Q&A

Access answers to hundreds of questions posed by our SAPinsider Community during live events and conferences, virtual events and webinars, and during video interviews. These documented Q&A sessions can help you understand how to move forward on common business challenges alongside your peers.

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  1. Running SAP on the IBM BlueMix Infrastructure Platform: Live Q&A on IaaS Deployment Options

    Published: 01/April/2017

    Reading time: 29 mins

    IBM offers SAP certified cloud infrastructure available in multiple locations globally with a choice for clients to choose a self service / IaaS model or fully managed by IBM on the BlueMix platform. IBM’s bare metal servers on BlueMix provide the best performance for SAP and HANA applications while allowing the capability to leverage Watson…

  2. Meet the Intelligent ERP: Live Q&A with SAP S/4HANA Cloud Executives on Continuous Innovation, Intelligent Use Cases & Customer Success

    Published: 01/April/2017

    Reading time: 21 mins

    As more businesses than ever discover the benefits of the cloud, SAP delivers with SAP S/4HANA Cloud, a cloud ERP that combines unique industry expertise with unmatched technological innovation. Thanks to its cloud deployment, your organization can be up and running within a matter of weeks – and keep the pace moving forward. Built around…

  3. Proven Techniques and Strategies to Fortify Your SAP Landscape from Cybersecurity Threats

    Published: 01/March/2017

    Reading time: 19 mins

    Modern cybersecurity threats are growing in complexity, scale, and speed. In this live Q&A, SAPinsider GRC 2017 speaker Peter Hobson dove into cybersecurity as it relates to your SAP landscape. Read the transcript to get expert answers to your questions on topics like role design, controls, vulnerability scans, supporting tools, and more. What type of…

  4. Information Governance: Setting and Enforcing your Data Policy Decisions

    Published: 01/March/2017

    Reading time: 16 mins

    Matthew Wagnon, Senior Product Manager at BackOffice Associates, answers readers’ questions on setting and enforcing data policy decisions and discusses why this is critical for your business. Read the transcript to learn about: What the initial design and best practices architecture for information governance looks like, and what it will take to establish How policy execution…

  5. Clearing Open Items in SAP Systems: Q&A on Best Practices for Reconciliation and Automation

    Published: 01/March/2017

    Reading time: 20 mins

    BlackLine’s Michael Gilmartin and Stephen Wolfman offer tips and best practices for reconciling open item accounts. If you missed the chat or need a refresher, you can view the chat replay or read the edited transcript below. Meet the panelists:  Michael Gilmartin, Director, Solutions Consulting, BlackLine Stephen Wolfman, Director, Product Management, BlackLine   Live Blog…

  6. How You Can Benefit from the Values of IBM Power in Your Journey to SAP HANA and SAP S/4HANA

    Published: 01/March/2017

    Reading time: 15 mins

    More than 10 vendors offer SAP HANA appliances on common Intel x86 architecture or modified x86 with proprietary chipsets to expand the number of sockets.  Since 2015, IBM Power Systems has been certified to run SAP HANA in a tailored datacenter integration (TDI) environment. The SAP HANA on IBM Power Systems solution is the ideal…

  7. Techniques to Optimize Marketing Lead Management and Key Account Management Processes within SAP CRM

    Published: 01/February/2017

    Reading time: 19 mins

    In sales, key account managers often struggle when trying to manage their key accounts and end up adapting standard sales functionality of SAP CRM to efficiently support their very individual needs for navigation, authorization, and reporting of their key account hierarchy. By understanding those challenges and following a comprehensive step-by-step approach, you can implement a…

  8. Key Integration Techniques to Take Advantage of an SAP-to-SAP EWM solution

    Published: 01/February/2017

    Reading time: 14 mins

    In this Q&A, Supply Chain Management expert Gina Voutyras provided expert advice on the importance of gaining integration visibility between systems, and on how to leverage SAP EWM to simplify the process. If you missed the chat or need a refresher, you may view the chat replay or read the edited transcript below.  Meet the…

  9. Optimizing SAP CRM and SAP ERP Integration: Q&A on Improving Data Transfer, User Experience, and Customer Service

    Published: 01/February/2017

    Reading time: 30 mins

    Many customer engagement and commerce integration projects that involve CRM middleware for SAP CRM Sales, SAP CRM Service Manager, and SAP Hybris Billing solutions face a number of challenges including variations in the SAP CRM and SAP ERP data models. Every integration project needs to ensure that the data being replicated is always in sync and…

  10. Optimizing Supply Chain Visibility with SAP Transportation Management

    Published: 01/February/2017

    Reading time: 20 mins

    Obtaining transparency across today’s rapidly evolving and highly complex supply chain is essential in establishing a streamlined, cooperative, well-oiled supply chain machine. However, there are many organizational challenges to overcome, such as a persistent reliance on manual tendering processes, inability to ensure timely interactions with carriers due to a lack of an effective collaboration platform,…