Getting Started with SAP BTP: Don’t Let Old Systems Hold You Back
We’ve all been there: systems need upgrading, support is ending, and it can seem like a mountain to climb to get everything moved along. You want to start reaping the benefits that SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) can offer, but you feel like you need to update your backend systems first. I’m here to tell…
Avoiding the Pitfalls
In true Indiana Jones style, implementing Security and GRC can sometime feel like the holy grail quest, with more pitfalls than progress. Lots of content on social media focuses on following a process and a “happy path” approach which is fine to a point. However, I’ve not seen many which call out some of the…
Partnership with Protect4S Announced
On January 10, 2022, Aliter Consulting and Protect4S signed a partnership agreement, strengthening both parties’ SAP security services in the UK region. Gary Jackson, Founder & Director of Aliter Consulting says, “Protect4S is an affordable SAP security software that allows us to augment our SAP cybersecurity offerings at a lower cost to meet the increasing demand…
Implementing SAP S/4HANA using SAP Solution Manager
In a similar fashion to my good friend and colleague Andrew Noone, in his recent article about SAP Security & GRC “Why Bother?”, I wanted to propose a number of reasons why you absolutely should consider utilising Solution Manager for more than just the bare minimum, when it comes to managing your SAP solutions and…
SAP GRC & Security – Why bother?
Andrew Noone – Senior SAP Controls Technical Consultant Over the past 3 months, I have taken some time out to refresh the mind and think about the next 10 years of my career. On one of my many dog walks, I couldn’t help thinking, that while the SAP resource marketplace is as busy as I’ve…
Azure Monitor for SAP Solutions - HANA Data Size Extension
The cost of cloud based VMs for hosting SAP HANA workloads can form a significant proportion of your overall cloud spend. The default sizing and configuration of SAP HANA systems or incorrect sizing can easily lead to unnecessarily large VMs and higher than expected cloud compute costs. You may have a new greenfield implementation of…
The OS/DB Migration – Moving to Cloud but Stopping Short of S/4HANA
The benefits and challenges of the OS/DB migration methods to get you to a more supportable OS/DB combination for SAP on the Cloud are vast. Over the past decades, we have seen SAP invest in making their product as agnostic as possible when there were a plethora of operating systems and database vendors to choose…
Test Data Management – Opportunity to Streamline Data Refreshes
Refreshing SAP test systems using full copies of their production counterpart has been around since the birth of SAP R/3 back in the late nineties and was the only available method at the time. For some SAP installations this remains the traditional method but over recent years, a number of factors have arisen that preclude…
Data Management – Often Overlooked Opportunities to Reduce Data
With any SAP system, an efficient data management strategy is an important aspect for maintaining good system performance and for keeping the storage cost of systems under control. Programs having to trawl through large volumes of unnecessary data can increase runtimes and delay important business processes; database backup storage requirements and runtimes increase with increased…
Aliter Consulting Announces Charity Of The Year For 2020/21
As a business we want to ensure we use our power to give back where we can. This year we are thrilled to announce that our supported charity is the Motor Neurone Disease Association. A charity that is close to the heart of our founder Gary, it was only fitting that we chose to help…
