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PBS Software GmbH

Add-on Solutions for the

Information Lifecycle Management (ILM)

in SAP Systems

PBS Software GmbH

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Founded in 1991, privately owned

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Worldwide more than 1400 customers

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More than 4000 installed PBS archive add ons for SAP ERP

PBS Software GmbH

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Cooperation with SAP since 1998 (data archiving, ILM)

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SAP Software Solutions Partner since 1999

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Cooperation for marketing and consulting services with various partner companies world-wide

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All major PBS solutions certified by SAP AG (ICC)

Partner Network

Customer Distribution

Americas 24 % Asia/Australia 8%

Others < 1 %

Software Solution Portfolio

ILM Solutions for SAP ERP

 PBS archive add ons

 NAI Nearline Analytic Infrastructure

 Database Analyzer PLUS NLS Solutions for SAP BW

 CBW NLS IQ

 CBW NLS (ADK Storage)

 BW Database Analyzer

SAP Industry Solutions

 CAB (IS Retail)

 CFICA, CISU (IS-U/CCS)

 Adaptions for IS Mill, IS Oil and others

Compliant Data Storage

 PBS ContentLink for

EMC Centera, Celerra, Hitachi HCP, IBM DR550 MS Sharepoint, NetApp FAS, NAS

Audits and Decommissioning

 Data Export Interface (DEI/DBEI)

 PBS archive add on CDART

 Enterprise Content Store (ECS)

Customer Benefits and Potential Savings

Goals for the Implementation of PBS Add-On Solutions:

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Smaller database size, less DB growth

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Better performance – shorter response times

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Less effort for backup and desaster recovery

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Reduced hardware and administration costs

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Long-term archive data access (e.g. legal requirements)

Benefits and Features:

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Flexible and complete online access (end user queries, transactions)

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Short response times for archive data retrieval

PBS archive add ons for SAP ERP

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Transparent and user-friendly software solution to enhance SAP data archiving features with comfortable and complete retrieval options

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Direct end user access to archived data with transactions and reports

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Integrated display transactions: Simultaneous retrieval from database and archive

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Effective navigation options to subsequent data (document flow)

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Advanced data extraction for audit needs

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Available and SAP certified for all SAP ERP (R/3) release levels

PBS archive add ons for SAP ERP

Access to PBS archive add ons

via roles in the user menu

PBS CBW NLS for SAP BW

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Flexible and fast query access to nearline/archive data for InfoCubes and DSO

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Effective storage due to large data compression

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Perfect integration into SAP NLS; MultiProvider integration for nearline access

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Integration of column-based technology in SAP BW (Sybase IQ)

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Improved query response time from nearline repository

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Administration and monitoring from the SAP frontend

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Very low admin & management efforts and costs

PBS Nearline Analytic Infrastructure

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PBS NAI is a first Nearline Storage Solution for SAP ERP using column-based storage technology: Sybase IQ Analytics Server

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Well suited for extremely large data amounts and short response time

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Effective indexing for SAP AS – solves storage and retrieval bottlenecks

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Improved indexing option for PBS archive add ons (NAI Cxx)

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Extremely fast data access for analyses and queries

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Fast and simplified View creation for DART extracts

PBS ContentLink

PCL is an interface solution to link state-of-the-art fixed content storage systems with SAP environments.

Major PCL benefits:

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Lean solution – low administration efforts, no database, no backup

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Reliable – high availability enabled, replication options

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Fast – short access response time, flexible caching

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Scalable – no saturation effects for large data processing

PBS Enterprise Content Store

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ECS is an SAP system independent software solution to analyse, filter, view and process data extracts from SAP environments on a PC/server based platform

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Processing of structured data from SAP DART, views (AIS format) and PBS DEI

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Processing of unstructured data, e.g. in/outbound documents and print lists

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Access to SAP certified storage systems via SAP ArchiveLink interface

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Effective creation of DART views independent of an SAP system

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Filtering and processing of SAP data extracts for audit needs

Analysis Tools for ERP and BW

PBS Database Analyzer PLUS: Utility to evaluate and monitor important database parameters and support data archiving projects:

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Capacity Analysis: Analyze the table size/occupation grouped by archiving objects and tables. Various reporting options.

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Document distribution analysis: Analyze the data distribution for FI, SD, MM, CO by e.g. fiscal year, company code, document type, document numbers.

PBS BW Database Analyzer: Utility to identify the largest InfoProviders and their data distribution in the SAP BW database.

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Capacity Analysis: Identify the largest InfoProviders (Cubes, DSO, PSA).

PBS Software GmbH

Schwanheimer Strasse 144a 64625 Bensheim

Phone: +49-6251-174 0 Fax: +49-6251-174 174 Email: [email protected] Internet: www.pbs-software.com

Copyright

© Copyright 2012 PBS Software GmbH. All rights reserved.

No part of this presentation may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the written permission of PBS Software GmbH. The information of this presentation might change without prior notice.

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