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Business Process Management Trend Study
In cooperation with Lünendonk GmbH, REALTECH AG is publishing a study on Using Business Process Management (BPM) and Business Service Management (BSM) to Manage Your Business and IT. The paper contains definitions and differentiation from Business Process Management and Business Service Management, provides technical background information and practical approaches and discusses the effects on project methodology and culture. |
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What keeps SAP administrators awake at night...
About one third of surveyed SAP experts prefer a consistent monitoring system with a high-performance root cause analysis. Furthermore, they place great importance on the accurate analysis of performance indicators and the identification of optimization opportunities for complex IT environments. Respondents also said that this was to require as little staff time as possible.
Looking at existing monitoring concepts, 50% of those surveyed complain about the sheer number of messages sent by scores of monitoring tools as well as the exhaustive search for and identification of errors in corporate IT environments. This has adverse effects on the practical realization of the necessary flexibility, planning security, and cost transparency in IT operation.
Respondents are rather skeptical about SOA: 70% of SAP administrators wish for new concepts including new monitoring tools that give them an end-to-end view of their business processes as well as comprehensive performance analysis capabilities for complex system environments.
These are promising results for theGuard! ApplicationManager, which guarantees real-time performance monitoring and analysis and offers significant cost savings potential in IT administration that provides IT managers with the flexibility they need, particularly in a time of crisis.
results (German only)
The new old trend towards cost efficiency
In the SAP world, this means: anything that helps make SAP operation more cost-effective is en vogue again. This in turn means good times for SAP technology consultants since they have the necessary expertise at their immediate disposal.
The open-source operating system Linux has long become a part of the data center. The migration from, preferably, expensive UNIX environments to Linux comes at reasonable cost and risk. Our whitepaper “The Trend from Unix to Linux in SAP® Data Centers” is available as a free download at www.realtech.de/linux.
The optimization of SAP licenses is very high on the agenda of many SAP customers, as it realizes currently untapped cost savings potential. The analysis of user categories and license utilization often offers opportunities for the optimization of costs.
SAP's "Human Capital Management" application suite has evolved from being a mere "administration and accounting tool" to a solution for internal corporate planning and services. SAP NetWeaver technology gives companies the ability to flexibly design their processes and to simplify their application interfaces, that is, to refine their SAP HCM solution. The result is drastically improved data quality, reduced processing times, and therefore significant savings in HR processes.
REALTECH certified for 'Run SAP' methodology
REALTECH AG, a SAP services partner, was certified by SAP AG as a provider of Solution Operations standards implementation services based on the "Run SAP" methodology. REALTECH is one of the first SAP partners to be certified in the 'Run SAP' methodology.
("The adoption of the 'Run SAP' methodology allows us to deliver significant added value to our customers. Particularly through the end-to-end application management that exceeds customer requirements," says Johannes Lang, Managing Director at REALTECH system consulting GmbH. By adopting the SAP standards for Solution Operations, we are providing our customers with proven methodology. 'Run SAP' empowers our customers to manage their SAP applications more efficiently and at a lower cost.")
The Run SAP methodology brings benefits to the operation of SAP solutions just as ASAP brings benefits to their initial implementation. It is a tried and tested methodology that focuses on application management, business process operations, and the operation of SAP applications. It also provides best-practice procedures, guidelines, services, training, and tools for the successful implementation of End-to-End Solution Operations. It focuses on application management, business process operations, and administration of SAP solutions. The 'Run SAP' methodology supports the operation of SAP solutions, but focuses on application management and business process management. In addition, with its best-practice documents, it describes how to implement SAP solution operations for different SAP software-based business processes.
DZ BW works with REALTECH to establish document management and collaboration rooms for customers and partners
To generate more customer benefits, Datenzentrale Baden-Württemberg (DZ BW), a software developer and consulting company for the local authorities of Baden-Württemberg, decided to complement its financial solution with a portal integration.
"Looking at REALTECH's technical expertise in the fields of SAP NetWeaver and SAP Enterprise Portal as well as the positive experience gained over many years of cooperation, we knew that REALTECH was the right partner for us", said Helmut Bauer, division manager product development and finance management consulting.
The successful implementation of the portal solution for DZ-Kommunalmaster® by REALTECH enabled DZ BW to replace the traditional SAP solution with a Web-based, user-friendly application and to reduce the administrative costs incurred by the system. Furthermore, the new portal laid a solid foundation for the communication with customers and partners, securing the continuous and efficient exchange of information.