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 […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on June 19, 2014
Plex Plays A Key Role In The Digitalization Of Manufacturing Over 900 customers, partners, and Plex Systems gathered at the De Savo Conference Center on Michigan’s West Coast of Grand Rapids for the 13th annual Plex Systems user event. New features and a significant funding round book end the major announcements from the June 10th, […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on March 5, 2014
Microsoft Convergence Kicks Off In Atlanta The annual Microsoft Convergence customer event kicked off on March 4th, 2014. Far from the days of the Stampede in Fargo, North Dakota, the event shows how far the Microsoft Dynamics customers, partners, and products have progressed. Over 12,000 attendees including customers, partners, staff, and prospects gathered in Atlanta, […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on May 28, 2013
Constellation Sees An Alarming Increase In Inquiries Constellation has received an alarming increase in inquiries about an unethical vendor sales practice coined as “trolling for indirect access”. Indirect access is when a vendor claims that a client is accessing their perpetually licensed software in an unintentional manner or inappropriately licensed manner. One vendor uses a […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on April 2, 2013
Partnership Announcements Enhance Ultimate Software’s Offerings Amidst a crowd of 1500 customers, partners, and attendees, Ultimate Software held their annual gathering from March 12th to March 15th, 2013 in Las Vegas. Geared towards the medium sized to enterprise markets, Ultimate Software has steadily taken market share from ADP for payroll and expanded out into operational […]
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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. […]
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By Denis Pombriant on August 30, 2011
There were numerous user group meetings as Salesforce Partners took advantage of their customers attendance at Dreamforce to host these meetings. I saw events scheduled by Zuora (here) Cloud9, Workday and Marketo. Turnouts were good despite the hurricane which delayed some east coast attendees. None the less, the Zuora event was vastly oversubscribed — more […]
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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 […]
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By Steve Mann on September 22, 2010
The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung notes that after the quarrelsome and strained relationship with former CEO Léo Apotheker, starting with but certainly not ending over proposed maintenance hikes, the SAP German User Group – DSAG is experiencing a better relationship with…
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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 […]
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