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Event Report: Questions Every #SAPPHIRENOW Attendee Should Be Asking SAP

Event Report: Questions Every #SAPPHIRENOW Attendee Should Be Asking SAP

By R "Ray" Wang on May 13, 2012

SAP’s In The Midst Of Massive Transformation   Just four years ago, nervous attendees dealt with a tumultuous global market entering financial crisis.  SAP’s management team decided to raise maintenance fees to shore up its margins amidst a drought of innovation.  Customers revolted en masse.  Policies changed due to user group and global influencer pressure.  […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Apps Strategy, ASUG, ASUG365, Business Analytics, Business by Design, business intelligence, Business Objects, Business suite 7, business technology, business value framework, Chief Collaboration Officer, Chief Customer Officer, Chief information officer, Chief Marketing Officer, CIO, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Cloud options, Constellation Research, Consumer Tech, Consumerization of IT, Design thinking, enterprise, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, enterprise class, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, event report, orlando, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, sapphirenow, social business, Social Business Software, software as a service, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, user conference, user event, user group event, user group events, user groups, user strategy, vendor events, vendor strategy | 4 Responses

SAP HANA Makes Progress and Threatens Oracle

SAP HANA Makes Progress and Threatens Oracle

By Dennis Moore on September 24, 2011

SAP HANA has garnered a great deal of attention in recent weeks and months. For an overview of the technology and its potential, please check my recent blog on the subject, “The real (potential) impact of SAP HANA.” Since that blog was written, there has been a great deal of news in the SAP HANA […]

Posted in Business, Technology / Software | Tagged Business Objects, HANA, ibm, oracle, Oracle Exalogic, sap, SAP AG, SAP Hana, Sybase | 32 Responses

Event Report: SAUG Summit 2011 Days 1 & 2 Show A Shift From SAP Centricity

Event Report: SAUG Summit 2011 Days 1 & 2 Show A Shift From SAP Centricity

By R "Ray" Wang on August 3, 2011

Summit Brings A Cadre Of Thought Leaders To User Group Attendees The SAP Australian User’s Group held their annual summit once again at the Sydney Convention Centre in Darling Harbour from August 2 to August 4th.  With a record 650 attendees, the keynotes covered many of the hot topics about SAP ownership, road maps, and […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged analytics, Apps Strategy, ASUG, australia, Australian SAP User Group, BI, Bridgette Chambers, Business Analytics, Business Objects, ByD, Christian Thompson, CIO, CITIC Pacific Mining, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Cloud options, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, enterprise software, erp, event report, Fonterra, Graham Robinson, ibm, Jeff Word, John Kelvie, John Moy, Keith Murray, Malcolm Humphires, Paul Hawking, R “Ray” Wang;, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, sap, SAP Australian User Group, SAP Hana, Tony de Thomasi, user conference, user event, user group event, user group events, user groups

Enterprise Deja Vu

Enterprise Deja Vu

By Vinnie Mirchandani on March 10, 2011

I am enjoying In-Memory Data Management- An Inflexion Point for Enterprise Applications – SAP kindly sent me an advance copy of the book by Dr. Hasso Plattner and Alexander Zeier. I am also watching Vishal Sikka, SAP’s CTO present this morning at its “New Reality” event in Boston talk about in-memory, mobility, clouds – as […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Business Objects, erp, HANA, Hasso Plattner, microsoft, sap | 1 Response

SAP Analytics Update

SAP Analytics Update

By Sandy Kemsley on February 9, 2011

A group of bloggers had an update today from Steve Lucas, GM of the SAP business analytics group, covering what happened in 2010 and some outlook and strategy for 2011. No surprise, they saw an explosion in growth in 2010: analytics has been identified as a key competitive differentiator for a couple of years now […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged analytics, BI, BPM, business intelligence, Business Objects, Business process management, CEP, erp, modeling, sap, StreamWork | 1 Response

IBM Acquires Netezza – ADBMS Consolidation Heats Up

IBM Acquires Netezza – ADBMS Consolidation Heats Up

By Merv Adrian on September 20, 2010

IBM’s bid to acquire Netezza makes it official; the insurgents are at the gates. A pioneering and leading ADBMS player, Netezza is in play for approximately $1.7 billion or 6 times earnings. When it entered the market in 2001, it catalyzed an economic and architectural shift with an appliance form factor at a dramatically different […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged ADBMS, analytics, BI, business intelligence, Business Objects, Cloudera, cognos, Data mining, Data warehouse, data warehouse appliance, Data Warehousing, Database, DatAllegro, DBMS, FPGA, GNU, hadoop, hp, ibm, IBM POWER, Industry Trends, Kalido, Kona, mainframe, mapreduce, microsoft, MIcroStrategy, NEC, Netezza, node, oracle, R, SAS, Skimmer, smart analytics system, spatial analysis, spss, statistical analysis, storage engine, Teradata, Tibco, TwinFin, UDF

Partial Plans Perplex Press at SAP – Sybase Event, But Promise is Everywhere

Partial Plans Perplex Press at SAP – Sybase Event, But Promise is Everywhere

By Merv Adrian on August 22, 2010

SAP co-CEOs Bill McDermott and Jim Hagemann Snabe and Sybase CEO John Chen keynoted a two-continent event on August 19 to demonstrate their solidarity and provide an early look at strategic plans. Many analysts greeted the initial announcement with positive reviews – mine is here, and Noel Yuhanna of Forrester weighed in here. Progress since […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Afaria, Aleri, analysts, android, ASE, Blackberry, Business Objects, CEP, column stores, Coral8, CRM, Curt Monash, Data replication, distributed query, GUI, Industry Analysts, Industry Trends, iPhone, IQ, mcommerce, mobile, mobile commerce, Netweaver, Power Designer, PowerBuilder, RAP, sap, SUP, Sybase, Sybase 365, Sybase IQ, ui | 1 Response

Event Report: SAP Australian Users Group Summit 2010

Event Report: SAP Australian Users Group Summit 2010

By R "Ray" Wang on August 8, 2010

SAUG Summit Delivered Great Networking Opportunities And Information Exchange
Over 550 attendees converged on Sydney August 3rd to 5th, 2010 for the annual SAP User Group Summit.  Members were treated to 28 session, 7 keynotes, and 4 SAP 101 educational sessions.  The smart design of the conference gave attendees ample opportunities to connect and share ideas […]

Posted in Business, Technology / Software | Tagged analytics, Apps Strategy, australia, business intelligence, Business Objects, Cloud, Cloud Computing, contract negotiations, contract strategy, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, enterprise software, erp, event report, Jeff Word, SaaS, SaaS strategies, sap, SAP Australian User Group, SAUG, SAUGSummit, software as a service, Sydney, upgrade, upgrades, user conference, user event, user group event, user group events, user groups, users

Oracle’s High BI Bar: Managed, Multifaceted and Actionable

Oracle’s High BI Bar: Managed, Multifaceted and Actionable

By Merv Adrian on July 14, 2010

Oracle’s newest BI release is massive, spans multiple product categories, and raises the bar for competitors in dramatic fashion. In my prior post I focused on its rollout and competitive posture. The market has waited a long time as the reconciliation of many moving parts was accomplished – most notably the convergence of the Hyperion […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged analytics, BAO, BI, business intelligence, Business Objects, Capgemini, cognos, csc, data integration, Essbase, Forrester, gartner, Goldengate, hyperion, HyperRoll, ibm, microsoft, MIcroStrategy, MOLAP, OBIEE, OLAP, oracle, predictive analytics, ROLAP, sap, SAS, Sybase, TimesTen, TM1, ULA

Oracle Sets Sights on BI Leadership. Has it Picked the Right Target?

Oracle Sets Sights on BI Leadership. Has it Picked the Right Target?

By Merv Adrian on July 13, 2010

Oracle is not first in BI, and wants to change that – that was the clear message of a well executed, multi-site “real plus virtual” event with top executives showing off the result of a multi-year effort to rationalize and integrate a set of leading but overlapping components into a seamless suite. Oracle Business Intelligence […]

Posted in Business | Tagged analytics, BAO, BI, business intelligence, Business Objects, data integration, Data Warehousing, Essbase, Forrester, gartner, Goldengate, HyperRoll, ibm, microsoft, MIcroStrategy, MOLAP, OBIEE, OLAP, oracle, predictive analytics, Research Industry, ROLAP, sap, SAS, Software infrastructure, software licensing, Sybase, TimesTen, TM1, ULA, Vendor image and communications

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