09/19/2008 by Marcel Morf
At SAP’s TechEd conference, the new releases of Panaya Support Automation 3.2 and Panaya Upgrade Automation 3.2 have been announced.
Panaya 3.2 Overview
Upgrade Automation is the fast and accurate way to control the impact of SAP projects and SAP changes in general. It automatically analyzes SAP systems and changes and provides online services to answer key [...]
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08/11/2008 by Dieter Steiger
Whereas ERP is a synonym for software-supported Enterprise Planning and Controlling, ERP4IT stands for software-supported IT Planning and Controlling (ITPC).
Those who are looking for solutions will without much doubt check out the ERP4IT offerings of the leading ERP system manufacturer SAP. SAP seems to be the only ERP software vendor for managing one´s own customer [...]
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08/05/2008 by Peter Helfenstein
In many blogs, we have discussed the deficiencies in SAP testing. Changes to an existing system are the order of the day. Again and again, errors are corrected, customizing and programs must be adapted, new functions are rolled out. Also, technical changes as hot fixes and service packs must be installed, as well as upgrades. [...]
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07/28/2008 by Dieter Steiger
As its name suggests, the SAP Solution Manager is designed to provide support for the management of SAP customer implementations. Does it perform this task? Or is it just one of SAP´s marketing instruments?
Missing Functions for Complex System Landscapes
When discussing the pros and cons of SAP Solution Manager, we must first of all give SAP [...]
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06/30/2008 by Fritz Mosonyi
16th century. The eyes of an archeologist are scanning a field. He is asking himself where he should start digging. In his life, he still has a few years left. Which area would, from his experience, hold a chance for him to make a discovery? Then he notices a tree. For growing, it would need [...]
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06/30/2008 by Marco Gerussi
In collaboration with the PHW Business School, Zurich, Switzerland we are conducting a study in the IT Change Impact Management area.
We are analyzing a specific challenges of international corporations using SAP as their corporate software globally and specifically the challenges of their IT development organization because of impacts given by system consolidaton centralization efforts.
Fundamentally we will [...]
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06/27/2008 by Dieter Steiger
A comprehensive configuration management is the most important basis of SAP Change and Transport Management. For ABAP code, this is accepted as general practice and supported by suitable tools. But how about configuration management for SAP customizing?
From our experience, the major part of changes transported across a SAP system landscape are customizing changes. Not surprisingly, [...]
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06/12/2008 by Dieter Steiger
In order to handle the various problems resulting from changes to a SAP landscape, it is common use to spend of lot of money on experts rushing to fix them. But there is a better alternative: Focussing on a tool-supported, automated SAP change and transport management environment, including measures to ensure consistency, can eliminate the [...]
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06/11/2008 by Dieter Steiger
Nothing is more constant than change – this is also true for SAP systems. At least once a week, numerous changes of support or project organizations are moved into system landscapes and more or less automatically transported to production servers. And the more complex the solution landscape is, the higher the risk that something goes [...]
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06/11/2008 by Peter Helfenstein
The new SAP Change Control Miniguide below has just been posted on our beteo website. Additions and feedback are welcome!
SAP Change and Transport Management Tools
Product
Vendor
Modules
Conigma Suite
Galileo Group
Change and Transport Management
Newmerix Automate!
newmerix
Change and Transport Management
PPM
HP
Change and Transport Management
Rev-Trac
Revelation
Change and Transport Management
SAP Solution Manager
SAP
Change and Transport Management
TransportManager
REALTECH
Change and Transport Management
Additional ALM information
SAP Transport Management Discipline
Protecting [...]
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Fresh from SAP TechEd Las Vegas: Panaya 3.2
