Governance, risk and compliance (GRC) has been on the radar of SAP users for some time. The topic is constantly evolving, with new regulations seeming to pop up daily and companies looking for ways to leverage GRC solutions to add value to their business. In this podcast from Sapphire 2007, SearchSAP.com spoke with Amit Chatterjee, senior vice president for SAP's GRC business unit, to get the latest news and trends, look at SAP's announcements from Sapphire, and see what's coming next.Download this

Business intelligence (BI), analytics and corporate performance management (CPM) are three topics that spark interest and cause some confusion among SAP customers. In this podcast from Sapphire 2007, SearchSAP.com spoke with Nenshad Bardoliwalla, SAP's senior director for CPM solution management, to get the latest news and trends, clear up acronym confusion, and see what's coming next for SAP in the market.Download this podcast here

Sapphire takes place April 23-25 in Atlanta. As SAP's main end user event, there is always a wealth of news and networking opportunities. For the past couple of years, the Americas' SAP Users' Group (ASUG) Annual Conference has been co-located with Sapphire, further enhancing the educational opportunities for SAP users. This podcast with ASUG president Rod Masney previews the events and takes the pulse of what is on SAP users' minds.Download this podcast here

According to SAP, Americas' SAP Users' Group (ASUG) and others, this year will see an increase in the number of customers upgrading to mySAP ERP. In this podcast, Matt Rickard, ASUG's director of groups and chapters and a member of its board, discusses some common upgrade questions. Rickard talks about technical versus functional upgrades, common problems, and resources users can turn to, among other things.Download this podcast here

According to SAP, xApps brought in more than $200 million in license revenue in 2006. SearchSAP.com interviewed Scott Campbell, SAP Practice Manager with Austin, Tex.-based MomentumSI, a consulting organization specializing in SOA, and Mo Ghanam, manager of partners and field enablement services at SAP Labs, about one of the more popular xApps: xMII. This stands for Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence and is utilized by manufacturing organizations. In this interview, Campbell and Ghanam

RFID technology continues to gain popularity, according to Josh Slobin, director of marketing for AeroScout. Based in San Mateo, Calif. AeroScout produces active, Wi-Fi-based RFID products. In this podcast, he gives some background on the topic, explains the differences between active and passive RFID technology, looks at some real-world cases, and gives advice for SAP users.Download this podcast here

This podcast from WhatIs.com explores what 3-D chips are, how they're made and what their production might mean for the extension of Moore's Law into the third dimension. In April 2007, a new version of 3-D chips was announced by a partnership of IBM and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) researchers at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, with support from the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency ( DARPA).To learn more about the advance, we went right to the source and called up Kerry

Web texting is two-way text messaging from the Web to a mobile handheld device, usually a cellular phone. Traditionally, SMS messages are texted from handheld to handheld. As mobile providers have improved their Web sites, it has become possible for subscribers to log on and send text messages to cell phones from the online account. Now, companies are taking it one step further and allowing text messages to be sent to and from an online application and a cell phone. To learn more, WhatIs.com's

It may seem like business managers and networking staff speak two different languages, but ultimately your goals converge at keeping your business running at optimum levels. In this six-minute audiocast, learn four steps to help you translate network performance data into metrics the business guys can understand -- which will keep everyone happy, and ensure your job security.Listen on your PC or download to your favorite mobile

Are your users tying up valuable bandwidth watching replays from last weekend's big game? To manage user access to streaming media, you first must understand the protocols that deliver streaming media across the network. This six minute audiocast explains how RTP, RTSP, RTCP and other protocols deliver streaming media -- and why merely blocking access may not keep unwanted streaming applications off your network.Listen on your PC or download to your favorite mobile

The market for SAP jobs is hot, with some SAP skills paying premiums over the general IT market. In this podcast with David Foote, president of Foote Partners LLC, find out which modules have a particularly rosy outlook and which ones aren't expected to fare as well. Foote also discusses how outsourcing could affect SAP professionals and gives a general market update and predictions for the upcoming year.Download to your favorite mobile device.

What is Joost? Formerly known as the "Venice Project," Joost is an IPTV service based on peer-to-peer (P2P) technology from the creators of Skype and Kazaa. When you listen to this podcast from WhatIs.com, you'll learn the answers to the following questions: Who created these P2P apps? How is Joost different from YouTube, Current.tv, Revver or other online video? What platforms does Joost work on? powered by ODEOUse the Flash player above or click on the MP3 link below to listen on

A media-aware network uses a combination of software and hardware within routers to bring more intelligence to the edges of a network, enhancing the experience of VoIP, videoconferencing or other communications users. To learn more about media-aware networks, WhatIs.com's Alex Howard interviewed Cathal Phelan and Keith Morris, the CEO and VP of marketing, respectively, at Ubicom, a manufacturer of specialized processors and router equipment. powered by ODEO When you listen to the podcast,

Crowdsourcing is the act of taking a function traditionally performed by an employee and outsourcing it to an undefined, generally large group of people using the Internet. Crowdsourcing relies on a combination of distributed networks, inexpensive digital tools of production and people who create content, rate other people's work or solve problems in their spare time. To learn more about this buzzword, WhatIs.com's Alex Howard went right to the source and interviewed Jeff Howe, the writer who

Members of the America's SAP Users' Group are taking part in about 60 influence councils that help shape application updates and fill gaps in SAP software. Learn more in this audio download.Listen here or download to your favorite mobile device.

Zia Yusuf, who leads SAP’s Platform Ecosystem unit, is finding software vendors that fill various gaps in SAP’s software. In a wide ranging interview, Yusuf explains his role shaping SAP’s strategy.Listen here or download to your favorite mobile device.

Michael Doane, founder and chief intelligence officer of Performance Monitor discusses his firms study of the top systems integrators.Listen here or download to your favorite mobile device.

Consultant Doug Whittle discusses the support issues SAP customers face after their new systems go live and the support strategies that get the most value out of an SAP system.Listen here or download to your favorite mobile device.

Plan for the worst, get the best resultsHear from networking industry guru Zeus Kerravala in this podcast about best practices when developing a disaster plan for pandemic flu. Get the low-down on what's most critical to act on today and how you can map out a game plan for long-term protection.Listen on your PC or download to your favorite mobile device.http://media.techtarget.com/audioCast/NETWORKING/snet-birdflureport-07-06-06.mp3

This podcast provides an overview of the impact digital photography has made on business in the last two decades. It takes a look at the current landscape for digital photography and discusses innovations coming to market in the near future. Bonus: Also included are helpful tips for the digital photographer.Listen on your PC or download to your favorite mobile device. Download this podcast here