This document provides an overview of an ERP Applications course, including: - The course outline covers SAP history, sources of information, hands-on exercises, and assessment including a miniSAP installation evaluation. - SAP's evolution is discussed over four eras from 1972-2011 covering foundations, key products, acquisitions, and organizational structure. - Resources for learning about SAP are provided, including the SAP community network, training, certifications and publications. Students are assigned tasks to create social media profiles and download software for hands-on practice.

1. ERP Applications SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT & INFORMATION SYSTEMS ERP Applications, NetWeaver Administration 101 BCO6181 Tony de Thomasis

2. NetWeaver Administration 101 Introductions and Expectations Course Outline Assessment

3. Introductions Who you are Name Background One thing peculiar Your experience Technology SAP Social Media Expectations from this course

4. Course Outline SAP History SAP Sources of information SAP Social Identity SAP MiniWAS hands on exercise SAP NetWeaver Administration exercises SAP Industry event

5. Assessment Review and reinforcement of SAP Netweaver concepts (50%) Examination covering lecture material Social identity Twitter feed LinkedIn profile SDN profile SDN weblog Evaluation of VMWare miniSAP installation (50%) Does it stop and start cleanly Demonstrate 5 daily checks Demonstrate 5 monthly checks Dazzle me – 5 findings of your choice

6. SAP History Evolution of the company SAP Product offerings and Solutions SAP Acquisitions SAP Organizational structure SAP Licensing and customer reaction Enterprise Support and SUGEN SAP future roadmap

7. 1972 – 1981: The First 10 Years SAP Company beginnings Subsequent development from SAP foundation SAP software modules SAP R/2 system SAP company first-year revenues First customers outside of Germany First trade-show appearance SAP Evolution - First 10 years

8. 1982 – 1991: The SAP R/3 era Four servers with 64MB of memory Employing 100 employees Signing its 1,000th customer Reaching the DM100 million in revenue Expanding abroad The development of the SAP R/3 product generation SAP Evolution – The R/3 Era

9. 1992 – 2001: The E-Business Age Reaching €6 billion Employing more than 24,000 staff Trade shows and conferences Going public Developing new technologies and platforms SAP Evolution – e-Business Age

10. 2002 – 2011: The new age Story continues with the SAP NetWeaver platform Acquisitions of Top Tier, Business Objects and Sybase Large scale board changes Partnerships Impressive online events Current SAP product offerings Current business drivers In Memory Mobility Cloud offering SAP Evolution – The last 10 years

11. Key SAP Acquisitions Top Tier 2001 Triversity 2005 Virsa 2006 Business Objects 2007 Sybase 2010

12. The current Organisational structure The SAP Executive Board SAP Active Global Support (Follow the sun) SAP Regional Implementation Group (LA) SAP Labs SAP AG ( Walldorf ) SAP Research Centres The Original 5 SAP Organizational Structure

13. Dr. h.c . Klaus Tschira Claus Wellenreuther Dietmar Hopp The original five Hasso Plattner Hans-Werner Hector

14. SAP Knowledge Improvement SAP Service Marketplace Ramp-up Knowledge Transfer (RKT) SAP Community Network Find the expert SAP Mentors Wiki, Forums, Articles SAP Live and Local recordings SAP Learning on demand SAP Australia Training and Certification Shop SAP Premier learning events SAP Publications SAP Ecosystem ASUG SAUG

15. SAP Social Identity SAP Developer Network Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Prezi Animoto Slideshare FlickR YouTube

16. SAP Social Identity - Exercise Create an account on each of the following:- SAP Developer Network (find and follow 2 interesting people) Facebook (find some SAP related account and request friend) Twitter (find and follow SAP Mentors) LinkedIn (add your expertise and get at least 2 connections) Prezi (create one small presentation) Animoto (create a 30 second video using you own photos) Slideshare (publish a presentation) FlickR (publish 5 interesting photographs) YouTube (favourite 5 SAP related authors)

17. SAP MiniWAS The free working Web Application Server:- SAP NetWeaver 7.02 SP6 32 bit Trial Version 90 day renewable license Includes full ABAP WebDynpro engine We will use it for Administration Practice Download and install Download files Get yourself a fast external USB drive (minimum 120gb) Build VM Player Windows instance Install the instance by following the guide Help one another, use SDN for assistance Advertise your progress on Twitter

18. Stop and start system System log Database log Short dumps DBA calendar Update tasks Instance profile Work process allocation Tuning buffers Timetable Batch jobs Printing Tracing Monitoring CPU and Memory usage Support packages and patches Transports SAP Administration exercises

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