In this episode of The SolBrothers, we faced down the challenges of intercontinental podcast recording, after weeks of calendar juggling. Tony de Thomasis dialed in from 14 time zones away, and though he projects well, the late hour in my office triggered an interesting audio conflict. We followed Phil's agenda except for minor tangents. Near the end, Phil let the gate open for wild card feedback.
A few details are listed below; highlights include Tony's new career move, conversations around change control, functional aspects of Solution Manager, and upcoming events.
The "Sol Bros" are:
Phil Avelar
Jim Spath
jon.reed/blog
tony.dethomasis2/blog
Link to Episode 1 - http://www.jonerp.com/content/view/336/33/
Link to Episode 2 - /people/jim.spath/blog/2010/06/17/the-second-episode-podcast-of-some-solution-manager-chatter
Podcast notes
| Time | Comments / Content |
| 00:00 | Intros: Phil, Jim, Jon, Tony Tony's move / new role
Solution Manager and ALM "your way"
Wiley Introscope installs Jon - case studies / upgrades
future guests - Z_BASIS_ADM Jim
On hold
Java stack broken 6 weeks
Third attempt to E2E100 training class
TechEd, Mastering SAP 2010, ASUG conference 2011
Phil
Annual seminar for this year canceled.
Monitoring, access keys, support, that's it.
|
| 11:00 | Questions |
| 12:00 | Tony
Life cycle state, 640, Business Function Solution, Project Management functionality |
| 15:40 | Jim (vacuum cleaner)
Technical audience / sessions at TechEd
Content at BOUG and Fall Focus ROI |
| 21:15 | Phil Customer sessions - functional side neglected due to ROI doc faults
SAP Solution Manager components not vacuum gets closer, Tony starts to fade |
| 24:10 | Phil talks about operational improvement
Business Objects connection? |
| 25:00 | Jim
Michael Doane's SAP Green Book
SAP Center of Excellence
Solution Manager not a fit with PMO.
Phil talking about business process requirements.
Need to use another tool besides Solution Manager. |
| 28:45 | Jon Charm / Change Management Tony
Landscape, Java transport management
Quality gate management
Third party tools |
| 33:20 | Jim
Legacy (mainframe era) change control
Enterprise - desktop, anti-virus, downtime management Phil
Complex to set up Charm.
Some customer looked at Charm, skipped it.
Wrap up (attempt)
Jon
SAP Upgrade roadmap includes Solution Manager (integrated)
Tony
SAUG - SAP Australia User Group
Cloud, on-demand, mobility
Demo Jam
Jim
"write about anything"
Phil
Mobility - Apple Newton |
| 42:20 | Jim
Jeff Duly's RoamBI webcast (ASUG members)
TechEd ASUG content
SAP Netweaver Admin - David Hull / ALM124 Sustainability session at TechEd - Berlin
Jon
Certification efforts
(SAP Certification Survey) Bangalore
TechEd Las Vegas |
| 46:28 | Phil
Questions on blog |
| 47:14 | Jim - Scnotties See blogs: The specified item was not found.20667The specified item was not found. Jon - YouTube videos
Jim
SAP Video Choice
SCNotties
Thanks and good day. |
THE PODCAST:
SolBros Episode 3 - Solution Manager Round Table
Addendum:
Jon Reed's SCNotties winning entry with scary bad hair in 2009:
