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Web 2.0 Presentation Tools from SAP – Integrate Twitter into PowerPoint!

October 20th, 2009 View Comments Posted in SAP-related sites

…sometimes the presenter on stage is the only one who doesn’t know what the audience is thinking – because everybody else is viewing the Twitter stream.

The PowerPoint Twitter Tools, built using SAP BusinessObjects Xcelsius, are now available.
To access these tools, download the PowerPoint templates from the SAP web 2.0 powerpoint twitter page, with usage instructions here.

These tools are prototypes and can respond slowly. However, they are easily embedded in your PowerPoint slide deck, and provide a real-time Twitter ticker feed, a Twitter feedback slide, a set of Twitter voting templates, and a Crowd Noise meter. They’re based on the SAP BusinessObjects Xcelsius dashboarding technology, but come restriction free.


Free Articles from ERPtips (formerly SAPtips)

May 5th, 2009 View Comments Posted in SAP-related sites

ERPtips (formerly known as SAPtips)is offering free access to a subset of their articles as they are published.

Sign up to their bimonthly Free ERPtips Express Newsletters and get freshly-published articles and white papers, handy tips, best practices and notifications of upcoming events delivered to your inbox, six times a year with no subscription fee.

The following articles available through 1 May;

  • MM: Zero Superfluous Inventories with the Strategic Analytic Toolkit
  • Financials: Collections Management FSCMCOL
  • Human Resources: Understanding Retroactivity in SAP HR and Payroll
  • Basis: SAP Role Creation: Guidelines for Planning and Implementation

http://www.ERPtips.com/Express.asp. A new set of four SAP articles will be posted on Tuesday, May 5th

(hat tip to @JonERP)


jonerp.com SAP Technical and Career site

January 6th, 2009 View Comments Posted in SAP-related sites

Just a quick post to highlight Jon Reed’s SAP technical and career related site

One useful page is the “hot skills” section which contains a list of hot SAP technical skills (although he does agree that “hot” is a bit of a stretch in the current economy). Jon admits to not being a huge fan of lists, but they can drive discussion. His lists (such as his SAP Technical Skills list), especially, I find to be thoughtfully selected, and his comments on why this or that item makes the list add value to that.

An earlier post of mine on certification linked to some podcasts and posts on SearchSAP.com I’ve since found out that most of this was organised and collated by Jon, as he has worked as their resident SAP career expert. Since I found this content so usefull, I’d like to point you to his own SAP training and certification podcast page. It covers (amongst other things) online training and the range of SAP training options. An example of his content, in this case on SAP certification:

One good exercise is to review current SAP jobs on sites like SearchSAP.com and see what kinds of skills are required. See how often certification is listed as required or preferred, and what other skills are needed. This will not only give you a better idea of what skills are truly hot, it will also help you to see how important certification really is (or isn’t). I think you’ll be surprised at how few SAP jobs actually require certification in order to apply.

Simple, sensible, straightforward advice, but…. its the only place I’ve seen it said.