Deepa Salem - SAPinsider

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Deepa Salem

SAPinsider

About Me

Deepa is a Vice President and Research Director for SAPinsider covering Platform, Operations, and Data. She has more than 15 years of experience in the SAP space through a range of roles from value selling, product marketing to research, in which she has been learning, writing, and speaking on how companies use technology to drive business impact. She has been a management consultant and CRM practitioner in the earlier years of her career. Follow Deepa on LinkedIn and Twitter for more SAP, Application Development, and Data insights.

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Deploy SAP HANA in Azure Faster with Less Risk and Higher Quality

SAP Data Migration
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Migration to SAP HANA – A Strategic Perspective

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Integration in the Hyper-Connected SAP Landscape Research

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SAP Integration Suite
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Integration Benchmark Report – A Preview

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SAP Application Development and Integration
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Integration in the Hyper-connected SAP Landscape – Research Report

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SAP Integration Suite
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Integrating Legacy Applications with Modern Apps

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Holistic Automation – The Next Wave in Business Transformation

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SAP Master Data Governance
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Automation in Master Data Governance

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Data Management Strategies for SAP in EMEA

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Achieving the “Clean Core” Utopia

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