Video: SAP ERP 6.0 Upgrades - How to Find the Best Information

2010 will be a major year for SAP upgrades, but it will require a deep expertise in upgrade trends to capitalize. In this video tutorial from Jon Reed of http://www.JonERP.com, Jon shows how to locate some of the best SAP upgrade resources online, and find other top SAP upgrade professional via his "SAP Upgrade Skills and Trends" group he formed with Panaya.

SAP Talent: Are You Making the Most Out of Yours

By guest author Jon Reed
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Talent management is a key competitive advantage, yet ERP directors struggle daily with hiring and keeping the best SAP talent. SAP Mentor Jon Reed of JonERP.com clarifies the most critical issues of SAP talent management from hiring, through training, all the way to outsourcing.

Which SAP skills are the most important to keep in-house?
When should you hire an outside SAP consultant or systems integrator?
When does offshoring help and when does it hurt?
How do you retain great SAP employees?

SAP Upgrades: 49 Do's, Don'ts, and Customer Lessons

Going Beyond the SAP Upgrade Clichés
By guest author Jon Reed
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There is now a body of wisdom about SAP upgrades. For SAP users, that doesn't necessarily make SAP upgrades any easier. For those companies seeking advice on a move to ERP 6.0, there is plenty of advice for the taking. The problem is that most of this advice, as truthful as it is, has reached the point of cliché. In this piece, we'll move beyond the clichés with 49 SAP upgrade do's and don'ts grounded in customer stories.

"Overcoming the Downside of SAP Upgrades" - A White Paper from IDC

SAP ERP Lifecycle Management: Overcoming the Downside of SAP Upgrades
By Dan Yachin
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Panaya's introduction: SAP upgrades bring significant challenges pertaining to managing project expenses and controlling project scope. While SAP users see technical and functional benefits from upgrading to ERP 6.0, there is a downside. Upgrades can be time consuming; identifying the potential problems with interfaces and testing systems appropriately can be an exhaustive task. In this white paper, IDC defines the key challenges SAP users face during the SAP ERP 6.0 upgrade process. IDC then assesses the viability of Panaya's automated SAP upgrade solution to alleviate these problems and streamline the SAP upgrade process.

SAP Support Packages, SaaS, and SAP Upgrades: A Podcast with Amit Bendov of Panaya

One of the most controversial issues in the SAP community today is the question of SAP Enterprise Support and whether the support justifies the cost. In the flurry of blog posts on this topic, an important viewpoint can get overlooked: the day-to-day experience of SAP customers. Recently, Panaya, an SAP third party solutions provider, released their 2009 SAP Support Costs Survey. This survey put some meat on the bone of the hot topics in SAP support, such as the cost of support per user, the attitudes towards Enterprise Support, and the key support challenges that SAP users face.

SAP Support Packs: Problems, Solutions, and How Panaya Can Help - A Podcast with Amit Bendov

It's a common misconception that SAP support packs are routine business. In fact, support pack installations are mini-upgrades, with significant testing and compatibility issues to resolve. Fortunately, there are ways to streamline SAP support package installation. In this ten minute podcast, Jon Reed of JonERP.com interviews Amit Bendov of Panaya to get to the bottom of the SAP support pack issues facing SAP customers. The podcast also explores how Panaya can help, and what kind of returns customers are actually seeing from Panaya's solutions. Some results from Panaya's recent SAP Support Packs survey are also revealed.

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