SAP, he has driven multiple topics in technology strategy and corporate innovation projects.  He is also the co-author of the bestselling books, Integrated Business Processes with ERP Systems (2011) and SAP NetWeaver for Dummies (2004).  His next book, Integrated Business Processes with SAP® ERP, will be released in Fall 2012.

Kraft, John Deere and Others Using SAP HANA

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May 142012
 

If you wanted to learn who is using SAP HANA read a blog from Simo Said from SAP. Simo captures how well-known companies are using SAP HANA, such as Kraft, John Deere, Amerisource.

Kraft, John Deere and other customers are presenting at SAPPHIRE NOW this week.  Go to the SAPPHIRE NOW Virtual Platform to watch keynotes and presentations.  Below are the links to Kraft & John Deere presentations:

Virtual SAPPHIRE NOW 2012

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May 112012
 

Watch SAPPHIRE NOW keynotes and customer-sessions Live on May 14-17.

SAP KEYNOTES: SAP executives share their vision for using SAP solutions to transform your business and run like never before. Log on to watch our keynote broadcasts online from Orlando, Florida.

  • Monday, May 14, 4:30 p.m.–6:00 p.m. EDT — SAP co-CEO Bill McDermott
  • Tuesday, May 15, 8:30 a.m.–10:30 a.m. EDT – SAP co-CEO Jim Hagemann Snabe and Lars Dalgaard, member of SAP Executive Board
  • Wednesday, May 16, 8:00 a.m.–10:30 a.m. EDT — Prof. Dr. h.c. Hasso Plattner, Chairman of the SAP Supervisory Board, and Vishal Sikka, member of SAP Executive Board, Technology and Innovation

Press Virtual Activites:

  • Tuesday, May 15, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.  EDT — Co-CEO Q&A with Bill McDermott and Jim Hagemann Snabe
  • Wednesday, May 16, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.  EDT — Executive Q&A with Vishal Sikka, member of SAP Executive Board, Technology and Innovation

View SAPPHIRE NOW From Orlando Online

You can also watch live events – such as campus keynote speeches and customer-driven sessions – streamed live from the SAPPHIRE NOW broadcast centers and campus theaters. Share your favorite sessions with colleagues, view the most popular discussions from Orlando, or watch especially valuable presentations again, all at your convenience. All sessions broadcast online (except microforum, demo stations and discussion tables) will be available as replays – most within 24 hours. You can even build a playlist for replays.

Please register in advance to access the online platform for SAPPHIRE NOW from Orlando. If you are attending the event in Orlando, use your SAPPHIRE NOW registration name and password to access the online assets. For more information, visit www.sapphirenow.com.

What Oracle Won’t Tell You about SAP HANA

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May 012012
 

Steve Lucas, head of SAP database & technology at SAP wrote a blog negating claims about SAP HANA.

He goes deep into the following areas:

  • SAP HANA features and functionalities
  • SAP HANA customer use cases
  • Pricing for SAP HANA

Read Steve’s blog, “What Oracle Won’t Tell You about SAP HANA“.

SAP Announces Two New SAP Hana Offerings for SMEs

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Feb 072012
 

It is official, SAP is now offering two new solutions for small and midsize business to utilize the power of in-memory technology. The two new offerings: Analytics powered by SAP HANA for the SAP® Business One application and SAP HANA, Edge edition will give SMEs the analytic capactiy to make faster and smarter business decisions.

If you were unable to join the SAP press conference here is the link to the recording:

  • 0-7:41 – Eric Duffaut, president of Global Ecosystem & Channels opens the call and gives an overview of SAP channel strategy
  • 7:41-10:04 – Eric provides an overview of SAP SME strategy
  • 10:04-10:47 – Eric announces two new SAP Hana offerings for small and midsize companies
  • 10:57-16:34 - Bobby Vetter, SVP, Ecosystem & Channels provides more details about the two offerings
  • 16:34 -  Question & answer

Here are the highlights about the new offerings:

Analytics powered by SAP HANA for SAP Business One is an offering for existing and new SAP Business One companies. Ramp-up is planned to begin at the end of February to select geographies, with general availability planned for later in 2012. The new solution provides:

  • Predefined calculation-intensive reports, such as inventory analysis and monthly customer status
  • Predefined dashboards including those delivered with SAP Crystal solutions today (but at speeds up to 25 times faster), plus three new ones (sales opportunity, stock analysis, and CEO key performance indicators)
  • Freestyle enterprise search that enables people to search all of the data in SAP Business One
  • Interactive, ad-hoc analysis through the familiar Microsoft Excel Pivot table interface
  • Predefined semantic layer lets people interact with data using familiar business terminology, without knowledge of where the data resides or what business rules apply when creating reports and dashboards
  • Lifecycle management including an initialization and duplication mechanism, backup and recovery, monitoring, and an administration console

SAP HANA, Edge edition are for companies already using the SAP® Business All-in-One solution. The solution is globally now.

Read the press release.

SAP Announces its Plans for SAP HANA for Small and Midsize Enterprises

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Feb 032012
 

On Tuesday, February 7 at 8am EST / 2pm CET SAP will present its plans for SAP HANA for small business and midsize enterprises.

Eric Duffaut, president of Global Ecosystem & Channels and Bobby Vetter, SVP, Ecosystem & Channels Readiness will host the call.

To join the call use the following dial-ins below.  We will make the recording available afterwards.

Follow the conversation at #hana and #sapanalytics

Password: SAP Press Conference Call

Germany +49 (0)69 566 037 000
Italy +39 (0)23 046 4867
Netherlands +31 (0)20 794 6357
UK +44 (0)20 3059 8128
France +33 (0)17 091 8710
Austria +43 (0)800 8866 7393
USA/CANADA (1)855272 3518

SAP Business Analytics Solutions Placemat

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Jul 272011
 

I have heard about confusion in the market about SAP’s business analytics offerings.  The confusion is about SAP having so many solutions it’s difficult to know which does what and ultimately what solution is right for a customer.

Steve Lucas, head of SAP business analytics and his team created a “placemat” that easily explains the solution set, as well as how SAP business analytics fit into the overall umbrella of SAP HANA, mobile strategy and SAP’s core enterprise business.

What I like about the placemat is that it not only explains the “bucket” of solutions and what business issue they address; it shows that customers can pick the solutions. i.e, a customer needs a solution to help them plan and manage their financial information, so EPM is the solution for them.  In the future if they have a need to analyze this data they can evaluate if SAP BI is the solution to address this need.  They are not required to follow a solution implementation path; they can get the solution they need now.

What I don’t see on the placemat are tools to help customers communicate across the organization for better decision making, aka SAP Streamwork.  I can see this as an important collaboration tool that would be represented on the placemat surrounding the analytics solutions to encourage the connection of work streams.

The placemat is a great start from SAP to help with the confusion in the market and so far it has been getting great reviews!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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