VMS at the Heidelberg Physics Graduate Days

Heidelberg, 2009/03/09 – Prof. Dr. Andreas Mielke will speak on March 23, 2009, about measuring large IT systems.

For the 22nd time, the renowned Heidelberg Graduate School of Fundamental Physics (HGSFP) sent out invitations to the Physics Graduate Days, to be held between March 23 and 27, 2009. As part of that group of lectures, Prof.Dr. Andreas Mielke, member of the board of directors at VMS AG, in Heidelberg, has been invited to give a guest lecture. On March 23, from 5:30 to 6:30, he will give a lecture on the topic of "Analysis of Large IT systems: From the Point of View of a Physicist", at the Physics and Astronomy Department. He will use the example of a complex SAP environment in companies, to show which mathematical methods can be used to measure IT systems, and how they can be compared with one another. That forms the basis for the economic and efficient operation of IT landscapes at companies. Anyone can attend, and is invited to attend, and can listen to this lecture.

HGSFP of the University of Heidelberg has made it a goal to enable experienced academics in the areas of physics, mathematics, and information sciences to have a broad education in the discipline of fundamental physics. The Graduate Days provide academics every year with an interdisciplinary continuing education, within the context of the Excellence Program of the German Federal Government.

You can learn more about the Graduate Days at: http://gsfp.physi.uni-heidelberg.de/graddays/.

About VMS

VMS has been optimizing SAP landscapes since 2002. VMS scans SAP installations from the process-level to the transaction-level and, partnering with CIOs, and identifies strengths and weaknesses. In doing this, VMS works with an integrated concept that comprises the IT infrastructure and the IT and business processes. VMS’ methods are “minimally invasive”, because the work puts only a minimal strain on the client’s resources. VMS offers the collected experience and data from about 2,200 SAP systems that it has measured, and that enables VMS to provide action-oriented advice on optimization and cost management. The structure and dynamics of the IT environment are then reproduced in a final VMS Report, which is used as the navigation system of the SAP landscape.