SAPPHIRE NOW 2010
I’ve been a bit quiet lately in regards to the day job, many know I have switched roles inside of SAP but I’ve not really gone into great detail about what it is that I am doing these days. So I...
View ArticleThe SAPPHIRE of Second Chances: SAP and the Road to Redemption
It’s becoming an almost predictable experience, attending an SAP user conference. First comes the spiritual purge of the pre-briefings leading up to the event. Then the unholy pilgrimage to Orlando,...
View ArticlePolls and Surveys: Sapphire 2010 – On The Ground Collaborative Research
Collaborative Research Process At Work I’m pleased to say, that I’ll be joining fellow Enterprise Irregulars – Michael Cote, Larry Dignan, Michael Krigsman, and Vinnie Mirchandani; SAP Mentors – Dennis...
View ArticleThe SapphireNow version
As I spend a couple of days at SapphireNow, the SAP user conference in Orlando, it is timely to acknowledge the impact of the vendor on many sections of upcoming book, The New Polymath. Several SAP...
View ArticleEvent Report: Sapphire 2010 Brings Customers Back To A Sense Of Normalcy
Co CEO’s Stabilize The Company Both SAP Co-CEO’s Bill McDermott (Orlando) and Jim Hagemann Snabe (Frankfurt) took stage on May 18, 2010, in a simulcasted keynote. While Bill highlighted SAP’s future...
View ArticleSustainable SAP
I attended SAP’s Sapphire Now conference in Orlando earlier this week along with around 12,000 others. It was a very interesting few days of talks, meetings, and showcases. SAP’s commitment to...
View ArticleResearch Summary: Market Overview – The Market For SAP Optimization Options
Forward And Commentary This market overview provides a starting point to SAP customers seeking optimization solutions. The document delivers actionable advice and insights into a proven collection of...
View ArticleThe Long Retreat Up Market
SAP is holding Sapphire, its annual user meeting in Orlando this week. Sapphire is one of the premiere events on the IT tradeshow calendar along with Microsoft Convergence, Oracle Open World, Sage...
View ArticlePinch me. SAP is Dreaming up Social for the Enterprise.
This was my 5th year attending SAP‘s gala SAPPHIRE event. You can see from my previous blog posts, a recurring theme in all of them is SAP’s cold shoulder toward all things social. 2008: What...
View ArticlePutting the Kibosh On ERP Vendor Sales Reps Who Troll For Indirect Access
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”....
View ArticleThe Week of May 12th, 2014 Is One Of The Busiest In Enterprise Software...
Ten Enterprise Software Events To Check Out And Follow The Week of May 12th, 2014 The Monday after Mother’s day was traditionally the week of the America’s SAP User Group and SAP’s big show,...
View ArticleSAPPHIRE Now – huge surprise, good stuff and a couple of important issues
I have to admit I went to Orlando and this year’s SAPPHIRE Now with lower than normal expectations. Boy was I surprised, and in a good way. Overall I found a turbocharged and far, far nimbler SAP. To...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....