SAP launches “everywhere” analytics TAKE NOTE (Insights into SAP solutions and Emerging Technology) SAP has rebranded SAP Visual Intelligence to SAP Lumira and along with that released a complimentary cloud service called SAP Lumira Cloud. Last week the SAP Lumira Cloud was officially launched and is now available to all at cloud.saplumira.com. This release marks the beginning of a new…
Anthony Cecchini
A large enterprise’s networked computing environment is likely to connect many geographically distributed computers to the main database. These computers are likely to use different hardware and/or operating system platforms. An IDoc (for intermediate document) encapsulates data so that it can be exchanged between different systems without conversion from one format to another. IDocs are used for for electronic data interchange (EDI) between application programs written for the popular SAP business system or between an SAP application and an external program. IDocs serve as the vehicle for data transfer in SAP’s Application Link Enabling (ALE) system.
Oregon Treadmill Desks Gaining Traction TAKE NOTE(Insights into SAP solutions and Emerging Technology) OK, This may NOT have anything to do with SAP, but I just had to highlight this developing Government story. I have problems walking and chewing gum……. In April, Oregon state legislators were pursuing a bill that could someday bring treadmill desks to state offices. If passed,…
SAP Releases HANA Training as a MOOC! TAKE NOTE (Insights into SAP solutions and Emerging Technology) SAP announced a new online course aimed at software developers seeking introductory knowledge of the SAP HANA platform. The course, entitled “Introduction to Software Development on SAP HANA,” is now open for registration and was designed specifically for programmers seeking an overview of the native programming…
Top 5 Mobile Apps For April TAKE NOTE(Insights into SAP solutions and Emerging Technology) With this month’s roundup of helpful mobile apps, you’ll be able to brush up on your knowledge of SAP applications, hold a Web conference with a colleague, and share files in the cloud…. SMS 365 Dashboard by SAP Based on functions developed by SAP-acquired company Sybase,…
SAP Screen Personas , UX personalization FAST! TAKE NOTE(Insights into SAP solutions and Emerging Technology) New SAP solution enhances UX without programming SAP is developing a new GUI (graphical user interface) customization tool currently known as SAP Screen Personas. Personas allows IT departments and even individual SAP users to customize their screen layouts in the SAP GUI through an intuitive…
SAP Challenges Oracle – Is HANA the Secret Weapon? TAKE NOTE (Insights into SAP solutions and Emerging Technology) SAP AG (SAP) unveiled the biggest overhaul to its mainstay enterprise software in two decades, in a move to cement its dominance in that market, while in parallel, springing an attack on Oracle Corp.’s database business. At an event in Palo Alto,…
Does your company need a Data Scientist? TAKE NOTE (Insights into SAP solutions and Emerging Technology) It wasn’t long ago that a company’s competitive advantage was based on its data. The more information it could gather about its business, its customers, and its competitors, the more successful it could become. But today, small businesses as well as large corporations are…
Many people think of MVC design pattern as a means for separating data presentation from data processing, and this is certainly true. However, the separation of data presentation from data processing is only one use case of a much more fundamental concept — namely, the separation of those parts of the program that generate data from those parts that consume data — and it is this fundamental principle that you see time and again within the Web Dynpro architecture.
Santa’s Supply Chain: Best in the World? TAKE NOTE(Insights into the SAP solution and technology) Gartner likes to publish the Top 25 Supply Chains every year. Unfortunately, there’s one supply chain the esteemed analyst firm continues to overlook. And it just so happens to be the greatest supply chain success story of all time. I’m talking about The Santa Claus…

