ASUG Strategy Builder Webinar Series Motivates Members to be Innovative with SAP Business Suite Powered by SAP HANA

CHICAGO -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Americas' SAP Users' Group (ASUG), the world's largest independent community of SAP professionals, today announced the continuation of its Strategy Builder Series with five webcasts dedicated to customers’ understanding of SAP® Business Suite powered by SAP HANA®. Advance registration is now open for the sessions, which run through April 17, 2013.

In 2012, the Strategy Builder Series delivered a series of educational webcasts for ASUG members on the cloud and SAP HANA. The first set of webcasts was devoted to cloud computing, providing SAP professionals a roadmap to explore cloud deployment based on user insights and customer success stories. The SAP HANA-focused webcast series addressed how to best use the newly introduced cloud-based deployment model for SAP HANA to power innovative ideas.

The newest installment in the series, SAP Business Suite powered by SAP HANA is designed to educate and inspire SAP customers to leverage the HANA in-memory platform to optimize business and IT strategies to accelerate to their business processes. The Strategy Builder Series is an enhancement to ASUG's Integrated Enterprise and Infinite ROI initiatives; programs designed to help organizations of all sizes and types increase their returns by mastering the latest advancements in business technology software.

“ASUG is on the front line with customers, dedicated to ensuring that customers have the right information they need to take advantage of the latest in SAP technology advancements,” said ASUG CEO Bridgette Chambers. “Our SAP Business Suite powered by SAP HANA webcast series provides new customers with critical insights needed to implement SAP HANA. For existing customers, the ASUG series provides a better understanding of the advantages SAP HANA can deliver to enhance a company’s performance and competitiveness.”

Each webcast in the five-part series will provide insights based on real-world examples and include an interactive question-and-answer session to give participants the chance to connect with the experts.

The first webcast Introducing SAP Business Suite Powered by SAP HANA, will begin at 12:00 p.m. ET on February 19. SAP experts will provide a high-level overview of SAP Business Suite powered by SAP HANA, including its impact on current customers, how to get started, and the advantages gained from leveraging the solution in an organization. Four additional webcasts will be held through mid-April:

• Unlocking Business Value with SAP Business Suite Powered by SAP HANA- 2/27, 2:00 p.m. ET
• Technical Aspects of Running SAP Business Suite Powered by SAP HANA - 3/14, 2:00 p.m. ET
• Ensuring Success with Your Project: Enabling You to Run SAP Business Suite Powered by SAP HANA - 4/3, 2:00 p.m. ET
• Your Platform for Innovation - SAP Business Suite Powered by SAP HANA - 4/17, 2:00 p.m. ET

To obtain additional information and register for ASUG's Strategy Builder Series of webcasts on SAP Business Suite Powered by SAP HANA or to replay the previous webcasts on cloud computing or SAP HANA, visit the Strategy Builder Series landing page.

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