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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Home Retail Group appoints Atos to run - For Business Account

After a competitive tender the Home Retail Group (HRG) has signed a 4 year agreement with Atos, an international IT services company, for the implementation of a business account scheme to allow SME business customers to purchase goods and services in-store, online and via Argos Direct. The new For Business account card will be launched by HRG’s business to business division, Argos for Business.

Danny Clenaghan, Managing Director of Argos for Business said: “We are committed to providing excellent service to our customers and we are excited to extend this service to the SME market. We are confident that Atos will deliver this service to the excellent standard our customers expect. The For Business account allows businesses instant access to over 35,000 product lines at great value prices, supported by excellent account management tools.”

Iain Kingsley, SVP for Hi-Tech Transactional Services in the UK Atos, said: “We are delighted to add Home Retail Group to our client list, which extends our business account scheme in the retail sector. We have developed an excellent offering in payment services and this contract is further evidence that they can be adapted and tailored to meet the needs of different clients to help them attract business customers, drive sales and therefore gain competitive advantage.”

Atos, a leader in transaction services, will be providing full management of the business account card for small to medium enterprises in the UK and providing an end to end service from application to payment. The scheme will commence in April with a trial across a region of Argos stores.

The on-line account support facility will allow customers to manage their account, control costs and access various management information tools including a line item detail invoice archive.