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Matthew Billingham, Consultant Matthew Billingham holds a BSc in Pure Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science from the University of Essex, England. Matthew has worked in IT since 1988, both as an employee and as an independent consultant for many companies including: Eurotunnel, Vodafone, British Gas and Coats PLC. From 2002 to the end of 2004, Matthew was employed as Head of Applications Development within Novartis Pharma in Basel, Switzerland, managing the development side of a global SAP rollout. He now runs his own technical consultancy company, Yireh GmbH, providing guidance and designing solutions for third parties, covering all aspects of SAP technologies, currently concentrating on BI/BW. Matthew's SAP skills include hard core ABAP, both on ECC (R/3) and BI. His expertise is in data modelling, program design, troubleshooting and knowing just how SAP works! He particularly enjoys finding solutions to seemingly intractable problems.

I can't log into the forums anymore!
Points removed, can't log in. Dec. 20, 2009
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My first VCD (Virtual Community Day) Session
Five minutes after presenting my first Virtual Community Day session, got myself a beer, and thinking about how it went... Sep. 21, 2009
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Ancient art of Code Review
21st September at 17:00 CET. The Ancient (and noble and arcane [insert hyperbolean adjective here]) of Code Review. Sep. 13, 2009
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Project Objectify
I'm sure I'm writing what you've written. And you're writing what I've written. Why don't we share? Aug. 21, 2009
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A day or three in the life of a forum moderator.
A sometimes wildly inaccurate, often incoherent and perhaps untruthful diary of an ABAP moderator. May contain nuts.  Aug. 13, 2009
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The SCN Christmas Crossword 2008 - Solution
As promised, the solution, with explanations, of the 2008 SCN Christmas Crossword. I hope you had as much fun with it, as I did compiling it! Feb. 2, 2009
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The SCN Christmas Crossword 2008
A crossword for SCN members to complete over the holidays.  Dec. 23, 2008
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Working as an independent consultant in Europe
Working as an independent SAP consultant in Europe. Nov. 11, 2008
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Type safety - why should we use TYPES defining parameters for ABAP forms?
In the Extended Syntax Checker for the later versions of Netweaver, untyped parameters are flagged as warnings. Why should we care? Nov. 8, 2008
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Improving the look of BPS STS feedback.
The standard feedback from STS from the BSP Application "Tunguska" is not very user friendly. This simple mod greatly enhances the look. Oct. 30, 2008
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How to manage your Inbox
You receive hundreds of emails a day, and have no time to do real work... You go away for Teched, and when you return to your office, you've a gazillion unread emails waiting for you... Oct. 18, 2008
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SAP Community Day: ABAP rocks! - Translation of Gregor Wolf's blog
Andreas Blumenthal, Boris Gebhardt and Horst Keller presented the new ABAP functions which will become available next year, with the NetWeaver 7:00 Enhancement Package 2. I set down here some highlights of the entertaining and witty presentation. Oct. 17, 2008
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The night before Teched
The night before Berlin Teched Community Day - Sunday 12th October 2008. Oct. 15, 2008
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