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Joshua Greenbaum
Which is more advantageous: designing and selling both hardware and software, or just focusing on software? Analyst Josh Greenbaum fleshes out this question by discussing the real secret behind Apple’s success — a company that designs and distributes its own hardware and software — as well as the history and future of the database market.
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Q&A with Greg Tomb, President, SAP Cloud Applications
Is your business considering implementing a cloud-based application by SAP? Greg Tomb, President of SAP Cloud Applications, explores the types of cloud-based applications SAP offers, the challenges they address, and the differences between SAP cloud applications and SAP enterprise applications. In addition, get an in-depth look at his predictions for cloud adoption among customers.
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David Hannon, Features Editor
When Hasbro’s “big-bang” implementation approach in the 1990s created differing business processes across the company’s 27 different markets, management quickly realized a more centralized, shared-services business model would be necessary to continue to expand into new regions of the world. Thus, the business-driven, IT-supported Way to Work initiative was created, which included a major SAP upgrade.
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Davin Wilfrid, insiderRESEARCH
Operating in today’s business environment requires companies to comply with industry standards and protect critical applications -- and they must be able to prove they are doing so. This article dives into the findings of an insiderRESEARCH project in which surveyed security-focused professionals describe the challenges surrounding managing access risk with manual controls.
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by Ross Wainwright, COO of North America and former EVP of North America Services, SAP
Ross Wainwright, COO of North America and former EVP of North America Services, recommends three best practices to help business users simplify future SAP projects and promote growth and innovation: think big, start small, and move fast; pull more levers with fewer hands; and embrace the art of governance. Read the article for details about these best practices.
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David Hannon, Features Editor
For over 10 years, the nuclear energy industry changed very little, and Westinghouse Electric Company continued to operate successfully using SAP software that was implemented back in 1999. But in recent years, the nuclear industry has expanded quickly, and to meet new demands, Westinghouse Electric launched a transformation program that included a complete reimplementation of its SAP environment.
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Rohit Khanna, Executive Vice President of Global Strategy and Corporate Development, SEEBURGER AG
Businesses today have security, scalability, visibility, and compliance concerns -- traditional file transfer protocol (FTP) software is no longer enough to satisfy these demands. Companies are now turning to managed file transfer solutions for secure and reliable data exchange. This article outlines the drawbacks of FTP and the benefits of utilizing a managed file transfer platform.
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Lauren Bonneau, Managing Editor
For any company, delayed deliveries can result in lost profits. But for a company like AmerisourceBergen, which processes 80,000 orders for pharmaceuticals per day, delayed deliveries can have deadly consequences. To continue to ensure that pharmacies and hospitals receive the inventory patients need, AmerisourceBergen embarked on a business transformation initiative to replace its legacy system with a scalable ERP platform.
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Q&A with SAP’s Davis Bennett, Vice President, Solution Delivery Center
In this Q&A, Davis Bennett -- Vice President of the Solution Delivery Center at SAP Consulting North America -- discusses the potential benefits of SAP Rapid Deployment solutions. For example, instead of tackling massive projects, customers can utilize packaged services that require less customization and less costs, but are still fully integrated and scalable to meet any future needs.
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David Hannon, Features Editor
Deloitte’s Solutions Network (SNET) group is responsible for helping Deloitte Consulting sell and deliver projects and packaged applications. The SNET group’s approach is unique -- potential clients tour a virtual showroom of preconfigured SAP solutions tailored to their specific industry needs. This experience is only available because of the SNET group’s dedication to virtualization, as the business's 300 virtual SAP instances can attest to.
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Janice Reissig, Senior IT Consultant, DuPont
Senior IT Consultant Janice Reissig describes DuPont’s business process management (BPM) initiative in this Q&A. The BPM initiative is designed to standardize business processes in DuPont’s supply chain and help reduce reliance on legacy systems. Though DuPont is still only partly through its journey, the end goal for the initiative is standardization on a single SAP instance.
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Shari Alexander, Director of Channel Partnerships, Z Option, and Chris Meyer, Managing Director of the Americas, Excel4apps
Though financial professionals who use Microsoft Excel often rely on IT to create uploading templates, queries, and reports from their SAP systems, there is a way to eliminate this dependence. Learn the benefits of utilizing Z Option’s GLSU and the GL Wand solution from Excel4apps, which are both SAP certified for smooth integration with SAP ERP Financials.
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David Hannon, Features Editor
Nu Skin, a developer and distributor of health and beauty products, has employees in 28 different countries around the world. Previously, no centralized HR system existed to collect employee data or provide standardized HR reporting. Now, Nu Skin utilizes SAP ERP Human Capital Management -- and its journey to go-live is one that is truly unique.