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How To Plan For SAP’s S/4 HANA Upgrade And Contract Negotiations Strategy #SAPHANA

How To Plan For SAP’s S/4 HANA Upgrade And Contract Negotiations Strategy #SAPHANA

By R "Ray" Wang on February 4, 2015

 Launch Of SAP S/4 Provides Catalyst For Organizations To Update Their Next Gen Apps Strategy The February 3rd, 2015 New York City SAP S/4 launch event brought a positive closure for customers seeking the next generation apps strategy from SAP.  At a high level, the SAP S/4 HANA offering offers: a new suite of applications […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged #techoptimization, Apps Strategy, Architecture, best practices, Business suite 7, ByD, Chief Financial Officer, Chief HR Officer, Chief information officer, Chief People Officer, Chief Technology Officer, CIO, Cloud, Constellation Research, deployment options, Digital Transformation, digitaltransformation, Ensw, enterprise, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise resource planning, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, erp, event report, Legacy Optimization, next gen apps, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, S/4, sap, SAP AG, SAP Business Suite 7, SAP Enterprise Support, SAP ERP, SAP Hana, SAP Hybris, saphana, SAUGSummit, SOA, Software Insider, software licensing, software licesing and pricing, software maintenance, software ownership, SoftwareInsider, Technology Optimization, user strategy, vendor strategy

Event Report: SAP Australian User Group Summit Highlights Systematic Concerns About SAP

Event Report: SAP Australian User Group Summit Highlights Systematic Concerns About SAP

By R "Ray" Wang on September 9, 2014

  Australian Users Concerns About SAP Similar To Other Global Users Over 500 Australian SAP users gathered between September 8th and 9th, 2014 at the Sydney Hilton for the annual user conference.  Users came from IT roles, marketing, HR, and finance.  In speaking to over 100 attendees, key concerns include: Lack of clarity in future […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged #techoptimization, Apps Strategy, Architecture, best practices, Business suite 7, ByD, Chief Financial Officer, Chief HR Officer, Chief information officer, Chief People Officer, Chief Technology Officer, CIO, Cloud, Constellation Research, deployment options, Digital Transformation, digitaltransformation, enterprise, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise resource planning, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, erp, event report, Legacy Optimization, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, sap, SAP AG, SAP Australian User Group, SAP Business Suite 7, SAP Enterprise Support, SAP ERP, SAP Hana, SAP Hybris, SAUGSummit, SOA, Software Insider, software licensing, software licesing and pricing, software maintenance, software ownership, SoftwareInsider, Technology Optimization, user conference, user event, user group event, user group events, user groups, user strategy, vendor strategy

SAP’s Brand, Product Lines and Channel Partners- Reconciliation Needed

SAP’s Brand, Product Lines and Channel Partners- Reconciliation Needed

By Brian Sommer on August 6, 2013

I attended SAP’s Channel Partner Summit in Miami last week.  While I generally applaud (and welcome) Jonathan Becher’s (SAP’s CMO) decision to reposition SAP’s brand, I believe some bigger issues have yet to be reconciled or subdued. These issues impact SAP’s channel partners, the company itself and its customers. SAP CMO Jonathan Becher Copyright 2013 […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Business ByDesign, ByD, echosystem, sap, SAP AG, SAP ByD, SuccessFactors

Cloud dancing: CIO perspective on SAP's cloud strategy

Cloud dancing: CIO perspective on SAP’s cloud strategy

By Michael Krigsman on May 21, 2012

SAP has made important strides in building a cloud strategy. Here’s what you need to know.

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged A1S, bill mcdermott, Business ByDesign, ByD, erp, Henning Kagermann, Lars Dalgaard, sap, SAP Business ByDesign, SAP ByD, sapphirenow, software as a service, SuccessFactors

The Unbearable Lightness of Multitenancy in the Cloud

The Unbearable Lightness of Multitenancy in the Cloud

By Esteban Kolsky on March 13, 2012

If y’all are not in the mood to listen to a (well reasoned, researched, educated and well-timed) rant, move along.  This is me ranting about vendors trying to confuse users when it comes to cloud topics. If you are interested in why multitenancy should not be an item of discussion, then read on. Consider y’all […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged ByD, Cloud Computing, microsoft, multitenancy, sap, SAP Business One, SAP ByD, software as a service, Uncategorized

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

SAP CRM Sales On-demand Heads to Market

SAP CRM Sales On-demand Heads to Market

By Josh Greenbaum on March 3, 2011

More proof that SAP is serious about making a break from its on-premise past and in the process challenge on-demand titan Salesforce.com came last week in the form of a preview look at SAP Sales On-demand. The preview, granted to a group of industry analysts in Boston, proved that SAP isn’t afraid to be innovative […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Business ByDesign, ByD, CRM, microsoft, SaaS, salesforce.com, sap, SAP ByD, SAP Sales OnDemand, sapsod, Uncategorized | 3 Responses

Product Review: Inside SAP’s Line-of-Business OnDemand Strategy

Product Review: Inside SAP’s Line-of-Business OnDemand Strategy

By R "Ray" Wang on March 3, 2011

SAP’s Sales OnDemand Strategy Reveals A Longer Term Product And Cloud Strategy In an exclusive briefing on February 24th with SAP’s Executive Vice President of Line Of Business Applications, John Wookey, he provided fresh insight into the new product design and Cloud philosophy at SAP.  This pre-CeBit announcement coincided with the SAP Analyst Day in […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Business by Design, Business suite 7, ByD, CeBIT, Cloud, Cloud Computing, cloud integration, Energy and carbon management, Enterprise 2.0, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, enterprise collaboration, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, HR, hybrid deployments, John Wookey, News Analysis, next gen apps, next gen enterprise, next generation, Next generation apps, On Demand, R “Ray” Wang;, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, SaaS, SaaS offensive, SaaS strategies, sales force automation, SAP Business By Design, SAP Business Suite 7, SAP OnDemand Large Enterprise, sapsod, social business, Social Business Software, Social Enterprise, social enterprise apps, vendor strategy | 2 Responses

SAP Sales OnDemand: Got It, Got It, Need It?

SAP Sales OnDemand: Got It, Got It, Need It?

By Paul Greenberg on March 2, 2011

For an inconceivably long time, I have been a fan of SAP’s without being anywhere close to a fan of their on demand a.k.a. SaaS a.k.a. sorta cloud, efforts. In fact, if you remember I ripped Business By Design a new one even as recently as Sapphire 2010 last May. But, at an invite-only Influencers Day […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged activity stream, Business ByDesign, ByD, collaboration, collaborative sales, CRM, erp, Sales On-Demand, salesforce.com, sap, SAP ByD, sapsod, software as a service, StreamWork

PaaS choices today

PaaS choices today

By Phil Wainewright on December 15, 2010

In the light of Salesforce.com’s swathe of announcements at Dreamforce last week and other recent developments, it’s a good time to take stock of the platform-as-a-service (PaaS) landscape. What are the choices now available to developers and business people looking to build applications on a ready-to-run cloud platform? As part of this review, I’ll report […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Business ByDesign, ByD, Cloud Computing, df10, Dreamforce, heroku, PaaS, salesforce.com, sap, SpringSource | 2 Responses

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