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Most large enterprises elect a hybrid approach to SAP operations, but this is a more recent trend. And, as SAP operations professionals, we are still learning about the impacts of this choice and approach, even though it’s often the most sensible and pragmatic. Years...
Most large enterprises elect a hybrid approach to SAP operations, but this is a more recent trend. And, as SAP operations professionals, we are still learning about the impacts of this choice and approach, even though it’s often the most sensible and pragmatic. Years...
Cloud computing has exploded, taking over virtually every industry. Read on to explore its fascinating history, as well as future trends in cloud computing. Before we jump into 2019 cloud computing trends and why they matter, let's take a brief look at where cloud...
Application performance management tools, end-user experience tools, learn how all of these tools can help you ensure SAP systems’ performance and health. Application Performance Management describes the monitoring and management of performance and availability of...
For an enterprise to be successful within any industry, it’s no secret that their SAP systems must be secure, efficient, and agile. From car manufacturers to pharmaceutical companies to retail businesses, and more, when SAP systems run smoothly, crucial daily...
Agentless SAP monitoring systems seem like the easy way to go, no installation and no deployment. However, a deeper dive between agent vs agentless SAP monitoring systems will reveal some very interesting facts that need to be considered before making a decision. A...
SAP HANA is one of the most notable technology innovations in many years, and nearly all SAP products introduced subsequent to SAP HANA have the capabilities to integrate with the platform. Rather than being a conventional database, SAP HANA is an in-memory data...
The SLA is the contract that defines the relationship and how it will work going forward. Key performance indicators (KPIs) are the specific metrics by which the performance is gauged against the agreed upon standards. In the previous post we discussed the value of...
Guest blog by Naji Almahmoud, Vice President Global Alliances, Solutions and Business Development at SUSE Capture the Benefits Before the 2025 Deadline SAP managers can’t afford to ignore SAP S/4HANA projects for two key reasons. First, the maintenance window for SAP...
Batch jobs are critical to the organization. While most enterprises monitor their critical batch jobs, there are five failure types that could go unnoticed and cause a lot of damage. Batch jobs are background tasks that are provided with more allocated memory than the...
Syslink Xandria blog is now among the World's TOP 60 SAP blogs - according to Feedspot. The Best SAP blogs were chosen from thousands of top SAP blogs in FeedSpot's index using search and social metrics. Data is refreshed once a week. These blogs are ranked based on...
Savings, new business models, and competitive advantage are a few of the benefits offered by SAP S/4HANA. See why SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications is a leading platform for SAP solutions on Linux technology, which is required for harnessing SAP...
“We just deployed enhancement packs and kernel updates 6 months ago, I know all systems are in sync”. We’ve all heard this before. It’s the typical statement given when everyone is pointing fingers at each other after a change that tested successfully in the quality...
Running SAP in the cloud is no longer the scary concept it once was and is actually pretty common practice now. Whether it’s one of the large public clouds such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, or one of the private cloud based companies that excel in SAP...