Upgrades Webcast Series: SAP ERP 6.0 Upgrade and the Unicode Conversion – How and When

Description

In today's global marketplace, you need to be able to communicate with the world to get your message out and stay competitive. If your company employs global business processes across the enterprise, or if your customers and business partners interact with your business through the World Wide Web, chances are that you will have to support multiple local-language characters. SAP NetWeaver supports both J2EE and ABAP technologies and seamless communication between J2EE and ABAP is the key for this dual architecture. Since Java is based on Unicode, communication between J2EE and ABAP without loss of data is only possible when the ABAP stack is based on Unicode as well. The session will address how to find the right information and then subsequently plan for the implementation of Unicode. Examples will be provided to support the recommendations made in this session.

3 key learning’s:

- Learn where to find the right information to determine how and when to perform a Unicode conversion
- Understand the methodologies available to minimize the impact
- Get tips on common ‘gotchas’ and avoidable technical issues in the conversion process

Speaker: Lon Blake and Rafael Perez

Lon is a member of the Upgrade Competency Center (UCC) of the Americas where his responsibilities are to provide technical expertise for upgrades to North American clients. He has been with SAP since September 2005 as a member of the Upgrade Task Force of SAP's Active Global Support where his responsibilities included on-site assessments of customer situations relating to upgrades and software logistics, solution management assessments, on-site support of upgrade go-lives, and remote support of customers globally. Lon has almost 25 years of IT technical experience including 9 years of SAP Basis Administration prior to coming to SAP.

Rafael Perez is a Program Manager at the SAP Global Upgrade Office and has been a SAP employee since 1998, acquiring experience in a wide variety of fields, including education, consulting, support, marketing and account management. He developed his technical and project management expertise leading SAP consultancy services in implementations worldwide, managed customer operations as a Technical Quality Manager, and critical situations as an Escalation Manager. Rafael is considered a trusted advisor within SAP and is the collaborating writer of 'The SAP R/3 Handbook- 3rd Edition' (McGraw Hill).

Event Details

Event Contact:	Bobie Chanthavong

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