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Why I Support Hopenhagen
SAP is a supporter of the Hopenhagen.org initiative which gives people the chance to make their voices heard by signing a petition. I, personally, signed this petition to urge those attending to come up with a binding agreement on climate change. I invite you to join me!
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Social Networks: Catalysts for the Borderless Enterprise
Social networking activities by business professionals are transforming the way we work and the way our companies operate. Walls are coming down, obstacles are being removed, divisions between stakeholders in the marketplace are becoming less rigid and more porous, collaboration and sharing is encouraged... we are witnessing a transformation to the borderless enterprise.
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Improving my Experience
Write a blog post, describing the ONE problem / topic you have tried to solve or maybe solved by using SCN. If you anticipate a challenge in 2010, which is not properly addressed and supported in SCN yet, please let us know and add this to your blog post. Tag it with the category ‘Improving My Experience' and earn double points.
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SAP Mentors @ SAP TechEd Live
Here a quick list with comments of all the SAP TechEd Live interviews with SAP Mentors participating.
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Free eBook: Building Your Future through Personal Learning
When it comes to career development, many people don’t know where to start. This short guide helps you to set out your career goals and then start the process of “life long learning” by creating a “personal learning environment”.
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Free eBook: Building Your Future through Personal Learning
When it comes to career development, many people don’t know where to start. This short guide helps you to set out your career goals and then start the process of “life long learning” by creating a “personal learning environment”.
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Podcast: Livin' The Demo Jam Dream - An Interview with Brian Dennett of Colgate-Palmolive
Just two years into his SAP career, Brian Dennett of Colgate-Palmolive was a Demo Jam finalist at SAP TechEd Phoenix 2009. To find out more about Brian's great story and get a view into his own career path, I had the opportunity to tape a live podcast with him at SAP TechEd 2009.
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Competitive Pressures and Value Propositions, Is Lean the Answer?
The latest kick is Lean and Six Sigma but in most cases that will not make the difference in addressing competitive pressures or your value proposition. Focus on business drivers for your SAP implementation before the project, throughout the project, and after go-live to see real benefit.
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Innovation-Speed to Market is Key
The importantance of getting ot market quickly with innovation.
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Mentor and Top Contributor Gala Evening Bangalore Style
Twas the nite before SAP TechEd Bangalore '09 and all through the night, our team was prepping for demo jam and uploading pics, videos and comments as the latest mentors receive their Rugby shirts and Top contributors are honored.
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Mentor and Top Contributor Gala Evening Bangalore Style
Twas the nite before SAP TechEd Bangalore '09 and all through the night, our team was prepping for demo jam and uploading pics, videos and comments as the latest mentors receive their Rugby shirts and Top contributors are honored.
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How healthy and ‘Green’ is the food you eat?
How Eco Labels will drive consumer choices like Nutrition lables do today.
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A Great SAP Community Networking Reception @ Bangalore
SAP Community Networking Reception @ Bangalore
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Kicking off Bangalore 2009 SAP TechEd
A short video to kick off SAP TechEd Bangalore 2009 our last stop off the 2009 season!
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Kicking off Bangalore 2009 SAP TechEd
A short video to kick off SAP TechEd Bangalore 2009 our last stop off the 2009 season!
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Messages, EDI, and SAP: More Than Just Data Vessels
Welcome to the first of a series of blog postings about messages and message standards in EDI and SAP. Join me as I cover the basics of the key message standards used in EDI in an SAP environment including EDIFACT, X12, and IDocs. So stay tuned ... and I hope you enjoy the ride.
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Should the Enterprise go mobile ?
This weblog draws the interest in making business applications available to the enterprise users, which benefits you could get from these and which principles should drive the project.
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Live Expert Session - TechEd Bangalore 2009 - CE BPM Get Connected!
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SAP BusinessObjects Portfolio 101 - Part 2
Watch 3 nicely produced videos about the SAP BusinessObjects Portfolio, and learn about the 3 best practices for organizations to achieve strategic alignment, predictable performance, and confident decisions.
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Podcast: The Emergerce of the SAP BPM Skill Set
At SAP TechEd Phoenix, I was able to sit down with Greg Chase, and his colleague Patrik Fiegl. During this 19 minute podcast, we were able to examine the relevance of SAP BPM to today's project environments, and take a closer look at some of the skills that are needed as BPM intersects with IT.
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Experiences of Community Evening, TechEd Shanghai 2009
Shared my observations and experiences about what members talked about SCN China and Community Evening.
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Experiences of Community Evening, TechEd Shanghai 2009
Shared my observations and experiences about what members talked about SCN China and Community Evening.
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Hacker Night Bangalore
We are ready! Are you ready for the Hacker Night in Bangalore?
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Academic Study Finds SAP Community Offers High Response Rates, Timely Answers, and Sense of Community
Researchers at the University of Colorado analyzed the SAP Community Network (SCN) - in particular, our discussion forums - in a study examining peer-support communities. They compared SCN to two other such communities. See their conclusions about the culture created through your community participation.
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Academic Study Finds SAP Community Offers High Response Rates, Timely Answers, and Sense of Community
Researchers at the University of Colorado analyzed the SAP Community Network (SCN) - in particular, our discussion forums - in a study examining peer-support communities. They compared SCN to two other such communities. See their conclusions about the culture created through your community participation.
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Live Expert Sessions for you! Presented by IPNW RIG: "Layered Scalable Architecture" is it! for your large scale BWs
Live Expert Session information for BW Layered Scalable Architecture @ TechEd2009 Bangalore
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An unconventional use of SAP Text Analysis
SAP Research has recently released the first ever iPhone SAP application in the AppStore. The application demonstrates the power of SAP BusinessObjects Text Analysis in a very surprising scenario. Read more to find out what the application does and how to get it (it's free of charge!).
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An unconventional use of SAP Text Analysis
SAP Research has recently released the first ever iPhone SAP application in the AppStore. The application demonstrates the power of SAP BusinessObjects Text Analysis in a very surprising scenario. Read more to find out what the application does and how to get it (it's free of charge!).
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Thoughts on a McKinsey study on technology and workforce collaboration
A recent McKinsey & Company research study found that between 20 and 50 percent of collaborative activity is a wasted effort; their published findings proposed ways for technology to improve the quality and output of collaborative work. In this post I comment on what their findings have to say about our collaborative work in the SAP Communities.
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Thoughts on a McKinsey study on technology and workforce collaboration
A recent McKinsey & Company research study found that between 20 and 50 percent of collaborative activity is a wasted effort; their published findings proposed ways for technology to improve the quality and output of collaborative work. In this post I comment on what their findings have to say about our collaborative work in the SAP Communities.
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Predicting the Future of Predictive Analytics as an Enterprise Suite Product
Some five years ago Gartner classified Data Mining as immature technology in Business Intelligence (BI). 5 years later I am revisiting that judgment and provide my two cents about the strategic value of Predictive Analytics solution for the large enterprise software vendors.
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SAP TechEd 2009 Vienna Recap
SAP TechEd 2009 Europe, Maximize your impact. A short recap and the formation of future collaboration communities.
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Virtualization, Sustainability and Selfishness
How sustainability within SAP landscapes provides business benefits, which means you can focus on the bottom line, and save the planet at the same time!
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Social Entrepreneurship 101: 2009, Part 3 - The Way Forward
The Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia in Canada runs a Social Entrepreneurship 101 (SE 101): Africa program to teach aspiring entrepreneurs how to turn their ideas into actionable business plans. In part 3 of this three-part blog, Kirby Leong of the BusinessObjects Community, shares what he learned from participating since 2008 in the SE 101 program.
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Gaming, Online Business and SAP.
What we can learn from user experience and emotion within the gaming industry when are focusing on online business?
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Live Expert Session - Learn How to Integrate BW Java and NetWeaver Portal at TechEd 2009 Bangalore
This blog introduces the Live Expert Session at TechEd'09 Bangalore: Keep It Simple: BW Java and NetWeaver Portal Integration.
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Café Innovation -- How about an SAP App store?
In this age of people-centric technology, the iPhone revolution has brought about new business models and innovative ways in which people seek to conduct routine business. Fueling this is the availability of an increasing number of “apps” that are a result of a community-driven approach to make the mobile experience more meaningful. Enterprise application of this approach is picking up. Possibly, it is only a matter of time before we see a plethora of “apps” serving those that have enterprise needs -- including those serviced by SAP functionality.
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Social Entrepreneurship 101: 2009, Part 2 - Micro-Finance
The Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia in Canada runs a Social Entrepreneurship 101 (SE 101): Africa program to teach aspiring entrepreneurs how to turn their ideas into actionable business plans. In Part 2 of this three-part blog, Kirby Leong of the BusinessObjects Community, shares what he learned from participating since 2008 in the SE 101 program.
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Documenting an Unfolding Story: Blogging, SCN, and Community
Knowledge sharing through blogging is an on-going process of exploration and discovery. Building a community like SCN is an unfolding story written by each of its participants everyday. This is just one paragraph of that story.
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SAP and Innovation
#sapteched09 Two more live interviews I did during the Phoenix event and certainly ones you want to catch!
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Thomas Jung on Next Generation ABAP
#sapteched09 Phoenix live broadcasts and replays something new this year and extremely fun to catch!
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Why you should aspire to SAP Mentor status
SAP Mentors are the 'best of the best' according to SAP. Why would you not wish to be part of that group? Check the value we get and why you should think about aspiring to this program.
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SAP and Web 2.0 -- Since the Beginning
SAP sponsored the Web 2.0 Summit this year for the very first time -- and you might have seen Marge Breya giving the same live demo that she gave to the Web 2.0 audience at SAP TechEd this year. Has SAP "arrived" at "Web 2.0" at last? Or is Web 2.0 just catching up now?
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The BPX Process Design Slam 2009
Short recap of a fun evening with great results at the BPX Process Design Slam 2009.
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On SDN Code Exchange, Open Source and Free Software
The main objective of this blog is to contextualize the various announcements we have made today: SAP joining the Apache communities and extending our commitment to open source technologies, and the announcement of SAP Code Exchange and the SAP NetWeaver Developer Licenses.
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Automate Web Application Testing with Selenium for ABAP
Due to a cold I'm not able to compete in the SAP TechEd 2009 Demo Jam, Vienna. But here you find all the downloads required to run Selenium for ABAP.
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SDN Code Exchange is coming
SAP announces SDN code exchange, a platform where developers can share source code and collaboratively work on projects.
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Why was good to be an SAP Mentor at TechEd Phoenix 09
I was an SAP Mentor at TechEd Phoenix 09...and you?
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TechEd 2009 Phoenix - Timeless Software, Singularity, Change: Recap
A final look back at the SAP TechEd conference that took place October 13th to October 16th 2009 in Phoenix. Lots of events, not enough time to catch them all!
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Social Entrepreneurship 101: 2009, Part 1 - What a Difference a Year Makes
The Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia in Canada runs a Social Entrepreneurship 101 (SE 101): Africa program to teach aspiring entrepreneurs how to turn their ideas into actionable business plans. In this three-part blog, Kirby Leong of the BusinessObjects Community, shares what he learned from participating since 2008 in the SE 101 program.
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What gives you hope? Hopenhagen.org!
Copenhagen is turning itself into "Hopenhagen" in support of the December 7 to 18 UN Climate Change Conference.
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Process Design Slam 2009 on the way to Vienna
Summary of Process Design Slam 2009 Phoenix edition
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Speed-dating at SAP TechEd Vienna?
New way to meet @BusinessObjects experts at #SAPTechEd09. Join us at Insight Night!
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Video Shoot: Sue Martin at SAP TechEd on SAP Certification Changes
During SAP TechEd Phoenix, I shot a couple of live flipcam videos with Sue Martin, Global Director of SAP Certification. During the videos, we talked informally about the changes underway within SAP Education. We discussed the perception of SAP certification as largely unchanged through the years and why that is no longer true.
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Join my Expert Networking Sessions at SAP TechEd 09 Vienna - RESCHEDULED
Are you making the final arrangements for your trip to SAP TechEd 2009 in Vienna? I look forward to this exciting event which is, for me, the highlight of the SAP year. Please join me for two open discussion events in the Clubhouse networking lounge on Web Dynpro as OpenSource and Custom Development with SAP NetWeaver. Note: I had to reschedule both sessions - the updates times are in the blog.
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Process Design Slam SAP TechEd Phoenix- First Iteration
The first Process Design slam in the US launched in Phoenix. Participants worked with Google Wave and BPM in the cloud. All activities documented with video, wiki content and notes.
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Part 7: Enterprise BPM framework; Will the CIO be replaced by the Chief Processing Officer ?
At the 14th of October the second BPM theme day for the SAP user group was organized in the Netherlands. The theme of the day was: ----------- Will the CIO be replaced by the Chief Processing Officer? --- During the forum discussion the future role of BPM within the SAP environment was discussed.
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SAP TechEd Phoenix 2009 - My blogging review
SAP TechEd Phoenix 2009 is over...here are my thoughts...
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SAP TechEd Phoenix 2009 - My blogging review
SAP TechEd Phoenix 2009 is over...here are my thoughts...
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Closing the Loop for BPXSlam09 Phoenix
Lessons We Should Learn from in First Iteration of #BPXSlam09 Thinking back to the BPX Process Design Slam event at SAP TechEd 2009 in Phoenix, I immediately start envisioning overused clichés for high tech projects. (Maybe there should be similar visuals for conducting one’s own project post-mortem as well, but I digress…) Let me add to the list of clichés by suggesting: just like a golf swing, the follow through for a scrum is as important as the rest of the project. As a team lead and one of the event organizers working with Marilyn Pratt, here are my own observations about how we should improve the next iteration of BPXSlam09 at SAP TechEd 2009 in Vienna.
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SAP Mentors : Now on your Windows Mobile
The SAP Mentor' Theme : Coming to a Windows Mobile near you...
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SAP TechEd 09 - Day of User Community
The ASUG Arizona chapter meeting happened during what would have been SAP TechEd Community Day. I went to many of the sessions, met old friends and made new ones.
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Live From Phoenix: SAP TechEd 2009 LIVE
SAP TechEd 2009 will be broadcast live on the web. Find out where to catch all the action online!
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Live From Phoenix: SAP TechEd 2009 LIVE
SAP TechEd 2009 will be broadcast live on the web. Find out where to catch all the action online!
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Live From Phoenix: SAP TechEd 2009 LIVE
SAP TechEd 2009 will be broadcast live on the web. Find out where to catch all the action online!
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Phoenix - Day 0 - "Do you know the way to ... ?"
Notes on my travel day to SAP TechEd 2009 - Phoenix Arizona.
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Twitter at SAP TechEd 2009
SAP TechEd 2009 Phoenix is just days away, and we're racing down the final stretch on preparations to make it a great event for all attendees. We're really excited to engage with the community, and this year, we're adding a new dimension through some great Twitter integration throughout the entire conference.
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University Alliances Community promoted to top-tier in the SAP Community Network
The University Alliances Community (UAC) is celebrating our promotion to the top-line navigation in the SAP Community Network (SCN).
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Friday Morning Report and SAP TechEd 2009
#sapteched09 I was joined on today's show by Christine Godek (@cgodek) to talk about all the cool things coming up at the first SAP TechEd 2009 event taking place in Phoenix this year...
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What is SAP Influence?
What are the avenues to Influence SAP functionality? Were you aware that ASUG and other SAP User Groups globally use the voice of the customer to influence SAP solutions. This blog discusses the different ways to Influence SAP functionality and invites you to participate at SAP TechEd in a session targeted for influence of SAP Security, GRC Access Control and Netweaver identity Management.
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RIA Hacker Night - Code Camp
#sapteched09 Check out the latest info on what's to come at the RIA Hacker Night!
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Better Insight in Manufacturing: Moving Beyond Dashboards to True Business Intelligence
Beyond Dashboards : The key to better insights series. The first part of this series will discuss the importance of better information both in terms of quality and its integrity in making the decision making process robust within the organization.
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Gali's back, so what has she missed?
This morning I had a chance to catch Gali up on a few things, but the rest is up to...
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Sir, would you like an scnottie? Yes, please
My second take on "30 second of your time"
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Where did the eBooks go?
We recently renamed our eBooks to Demo or Tutorial. Find our more on why we made this change and how it will help users.
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Live Streaming Video ... with Twitter!
You may have heard about the interactive live video streaming event on Sept 9th with SAP’s CTO, Vishal Sikka and Ray Kurzweil. We are very excited about the event. It’s the first time SAP has done anything like this with a combination of live streaming video and Twitter feed.
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Demo Jam - update #4
Quick reminder for all those wanting to compete in the Demo Jam Bangalore SAP TechEd event this year...
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RIA Hacker Night with Rich Heilman
Come hear about the cool presentation that Rich will be sharing during the Phoenix RIA Hacker Night!
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“Give me more power” -- the XML acceleration card for SAP PI
The new "HP XML Accelerator for SAP Netweaver PI" launched by HP this year in SAPPHIRE Orlando, provides the SAP Process Integration customer base with a hardware appliance which can considerably accelerate complex message processing.
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Cognitive Dissonance and Process Design
This blog discusses process design and examines the assumptions under which BPXs often work. In particular, the difficulties in realistically depicting KPIs in an accurate manner as well as the current inability to respond to real-time data needs in process design environments are discussed.
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Podcast: SAP Mentor Gretchen Lindquist on ASUG 2009 and SAP Security Trends
To learn more about why the ASUG part of ASUG/Sapphire matters - not only to SAP users, but to industry analysts -I invited Gretchen Lindquist, SAP Mentor and stalwart ASUG volunteer, to share her views on ASUG/Sapphire 2009 and the pros and cons of co-location. I also had the opportunity to ask Gretchen about trends in SAP Security from the vantage point of her work as chair of the SAP Security Interest Group (SIG) for ASUG.
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Podcast: On ASUG/Sapphire, Run SAP and Solution Manager Skills Trends
In today's economy, none of us can afford to pursue skills that are not economically viable. We need to make sure that our long term strategy is grounded in the pursuit and acquisition of skills that are in need now. For that reason, I was glad to have a chance to sit down again with Ajay Vonkarey of AlphaSirius to continue our conversation on Run SAP and Solution Manager skills trends. This time, the podcast conversation takes place live in Orlando on the last day of the conference.
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Mixing Jack and Coke Good, Mixing Production and Non-Production Systems - Not Good
Brown-Forman partners with Sun Microsystems and adopts a virtualization strategy for SAP CRM - taking consolidation to the limit. Savings on space, energy and operational costs are achieved.
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Podcast - Sapphire 2009 in Review Interview with Michael Krigsman
In the first installment of his "Sapphire in Review" podcast series, I welcome special guest Michael Krigsman, President of Asuret and popular ZDNet blogger. During this twenty-eight minute podcast, I get Michael's take on how the issue of project failure applies to ERP vendors and SAP specifically. I also gets the skinny on Michael's investigations of Business By Design at Sapphire.
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Café Innovation -- What do you need to get to the Clear Enterprise?
SAP’s message on the Clear Enterprise is not surprising. To realize the vision of a Clear Enterprise requires an organization to establish a spirit of innovation and a culture of process. Innovation is not a burden but instead an ally in these times.
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Sapphire '09 in Review - Links to my Blogs and Podcasts
On this SCN page, I will post links to all my Sapphire-related content, including all the blogs and podcasts I produced during and after the conference.
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Starship Enterprisey - Getting Columnar with Dan McWeeney
In lieu of Hasso Plattner’s keynote at SAP Sapphire 2009 on columnar storage, the Enterprise Geek’s own Dan Mcweeney gives us the breakdown of Columnar vs Traditional Storage. Watch also as Dan shares his thoughts in general on the keynote.
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Sapphire Reflection: Data Collection in Process Improvement Projects - Lessons Learned from Historians
This blog looks at the data collection phase in process improvement projects and attempts to apply lessons from how historians collect data. In detail, a multi-faceted approach is suggested as the optimal method to collect data. Furthermore, initial thoughts on the use of Enterprise 2.0 tools as a source of data for such projects is also provided.
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"Driven to Perform" Podcast from SAPPHIRE Orlando 2009 on SearchDataManagement.com: Are you ready for corporate performance management?
Stephanie Buscemi, co-author of "Driven to Perform: Risk-Aware Performance Management From Strategy Through Execution", did a podcast at SAPPHIRE 2009 discussing the key concepts of the book. This is a great way to get a quick overview of the key concepts of the book!
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SAPPHIRE Reflections - Don Henley and Some Closing Thoughts
Delivering Value -- It’s What’s Most Clear
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