Thursday 24 October 2013

Transform your Consulting Career with SAP BASIS Netweaver

A career in SAP BASIS consulting is very lucrative and offers long-term growth opportunities but to become a successful BASIS consultant, you need to know whether it is the right field for you.

To do this, you need to first understand what SAP BASIS is, whether you have the right skills to work as a BASIS consultant and what do BASIS consultants do.

What is SAP BASIS?

BASIS stands for Business Application Software Information System and is a very niche IT skill that forms the underlying foundation for all SAP operations. BASIS forms the roots of the SAP Netweaver (NW) platform. In other words, BASIS is a module that focuses on the administration part of the NW platform.



What is the DNA of a successful SAP BASIS Consultant?

If you read above, you would have understood that people with IT Administration experience can become SAP BASIS consultants. However, to be successful in this field, there are some prerequisites (either of these):-
  1. Fundamental knowledge of operating systems ( Unix, Linux, Windows) and databases (Oracle, DB2, MySQL, SQL Server, MS Access
  2. 2+ years of experience in either of these fields: Networking, Installation, Implementation, System or Infrastructure administration, Maintenance and Technical Support 
  3. 2+ years of Experience in Hardware and Clustering software 
  4. SAP BASIS or NW Administration - 2+ years of experience
  5. CCNA/CCNP certification
     What do BASIS Consultants do?
     
BASIS consultants handle the installation, configuration and maintenance of SAP systems. BASIS Consultants are thus, the SAP Technical Architects in the organizations.

Career Graph

The career graph of BASIS consulting will lead you to become a CTO, COO or an Entrepreneur. 

We hope that by reading this, you have a fair understanding of BASIS module and the relevance of BASIS consulting in all companies or the small and medium sized businesses that have implemented SAP. 


About Atos

Atos is an international information technology services company with annual revenues of EUR 8.7 billion and 78,500 employees in 42 countries. Atos has been a privileged partner of SAP and as one of the strongest SAP companies in the world, we drive continuous process improvement that creates outstanding efficiency and cost-effectiveness, which enables you to move fast and stay ahead of the market.

Keeping this in mind, Atos provides SAP Education services in 6 locations across India. 

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Wednesday 25 September 2013

SAP BI skills transform you from a Grad to a Guru

When reading industry journals or reports to stay updated with the key trends, how many times have you scratched your heads to figure out whether Big Data is just a term, hype or a key trend that is transforming millions of lives around you? Ever wondered why Analytics and Business Intelligence Consulting services are creating a profound impact on organizations around the globe?

The answer to these questions lies in understanding what Business Intelligence is and its relation to Big Data analytics. Business Intelligence has much more utility than just being used for data mining, extracting, reporting and analyzing information. It is a top-notch technology that helps companies to attain and sustain a competitive advantage often, with the help of advisory and consulting services available to them. BI tools nowadays, should be able to analyze Big Data with their analytics capabilities. 

According to a recent news report published by IDG News Service*, IT hiring in 2013 will focus on jobs involving cloud computing, mobile technology and business intelligence. IT projects revolving BI are not just about the tools but also depend on the skills of people working upon them. 

*Source: Dice.com Hiring Survey, with 1,059 tech focused hiring managers& recruiters responding.

Most organizations grapple with failing BI projects as they do not understand that BI is a specialized skill in itself, and BI consultants or advisers need a well -crafted strategic plan to facilitate interactions between various teams. Consequently, a BI consultant should possess the right amount of Business and Technology acumen. 


Take the next Step with Atos


Business Intelligence has become a "Holy Grail" for value-driven strategic IT projects and initiatives in every organization. BI Consulting services providers and advisory firms realize that, simply hiring people will not make BI projects successful but hiring, training and retaining specialized and multi-skilled people will differentiate them from their peers. 

Atos is one of the world’s leading SAP partners, with almost 10,000 personnel dedicated to SAP projects worldwide. SAP has publicly acknowledged that Atos is one of the world’s largest, most capable SAP partners, and our two companies are working together intensively to develop new solutions based on joint intellectual property. 

SAP's BI solutions are now powered with advanced analytics and analyze Big Data or many petabytes of data within seconds.

Moreover, to implement better BI solutions, a person needs deep subject matter and process knowledge. As business technologists, we offer SAP BI consulting courses to help develop the specialized BI skills.

We understand your training needs and deliver our courses in an ILT mode. Our trainers are SAP Consultants and come with deep subject matter expertise and profound knowledge which helps students to not only solve complex business cases, but also facilitate brainstorming and out-of-the-box thinking for effective decision making. 

With Atos as your training partner, you take steps ahead to succeed in your consulting career. 

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