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CCMS in SAP Basis
Monitoring, SAP BasisYou have the finest enterprise resource planning (ERP) software available in SAP; now you need to know how to optimize its use. The best way forward is to use the Computing Center Management System (CCMS) to monitor, control, and configure your…
SAP ERPs: Past, Present, and Future
SAP Basis, SAP HANAPast
SAP has been around for a long time; its first ERPs came out in the 1970s, and its first R/ system dealt only with financials. Capacity increased, and SAP released its first R/3 in 1992. Then, with version 5.0 of R/3, SAP renamed the application…
That Urge to Look: Moderating the Digital Addiction
Uncategorized
Steve Jobs did not let his kids have iPhones. Google built a woodworking lab for their employees. Why? They realized the consequences of overusing technology. While the digital age has opened so many doors, over indulgence has many serious…
Bridging the Digital Divide:
Digital Legacy, Tech news
How SAP and IT organizations are helping the 3.5 billion people without internet access.
For many of us, living without constant access to the internet is unimaginable. We use computers—in one form or another—constantly. But what about…
Partner Profile: FNTS
Hardware, Hosting, SAP HANA
1st Basis provides hosting for our customers who want a total solution or have special SAP-centered hosting needs. We started by hosting our own equipment in a co-location (colo) but demand quickly outstripped our ability to focus…
Critical Monitoring
Monitoring
"Certain areas of your SAP landscape need to be monitoredon a regular basis to ensure reliable operation." —SAP Administration: Practical Guide, p. 269 Galileo Press, 2011.
Monitoring is an essential part of the daily tasks of any SAP…
UX Matters
Fiori, Neptune, Personas, UX
"The Inmates Are Running the Asylum" says Alan Cooper, in his seminal work on the topic of user-oriented design concepts, first published in 1999. Cooper, the father of Visual Basic, pioneered the use of "personas" as a design method.…
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