When planning for the implementation of international SAP systems, the central question is often whether one global SAP system or distributed local systems will better fit your company. This book is your comprehensive guide toward making the best possible decisions. Project managers, IT managers, and other key decision makers profit from business-relevant facts as well as technical details for the practical realization of international implementation projects. This book covers all the topics that matter in designing international SAP systems. Discover the numerous requirements for such systems, which factors influence the system architecture, and which options exist for various system architectures. That’s just for starters… You’ll also benefit from valuable tips, best practices, exclusive customer reports, and much more.
Highlights include:
Business Requirements in Global Systems, Regional Requirements, Time Zones, Data Transfer
Factors Influencing the System Architecture
Distributed, Regional, and Global Architecture, Combined Architectures
IT Platform, Network Aspects, Tools and Central Components, Special SAP Solutions, Release Management, Maintenance
Customer Scenarios
Alexander Davidenkoff
After his studies in electrical engineering and completion of an engineering doctorate at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany, Alexander Davidenkoff joined SAP AG at the end of 1992. He started in R/3 basis support and technical consulting and soon concentrated on international topics such as language and code-page technologies in SAP products. He began collaboration with the national organizations in Eastern Europe and Russia, supported colleagues, customers, and partners in numerous activities and projects, and contributed significantly to the improvement of language support in SAP R/3. Since the late 1990s, he has been working closely with the countries in the Asia Pacific region.
In 1996, Alexander moved to International Development/Globalization Services at SAP, where he is responsible for project management of country versions, as well as globalization, localization, and translation issues. He now works in SAP Globalization Services as a solution manager for the Unicode rollout, global solutions, time zones, global integrated solutions using SAP NetWeaver, the architecture of complex system environments, and related topics. He also supports, advises, and trains numerous colleagues, clients, and partners in many countries.
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