Burning Question: Should more events be virtual?
I knew I had a conflict and could not be at the SAP Influencer Summit. So, I was pleased when Mike Prosceno of SAP emailed “its all being recorded so you can watch on demand at your leisure.” Then I see Vishal Sikka, CTO of SAP did his presentation by video. And I wondered what […]
What a Large Enterprise CIO Would Think of the SAP Cloud Position
I’m well into the second day of the SAP Analyst Summit. SAP executives have been pounding the following talking points: – We’ve caught up on the cloud! – We have a lot of on-demand apps! – We can’t wait to cross-sell these to our client base! – We will continue to build more on-demand apps […]
SAP’s Palo Alto energy efficiency and CO2 reductions
As mentioned previously, I was in Santa Clara and Palo Alto last week for a couple of SAP events. At these events SAP shared some of its carbon reduction policies and strategies. According to SAP Chief Sustainability Officer Peter Graf, the greatest bang for buck SAP is achieving comes from the deployment of telepresence suites. […]
SAP Influencer Summit, Dispatch 5: The SAP Procurement Portfolio (Part 2)
Last week I had the chance to get an update from SAP on the latest
positioning and solution elements of its overall procurement
portfolio. In this post, I’ll continue to share what I learned,
focusing on providing an update on the provider’s…
SAP Gets Into the Supplier Information Management (SIM) Game
On the second day of SAP’s Influencer Summit, the venerable ERP
provider disclosed quite a bit about its broader On-Demand strategy,
products, and pricing in the sourcing and contract management areas.
But from a new-product perspective, it …
SAP Business Influencers Summit – A Clear Path Forward?
I have to admit that I enjoy going to conferences and summits as an analyst, journalist or paid speaker. I’m treated well by the vendors who bring me, my expenses are covered (and if a speaker, a fee too of course) and I know a lot of the staff who of whichever vendor it is […]
SAP Influencer Summit, Dispatch 3: Summarizing E-Sourcing On-Demand Themes
While I plan to provide additional details on some of what I
learned around SAP’s On-Demand E-Sourcing
developments (from pricing to modular component break-out information),
not to mention providing some context around how
customers curre…
Real-time Computing – Cool Video by SAP
Cool video by SAP, promoting the concept of in-memory computing. If only their UI was as cute as their videos 🙂
SAP Influencer Summit, Dispatch 2: First-Day Ramblings
I knew I was in trouble last night when fellow Enterprise Irregular, Dennis Howlett, cornered me in the pub around 10:30 in the evening and I asked if I was sober enough to record a video. The topics he wanted to ask were to focus on my first day imp…
SAP Influencer Summit, Dispatch 1: On-Demand Differentiation and Vision
After a 1:30 AM landing (thank you, United), I made it to my hotel room
early Tuesday morning so that I could attend the
SAP Influencer Summit later in the day. The main reason for my
attendance, a Wednesday session specifically devoted to s…
