May 142012
 

If you wanted to learn who is using SAP HANA read a blog from Simo Said from SAP. Simo captures how well-known companies are using SAP HANA, such as Kraft, John Deere, Amerisource.

Kraft, John Deere and other customers are presenting at SAPPHIRE NOW this week.  Go to the SAPPHIRE NOW Virtual Platform to watch keynotes and presentations.  Below are the links to Kraft & John Deere presentations:

Sep 192011
 

It is that time of year again that the SAP World Tours get around to North America

The theme for the SAP World Tour’s, “Business In The Moment” is where participants will experience SAP HANA, business analytics and mobility. If you could not attend SAPPHIRE NOW the World Tours are the next best event to get access to SAP innovations, customers and executives.  The tours are also virtual at World Tour – Virtual Attendance (Oct. 20).
These FREE tours are coming to a city near you:
  • World Tour – Chicago (Oct. 5) Hear keynotes from Bob Courteau, President, SAP North America and Gary Hamel,
  • World Tour – San Francisco (Oct. 20) This event’s key notes are anchored by Bob Courteau, President, SAP North and Guy Kawasaki. Kawasaki
  • World Tour – New York (Oct. 25) This event features a keynote by Steve Lucas, global senior executive leading Business Analytics for SAP and Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia.
  • World Tour – Toronto (Nov. 10) In Canada our three key note speakers include: Mark Aboud, responsible for SAP’s business operations in Canada, Gary Hamel and  Amanda Lang, Gemini-award winning business journalist and CBC’s senior business correspondent, reporting for its flagship nightly news program, The National.
 Each conference has a separate registration and is free Hope to see you there!
Jun 222011
 

It’s that time of the year and the SAP TechEd Demo Jam is ramping into full force, but never fear you still have time to submit your ideas and MAYBE become one of the elite Demo Jammers yourself!

As with years in the past SAP has decided to make someone available to discuss your ideas and submission with prior to actually submitting it! So with keeping with that tradition this year you’ve got two folks stepping up to take over the process, this short podcast will give you all the information and more importantly let you know who these two guys are and when you can find out more!

Las Vegas   Bangalore  Madrid

Submissions Closing Date       8 July           5 Aug          5 Aug

Finalists Announced                 8 Aug            12 Sept       12 Sept

Demo Jam (at SAP TechED)  13 Sept           19 Oct        8 Nov

 

May 252011
 

Craig has a chat with Denis Browne, Bjoern Goerke and Hervé Couturier about how they are not only enabling innovation within the company but also the culture of innovation and pulling our customers and partners into it as well.

May 212011
 

I had the extreme pleasure of meeting Madeleine Doucet in Orlando at SAPPHIRE NOW, she is the VP Business Technology at La Vie En Rose. La Vie En Rose happens to also be a SAP Business Objects customer.

We discussed why she came to SAPPHIRE NOW as well as the path that lead them there as well as the path they are working towards as they begin to think towards the future. With 153 retail stores in Canada and 60 international and eyes on more, the path ahead is clear and now it’s time to see where and how the technology is going to help them achieve their goals.

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May 182011
 

I just had the pleasure of chatting with Sanjay Poonen about his new role at SAP and his vision moving forward, how he’s building his team and working with them to effect change and of course around innovation and how how SAP “can’t talk to our customers enough”. Two comments he made that really caught my attention was the fact that he tweeted us chatting before we started and that he was glad to participate because you need to remember to include your community!

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