Administration & Infrastructure 2012

Sessions

Track 4: System performance and landscape architecture

2012 guide to sizing an SAP landscape: Techniques and tools to optimize performance and scalability

Add	William Adams, SAP AG Wednesday, February 29, 2012 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm

This session provides actionable advice to help you predict the hardware requirements needed to run your business workloads at optimal levels. Assess the functionalities of sizing tools from SAP, and learn to leverage them to calculate ...

A technical guide to SAP NetWeaver BW landscape optimization

Add	Joerg Boeke, BIAnalyst GmbH Wednesday, February 29, 2012 2:15 pm - 3:30 pm

This session offers dozens of real-world tips, advice, and best practices to boost the performance of your SAP NetWeaver BW system. Weigh your options for monitoring and improving the efficiency of Excel and Web-based reporting activities ...

Advanced techniques for transaction monitoring, alerting, and performance analysis in SAP NetWeaver PI

Add	Jim Cameron, ExpertIG Wednesday, February 29, 2012 2:15 pm - 3:30 pm

Explore key features of SAP NetWeaver Process Integration (SAP NetWeaver PI) that give you runtime visibility and performance trend information. Get guidelines to identify performance gaps and opportunities ...

An enterprise architect's toolset: Guidelines for aligning system landscape requirements with SAP investments

Add	Michal Harezlak, SAP Tuesday, February 28, 2012 4:15 pm - 5:30 pm

This session offers proven approach for tailoring SAP investments to support and optimize your enterprise IT architecture — from organizational structures and information flows, to applications and technology infrastructure. Realize quick wins by identifying and exploiting ...

Case study: How and why Microsoft standardized IT operations by consolidating to a single global instance

Add	Juergen Thomas, Microsoft Corporation Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm

In this session, Microsoft shares undocumented tips and key recommendations, based on its own experience, to configure SAP systems on big commodity servers, including single global instances. Identify the steps the company took to consolidate its SAP systems onto a single global instance ...

Guidelines to ensure and verify system scalability through performance tests

Add	William Adams, SAP AG Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:00 am - 11:15 am

This session examines options, expert recommendations, and customer examples for ensuring SAP system scalability through proper performance testing. Explore best practices for high-volume load tests, including tips ...

Hands-on lab: A comprehensive guide to system performance tuning

Add	William Adams and Tami Morrison, SAP AG (session repeated on Friday at 8:30 am) Thursday, March 1, 2012 2:30 pm - 5:15 pm

Add	William Adams and Tami Morrison, SAP AG (repeat session) Friday, March 2, 2012 8:30 am - 11:15 am

This hands-on session provides expert guidance and best practice techniques to get better performance out of the ABAP application engine in SAP NetWeaver Application Server. You will ...

Access to this hands-on lab is included in the main conference registration fee.

Seating is limited and offered on a first-come, first-served basis.

Lessons for using SAP BusinessObjects 4.0 workspaces effectively to increase performance and integration across your BI environment

Add	Kevin Hutto, Consultancy by Kingfisher Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:45 pm - 4:00 pm

Learn how to leverage new advanced search and content linking capabilities available in SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0 workspace for better insight into business and system performance. Get customization tips to meet the needs of ...

Proven methodology for performing an SAP BusinessObjects BI system “health check”

Add	Alan Mayer, Solid Ground Technologies Wednesday, February 29, 2012 8:30 am - 9:45 am

This session examines criteria to help determine whether your SAP BusinessObjects system architecture is designed to meet your current and future BI requirements or if it needs improvement. Break down your team's roles and responsibilities — including the crucial role ...

Real-world lessons to size, scale, and integrate your SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0 landscape for optimal performance

Add	Jay Riddle, Decision First Technologies Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:45 am - 1:00 pm

This session draws on concrete examples from several SAP Ramp-Up customers and provides practical solutions to ensure your SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0 landscape is running at optimal efficiency. Assess the pros and cons of horizontal versus vertical scaling methods and determine ...

SAP BusinessObjects BI within your overall SAP landscape: An introductory look

Add	Ingo Hilgefort, SAP Canada Wednesday, February 29, 2012 10:00 am - 11:15 am

Attend this session for an introductory exploration of SAP BusinessObjects BI solutions, the reporting and analysis capabilities they offer, and deployment options for running them within an SAP ERP or SAP NetWeaver BW landscape. Understand which SAP BusinessObjects BI solution, including SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards, SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence, or SAP Crystal Reports ...

Tips and techniques to optimize application, database, and operating system performance

Add	Josh Fisher, Symmetry Corporation Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:15 pm - 2:30 pm

This session provides a proven methodology to baseline your ABAP or Java-based SAP applications to best practice standards and maintain optimal performance at the operating system (OS), database, and SAP application level. Explore best practices for monitoring hardware, including recommendations ...

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