Book excerpt: Is your SAP system as agile as it can be? Learn how, where, and when to kick your SAP systems performance up a notch with tools, tips, and procedures for analysis tuning. This seventh edition of Thomas Schneiders best-selling resource will teach you how to optimize system performance: head off any bottlenecks, update your skills, and integrate new technologies like SAP HANA and Sybase ASE. Make your SAP system faster, sleeker, and stronger with this updated and revised optimization guide.