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November, 2014

Digital Enterprise Transformation - Towards Full Business Advantage with IT Innovation

In her blog Olena Polutina introduces the Digital Capability Framework and an exciting new book about the key ingredients of transformation to a digital enterprise. November 19, 2014

Enhancing CCLM with own made URL integration

Bjoern Panter blogs about the flexible CCLM tool in SAP Solution Manager for Custom Code Lifecycle Management. November 19, 2014

Marisfrolg & Century Ginwa: The Control Center Approach and SAP MaxAttention Help Chinese Retailers Prepare for Expansion

Check out this blog by Jade Vachon for real world examples of how the Control Center Approach and SAP MaxAttention is helping SAP customers. October 24, 2014

SAP HANA Application Lifecycle Management @ TechED & d-code Berlin 2014

An event related blog by Product Owner Frank Misch . November 14, 2014

October, 2014

SAP AGS at TechEd && d-code Las Vegas, October 20-24, 2014: Tracks and Topics - Sessions

Plan ‒ Landscape Planning and Cloud Transformation
Build ‒ Adapt to New Requirements
Run ‒ Operate and Optimize Business Applications
Security, Identity Management, and Single Sign-On Functionality

September, 2014

Document Management in SAP Solution Manager 7.1

A document well done by Vishal Prajapati covering Document Management in SAP Solution Manager ALM. Understand the basics of document governance and also the various features available for document management in Project and Solution so as to be able to decide on the document management strategy. September 18, 2014

August, 2014

Content Delivery with SAP Solution Manager 7.1 SP12

Rapid Content Delivery tool allows you to import the latest content updates for various SAP Solution Manager functions, such as, Monitoring and Alerting, Guided Procedure, and Customer Usage Provisioning. In his blog Venkatesh R introduces this new infrastructure. August 27, 2014

Test Automation Challenges - Dynamic SAP GUI screen state (e.g. ME51N)

Presently Reiner Markheiser blogs about test automation challenges. See his recommended approach. August 22, 2014

Utilizing Guided Procedures for Request Fulfillment within Service Request Management

In his new document Oliver Schleicher shows how you can create a simple custom guided procedure using guided procedure authoring in SAP Solution Manager 7.1. August 12, 2014

Using Lumira with Solution Manager 7.1 CHARM (ITSM Analytics) BW Reports

SAP Lumira can consume a BW Query. In this blog read more about how Michael Pytel tried data visualisation with SAP Lumira in SAP Solution Manager 7.1 and see a cool video. August 8, 2014

July, 2014

SAP Support Reference Navigator

Lifetime Support by SAP - see from customer experiences how Support helps you run like never before. July 15, 2014

June, 2014

How to Configure SAP HANA for CTS for SAP HANA SPS08

A document by Karin Spiegel pointing to a prevailing SAP How-to Guide: A while ago, the Change and Transport System (CTS) of ABAP has been enhanced so that it can be used for transporting non-ABAP objects as well (known as CTS+ or enhanced CTS). In this guide, you can find information on how to use CTS together with SAP HANA SPS08. With this release, CTS is now also integrated in the SAP HANA Application Lifecycle Management and can be used with Change Recording. June 18, 2014

Planning Landscape Changes - a Best Practice Guide

For the recommended process, see the blog post by Wolf Hengevoss taking you along to the new document Planning Landscape Changes, a Best Practice Guide on Release Management and Innovation Adoption (SMP log-in required). June 17, 2014

May, 2014

Deployment Best Practice: Start managing new technologies

New technology - most notably SAP HANA - is great, but how to handle it? Cay Rademann blogs about the Deployment Best Practices for SAP HANA Version 2 out of collected customer project experiences. Find them here and have access to expert guidance in the SAP Enterprise Support Academy Learning Studio (log-in required). May 9, 2014

IT Planning Wiki

SAP IT Planning services help customers to deal with upcoming major IT change events, e.g. when transitioning to SAP HANA. They are always tailored to customer needs. Go and see the brand new Wiki explaining the complete offering. May 9, 2014

Software Chanage Management - Overview

Keep track on elements of a software change management strategy with the presentation by Dominique Noth . May 7, 2014

March, 2014

Document Management in SAP Solution Manager Application Lifecycle Management

An insightful document by Michael Skiba desribing the basics of Document Management in SAP Solution Manager as well as the methods based on three best practice use cases. March 4, 2014

February, 2014

A New Approach To Lifecycle Management: Applying the Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) Concept to Your Applications

A blog by Jeff Anders. February 28, 2014

January, 2014

SAP Offering for Business Process Management

A document by Tilman Ulshoefer about different levels and lifecycle phases of BPM to be covered. See the number of products - SAP Solution Manager among them - SAP offers in this area to handle these requirements. January 15, 2014

December, 2013

Standalone Task Manager for Lifecycle Management Automation

An insightful blog by Developer and Product Manager Arvind Sharma about Standalone Task Manager for Lifecycle Management Automation which is part of SL Toolset shipment. December 17, 2013

November, 2013

What is your custom-code footprint? The Custom Code Management Campaign provides the answer

As part of SAP Enterprise Support, the Custom Code Management Campaign helps you reduce custom code governance and minimize maintenance and correction efforts by providing comprehensive insights on how you can efficiently and effectively manage your homegrown custom code. A great blog by Christoph Schleibaum . November 29, 2013

SAP Global IT chooses Test Management Cockpit for professional test reporting

We are happy to announce that SAP Global IT chooses Test Management Cockpit for professional test reporting and as a basis for QA Dashboards. An exciting blog by SAP's principal consultant Robin Schoenwald. November 8, 2013

October, 2013

More than just hot air! SAP.info covers details about the implementation of SAP IT Infrastructure Management at KAESER Compressors!

Read the good news for manufactures from REALTECH'sLaura Hoffmann.

There is an another great blog from Laura with a nice demo, worth to read and see:

Network path analysis with SAP IT Infrastructure Management! - demo video by SAP. October 30, 2013

Solution Manager October Update - Two upgrades a year, how is that possible?

by James Pearce. October 1, 2013

September 2013

Best Practice: Test Management for SAP Business Suite on SAP HANA Migration Projects

In his Best Practice Guide Marcus Wefers describes the necessary test management activities for functional and performance tests which enable our customers to migrate to SAP HANA without negative impacts on business processes executed by SAP Business Suite solutions as well as custom-developed applications. September 24, 2013

Solution Manager September Update

The current blog by James Pearce - your chance to catch-up on the future of SAP's support model and Life-cycle Management Processes. August 30, 2013

August 2013

Matthias Melich & John Krakowski - #SAPTechEd 2013 Speakers of the Week

See the blog by Eyal Katz and meet John, Senior Product Manager for SAP Solution Manager, and Matthias, Vice President of ALM Solution Management.

Check out the hands-on session: ITM362, and lecture session: ITM302

August 22, 2013

Monthly Solution Manager August Update - DevOps and SAP

This month James Pearce blogs about what DevOps and SAP Solution Manager have in common and more. August 1, 2013

July 2013

BPCL: Delivering New Functionality Faster and Reliably with SAP Software and SAP Enterprise Support

A success story presented by Volker Haentjes about a robust, highly automated testing solution and SAP Solution Manager application management solution as ideal medium for documenting the business processes of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL).

In the context of testing do not miss seeing a white paper also presented by Volker. Learn from this white paper how to develop and implement a tailored testing approach based on best practices:
Testing SAP HANA - A White Paper. July 16, 2013

Solution Manager July Update - Do you have a support strategy for HANA?

With his July blog James Pearce leads into the second half of 2013. July 4, 2013

June 2013

SAP Solution Manager ITSM @ Dansk Supermarked

Dansk Supermarked is one of the biggest retailers in Europe. They have implemented IT Service Management on SAP Solution Manager to process incidents and problems for all kind of IT issues in their stores. In thhis video watch their comments about using SAP Solution Manager 7.1. June 13, 2013

SAP IT Infrastructure Management – Use case examples

Dominique Noth presents use case examples, e.g. use case change management - Implement device changes in time and without any risk to your business!

Dominiqe's second blog is about a customer experience: How KAESER compressors benefit from IT Infrastructure Management. June 4, 2013

Solution Manager June Update with review of Sapphire Keynote Presentations

Into his June blog James Pearce has packed a summary of SAPPHIRE Keynotes, a list of EGIs and Meet the Experts sessions and even more. June 4, 2013

May 2013

SAPPHIRE NOW Orlando 2013 - Collection of SAP Support Blogs & Videos

SAPPHIRE NOW in Orlando: May 14-16, 2013.

The document of this year's social ambassador for SAP Support Benjamin Wilk

tracks all blog postings representing SAP Support topics online for SAPPHIRE NOW Orlando 2013. May 14, 2013

The “Run SAP Like a Factory” Metaphor

Rick Porter, VP Business Development at Revelation Software Concepts (RSC), blogs about SAP’s modular approach providing all the flexibility you need to assemble IT components and supporting your company’s processes. Stay tuned for his blog series about the three core IT values Automation / Flexibility / Improved Visibility, Control (policy enforcement), and Auditability. May 3, 2013

Solution Manager - May Update - New EGI's and ALM Agenda for SAPPHIRE NOW

The ALM May Blog by James Pearce. May 2, 2013

April 2013

Solution Manager - April Update

Improve your understanding of SAP’s effort in reducing total cost of ownership and risk by providing an integrated approach to ALM. A blog by James Pearce. April 2, 2013

March 2013

Grand Opening of the Mission Control Center in Newtown Square

Also read another blog from Benjamin Wilk and the article from the Philadelphia Business Journal to find out about SAP Active Global Support's game changing MCC approach and a celebration in grand style. March 21, 2013

How to Ensure Your Landscape Data is Up-to-Data - House-Keeping in the LMDB

An interesting blog by Wolf Hengevoss . March 27, 2013

Solution Manager - March update

This blog by James Pearce gives a glance on how SAP Solution Manager supports the lifecycle of SAP HANA. March 5, 2013

February, 2013

Landscape Planner – General Availability

Learn about this new functionality at the SAP Service Marketplace reading the blog from Wolf Hengevoss . February 21, 2013

Documenting business process step variants in SAP Solution Manager 7.1 SP06

Benjamin Schneider introduces a new methodology available with SAP Solution Manager 7.1 SP06. It is how to document "executable variants" in the Business Blueprint. February 20, 2013

Linking the Application Log with corresponding background job

See why and how finding exceptions raised by a background job is not cumbersome in the blog by Volker von Gloeden . February 5, 2013

December, 2012

10 Reasons Mobility Customers Choose ALM

Thomas DelMonte from SAP Global Marketing highlights a great presentation on the top 10 reasons why Mobility Customers choose Application Lifecycle Management. Also see the top 10 reasons why SAP HANA Customers choose ALM. December 19, 2012

IT Management Customer Survey - Become Part of Our Latest Research

Svetlana Rieb conducts a survey to better understand the issues SAP customers are facing in IT Management / Application Lifecycle Management. All community members are invited to help SAP identify ways to provide better solutions to these issues. December 4. 2012

November, 2012

Roadmap for Documentation and Implementation in SAP Solution Manager

Documenting solutions is a key step in getting and staying in control of application lifecycles.

In his blog Patrick Donselaar sees why IT organizations might feel a bit like Bill Murray in Groundhog Day when it comes to documenting business processes and technology. Customers learn from him what they can do for full transparency into business processes and the underlying technology. November 21, 2012

RBPD and continuous verification of Solution Documentation

A blog of Benjamin Schneider about a workaround allowing you to continously verify an existing solution documentation created with RPBD without losing any SQL check rules from the initial analysis. November 21, 2012

What’s in for You – Application Lifecycle Management Activities during SAPPHIRE NOW and SAP TechEd Madrid?

by Kathrin Henkel . SAPPHIRE NOW and SAP TechEd Madrid is only couple days ahead of us. Meet the Application Lifecycle Management folks in person as of November 13 to 16, 2012! November 8, 2012

October, 2012

New video available – Learn how-to implement an SAP Mobile solution on your system landscape

Kathrin Henkel , SAP Global TIP Marketing, points to this great video. October 30, 2012

Business Process Redesign with SAP Solution Manager Application Lifecycle Management

This document by Michael Skiba describes one of the Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) possibilities in SAP Solution Manager using the example of a major release project. October 17, 2012

Agent Data in the SAP Solution Manager LMDB

Wolf Hengevoss about landscape descriptions: details of application system landscape, configuration settings as well as logs or performance metrics. For more on LMDB and SLD, see Wolf's current Blog Series: Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 . October 17, 2012

September, 2012

IT Management Newsletter

issued on September 27 by Kathrin Henkel and Volker Haentjes

A well appointed fact: The IT Management Newsletter is the the successor of the ALM Quarterly.

The latest version comes with a preview on the highlights of all the valuable IT Management sessions at SAP TechEd Las Vegas 2012. Further, you will find plenty of blogs from community experts on the rich features of SAP Solution Manager 7.1 Service Pack 5. October 2, 2012

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