Category Archives: Education

The SAP HANA Career Guide – Part 5, SAP HANA BW Consultant

Posted on September 25, 2012 by John Appleby

Hopefully you have enjoyed the SAP HANA Career Guide so far. This piece focusses in on the SAP HANA BW Consultant. These guys are responsible for upgrading, migrating and HANA-enabling existing information on the SAP BW Enterprise Data Warehouse, as well … Continue reading →

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The SAP HANA Career Guide – Part 4, SAP HANA Operations Consultant

Posted on September 21, 2012 by John Appleby

Hopefully you have enjoyed the SAP HANA Career Guide so far. This piece focusses in on the SAP HANA Operations Consultant – which would have been called SAP Basis for regular SAP systems. I’ve always hated this term, and thought it … Continue reading →

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The SAP HANA Career Guide – Part 3, SAP HANA Performance Consultant

Posted on September 17, 2012 by John Appleby

Hopefully you have enjoyed the SAP HANA Career Guide so far. This piece focusses in on the SAP HANA Performance Consultant. In the early implementations of SAP HANA, this was by far the most popular type of resource. SAP HANA … Continue reading →

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Is philanthropy in education dead or just sleeping? Technology education changes here.

Posted on August 20, 2012 by John Appleby

We live in a world where paid education is the norm. We pay for education, and once we’ve done that, we pay some more so that we can be tested to prove that we learnt what we paid to learn. … Continue reading →

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10 tips to getting started in blogging

Posted on May 27, 2012 by John Appleby

I was 8 years old, sat in classroom 2GC, petrified. I had writer’s block. The brief was simple: write a piece of creative writing on any topic and I couldn’t do it. The end of class bell sounded and I … Continue reading →

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What are we looking for in the graduate intake?

Posted on June 13, 2011 by John Appleby

Our graduate intake days start apace tomorrow. It’s been months in the coming and our recruitment have been working hard – in the words of our head of HR: there’s steam coming off the keyboards. In any case, in the … Continue reading →

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When will Graduates learn to monetize their education?

Posted on May 30, 2011 by John Appleby

I walked into my usual clothing store the other day and during the conversation with the clerk there, who I have known for a couple of years, we discussed how he was finishing his secondary education and – provided he … Continue reading →

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