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TechNet Webcast: How Microsoft IT Runs SAP (Level 200)

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erp

Overview This webcast describes how the Enterprise Application Services (EAS) team in the Microsoft Information Technology (IT) department utilizes the new database mirroring and online indexing features in Microsoft SQL Server 2005 to dramatically increase the availability of SAP R/3 at Microsoft. The presenter also discusses how, by using the 64-bit version of SQL Server 2005 with commodity 64-bit hardware, EAS was able to lower the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) while increasing performance, scalability, and reliability in the SAP R/3 landscape.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	Microsoft Tips
Live Date	17th January 2008 00:00 GMT
Format	Webcast
Topics	ERP, Database Management, ROI - TCO

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mySAP Enterprise Portal at Freudenberg Group

Publisher:
SAP

mySAP ERP: Powered by SAP NetWeaver

Publisher:
SAP

Finance Accounting Solutions Buyer's Guide

Publisher:
Inside ERP

Tags:
back-office

Finance Accounting Solutions Comparison Guide

Publisher:
Inside ERP

Tags:
back-office

Microsoft Dynamics Webcast: Learn How to Maximize the Microsoft Dynamics GP Human Resources and Payroll Opportunities to Increase Revenue (Level 200)

Publisher:
Microsoft

Tags:
erp

Microsoft really is cheaper than Linux

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Channel:
Operating Systems

Microsoft gears up for new IBM and Linux scrap

Taylor said Microsoft has moved its focus from total cost of ownership to interoperability. The software colossus had been contending, through a series of Microsoft-funded studies and "Get the Facts" advertisements, that Microsoft products have a...

Channel:
IT Pro
Tags:
linux,
microsoft,
ibm

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Publisher:
ZDNet UK

Telecom 2.0: Mind over matter

ntl:Telewest Business believes that the role of the telco is evolving. Gone are the days when it was enough to simply focus on circuits and minutes, customers now need a far higher degree of interaction and look for suppliers who will talk business solutions with them.

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ntl:Telewest Business

IBM Information Server Change Data Capture

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Publisher:
IBM

An examination of server consolidation: the trends that can drive efficiencies and help businesses gain a competitive edge

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