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Jon Reed
Jon Reed has been writing about SAP technology trends and doling out career advice to
SAP professionals for well over a decade. Countless SAP professionals have benefited from
Jon's well-thought-out career advice. You can access his site at www.jonerp.com.
Enterprisegeeks
This site was started by a group of SAP professionals (mostly SAP employees) interested in
enterprise technology that can be leveraged to add business value. The blogs published are
quite informative and will help even experienced SAP technical professionals learn about
new capabilities and developments and, in turn, plan their own SAP career. It is because of
this reason this site is included in this appendix. It can be accessed at ht-
tp://enterprisegeeks.com/blog.
SAP Basis/NetWeaver Certification
SAP has invested considerable resources recently in improving the SAP certification options
and quality. SAP certification is recommended for prospective professionals who would like
to start a career in SAP and for new SAP professionals who have a couple of years of exper-
ience and would like to become SAP consultants or independent contractors. SAP certifica-
tion may not help professionals who already have a lot of experience (more than seven
years). SAP professionals in this category will either be looking into branching out into
leadership roles or further specializing their SAP skills. SAPTECHED and specialized train-
ing from SAP Academy are better options for experienced professionals seeking further spe-
cialization in areas such as Solution Manager and virtualization expertise.
SAP Certification
At this time, SAP certification is grouped into two main levels. Basic certification is re-
ferred to as the associate certification level, and advanced certification is referred to as the
professional certification level. In each of the levels there are focus areas for application, de-
velopment, and technology tracks. SAP Basis/NetWeaver certification will fall under the
technology focus areas. The following table lists the URLs that will provide more informa-
tion on SAP certification, levels, and focus areas.
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