All Articles on On-Demand and Software as a Service (SaaS)

Receive a business overview of SAP's PaaS "Project River", by reading this FAQ document, designed for customers looking to build and deploy enterprise SaaS applications, and SAP Partners who are ISV developers, focused on building SaaS applications for their clients.10 Jan 2012

Receive a technical overview of SAP's PaaS "Project River", by reading this FAQ document, designed for customers looking to build and deploy enterprise SaaS applications, and SAP Partners who are ISV developers, focused on building SaaS applications for their clients.10 Jan 2012

It's 2012. At the start of this new year, most readers report that they will be adding new SAP functionality, supporting more mobile devices, on-boarding subsidiaries, or expanding into new regions. Top of mind is how to accomplish these goals quickly, inexpensively, and with limited IT resources. For many, the answer is with the cloud.04 Jan 2012

Cloud services have become increasingly popular and many service providers are already leveraging cloud-based infrastructures to operate on and deliver outsourcing services. Now companies are wondering: "What will this do for us?" "Will it optimize our IT investments at a lower cost and with fewer business risks?" "Or will it actually increase our risks?" This article helps answer these questions and describes the SAP Outsourcing Certification Programs, which can help companies find the right service provider to fit their needs.01 Dec 2011

This article promotes the use of SAP Sourcing Document Types and Document Templates. Automatic selection list filtering examples are provided.25 Oct 2011

Step by Step instructions for creating, using and publishing a custom Visualization Template for Bi OnDemand.05 Oct 2011

This document provides guidance on the implementation of the on-demand enhancement Social Media Package. On-demand enhancements provide additional demo capabilities on top of the standard delivered Sales Presentation Trial Systems. The documentation is based on Feature Pack 2.5 of SAP Business ByDesign.24 Mar 2011

An effective cloud security strategy must be linked and aligned with the business of the organization. Security should not inhibit businesses from becoming “best-run” businesses as they transition to cloud computing and on-demand applications that enable optimized operations. The River security team has been through this process and can validate these claims based on customer requirements and experiences with implementing security controls and practices. This position explained in this article, was presented at the SAP Virtualization and Cloud Summit in December 2010.31 Jan 2011

SAP Business ByDesign provides an Add-in for Crystal Reports to use data from Business ByDesign, to create Crystal Reports .A Gauge Chart component can be embedded into such a Crystal Report, to simulate a what-if analysis report.15 Dec 2010

2010 Influencer Summit presentation that addresses virtualization technology and Cloud as being a top priority for SAP on-premise customers.01 Dec 2010

2010 Influencer Summit presentation that addresses the market needs for on-premise, on-demand, and cloud technology and SAP's product strategy around these needs.01 Dec 2010

2010 Influencer Summit presentation that addresses SAP's OnDemand platform vision.01 Dec 2010

2010 Influencer Summit presentation that address the SAP Line of Business OnDemand solutions.01 Dec 2010

Brocade's ServerIron ADX with Application Resource Broker (ARB) automates on-demand resource provisioning with visibility into application traffic and load level. This paper describes results from a POC that validates a reference architecture using ARB for BOE landscapes that Brocade, SAP, and VMware have jointly completed at SAP Co-Innovation Lab.18 Oct 2010

The following document highlights the newer capabilities of the MII 12.2 release and provides a link to example content which demonstrate how each of these features works. The document walks you through the various examples contained in the “Examples 12.2” project in order to explain the purpose and operation of the content, so it can be used to improve your MII project implementations. It is targeted towards experienced MII content developers and assumes you are familiar with various SAP terms and MII content development.
Download examples (ZIP 1.7 MB)13 Oct 2010

The following document will review how to install and use the Advanced Flat File to XML Document Conversion Custom Action Blocks in order to parse a flat file into an XML document. The action supports any flat file with any value delimiter and end of line delimiter and will build an MII formatted XML document as its output.27 Jun 2010

This article explains step by step procedure to integrate SAP PI with Salesforce.com (SFDC) using the enterprise WSDL.23 Jun 2010

The SAP Contract Lifecycle Management on-demand solution is a subscription offering that enables you to rapidly optimize corporate contract management practices. It accelerates your ability to realize the full value of your contracts – resulting in higher profits and lower legal and financial risk.07 Dec 2009

By providing visibility into direct and indirect spend, the SAP BusinessObjects Spend Performance Management application helps companies identify costsavings opportunities and supplier risk. Integration with SAP E-Sourcing provides business users with one-click functionality to launch sourcing initiatives from an identified opportunity.07 Dec 2009

The SAP E-Sourcing on-demand solution is a subscription-based offering that enables rapid time to value. It includes hosting services, training, and user support. It is designed to help you quickly access benefits and maximize savings by automating and streamlining the strategic “source to contract” process.07 Dec 2009