Administration & Infrastructure 2012

Sessions

Track 3: SAP implementations, upgrades, and rollouts

A guided tour of SAP enhancement packages: What you need to know to successfully evaluate, activate, and optimize new functionality

Add	Lon Blake, Emergys Corporation Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:45 pm - 4:00 pm

This session examines the technical concepts of SAP enhancement packages, including how they impact an SAP environment, and provides expert guidance for getting started with, installing, and activating them — either as part of your upgrade or as a standalone project. First, get an overview of SAP enhancement package architecture ...

Case study: Inside SSM Health Care's installation of SAP enhancement package 1 for SAP NetWeaver BW

Add	Tom Kissel, SSM Health Care (session is repeated on Friday at 8:30 am) Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:30 pm - 3:45 pm

Add	Tom Kissel, SSM Health Care (repeat session) Friday, March 2, 2012 8:30 am - 9:45 am

Hear how SSM Health Care's recent SAP enhancement package installation prepared the company for SAP NetWeaver BW and SAP BusinessObjects solutions. Discover how SSM Health Care managed technical requirements, such as ...

Case study: Key decisions and lessons learned from Newell Rubbermaid's portal upgrade

Add	Mohammed Siddiqui and Srikanth Sayam, Newell Rubbermaid Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:00 am - 11:15 am

Examine the business requirements and criteria that led to Newell Rubbermaid's decision to upgrade its federated portal to SAP NetWeaver Portal 7.3. Step through a demo that shows how Newell Rubbermaid's new portal integrates ...

Case study: Lessons learned from Valero Energy Corporation's joint upgrade to SAP NetWeaver BW 7.3 and SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0 FP3

Add	William Faison, Valero Energy Corporation Wednesday, February 29, 2012 2:15 pm - 3:30 pm

Explore the business drivers behind Valero Energy Corporation's decision to upgrade to SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0 FP3 and SAP NetWeaver BW 7.3 simultaneously, including tighter integration between SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0 FP3 and SAP hierarchies, along with more flexible data models. Learn how the company phased, scoped, and resourced ...

Case study: Lexmark International meets complex report development requirements with a joint SAP BusinessObjects BI and SAP NetWeaver BW implementation

Add	N. Albert Khair, Lexmark International Wednesday, February 29, 2012 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm

Explore Lexmark International's decision to deploy SAP BusinessObjects BI tools on top of an SAP NetWeaver BW system, including the need to meet complex report development and end-user requirements. Learn how the organization identified critical environmental and landscape requirements, from ...

Case study: Technical lessons from Shell International BV's SAP NetWeaver BW 7.3 upgrade

Add	Djorgo Gubbels, Shell International BV Thursday, March 1, 2012 8:30 am - 9:45 am

Step inside Shell International BV's upgrade to SAP NetWeaver BW 7.3, and take away the best practices and technical insights you need for successfully performing your own. Understand how Shell International BV scoped and resourced its SAP NetWeaver BW 7.3 upgrade within ...

Choosing the best methods and tools to minimize downtime and accelerate your upgrade or SAP enhancement package project

Add	Lon Blake, Emergys Corporation (session is repeated on Friday at 11:30 am) Thursday, March 1, 2012 10:15 am - 11:30 am

Add	Lon Blake, Emergys Corporation (repeat session) Friday, March 2, 2012 11:30 am - 12:45 pm

Deadline and downtime are two of the most critical benchmarks used to measure the success of any upgrade project. Through lecture and demonstration, become familiar with dozens of tools that help you conquer these objectives ...

Expert guidance for choosing and leveraging the best SAP user interface for your users' needs

Add	Jeremie Kregelka, PwC Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:15 pm - 2:30 pm

Assess your options for leveraging the various user interface (UI) technologies from SAP, including Web Dynpro for Java, Web Dynpro for ABAP, SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer, SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe, and SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment. Evaluate the capabilities, tradeoffs, and requirements ...

Expert tips and strategies to build a portal that aligns with user requirements

Add	Patrick Dixon, Independent Consultant Tuesday, February 28, 2012 4:15 pm - 5:30 pm

Discover how to build a portal that aligns with your business strategy and goals while simultaneously meeting user needs. Understand what it takes to develop an intuitive, easy-to-use portal interface ...

Extend the reach of SAP applications to business users with SAP NetWeaver Gateway

Add	Jeff Gebo, SAP Friday, March 2, 2012 8:30 am - 9:45 am

Learn how to leverage SAP NetWeaver Gateway to connect a variety of user experiences — such as social networks, collaboration tools, interactive Web applications, and mobile devices — to SAP applications. Examine key concepts and protocols such as REST and OData and gain insight ...

Lessons for smoothly integrating SAP BusinessObjects BI with SAP ERP and SAP NetWeaver BW

Add	Ingo Hilgefort, SAP Canada Wednesday, February 29, 2012 12:45 pm - 2:00 pm

This session provides a technical overview of the integration options for SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0 with SAP ERP and SAP NetWeaver BW. Understand technical prerequisites for getting started with SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0 and explore ...

Preparing your system landscape for an upgrade or SAP enhancement package installation

Add	Lon Blake, Emergys Corporation Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:30 am - 9:45 am

This session examines system landscape requirements and essential considerations for preparing your SAP landscape for an upgrade or enhancement package installation. Explore different landscape, CPU, memory, and release compatibility ...

Reduce the cost and effort of interface development with the SAP Application Interface Framework

Add	Ray Kowalski, SAP America Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:30 pm - 3:45 pm

This session provides an overview of the SAP Application Interface Framework — an add-on to SAP ERP or other SAP Business Suite applications — and offers guidelines for leveraging it to reduce the cost and effort associated with interface setup and maintenance. Walk through a live demo to see how to leverage ...

Strategies and tools for rapidly deploying SAP BusinessObjects Business Analytics

Add	Henner Schliebs, SAP Tuesday, February 28, 2012 4:15 pm - 5:30 pm

This session examines criteria and capabilities for leveraging SAP rapid deployment solutions — such as strategic workforce analytics and HR executive analytics — to quickly implement analytics solutions with a fixed scope and predefined services, including the flexibility for future extensions. Understand which analytical needs are good candidates for ...

What every system administrator needs to know about SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0

Add	Jeremy Baker, PwC Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:30 am - 11:45 am

This session helps system administrators and SAP NetWeaver implementation teams assess and manage the impact that a SAP BusinessObjects BI deployment has on infrastructure strategies and daily maintenance routines. Understand how installation, configuration, administration, and monitoring activities in SAP BusinessObjects ...

SAPinsider is published by Wellesley Information Services (WIS). More than 250,000 professionals worldwide rely annually on WIS products for expert strategies, instruction and best practices to optimize their IT investments. WIS products include SAPinsider, InsiderProfiles Magazine, SAP Experts Knowledgebases, SAP Press books, and SAPinsider Multimedia training.

This conference is open exclusively to SAP customers, and approved prospects and partners. Administration & Infrastructure 2012 is conducted independently by WIS, publisher of SAPinsider with permission from SAP AG. WIS is not affiliated with SAP AG or any of the SAP AG group of companies. SAP, the SAP logo, and all other SAP products and services are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG in Germany and other countries.