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|Re: About Sap? by kiwi992(m): 12:12pm On Oct 10, 2008
Hey Shawn,
No probs. Just make good use of it.
|Re: About Sap? by BoyTan: 11:11pm On Oct 18, 2008
Wat an excellent and luvly page this is, am amazed at the wealth of information.
Kiwi99, Jjay1 you guys are excellent.
but then my concern is this, SAP being proprietary software is that not a limitation, i mean in the IT world regardless of what you study EXPERIENCE EXPERIENCE EXPERIENCE counts.
wld downloading or buying a software and materials and reading offer one the needed experience, and wld potential sponsors listen to that?
What i am yet to hear from this site which i have not heard is this, are the jobs readily available? Or after training u have to now look for experience and then get d jobs.
i wld advocate an institution that offers training and possibility of appointment for a period of time to get the necessary experience because we Nigerian have to compete with everybody in a world where we are already stand disadvantage, information is our only savior and that is the very right information.
Believe me brothers it is not easy at all, like someone on dis page said, we have to use our hard earned, saved and family contributed money, we definitely have to put it where it counts oh.
I don't know if i am speaking for the rest of us, but please furnish us with academies where we can get trained with probability of getting an job (attachment if u call it).
I got this site while browsing "http://www.browline.com/sap-training.htm" can anyone in the UK pls pls help a broda confirm this.
Thank you and i keep an open ear to comments and criticisms.
NB:Thanks Kiwi i got the sites and the information therein
|Re: About Sap? by SumGuy: 8:40pm On Oct 19, 2008
Guys i think this is a new twist to this discussion oh, i tink think dis BoyTan guy makes some sense.
Oga Kiwi was your take on dis, doesnt expereince counts after we get certified, how do we get jobs cos most of dem really ask for expereince.
BoyTan beware i think this site is one of the cowboy trainers Oga Kiwi was talking about!
By the way wats the cost and why dont you find a similar thing in Nigeria or even India
|Re: About Sap? by BoyTan: 9:54pm On Oct 19, 2008
to buttress my concern fellow nigerians pls read this:
a final question,
sumone, anyone, pls answer
|Re: About Sap? by kiwi992(m): 12:35pm On Oct 21, 2008
Hi All,
I don't think you should worry about getting a job in SAP until you've passed the Consultancy exams. Why put a stumbling block in front of you? Why not worry about the jobs later? You've already got a job now, haven't you?
As with every job out there, you'll have to approach the specialist recruitment agencies in Nigeria such as Accenture and similar. Look on the Internet for SAP jobs in Nigeria. The jobs are there. Just pass the Consultancy exams first. You will get SAP jobs, not just in Nigeria but in the African continent. SAP has got offices in a lot of African countries, I understand.
If the jobs aren't there, why is it that you have these foreigners going to Nigeria to work as SAP Consultants? Surely, they did get those Nigerian jobs somewhere, didn't they? Just search for SAP jobs on Google and you will find them. Remember, as a Nigerian, you would be the first person to be considered as long as you've passed the Consultancy exams or indeed, have got several implementations under your belt.
As regards the issue of experience, if you follow the training methodology that I advocate - i.e. using the IDES ECC 6.0 for your training, you WILL obtain the hands-on experience, just like they do at the SAP Academies world-wide. This would give you the experience to get started as a Junior SAP Consultant, SAP Trainer, or similar. Trust me - this is how everybody who went through the Academy course (or indeed, anyone who trained at home to pass the Consultancy exams) got started.
The idea behind the Academy course is simply to train you to obtain the necessary hands-on experience of using ths SAP R/3, hence the need to use the IDES ECC 6.0.
The ECC 6.0 is exactly the same product as the real SAP R/3 that costs millions of pounds. The only difference being that ECC 6.0 is populated with live data inorder to facilitate training.
When you go out to work as a Junior SAP Consultant, you would be using exactly the same product on which you trained to pass the Consultancy exams. You've already got the experience of using it so what could possibly be the problem? You've got the hands-on experience, though not spanning many years as would be expected of a Senior SAP Consultant. The only difference this time (at work) is that the data is not populated. You and other members of the team would have to populate the SAP R/3 System with actual data that's relevant to the organisation. No big deal, if you ask me.
Personally, I can not see any problem with experience as long as you used the IDES ECC 6.0 to train to qualify. This is why I insist that you should take your time to train over a period of at least nine months inorder to be au fait at using the product, hence build up experience (and confidence).
The other points raised have all been covered in my previous posts so, there's no need for me to repeat myself.
If anyone here thinks that SAP Consultancy certification is not worth it, then I would ask the one to take a look at how much SAP Consultants are being paid all over the world. SAP is definitely not like your typical MCSE, CCIE, ACCA, ICAN, MBBS, PhD or whatever. It beats all of them by a mile. Take it from me. In its heyday in the UK (1995 - 2000), Senior SAP Consultants were earning anything up to £3,000 per day. Yes, per day. This, in addition to globe-trotting. Now you go figure.
Please don't get scared or indeed, worried, before you even got started. Start the training using IDES ECC 6.0. Just do it now and pass the Consultancy exams. I'm sure that you would all come here to thank me immensely for changing your lives for the best.
|Re: About Sap? by Briz(m): 12:58pm On Oct 22, 2008
this forum has rili made much impact in d Nigerian system but won't mature anytime soon. But sure it will ( d koko )
I've been doin read-only coz d admin banned me 4rm postin messages about a year ago, but seein the calibre of pips in here, i had to alert him to free me 4rm da ban.
I would like to know which module is closely related to SAP. I just graduated wiv Computer Science 4rm Babcock Uni. this year and am Oracle Certified (OCA).
am serving in ExpertEdge and i sm making use of Finacle Treasury but i would like to diversify to use a module of SAP after my service year.
Which module is closer in function to Finacle Treasury.
|Re: About Sap? by kiwi992(m): 10:19am On Oct 23, 2008
You should only train into a module in SAP that fits in well with your academic or professional background.
As an OCP, you would be okay with BASIS. Please refer to my other posts about how Oracle is one of those databases that runs at the back-end of SAP, amongst others. However, BASIS is about the implementation of the SAP R/3 software and its administration.
SAP also has the Treasury module. However, you'll need to come from an accountancy background to delve into that. In professional accountancy, you study the subject 'Financial Management'. This is akin to the Treasury module in SAP, albeit with a technical aspect to it, in that you would need to configure it in the R/3 system.
That said, you did say that you are currently using the Treasury module in your place of work. Please remember that there's a big difference between a 'User' and a 'Consultant'. Unless you feel confident that you can successfully train into that module, I would personally avoid it, for the simple reason that you do not come from an accountancy background. An MBA in Finance can definitely train into that module without any problem whatsoever.
All the best.
|Re: About Sap? by Briz(m): 12:09pm On Oct 23, 2008
Thanx mr. kiwi
i also have a feeling from what i have read that B.A.S.I.S would make more sense to my line. I guess that will do. I will just work in that line.
Is that the only module best related to the Database Adminitration function.
|Re: About Sap? by kiwi992(m): 1:55pm On Oct 23, 2008
Hi Briz,
Yes, I'm afraid so - BASIS it is, with your background. Please note that BASIS is now called Enterprise Portal.
Do remember that the administration of the database that runs at the back-end of the R/3 System such as SAPDB, SQL, Oracle or DB2 is only a tiny fraction of the work involved in BASIS. The implementation and administration of the R/3 System is what you would mostly be required to do.
Please refer to page one of this thread and the posting by A-40, just below mine.
|Re: About Sap? by sedeagu(m): 7:17pm On Nov 04, 2008
Hi kiwi992,
I've read all your posts on starting a career in SAP.
I have working experience in the Telecommunications industry and have also worked with relational databases (Oracle and Sybase). I'm interested in pursuing a career in SAP.
I would like to know if starting out with SAP Netweaver and combining it with the SAP Supply Chain Management (SCM) solution would be relevant to my experience in Telecommunications.
|Re: About Sap? by kiwi992(m): 4:07pm On Nov 07, 2008
Sorry about the late response. I haven't been here for a while.
Actually, there is an industry solution for telecommunications by SAP. It's called SAP for Telecommunications. Maybe you ought to look into that module more than anything else, in view of your background.
SAP NetWeaver is about programming the SAP R/3 software to meet an organisation's specific needs. In order to pursue this module, you'll need to come from a programming background. It used to be called ABAP.
SCM would suit someone from a business background.
As I've always maintained, it's always best to pursue the SAP module that best matches your academic or professional background.
Hope this helps.
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|Re: About Sap? by sedeagu(m): 4:21pm On Nov 07, 2008
Thanks a lot for the reply.
I did take a look at SAP for Telecommunications Industry Solution. However it seems SAP doesn't have a certification for that industry. From what I've read, the business processes for the Telecoms Industry Solution are tied to SAP ERP, SAP CRM and SAP SRM.
Actually I meant to say (or write) SAP Enterprise Portal (formerly BASIS) not NetWeaver since I'm not coming from a programming background.
I look forward to your comments.
|Re: About Sap? by kiwi992(m): 5:00pm On Nov 09, 2008
Coming from a relational database background, I can say that SAP Enterprise Portal would suit you just fine.
That said, please remember all what I've said in my previous postings about databases and the SAP R/3 software.
Good luck to you.
|Re: About Sap? by mowaa: 6:54pm On Nov 12, 2008
|Re: About Sap? by kiwi992(m): 11:23am On Nov 14, 2008
First of all, I think you should have come here to clarify matters before going ahead to acquire the user training material or indeed, embarking on your training. Still, knowledge is knowledge and it's not a wasted effort, even though mis-directed.
A User in SAP is simply a person who uses the SAP R/3 software as part of his or her daily work routine. An example being a Credit Controller, Accounts Clerk or Wages Clerk. These people haven't got any specialist knowledge of the SAP R/3 software, other than using it on a day to day basis to fulfill their role in the organisation. They are, in most cases, trained by the Super User.
The Super User is one who has got a solid hands-on experience of using the SAP R/3 System in the workplace, over a period of years. The one is still a user, nevertheless. He or she is usually trained by the Consultant before go-live and through the experience of using the R/3 System over time, the one usually becomes a Super User. The one is certainly not a Consultant, hence does not customise or configure the R/3 System. They do, however, tend to train to become Consultants in view of their experience.
The SAP R/3 Consultant is one who is highly skilled and knowledgeable in either a technical or functional module of the SAP R/3 System. The one has, in most cases, had several implementations of the the R/3 System under the one's belt, say six or more. On the other hand, one could become a Consultant by training for, and passing the SAP R/3 Consultancy certification exams in either a technical or functional module. The one's key duties include the customisation and configuration of the R/3 System as well as user training just before go-live. In most cases, these Consultants move on to other SAP projects around the world and indeed, command very high salaries in view of their rare skills and experience.
Regarding the issue of job prospects for SAP User, there certainly are good job prospects out there for you, if you can show that you've got real-life experience in using a module of the SAP R/3 System. All you need to do is to indicate that in your CV but you must please ensure that you truly have the experience of using the R/3 System in your daily work.
Hope this answers your questions.
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|Re: About Sap? by sedeagu(m): 9:21pm On Nov 14, 2008
Hi kiwi992,
Thanks for the advice.
|Re: About Sap? by kiwi992(m): 12:03pm On Nov 15, 2008
Cool. You are most welcome.
I just hope that you guys are taking this certification most seriously because it's worth every sweat and tear that you shed. It really is.
I go out of my way to help fellow-Nigerians in this thread because I know how good the SAP Consultancy certification is. I really wouldn't want all those greedy Westerners going to Nigeria to do you guys out of a lucrative job.
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|Re: About Sap? by markos: 12:51pm On Nov 21, 2008
I have been working with SAP for 10 years, used all versions from 3.1 to ECC5 and 6, right now i work with SDMM for one of the top 3 mobile communications network in the world, any questions you need to ask, feel free, i have access to loads of training materials
i have been contracting now since 2004, been quite difficult must say, but the rewards have been very immense to say the least, my job has taken me round Europe, China
getting to where i am now has not bene easy, it takes serious dedication and hard work if you ask me, i have also used the FICO, SRM, bit of HR, travel management modules and have done a few implementations in the UK, there are several SAP courses in the Uk that dont cost that much, like time i checked, it was 2000 for 8 weekends
wandering myself why many Nigerians dont look into this angle of employment, i know its hard to break in, in fact very hard, training courses by SAP are over 10-15K pounds
well i have managed so far to get a few friends working with SAP but must point out, you need a business background to work with modules like FICO SDMM HR SRM
|Re: About Sap? by markos: 12:41pm On Nov 24, 2008
any questions about SAP, pls feel free to ask, i have access to loads of training material online as well
|Re: About Sap? by sedeagu(m): 1:02pm On Nov 24, 2008
Hi markos,
I read your post and I think there's no harm in seeking a second opinion.
I have working experience in the Telecommunications industry and have also worked with relational databases (Oracle and Sybase). I'm interested in pursuing a career in SAP.
I would like to know if starting out with SAP Enterprise Portal and combining it with the SAP Supply Chain Management (SCM) solution would be a good start.
What do you advise?
Also would you be so kind as to provide me with any training materials you may have.
|Re: About Sap? by markos: 1:10pm On Nov 24, 2008
Hi markos,
I read your post and I think there's no harm in seeking a second opinion.
I have working experience in the Telecommunications industry and have also worked with relational databases (Oracle and Sybase). I'm interested in pursuing a career in SAP.
I would like to know if starting out with SAP Enterprise Portal and combining it with the SAP Supply Chain Management (SCM) solution would be a good start.
What do you advise?
Also would you be so kind as to provide me with any training materials you may have.
all depends on your background, have you got a business background?? its very good to choose a module in SAP and try and become an expert with it rather than trying your hands with portal and SCM, maybe both have similar attributes
have a look at this website, you can get so much information including the right modules to choose from http://www.sapdb.info/
let me know if you have further questions
|Re: About Sap? by sedeagu(m): 1:16pm On Nov 24, 2008
What would you consider to be a business background?
Also do you know the most frequently used SAP modules in the Telecommunications and Oil & Gas industries?
|Re: About Sap? by markos: 1:48pm On Nov 24, 2008
most used modules in the oil industry are SAP for oil & gas, sort of tailored solution for that field, also telecoms industry use a lot of SDMM( sales and distribution, materials master) also FI and CO, all depends though, most i work with one of the top players in mobile communications, we use a lot of SD, not much MM, because we do not manufacture our phones
|Re: About Sap? by JJay1(m): 4:32pm On Nov 26, 2008
Just to butress what kiwi992 has mentioned here, certification in your chosen module is very very key. Here in the UK, the SAP resource market (agents) are fully aware of the cowboys in the industry and mentioning that you are certified allays some of the negative perceptions, especially with a non-english name or accent.
For those seeking the SAP Academy training as mentioned in previous posts, please NEVER settle for all those website mentioned as most of the trainers there hardly know their left from right. Theres a popular one in Wembley area of London where they teach them rubbish and it saddens me that more than 95% of students there are Nigerians. How can we let some Indians be smarter than us. I have had course to interview the FICO trainer in that center for roles twice in the last 3 years and the guys has not passed the interviews. How do you expect some half trained "consultant" deliver excellent training.
Guys, please explore www.sap.com/education and you will see all the SAP certified training centres and approved partners all over the world.
SAP involves a lot of hardwork which is highly rewarded, but please you cannot underestimate the hardwork that goes along with it.
|Re: About Sap? by kiwi992(m): 10:19am On Nov 27, 2008
Hi JJ,
Many thanks for re-inforcing my views.
I honestly hope that our people would heed this advice and take the right steps in training to get certified. Certification is key because it sets one apart from the others.
Nigerians are known to be very smart people and I'm totally convinced that they would pass the SAP certification exams with flying colours IF they train properly.
As you said, there are too many cowboys out there who pretend to know something about SAP and they don't know a thing. I wish our people would come to this Forum and become wiser.
|Re: About Sap? by markos: 12:19pm On Nov 27, 2008
HI all
well i have worked with SAP for 10 years, i am not certified yet, whiles certification is nice to get, it does not guarantee you a job these days, believe i know that much, prospective SAP employers will take experience over certification any day, back in the 90s, certification was the ''in-thing'' consultants earned an arm and a leg as someone pointed out, when the SAP market for consultants entered a difficult phase in the late 90s, early 2000s, rates went down, only the experienced with multiple implementations stayed on to top with regards to earnings
I can remember when i became an independent contractor in 2004 ( having worked 5 years in an in-house SAP group) i did not have a lot of Config experience, that really affected my chances, then i got a luck break, i have been working in my 5th contract now and its been quite long ( over 2 years) in Sweden, I do a lot of Configuration but its not rocket science, whats important is you tailor your config skills towards your clients business process and apply it
Thats clearly where SAP is heading to, business process expert, these days, most SAP packages come pre-configured, so basically not a great deal of config is required, only difference is if the client are implementing an in-house solution different from standard SAP
Config skills are still essential but ERP is moving in a different direction, so far, i have been lucky in my SAP career, i have worked for the top players in all industries, it takes a lot of hard work and dedication as someone pointed out
For entry level SAP consultants, the certification is probably essential as these days, its so hard to break into the SAP market, sort of a closed society, but once you get in, the rewards are very great
I have worked with FI CO SD MM HR ( travel management ) a bit of SRM ( EBP) these days, my strong modules are SD MM but you always stand out from the rest if you understand the integration points between SD MM FI and CO and HR
go check www.erpgenie.com thats one of the popular SAP websites out there
|Re: About Sap? by nwamo: 12:42pm On Nov 27, 2008
@ Kiwi992
I know this post is old. my company just installed SAP on some PCs of the executives. I enabled access to the servers during installation so i have the software. My field is Electrical/Electronics and i'm a network support engineer in my firm. Is Sap really of relevance to me. frnds have bin talkin bout it a lot, and since i have the software, where do i begin?
|Re: About Sap? by Briz(m): 1:31pm On Nov 27, 2008
I would like you to direct me to how i can get ECC simulation materials to study and practice wiv before i write the SAP certification exams.
We cud all share from these. av checked websites av bin directed to, but all i get there is documentations. cud som1 in here assists.
simulation for SAP BASIS inclusive. thanx
|Re: About Sap? by markos: 2:53pm On Nov 27, 2008
To the last threads, if your background is more server based, network, then i think SAP basis will be a good headstart
Training simulations for SAP online?? you will be lucky to get the odd old training materials, SAP materials cost a fortune, a good simulation module online will knock you back at least 1000-3000 pounds, if its an official SAP simulation guide, then you probably talking higher figures
|Re: About Sap? by kiwi992(m): 2:59pm On Nov 27, 2008
Hi Markos,
Good to hear your response on the subject, especially, about the need to qualify as an SAP Certified Consultant and the all-important experience in SAP.
You said:
well i have worked with SAP for 10 years, i am not certified yet, whiles certification is nice to get, it does not guarantee you a job these days, believe i know that much, prospective SAP employers will take experience over certification any day, back in the 90s, certification was the ''in-thing'' consultants earned an arm and a leg as someone pointed out, when the SAP market for consultants entered a difficult phase in the late 90s, early 2000s, rates went down, only the experienced with multiple implementations stayed on to top with regards to earnings
Considering the experience that you have got in SAP, you definitely do NOT need to get certified. More so because you've got several implementations under your belt.
Yes, agreed, employers would prefer experience over certification. It really goes without saying that experience counts the most in SAP and that in this day and age, only the highly experienced SAP Consultants get the most lucrative contracts.
However, I strongly believe that the only way that a newbie is to get hired in SAP is simply to get the certification. Indeed, you do agree with me on this point when you said:
For entry level SAP consultants, the certification is probably essential as these days, its so hard to break into the SAP market, sort of a closed society, but once you get in, the rewards are very great
Without certification, I can not see how a newbie could get the chance of breaking into the SAP market if the one hasn't got the experience that you've amassed over the years. As you know, SAP has matured in the West but certainly not in Nigeria, let alone in other African countries, except perhaps, South Africa.
In those days, merely being able to spell the word 'SAP' literally gets you a contract. However, those days are gone and so employers have become very choosy by going for the experienced Consultants. Then again, there are always openings for Junior SAP Consultants, as long as the one is certified.
As Nigerians, we MUST always encourage our people to break into those markets which we find lucrative because we can not do everything by ourselves. Neither must we allow Westerners take those jobs from them. If our people can not get their feet in the doorway for lack of experience, (or for whatever reason - e.g. discrimination in the West) then of course, we must encourage them to get proper training inorder to get certified so as to get the chance of breaking into that market, at least in our country, if they can not make it in the West, which I'm most certain that they would, once certified.
I have always advocated the use of the IDES ECC 6.0 for the one's private training in addition to using the official SAP Academy training matrial.
On the other hand, the one could attend the official SAP Academy as long as the one feels that the 25-day training would suit the one. In doing so, the one avails the one's self of the official training material, in addition to using the ECC 6.0 for the all-important hands-on training in a real-life SAP environment (as well as the opportunity to network with others in SAP), followed by the case study and certification exams at the end of the training.
Personally, that training route wouldn't suit me, going by my experiences in India, many years ago. However, people are different and might just find the SAP Academy training most useful. Personally, I prefer the self-teaching method over a longer period of time inorder to become proficient at the using product and thus become confident in the workplace. This is all because I had a very bad experience, many years ago, when I attended NIIT in India for the MCSE. I went there with nothing in my head and indeed, came back with nothing in my head, due to the short training period. In the end, I had to start all over again by setting up a network at home inorder to train myself.
I would like to mention that one learns a lot through rigorous training and certification. Be it customising a specific module or configuring the IMG - you learn SAP at the deepest level as opposed to learning it on the job as you go along. More so, if you implement it by yourself.
SAP R/3 costs around £15 - £20 million. Why entrust it to someone who claims to know the product when the one does not know anything about it, except at a superficial level and perhaps as a User that just enters data into a specific module. I certainly learnt a lot from implementing the R/3 System on my purpose-built computer whilst preparing for the certification exams. I didn't just learn about FI/CO but SAP Project Management, BASIS, as well as Oracle database administration in one fell swoop simply because I implemented the SAP R/3 4.6C IDES on my single-tier landscape. Now, this is NOT what a lot of functional Consultants know how to do.
May I also mention that a lot of the so-called SAP trainers are absolute rubbish and I wouldn't go near them with a barge pole, that's for sure. Some even claim to offer video training - what a sick joke for a product like SAP R/3 which costs millions of pounds. It's all about having a deep knowledge of the product and most of the so-called trainers haven't got it, neither have they got any project implemntation exprience that can be verified.
It's either the self-training route following the training methodology that I advocate or attendance at an official SAP Academy is what's best. Just forget about the cowboy trainers. Forget them and take no notice of how much fees they charge because you simply would be wasting your time and money and would never ever, pass those demanding Consultancy Certification exams. I just feel sorry for our brothers and sisters that are wasting their hard-earned cash with those so-called trainers.
Finally, I'd like to add that I hope, the expression of one's opinion is not deemed by you to be an indirect attack on your person or indeed, a criticism of your views or competence. We are, afterall, here to help our fellow-Nigerians to embrace this highly worthwhile certification through a rigorous process of training and certification because this is the shortest route to being employed as an SAP Junior Consultant. That's for sure.
I just wish that our people would soon realise it because SAP is going to be big in Nigeria and the sooner they commenced the official training, the better it would be for them.
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|Re: About Sap? by JJay1(m): 3:05pm On Nov 27, 2008
markos, with due respect. Can I please reiterate that the importance of certification in today's SAP market cannot be over-emphasised.
You mentioned that you have 10 years experience and not certified, fine but you will agree with me that the market you entered 10 years ago is completely different from what we have today especially in contracting world. Most clients are so aware cowboys in the industry and ensuring that the consultant they want to contract is certfied is considered a step towards recuiting the right consultant, also many of the recruitment agency tend to prioritise selection for a role with certification status.
I do agree with you that experience is most key in the world of SAP but it is noteworthy of mention that the experience will definitely come with time but certification isnt (you don't get certified because you have 50 years experience). Imagine a situation where a role has to be filled with a SAP resource of 10 years experience and 2 consultants both with solid 10 years experience each apply for that same role - one cerified and the other non-certified (plus bearing some Ijebu-Oyo-Igbo-Itsekiri surname-Oluwafunminiwosan Agbongboakala/Ikechukwu Aondoaakaa Agbakara against some John Smith, Mike Cole etc) The name alone will make the ill-informed recruiter (who probabbly didnt pass through secondary school) throw away your cv. So I believe specifying your certification on your cv aids employabiity in so many ways.
I have spent the last 10 years as a SAP FICO PS TR INV MGT Consultant, the last 8 as a contractor and presently on my 16th contract (all with Fortune100 companies)and theres no doubt that my certification has given me competitive advantage over other applicants on so many occassions. I also know for a fact that a number of the big SAP Implementation Partners (at least in the UK) - Accenture/IBM/Axon/Atos etc - are increasingly insisting on certification for their consultants and potential recruits.
Can I also mention that I, from time to time, get called by my previousl clients to help them interview applicants and I know cerification has been the basis of choosing some consultants over the others- don't get me wrong experience is also the main driver and basis but the recent trend is that many well-experienced (both certified and non-certified) consultants gun for same roles.
Certification gives you eternal access to OSS/SAP Support Portal without having to use a company/client OSS access and that way you can continously update yourself.
There is a big difference between an Accountant and a Chartered Accountant!!!
I would advise that for my naija folks, its always better to be certified in whatever we do, be it Accounting, Engineering, Medicine and even SAP
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|Re: About Sap? by kiwi992(m): 4:15pm On Nov 27, 2008
Hi Nwamo,
First of all, I think you are lucky to have access to SAP R/3 in your workplace.
You said that you've got access to the 'software' but you didn't specifically mention as to whether you've got access to the ECC.6 training system as well, as opposed to the live SAP R/3 System.
I take it that you meant the SAP R/3 System. If that's the case, you must please NOT use the live R/3 System at work to train. You don't want to mess up the system because it costs far, far too much money. It is not to be played with, if you see what I mean.
If you have access to the ECC 6.0, then of course you can use that to train inorder to sit for, and pass the certification exams in BASIS, PM or RFID, in view of your background (which is similar to mine in some respects), in that I'm also a Systems Engineer, in addition to coming from an Accountancy background.
I'll say train into BASIS because being the Support Engineer, that job should naturally fall on your lap at your place of work (just like it fell on my Inidan friend Junaid, who was a Network Engineer at the time SAP was implemented in his organisation in New Delhi). I presume that by saying a Support Engineer you meant Network Engineer or perhaps I'm wrong in my assumption. If so, please correct me.
Plant Maintenance (PM) is also another module that would suit your background, especially as you are an Electrical/Electronics Engineer. RFID also fits in well with your background. Radio Frequency Identification that is.
However, please ensure that you can obtain work with it by looking in the SAP recruitment pages and more specifically in your organisation. Try and see where the SAP training that you intend to undertake would give you an opening in your organisation and capitalise on it.
I'm sure JJ and Markos would chip in and suggest what module they think would be best for you, in view of your background.
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Brazilian Billionaire Interested In Entertainment Company Responsible for Bringing UFC Back to Brazil
September 28, 2011
Brazilian billionaire entrepreneur Eike Batista – who has made a good portion of his wealth from resource companies – such as mining, energy, petroleum, logistics, real estate and off-shoring – wants to get involved in the Sports & Entertainment industry, seeking to purchase "Brasil1", the company responsible for bringing the UFC back to Brazil last month.
Batista, who is listed by Forbes as the 8th richest person in the world in 2011, has many companies under his ownership. Batista's IMX group – which is a partnership of IMG Worldwide inc. and Batista's EBX Group Co Ltd – is said to be closing the deal to purchase Brasil1, which is a Sports and Entertainment company specializing in consulting, content development, and major event management.
The purchase was first reported by Veja Magazine, a respected media source in Brazil. UFC Rio was not only a huge success for the UFC, but also for Brasil1 and the city of Rio de Janeiro. The event drew more than 14,000 fans to the HSBC Arena for a gate which is believed to be in excess of $4M. Not only was the event a huge success as a live attending event, but it is also speculated that "Nearly 30 million Brazilians" likely watched UFC 134 from their homes.
Due to the UFC's 13-year absence and the sports boom in the last few years, their return last month caught the attention of many high profiled figures in the country such as soccer legend Ronaldo and MMA pioneer Royce Gracie. Politician's including Rio de Janeiro's governor Sergio Cabral, and a cast of other rich and famous socialites were ringside as well. One of those high profiled figures in attendance was Eike Batista.
Due to the success of UFC Rio, the UFC stated shortly after the event concluded that it would return to Brazil with multiple events in 2012. With Batista's purchase of Brasil1, it's no doubt that through IMX and Brasil1, those groups will be involved in future UFC events scheduled for Brazil.
Batista's IMX group is also getting involved with the upcoming FIFA 2014 World Cup, trying to sell luxury box seats for the event as it negotiates a potential deal with Match Hospitality AG, who has an exclusive contract to sell tickets for FIFA-organized events.
5 Responses to "Brazilian Billionaire Interested In Entertainment Company Responsible for Bringing UFC Back to Brazil"
Jack Frost on
September 28th, 2011 8:59 PM
Sounds interesting. Ever notice there's a lot of very rich people involved in MMA? (Frank and Lorenzo, Abu Dhabi people, Mark Cuban, formerly Donald Trump and Calvin Ayre, etc).
Jose Mendoza on
September 29th, 2011 3:02 AM
Jack Frost:
Thanks! Yeah, it's odd how things that make money attract people that have a lot of money 🙂
Diego on
September 29th, 2011 6:28 AM
I'm still in shock about that 30 million figure. It's unbelievably huge.
Jose Mendoza on
September 29th, 2011 4:27 PM
Well, it's just an estimate of how many could have possibly seen the show, not sure how accurate that is. I believe Dana threw out a 40M number after the show. MMAJunkie's was "nearly 30M" 🙂
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Skin it and take the bones out, then flake it and put it in a polythene box in the refrigerator. You can freeze it in a poly bag if you prefer to use it later than one or two days. Fish is best cooked and eaten fresh - not stored for too long as it goes off quite quickly.
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Take a fillet of smoked haddock per person.
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UK-based activist group "Plane Stupid" not only thinks that aviation is "mostly uneccessary," but that hopping on a plane is "one of the most irresponsible things" someone could do, environmentally speaking (source: this month's adbusters). As an avid traveler, I'm inclined to disagree.
Before I get railed for being anti-environment, allow me to explain – anyone who has read my blog for even a few posts knows that when it comes to environmental issues, I lean way left. I won't deny that air travel has a significantly detrimental affect on our air; but before we start attacking a mode of transport that has no reasonable alternative, why don't we go after one that does? Focusing on grounding airplanes when our cities are choking with auto exhaust seems hugely misguided. Let's get people out of cars and onto bikes before we start trying to pull them out of the air.
The Plane Stupid movement ingores the socially beneficial aspects of air travel. While autos and the urban sprawl that makes them necessary disconnect communities, airplanes bring people and worlds together. I'll agree with PS's argument that many intra-Euro flights could be replaced with train rides, but overall, our planet is a big place.
Unless we're prepared to revert to trans-atlantic boat rides, the plane is here to stay – and for the better, I think. When air travel was expensive and infrequent, people knew less about the world, they had less opportunities to experience other cultures. Travelling abroad allows us to turn everything we know on its head, and become more cosmopolitan citizens. Cheap air travel allows more people to share in this overwhelmingly positive experience.
While Plane Stupid would discount my assertion about "cheap" air travel and counter that air travel only benefits the rich, I would point them to dedicated travelers who scrape at shitty jobs just to save enough for that month living in a foreign country on a shoestring (check all the bloggers at bootsnall.com). PS might also point to other "problematic" aspects of air travel:
The World Health Organisation has expressed concern about the impact of aviation on human health. Long term (5-30 years) exposure to air traffic noise levels averaging 65 to 75 decibels can increase blood pressure levels and the risk of hypertension. Sleep disturbance can lead to fatigue, hypertension, greater risk of heart and respiratory problems, poor concentration in work and school, increased risk of accidents, depression, anxiety and higher rates of drug and alcohol abuse (Greenskies). [plane stupid: reasons]
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If you don't like staged fights, you probably didn't like that.
Nor would you have liked the way yesterday's Penguins-Rangers game kicked off when Arron Asham and Tanner Glass went at it.
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Cancer--Genetic aspects
Human arylamine N-acetyltransferase 1 (NAT1) is a well-known phase II metabolic enzyme that has been associated with carcinogenesis. Its role in the biotransformation of aromatic and heterocyclic amine carcinogens has been investigated for many years, but more recent investigations focus on a possible endogenous role of human NAT1 in cancer initiation and progression. We conducted in vivo studies using homozygous Fischer 344 rats, congenic at the rat Nat2 locus for high (rapid) and low (slow) activity. Wistar Kyoto inbred rats were used to breed in the slow activity rat Nat2 locus into the Fischer 344 inbred rat, which contains the rapid activity rat Nat2 locus. The rat Nat2 gene is a functional ortholog for the human NAT1 because it has similar sequence and substrate specificity to human NAT1. Chemically induced breast tumors are produced in the rat following administration of methyl-nitrosourea (MNU). In this thesis, rapid and slow acetylator female congenic rats were administrated a single dose of MNU (50 mg/kg) by intraperitoneal injection at three weeks of age. Weekly measurements of weights and palpable breast tumors were recorded. Palpable breast tumors showed a significantly shorter latency in rapid compared to slow acetylator congenic rats (p=0.040). At 23 weeks post MNUadministration, rats were euthanized, and tumor and adjacent non-tumor tissue were collected. Tumors were found in 78% of the rapid acetylator congenic rats with an average ± SEM of 1.78 ± 0.7 tumors per rat. In contrast, tumors were found in only 30% of slow acetylator congenic rats with an average of 0.5 ± 0.3 tumors per rat. Both tumor multiplicity and incidence approached significance (p=0.073 and 0.069, respectively) in this initial pilot experiment. Histopathology of the tumors classified the majority of the tumors as intraductal papillomas that were estrogen receptor positive by immunohistochemistry. The miRNA 574-3p was under expressed in intraductal papilloma breast tumors compared to normal tissues. These results suggest an important role for rat Nat2 in MNU-induced carcinogenesis and possibly carcinogenesis in general. Additional studies are proposed to confirm and understand the mechanism of rat Nat2's involvement in carcinogenesis.
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Stepp, Marcus W., "Inducible tumor difference between rapid and slow rat Nat2 congenic Fischer 344 rats administered methyl-nitrosourea." (2014). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 1384.


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Pete Frisella, Google Analytics Developer Advocate – June 2013
This document describes how to run server-side experiments using Google Analytics.
Server-side implementations offer more flexibility to do things such as:
- Run experiments for websites with dynamic content.
- Test non-UI changes that still have an affect on your objective. For example, a database query result set that is returned to a user.
- Integrate Google Analytics experiments with your service (e.g. Content Management provider).
- Manage experiments using your own optimization platform.
This guide provides implementation considerations and flows for server-side experiments.
The main steps to running experiments server-side are:
- Define the experiment that you want to run.
- Configure the experiment and objectives in Google Analytics.
- Handle users and Experiments
- Publish changes and Run the Experiment
Define the Experiment
The first step in any experiment is to define the original page, the variations to test, the objective of the experiment, and any other relevant parameters.
Defining variations is dependent on what you want to test. It could be a single element on a website page, or an entire page, the text size of an offer on a kiosk screen, or the result set of a database query. Goals and objectives will also vary depending on what you're testing and may involve minimizing or maximizing a goal or a predefined metric such as time on site, or page views.
The important thing is that you need to know the variations you'd like to test and have an objective to optimize in order to create and configure an experiment.
Configure the Experiment and Objectives in Google Analytics
Once you've defined the experiment and variations you'd like to test, configure the experiment using the Google Analytics web interface or Management API.
Web Interface
The steps to configure the experiment using the web interface are:
- Sign-in to the Google Analytics web interface and select the view (profile) in which you want to create the experiment.
- Click the Reporting tab
- Click Behavior > Experiments.
- Click Create experiment.
- Choose an experiment objective:
Select or create a goal as the experiment objective.
For details on using goals see Set up and edit Goals (Help Center). Once you've chosen an experiment objective, click Next Step to continue.
- Configure your experiment:
A name and URL is required for each variation. However, if you intend to eliminate redirects by making server-side changes then you can use any value for the variation URL since it won't be applicable in this case.
Once you've configured the experiment, click Next Step to continue.
- Setting up your experiment code:
Click Next Step to continue.
- Review and start:
Click Start Experiment or alternatively you can start the experiment after you've completed the implementation of the variations. If you receive a validation error, click Yes to ignore and continue.
For additional details and instructions on configuring an experiment see Run an Experiment (Help Center).
Management API
Experiments can be created, updated, and deleted programmatically using the
Management API. This is useful if you want to fully automate experiments. If
you do create and manage all experiments using the Management API then you
should set the
servingFramework parameter of the experiment to
API. However, if you intend to disable the multi-armed bandit
optimization used by Google Analytics for experiments then set
servingFramework to
EXTERNAL. See the
Feature Reference and
Experiments Developer Guide for additional details.
Once you've configured an experiment and have an Experiment ID, you will need to handle choosing and showing variations to users when they are exposed to an experiment.
Handle Users and Experiments
As users interact with a property that has a running experiment, you need to determine if the user is new or returning to the experiment, which variation to show them, and then send experiment data to Google Analytics. The steps required to accomplish this are:
- Periodically refresh and store data for running experiments.
- Determine the experiment status for a user and what to show them.
- Send experiment data to Google Analytics and show the variation to the user.
Store and Retrieve Experiment Data
Storing and retrieving experiments data is applicable if you are relying on
the Google Analytics statistical engine and want to make a server-side
decision about an experiment and which variation to show a user (i.e.
servingFramework is set to
REDIRECT or
API). To make a
decision requires that you have up-to-date information about all the
experiments running for your property. This can be accomplished by
periodically querying the Management API for the latest experiments
information and storing this on your server. Google Analytics evaluates and
makes optimization decisions that are updated twice daily, so it is
recommended that you update your experiments info multiple times per day to
retrieve the latest variation weights and status for your running experiments.
The Management API list method can be used to query Google Analytics for a list of experiments and the get method can be used to retrieve experiment details for an individual experiment. This information can be saved on your server and cached for quick access.
When a user makes a request on your property you will need to determine at that time whether there is an experiment running. For this reason you should store experiment details in a manner that will make it easy to lookup and retrieve any relevant experiment info. For example, for a website you may want to use a content ID or the URL as an index mapped to experiment IDs.
The following Python code shows a simple handler that will refresh experiments data periodically using a scheduled task with cron for AppEngine. This is not a comprehensive example but is for illustrative purposes only.
class RefreshExperimentsHandler(BaseHandler): """Handles periodic refresh for a scheduled task with cron for AppEngine.""" def get(self): experiments = get_experiments() update_experiments_db(experiments) def get_experiments(): """Queries the Management API for all active experiments.""" try: experiments = ANALYTICS_SERVICE.management().experiments().list( accountId='1234', webPropertyId='UA-1234-1', profileId='56789').execute() except TypeError, error: # Handle errors in constructing a query. logging.error('There was an error constructing the query : %s' % error) except HttpError, error: # Handle API errors. logging.error('API error : %s : %s' % (error.resp.status, error._get_reason())) return experiments def update_experiments_db(experiments): """Updates the datastore with the provided experiment data. Args: experiments: A list of experiments. """ if experiments: for experiment in experiments.get('items', []): experiment_key = db.Key.from_path('Experiment', experiment.get('id')) experiment_db = db.get(experiment_key) # Update experiment values experiment_db.status = experiment.get('status') experiment_db.start_time = experiment.get('startTime') ... # Continue to update all properties # Update memcache with the experiment values. memcache.set(experiment.get('id'), experiment) # Update Variations for index, variation in enumerate(experiment.get('variations', [])): variation_db = experiment_db.variations.get_by_id(index) variation_db.status = variation.get('status') variation_db.weight = variation.get('weight') variation_db.won = variation.get('won') ... # Continue updating variation properties variation_db.put() experiment_db.put()
And an example
cron.yaml file:
cron: - description: refresh experiments info url: /refresh_experiments schedule: every 12 hours
Store Experiment Information for Users
When a user interacts with your property and is exposed to an experiment for the first time you need to make various checks and decisions as to whether they should be included in an experiment and whether to show them a variation or the original. Once these choices are made they should remain the same for the user on subsequent exposures to the same experiment. For this reason it is necessary to anonymously store experiment details for a user in a location that is secure but accessible to you whenever a user interacts with your property.
For websites, the recommended approach is to write values to a cookie and for implementations where there is no client-side storage mechanism, this information will need to be saved server-side using some sort of lookup table that maps anonymous but stable user IDs to experiment details for a user.
There are two experiment values that need to be stored to handle experiments consistently for returning users. For each experiment the user is exposed to, save the following details:
- Experiment ID—The ID of the experiment the user has been exposed to.
- Variation ID—The index of the variation chosen for
the user. Google Analytics represents variations as a list, using a 0-based
index, where the first element in the list is the "Original". The list of
variations for an experiment is always in the same order and cannot be
modified once an experiment is running. Therefore, the index of a variation
can be used as the Variation ID. For users that are not
included in the experiment, it is recommended that you use a value of
-1as the Variation ID.
Once you have set up a way to periodically refresh and store experiments info, the next step is to consider how to make decisions and show variations for users that are exposed to experiments.
Choose a Variation
When a user interacts with your property there are multiple checks that need to be made to handle a user's exposure to a running experiment. The rest of this section provides questions to help explain the proper steps to take depending on the user and experiment configuration.
For the current user interaction (e.g. pageview), is there an experiment running?
Refer to the experiment information stored on your server to determine if there is an active experiment running for the particular user interaction. In other words, you need to figure out if the user is interacting with the 'Original' of an experiment. For example, a user visits a page on a website that has been configured as the original page for an experiment.
- Yes: continue to the next check.
- No: There is no experiment running, so show the user whatever they requested and skip the rest of the checks. It is not necessary to send experiment data for this user to Google Analytics.
This is an sample function for an AppEngine application that uses a
Page entity to model pages and an
Experiment entity
to store details about experiments.
def is_experiment_running(page_id): """Checks if an experiment is currently running for a page. Args: page_id: The ID of the page to check for a running experiment. Returns: A Boolean indicating whether an experiment is running or not. """ try: page = db_models.Page.get_by_key_name(page_id) except db.BadKeyError: return False if page: experiment_id = page.experiment_id try: experiment = db_models.Experiment.get_by_key_name(experiment_id) except db.BadKeyError: return False if experiment: return experiment.status == "RUNNING" return false
Has the user been previously exposed to this experiment?
To determine whether a user has been exposed requires that you previously saved this information for the user in a location that is accessible to you. For websites the recommended approach is to write a value to a cookie and for implementations where there is no client-side storage mechanism this information will need to be saved server-side using some sort of lookup table that maps anonymous user IDs to experiment IDs and the variant selected for the user. See Store Experiment Information for Users for details. The point is that you need to have some way of determining whether a user has previously been exposed to experiments.
Attempt to retrieve any stored experiment info for the user to determine if the user has been previously exposed to this experiment.
- Yes: is the variation that was previously selected for
this user still
- Yes: you have the variation information for the user, skip the rest of the checks.
- No: the variation is no longer active, show the original and skip the rest of the checks. It is not necessary to send experiment data for this user to Google Analytics.
- No: continue to the next check.
Should the user be included in the experiment?
You can determine whether the user should be included in the experiment by
using the
trafficCoverage value of an experiment. Choose a random
number in the range
0.0 to
1.0. If the random
number is less than or equal to
trafficCoverage for the experiment, then include the user in
the experiment.
- Yes: continue to the next check.
- No: store experiment information for this user to indicate they should not be included in this experiment (see Store Experiment Information for Users ). Show them the original and skip the rest of the checks. It is not necessary to send experiment data for this user to Google Analytics.
This following is a sample function to determine whether a user should be included in an experiment.
import random def should_user_participate(traffic_coverage): """A utility to decide whether a new user should be included in an experiment. Args: traffic_coverage: The fraction of traffic that should participate in the experiment. Returns: A Boolean indicating whether the user should be included in the experiment or not. """ random_spin = random.random() return random_spin <= traffic_coverage
Choose a variation for the user
If a user has never been exposed to an experiment and they have been selected
to be included in the experiment, then you will need to choose a variation to
show the user. The first step is retrieve all of the
variations for the experiment they have been exposed to.
The second step is to randomly choose a
variation to show based on the weights of each
The following is a sample function that will choose a variation based on a list of variations and their weights.
import random def choose_variation(variations): """Chooses a variation based on weights and status. Args: variations: A collection of variations to choose from. Returns: An Integer representing the index of the chosen variation. """ random_spin = random.random() cumulative_weights = 0 for index, variation in enumerate(variations): if variation.get('status') == 'ACTIVE': cumulative_weights += variation.get('weight') if random_spin < cumulative_weights: return index return 0
Send Experiment Data and Show a Variation
When a user is exposed to an experiment, and if they are selected to be included in the experiment, and the variation to show them is active, then you need to send the Experiment ID and Variation ID to Google Analytics. See Store Experiment Information for Users for details on the experiment values.
- Experiment ID — the ID of the experiment the user has been exposed to.
- Variation ID — the variation shown to the user. An integer value representing the variation in Google Analytics for the experiment. For details see Determining experiment status for a user and Choosing a variation.
If you are managing experiments and have set the
servingFramework field of an experiment to
as described in Handling Users and Experiments, then
it is likely you have an internal ID for experiment variations.
In this case, to send experiment data to Google Analytics, you will need to
map your internal variation ID to the variation number that
Google Analytics has assigned to the matching variation.
For example, if a website has an experiment running on a single page of the website, experiment data needs to be sent to Google Analytics when a user is exposed to that single page (assuming the user is included in the experiment). For pageviews on other parts of the site where no experiments are running, it is not necessary to send experiment data to Google Analytics, since this is handled automatically for you. If the user returns to the page where the experiment is running, experiment data needs to be sent again to Google Analytics and any other time the user visits the page until the experiment has ended.
Publish and Run the Experiment
Once you've configured the experiment and have implemented the server-side logic and any changes to the original page, the next step is to ensure that the experiment is running and make the changes live.
After the experiment has ended you can make changes to the original page and remove any experiment-related logic from the page.
Tips and Considerations
- Predefined metrics such as time on site, pageviews, revenue, etc. can be used for Experiment objectives instead of Goals.
Variation Weights
Google Analytics uses a multi-armed bandit approach to managing online experiments which automatically calculates weights and sets the status of each variation in an experiment. The weights can then be used to randomly choose a variation to show a user that is exposed to an experiment for the first time. Google Analytics automatically updates these weights twice daily by evaluating the performance of each variation. To learn more about the statistical engine that Google Analytics uses to manage experiments, see Multi-armed bandit experiments.


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- Jani operates with the simplest equipment and bike imaginable. The Bullet is a basic carbureted single cylinder bike; his luggage is a yellow tarp draped over the bike and then wrapped around his load.
- He is his own film crew and goes to great lengths to set up moving shots. He shows how he has to ride to a spot, climb a steep hill, set up the camera, then ride back and get the shot of himself on the trail, and finally return and retrieve the camera.
- He spends much of his time with a group of mountain sheep herders called the Chang pas. These are tough people who live much as their ancestors did 500 years ago (except for the cast off American sports memorabilia clothing they wear). These are tough people to whom the concept of being overweight is completely unknown.
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (Nov. 20, 2018) — As Honda Center and the Anaheim Ducks celebrate their 25 anniversary this year, Anaheim has approved new agreements for the next generation of great hockey and entertainment at the city-owned arena.
On Tuesday, Anaheim's City Council approved an extended management agreement for Honda Center that seals the Anaheim Ducks here through at least 2048.
Anaheim Arena Management LLC, operator of Honda Center and owner of the Anaheim Ducks, will continue investing in the arena, while an affiliated company also will take over running the neighboring Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center transit station also known as ARTIC.
The expanded partnership also includes the sale of city-owned land around the arena.
"This expanded partnership is great for Honda Center and all of Anaheim," Mayor Tom Tait said. "Our city will continue to be home to great hockey and the best entertainment in Orange County. At the same time, our residents will benefit from additional revenue these agreements will bring for the benefit of our community."
"We are certainly thrilled that our Ducks have a strong and secure future here in Anaheim and are excited to further enhance our partnership with the city and its residents," team owners Henry and Susan Samueli said. "We believe that Anaheim is a truly special place and appreciate the city's clear commitment to remain a leading sports and entertainment destination."
Here's a summary of the expanded partnership:
Honda Center
Anaheim Arena's management of Honda Center now extends through 2048, with the option of five five-year extensions. The original agreement was set to end in 2023.
Under the extended agreement, Anaheim Arena will continue investing in Honda Center with more great hockey, visiting basketball, concerts and family entertainment.
The city continues to own Honda Center as it has since the arena opened in 1993.
The agreement increases the city's ability to share in revenue from arena operations.
Under the original agreement, the city shares in any revenue beyond $12 million. That threshold goes down to $6 million with a roughly 50-50 split, down from the city's 20 percent under the original agreement.
Anaheim Ducks
Currently marking their 25th season in Anaheim, the Stanley Cup champion Anaheim Ducks hockey team is committed to an additional 25-plus years here and continue to proudly feature "Anaheim" in the team's name.
The agreement secures the team through 2048 with the option for five five-year extensions.
Land sale
The city is selling about 16 acres of land in Honda Center parking lots 1, 3, 4 and 5 to Anaheim Arena for an appraised market value price of $10.1 million.
The land carries a requirement to provide a minimum of 3,900 parking spaces for games and events.
It could see development down the road as part of our vision for the Platinum Triangle — which is for a downtown for all of Orange County built around sports, entertainment, urban-style homes and jobs.
For the land to be developed, Anaheim Arena still has to provide a minimum of 3,900 parking spaces for arena visitors, potentially through easy-to-use parking structures. The cost to build a parking structure is estimated at about $18 million.
The $10.1 million in proceeds from the land sale will available to Anaheim for community priorities including parks, community services, addressing homelessness and public safety.
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Honda Center, which seats 17,000 to 19,000 visitors, opened in 1993 as the first and only major arena in Orange County.
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