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SAP’s Sustainability announcements at Sapphire Now

SAP’s Sustainability announcements at Sapphire Now

By Tom Raftery on May 23, 2012

SAP co-CEO Jim Hagemann Snabe at Sapphire Now 2012 Technology innovation plays a major part in creating a sustainable world tomorrow So said SAP co-CEO Jim Hagemann Snabe at this year’s SAP Sapphire Now conference in Orlando. He then went on to predict three major trends in computing for the coming years – according to […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Big Data, Cloud, greenmonk, HANA, ibm, mobility, sap, sapphirenow, smart grid, smart meter, Sustainability

Can IBM continue to support blatant sexual discrimination?

Can IBM continue to support blatant sexual discrimination?

By Tom Raftery on April 11, 2012

I’ve always admired IBM’s achievements in the diversity and equality arena. Some of their milestones down through the years include: In 1914, 76 years before the US Disabilities Act, IBM hired its first disabled employee. In 1942 IBM launched a disabled employee training program. In 1943 Ruth Leach Amonette was elected IBM’s first female Vice […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged augusta, corporate responsibility, discrimination, ginni rometty, ibm, ibm ceo, masters, masters tournament, sex discrimination, Sustainability, virginia rometty | 2 Responses

SAP’s 2011 Sustainability Report

SAP’s 2011 Sustainability Report

By Tom Raftery on April 2, 2012

SAP launched its 2011 Sustainability Report this week and in terms of aesthetics and social sharing, this is one of the best Sustainability Reports I have seen to-date. The site contains many videos with SAP staff – including one from co-CEO’s Jim Hagemann Snabe & Bill McDermott which is featured prominently on the home page. […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Cloud, emissions, Energy, renewables, sap, Sustainability, sustainability report

IBM based mobile, crowdsourced-reporting application helps schools speed up repairs

IBM based mobile, crowdsourced-reporting application helps schools speed up repairs

By Tom Raftery on March 16, 2012

Attending IBM’s Pulse 2012 event this year I was again struck by how much IBM’s Maximo is used in maintenance management applications. And why do we care about that I hear you say? Well, keeping machinery properly maintained, and alerting if machines go out of tolerance for certain parameters (energy consumption spikes in refrigeration plant, […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged asset management, ibm, ibmpulse, lausd, Maximo, Sustainability

Internet of Thingworks, bringing industrial into the mix

Internet of Thingworks, bringing industrial into the mix

By James Governor on January 11, 2012

I have been writing and consulting about the Internet of Things since 1999, when I helped Jonathan Eunice create the “Pervasive Automation” practice at Illuminata. Billions of dollars have poured into the space since then, but we still haven’t seen the big transformation many of us have expected for a long time. But increasingly it […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Sustainability

SAP starts highlighting sustainability customer success stories

SAP starts highlighting sustainability customer success stories

By Tom Raftery on June 29, 2011

I had a great chat with SAP’s Jeremiah Stone (Senior Director, Sustainability Solution Management) while we were at Sapphire Now in May. Craig Cmehil was good enough to video it for us, so here we are talking about SAP’s Sustainability solutions and SAP’s move to letting its customers recount their sustainability success stories. Here is […]

Posted in Business | Tagged jeremiah stone, sap, sapphirenow, Solution Management Organization, Sustainability | 1 Response

SAP’s 2010 Sustainability Report demo’d

SAP’s 2010 Sustainability Report demo’d

By Tom Raftery on May 9, 2011

I had a Skype chat recently with SAP’s Chief Sustainability Officer Peter Graf where he gave me a demo of their new 2010 Sustainability report. With Peter’s permission, I recorded the demo for publication on YouTube. The video above is the result and the transcription is below. Some highlights Peter mentioned include: Sustainability reporting has […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged CSR, demo, Greenhouse gas, Peter Graf, sap, sap 2010 sustainability report, Sustainability, sustainability report

A Sustainable Supply Chain Conundrum: Companies Care About Appearance, Not Outcomes

A Sustainable Supply Chain Conundrum: Companies Care About Appearance, Not Outcomes

By Jason Busch on April 20, 2011

Within procurement, corporate social responsibility may be one of the biggest — if not superficial and relatively short-lived — trend in the market right now (besides supply risk, in the wake of recent events), and companies see…

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged apple, Corporate Social Responsibility, iPad, iPhone, supply chain, Sustainability, Warwick Business School

Have HP’s senior executives lost interest in Sustainability?

Have HP’s senior executives lost interest in Sustainability?

By Tom Raftery on March 22, 2011

I attended a HP analyst summit last week in San Francisco and I have been putting off writing down my impressions of the event because I was, frankly, very disappointed. Writing recently about HP’s announcement of their new Energy and Sustainability Solution, I noted that HP’s new CEO Léo Apotheker’s legacy from his time at […]

Posted in Business | Tagged hp, hpsummit, palm, Printing, Sustainability

HP’s shrinking wallflower attitude may not be Sustainable!

HP’s shrinking wallflower attitude may not be Sustainable!

By Tom Raftery on March 22, 2011

So I wrote a post the other day entitled Have HP’s senior executives lost interest in Sustainability? after attending a HP event in San Francisco. It was a little unfair because I concentrated on the lack of mentions of Sustainability by senior management on the first day of the event while leaving out the fact […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged cense, co2 emissions, green, Hewlett-Packard, hp, hpsummit, oil and gas, shell, Sustainability

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