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At a time when business demands urge companies to innovate and CIOs face increasing cost pressures, offshore delivery offers the opportunity to industrialize the implementation processes for system harmonization, consolidation, and enhancement, thereby realizing substantial cost savings and quality improvements. Rightshore?? - a registered trademark of Capgemini - is about organizing the distributed delivery process that embraces on-site, nearshore and offshore services. This book describes successful global delivery models utilizing industrialized methods to deliver SAP?? projects from India. While the first part is devoted to management concepts, service offerings and the peculiarities of working together with India, the second part features eight case studies from different industries and from around the world describing how India delivery centers have been successfully deployed in SAP?? development projects. more...

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Third Edition: Thoroughly Updated and Expanded, with Extensive New Coverage!.  . In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, you’ll master the entire SAP project lifecycle, from planning through implementation and system administration through day-to-day operations. Using this book’s straightforward, step-by-step approach, you’ll gain a strong real-world foundation in both the technology and business essentials of today’s SAP products and applications— from the ground up .  . Step-by-step instructions walk you through the most common questions, issues, and tasks you’ll encounter with SAP. . Case study-based exercises help you build and test your knowledge. . By the Way notes present interesting pieces of information. . Did You Know? tips offer advice or teach an easier way. . Watch Out! cautions warn about potential problems.  . Learn how to…: Understand SAP’s newest products for enterprises and small-to-midsize businesses, and choose the right solutions for your company; Discover how SAP integrates with Web services and service-oriented architecture; Develop an efficient roadmap for deploying SAP in your environment; Plan your SAP implementation from business, functional, technical, and project management perspectives; Leverage NetWeaver 7.0 features to streamline development and integration, and reduce cost; Walk through a step-by-step SAP technical installation; Master basic SAP system administration and operations; Perform essential tasks such as logon, session management, and printing; Build SAP queries and reports; Prepare for SAP upgrades and enhancements; Develop your own personal career as an SAP professional. Register your book at informit.com/title/9780137142842 for convenient access to updates and corrections as they become available. more...

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Governance, risk, and compliance—these three big letters can add up to one giant headache. But GRC doesn't have to be a boil on your corporate behind. SAP GRC For Dummies untangles the web of regulations that confronts your company and introduces you to software solutions the not only keep you in compliance, but also make your whole enterprise stronger. This completely practical guide starts with a big-picture look and GRC and explains how it can help your organization grow. You'll find out why these regulations were enacted; what you can do to ensure compliance; and how compliance can help you prevent fraud, bolster your corporate image, and envision and execute the best possible corporate strategy. This all-business handbook will help you:.:.; Understand the impact of Sarbanes-Oxley.; Control access effectively.; Color your company a greener shade of green.; Source or sell goods internationally.; Keep your employees safe and healthy.; Ensure that data is kept secret and private.; Manage information flow in all directions.; Enhance your public image through sustainability reporting.; Use GRC as the basis for a powerful new corporate strategy. Complete with enlightening lists of best practices for successful GRC implementation and conducting global trade, this book also puts you in touch with thought leadership Web sights where you can deepen your understanding of GRC-based business strategies. You can't avoid dealing with GRC, but you can make the most of it with a little help from SAP GRC For Dummies . more...

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What are shared data clusters? What is clustering technology? Does it really work? How does it work? How is data stored and accessed on clusters? Dilip Ranade takes you on a fascinating journey to answer these questions and learn all there is to know about this developing technology. Each chapter builds on what you have learned in the previous section, offering you a wide breadth of information at a comfortable pace. After you view the various hardware and software components that constitute a computer system, you’ll receive an examination of how cluster software works with an in-depth look at essential clustering services such as locking and messaging. more...

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Statistical pattern recognition is a very active area of study and research, which has seen many advances in recent years. New and emerging applications such as data mining, web searching, multimedia data retrieval, face recognition, and cursive handwriting recognition require robust and efficient pattern recognition techniques. Statistical decision making and estimation are regarded as fundamental to the study of pattern recognition. more...

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