Part 8 of this blog answers one of the most frequently asked customer questions: When upgrading to SAP ERP 6.0, do we have to convert to Unicode?

Who said enterprisey cannot be cool ? You need to check out the demo of ESME to believe it...

When a customer writes code in an SAP-provided function group, and there's a problem with the code that appears to be due to SAP-written code, the customer will be told that SAP won't even look at the problem for free. Can and should SDN Mentors play a helpful role as "go-betweens" in such situations?

Besides Second Life a couple of other virtual worlds exist, which offer exciting features like OpenOffice support, in-world browsing of the internet or phone calls out of the world. In this blog I want to introduce you to Qwaq, Sun's Project Wonderland, and OpenSim.

The IT jobs of today may not be recognizable in a few years. Where are the IT positions going, and how can IT professionals stay current with the coming world of business?

A couple of blog posts and chance Twitter conversations led to a self organizing development group that has created a submission for DemoJam. These are the lessons I learned about how community works.

Podcast from SAP NetWeaver Product Management about benefits and essentials of Web Dynpro.

In my scenario I will call a BSP application from a web template. The web template is a generic template that supported a couple of query, like the 0ANALYSIS_PATTERN template. The BSP application is an IT support application. User can initialize a ticket by pressing a button in the template. For better support the action behind the button will first create a bookmark in the backend and then call the BSP application. The web template will hand over the ID of the new created bookmark by parameter to the BSP application.

While SQL Server is the de facto standard database platform for SAP Business One, the Business Intelligence stack (Reporting Services, Integration Services, Analysis Services) remains unknown to the majority of B1 customers. This is a pity, as the BI stack offers huge potential for building top-notch reporting solutions for SAP Business One.

A tool is introduced which makes it easy to share database table content between different Web AS ABAP systems. The content can be downloaded to an XML file and uploaded again, Unicode and mass-handling support included.

We are now used to searching for knowledge online. But what steps are you taking to make learning available at the fingertips of your users?

Leveraging the Business Process Platform to Enable Military Personnel to Find & Focus on the “Right” Information in Hostile Environments

A quick rundown on how to create print layouts that are identical across modules.

The SAP Developer Challenge held in Palo Alto several weeks ago was a fantastic, fun event. We captured a lot of great video during the event and wanted to give everyone a feel for the event and the work the teams did "behind the scenes" to compete and build great Demos for the Demo Jam. Enjoy!