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SearchSAP.com This Week - March 25, 2008
A newsletter from TechTarget
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IN THIS ISSUE:
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> From the Editor: Avoid an SAP cost overrun, upgrade/migration
advice
> SAP Watch: SAP, CNET controversy?
> Site Highlights: SAP reveals its business intelligence product
roadmap
> Webcasts: Assessing the potential business impact of operational
data quality - Expert Webcast
> More from SearchSAP.com: International insight from SAP Labs China
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FROM THE EDITOR
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Avoid an SAP cost overrun, upgrade/migration advice
by Eric Samuels - esamuels@techtarget.com
Read up on how DTE Energy Co. had a $120 million overrun in the cost
of its SAP project. DTE, which had budgeted $263 million towards its
SAP project in 2003, finished the migration in 2007 at a total cost
of $383 million. Find the full post, DTE's $120 million SAP overrun,
in SAP Watch.
http://go.techtarget.com/r/3343669/6276287
On another note, we have an interesting article on SAP upgrades and
migration entitled Ten critical steps when undertaking an SAP
upgrade.
http://go.techtarget.com/r/3343670/6276287
After that, you can head over to our SAP upgrades and migration
section of our expert panel where you will find recent expert advice
on the subject.
http://go.techtarget.com/r/3343671/6276287
Have a great week,
Eric Samuels
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SAP WATCH
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SAP, CNET controversy?
http://go.techtarget.com/r/3343672/6276287
An article published recently by editor Michael Kanellos on CNET
described SAP as playing "second fiddle to Oracle." The phrase is
buried in a post about why green technology can provide a boost to
European IT, and isn't backed up by any kind of market share numbers.
It'll be interesting to see how SAP responds to this, as the company
typically gets its hackles up when portrayed as anything but the
leading (by revenue) company in enterprise applications.
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SITE HIGHLIGHTS
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SAP reveals its business intelligence product roadmap
http://go.techtarget.com/r/3343673/6276287
With the Business Objects acquisition complete, SAP has filled in the
details of its business intelligence (BI) product roadmap. Check out
this article to explore these offerings.
Quiz: SAP XI for beginners
http://go.techtarget.com/r/3343674/6276287
Interested in starting your SAP career by becoming an SAP XI
consultant? Start by taking this quiz that will test you on SAP XI
basics and see if you have what it takes to become an SAP XI
consultant.
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PODCASTS & WEBCASTS
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Assessing the potential business impact of operational data quality -
Expert Webcast
When: On Demand
http://go.techtarget.com/r/3343675/6276287
Speaker: David Loshin, President
Sponsor: Pitney Bowes Group 1 Software,
http://go.techtarget.com/r/3343676/6276287
Accelerate Application Development and Deployment by Optimizing Your
SAP Test Data - Vendor Webcast
When: Available On Demand
http://go.techtarget.com/r/3343677/6276287
Speaker: Joshua Alpern, Vice President, Sales Engineering,
Applimation, Inc.
Sponsor: Applimation, Inc.,
http://go.techtarget.com/r/3343678/6276287
View All Podcasts & Webcasts at:
http://go.techtarget.com/r/3343679/6276287
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MORE FROM SEARCHSAP.COM
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International insight from SAP Labs China
http://go.techtarget.com/r/3343680/6276287
SAP Labs China is emerging as a key development center. Learn how it
contributes to the SAP product line and the budding Chinese
applications market.
What does virtualization mean for SAP managed hosting?
http://go.techtarget.com/r/3343681/6276287
Managed hosting costs should get cheaper as virtualization technology
drives down hardware investments, but it may be a while before
customers really see those savings.
SAP learning guides
http://go.techtarget.com/r/3343682/6276287
SearchSAP.com's learning guides range from basic introductions of
technologies to high-level practices for expert users. Browse guides
for ABAP developers, Basis administrators, CRM professionals and much
more here.
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