SAP Sustainability Shea Project Blog Post 1: How is SAP Helping the World in the Bottom of Pyramid?
The first blog post of a Ghana trip blog with a context and background information on SAP Strategic Sustainability Social project - Shea Project in Ghana. The following blog posts will move on to share with you my experiences in Ghana. Hyunsoo Shim in Community Day, Community Projects, SAP Research, Sustainability [Feb. 01, 2012 01:15 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

The Case for a Sustainability Network Solution (part 2)
This is the second part of a blog post that outlines the case for introducing a many-to-many sustainability network solution. While the first part outlined the problems that such a solution could solve, this part explains the business value that it brings to the participating companies. Ali Dada in On Demand and Software as a Service (SaaS), Sustainability, SAP Research [Jan. 17, 2012 07:20 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

The Case for a Sustainability Network Solution (Part 1)
This is the first part of a blog post that outlines the case for introducing a many-to-many sustainability network solution. While we start here with outlining the problems that such a solution could solve, the next part explains the business value that it brings to the participating companies Ali Dada in On Demand and Software as a Service (SaaS), Sustainability, SAP Research [Jan. 13, 2012 10:05 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Innovation Prize for SAP Labs France
SAP Labs France has won an honorable second place in the French-German Business Award 2011 in the category “Innovation”. The patrons of the award are the French Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry, François Baroin; and the German Federal Minister for Economics and Technology, Dr. Philipp Rösler. Laurent GOMEZ in SAP Research, Security, Travel and Logistics Services [Jan. 13, 2012 01:02 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

2012 is the Alan Turing Year - How do we want to give honor to him?
2012 is the Alan Turing Year. Since SAP Software and its ecosystem are based on the work of this great scientist I think that we should honor him during our SAP events and acticities this year. Peter Langner in Community Day, ERP, SAP Research, Social Media and Social Networks [Jan. 03, 2012 08:16 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Assert4Soa: Advanced Security Service cERTificates for SOA
The Assert4Soa project aims at filling the gap between the need for lighter-weight, automatically processable security certificates and the current state of the practice. In order to do so, the Assert4Soa consortium is committed to producing novel techniques and tools for expressing, assessing and certifying security properties for service-oriented applications, composed of distributed software services that may dynamically be selected, assembled and replaced, and running within complex and continuously evolving software ecosystems. Antonino SABETTA in Service-Oriented Architecture, Security, SAP Research [Jan. 03, 2012 04:03 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

New SAP Research Magazine!
The SAP Research Magazine, published bi-annually, provides the latest updates on current IT trends, research activities and results, and event contributions from SAP Research. This first issue includes a feature article on the Business Web and covers such topics as Future Fleet, Big Iron, Business In Your Pocket (GaRO project), and co-innovation networks. Jennifer O'Rourke in Co-Innovation Lab, Emerging Technologies, Mobile, SAP Research, Sustainability [Dec. 23, 2011 02:57 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Mobile Technologies for Emerging Economies: Business in Your Pocket
A small shop owner in a remote, rural community or urban settlement in South Africa is not a typical SAP customer, but that may soon change thanks to new mobile technologies being developed by SAP Research for very small enterprises in emerging economies. Jennifer O'Rourke in Mobile, SAP Research, Sustainability [Dec. 19, 2011 10:50 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Do SAP HR components support all of the typical HR processes?
I say “yes”, what do you say? Faisal Iqbal in Beginner, ERP, Human Capital Management, SAP Research [Dec. 13, 2011 11:12 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Mobilize your physicians with SAP
How SAP managed it to create an iPad app that exactly meets the needs of physicians during a ward round. Carolin Flesch in Healthcare, Mobile, SAP Research, SAP xApps [Dec. 09, 2011 12:47 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Setting up an SVN Client to download code from SDN Code Exchange
This blog gives info about using one of the SVN clients (Tortoise) to download the code published in SDN Code Exchange. Prasita Prabhakaran in SAP Research [Nov. 28, 2011 07:40 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Final work at SAP: Gamification and its application to mobile predictive analytics
In my last entry as SAP employee, I share with you my work which has been presented by colleagues at SAP Teched Madrid 2011. It is about gamification and its application to mobile predictive analytics, and it has been done together with IBM and the city of Antibes. Cedric Ulmer in ABAP, Analytics, Beyond SAP, Mobile, SAP Research [Nov. 14, 2011 05:57 AM | 2 Comments | Download Media | Permalink]

FOURTH FUTURE FACTORY WEBCAM TOUR 2011
The Future Factory Initiative invites you to a Webcam tour through the Future Factory of SAP Research Dresden. With a 360° round tour you'll get a comprehensive overview of our discrete manufacturing scenarios. Antje Boehm-Peters in Manufacturing, SAP Research, Emerging Technologies [Nov. 09, 2011 05:56 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Supplier InfoNet: Networking that Improves Your Business
Social networks are a brilliant way to keep informed about friends and colleagues. The same holds true for supplier information. Supplier InfoNet is a new solution released by SAP that manages comprehensive supplier data and allows customers to monitor their supply companies’ performance in multiple-enterprise supply chains. Jennifer O'Rourke in Business Process Management, Procurement and SRM, SAP Research, Social Media and Social Networks [Oct. 27, 2011 09:31 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Security management on Service-based SCM Control system
Following a serie of posts on Aspect-Oriented Programming and its applications, we are presenting an idea developped in a recent publication. It shows how AOP can ease enforcement of cross-cutting concerns, with the illustration of security concerns management in service-based supply chain management systems. Gabriel SERME in SAP Research, Security, Service-Oriented Architecture [Oct. 26, 2011 06:43 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

SAP Technology Innovation Podcast talking about new and cool stuff from SAP
Find out more about the newly available SAP Technology Innovation podcast. Rui Nogueira in Code Exchange, Community Day, Community Projects, Run SAP, SAP Research [Oct. 20, 2011 08:48 AM | 3 Comments | Download Media | Permalink]

RESCUEIT - Best Paper Awards at WSNSCM'11
I am proud to announce you that RESCUEIT received two best paper awards at WSNSCM'11 workshop for the following publications: M. Khalfaoui, K. ELkhiyaoui, R. Molva "Privacy Preserving Products Tracking in Clustered Supply Chain" L. Gomez, M. Laurent, E. El Moustaine, "Integration of RFID and Wireless Sensor Networks into a Supply Chain Management System". Laurent GOMEZ in Data Integration and Quality Management, RFID, SAP Research, Travel and Logistics Services [Oct. 14, 2011 01:18 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Security Vulnerabilities Detection and Protection Using Eclipse
This blog entry presents an innovative security vulnerabilities detection system, using Eclipse workbench to leverage agile and decentralized approach in day-to-day developers' life. Gabriel SERME in SAP Research, Application Server, Eclipse, Java Programming, Security [Oct. 14, 2011 12:10 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Preparing for Sustainable Business Networks
Sustainable business networks, supply chain management, supplier relationship management wnewman in Governance, Risk and Compliance, Procurement and SRM, SAP Research, SAP TechEd, Sustainability [Oct. 12, 2011 06:22 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Co-Innovation at SAP
Co-innovation at SAP JonasLaucys in Business Process Management, Co-Innovation Lab, SAP Research [Oct. 06, 2011 06:41 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

SAP Research at Utilisateur SAP Francophones
SAP Research will attend to the USF Convention 2011 in Strasbourg, France, from the 5th to the 6th of October. USF is the "Club des Utilisateurs SAP Francophones", or Club of French speaking SAP Users. (http://www.usf.fr/) You can find further details about this event here (http://www.usfconventions.fr/). We will take the opportunity to present latest innovation from SAP Research Sophia Antipolis: "An SAP Gamification Platform and an Illustration Leveraging a Forecasting Client", "Security Validation Plug-in for SAP NetWeaver BPM", "Sensor based tracking of assets for supply chain management systems". Laurent GOMEZ in ERP, Life Sciences, SAP Research, SAP TechEd, Travel and Logistics Services [Oct. 04, 2011 03:54 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

The SET InnoCamp 2011 for SAP's SET Research team
SAP Research liked the SAP InnoJam concept and asked me some months ago how to setup a similar event for them. After more than 3 months of preparation and planning the event took place from Sep. 21-22 and was a real success for the team. Rui Nogueira in SAP Research [Sep. 26, 2011 05:16 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Accountable Care Organization/Mobile Health Readiness: Take Our Survey!
Take advantage of SAP's free ACO benchmarking survey to learn how your peers are approaching this strategy and see where your organization fits in its adoption. Anik Merchea in Healthcare, Mobile, SAP Research [Sep. 07, 2011 12:07 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Case Management Process Modeling (CMPM) – System Concepts
We introduce in this blog series the concept of Case Management Process Modeling (CMPM) - An emerging concept complementary to existing Business Process Management (BPM) concepts. My previous blog entries dealt with the business value, standards and modeling aspects of case management. In this third blog entry, we explain concepts for case management systems. Furthermore, we explore the inter-organizational dimension of the case management paradigm. This blog entry is relevant for enterprise architects, product managers, researchers and developers. Joern FRANKE in Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, Business Rules Management, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Research [Sep. 05, 2011 06:40 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Insomnia @ SAP InnoJam 2011 Sydney: Part 3 of 3
In my last blog post around the SAP InnoJam 2011 in Sydney I'll talk about the presentation at the SAUG summit and provide you with some addtional material like pictures and videos around the event. Rui Nogueira in Community Day, Community Projects, Run SAP, SAP Research [Aug. 24, 2011 06:07 AM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

Insomnia @ SAP InnoJam 2011 Sydney: Part 2 of 3
In the second part of the "Insomnia @ SAP InnoJam 2011 Sydney" series I'll share with you the videos of the final presentations and the jury results as well as some other interesting things about the InnoJam event in Sydney. Rui Nogueira in Community Day, Community Projects, Run SAP, SAP Research [Aug. 22, 2011 01:55 PM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

New Prototype Drives Electricity Workers into the Future
SAP Research has helped develop a prototype for mobile devices that enables electricity workers to ease their tasks. In two different scenarios, workers can view their tasks, location, or referred assets on a map. Desiree Klein in Mobile, SAP Research, Utilities Industry [Aug. 22, 2011 06:46 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Insomnia @ SAP InnoJam 2011 Sydney: Part 1 of 3
Now that the SAP InnoJam 2011 in Sydney is over I'd like to share with you the experience we've had during the event. Get to know what happened behind the scenes of the SAP InnoJam in Sydney and what it means to bring 55kg HANA power from Walldorf to Sydney. Rui Nogueira in Community Day, SAP Research, Run SAP, Community Projects [Aug. 16, 2011 06:23 AM | 6 Comments | Permalink]

The Famous SAP Challenge “Upgrade"
In today’s cut throat competition Organizations have to be always on their toes to manage competition. This requires proper management and proper IT systems that can give that additional advantage to face this stiff competition. This requires constant upgrade of different IT systems used by these organizations which in turn can adapt to the latest technologies and additional functionalities. ERP systems like SAP being one of them. Arpit Nigam in Human Capital Management, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Research, SAP TechEd, SAP TechTour [Aug. 15, 2011 06:54 AM | 11 Comments | Permalink]

Case Management Process Modeling (CMPM) – What Constitutes a Case?
We introduce in this blog series the concept of Case Management Process Modeling (CMPM) - An emerging concept complementary to existing Business Process Management (BPM) concepts. In this second blog entry, we explain modeling aspects of a case that could be interesting for the currently developed standard for CMPM by the Object Management Group (OMG). This blog entry is relevant for enterprise architects, product managers and business analysts. Joern FRANKE in Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, Business Rules Management, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Research [Aug. 09, 2011 03:34 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

African Cashew Initiative Helps Small-Scale Farmers in Ghana through IT
The African Cashew Initiative (ACi) is a project aimed at helping small-scale cashew farmers in Ghana increase their productivity and income by offering training programs and materials. Learn how SAP Research is investigating how mobile business applications can support these farmers and their cooperative in bringing the cashew nuts to market. Jennifer O'Rourke in Beyond SAP, Business Process Management, Business Solutions, Retail, SAP Research [Jul. 29, 2011 03:46 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Case Management Process Modeling (CMPM) – An Introduction
We introduce in this blog series the concept of Case Management Process Modeling (CMPM) - An emerging concept complementary to existing Business Process Management (BPM) concepts. In this first blog entry, we explain why this concept is important, how it differs from BPM, its success in practice and present standardization efforts driven by all major software vendors. This new standard aims at complementing the Object Management Group (OMG) standard Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN). This blog entry is relevant for CIOs, CTOs, enterprise architects and business analysts. CMPM is expected to be the next big thing in BPM for the next 1-5 years. Joern FRANKE in Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, Business Rules Management, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Research [Jul. 27, 2011 07:08 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Making the Case for Humanitarian Supply Chain Management
Have you ever tried to manage a cold chain for medicine in a region with temperatures about 40° degrees? A region with no roads, an unclear situation after several earthquakes, an unstable political situation and you will have to work for the first time with many very different organizations to deliver the goods. By the way the medicine comes from all over the world… Further earthquakes may strike or people requiring medicine can be brought to new locations. We present in this blog a challenging case for supply chain management and its information system support: humanitarian aid in sudden on-set disasters. We discuss solutions from a management and information system support perspective. Joern FRANKE in Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, Procurement and SRM, SAP Business Workflow, SAP Research [Jul. 22, 2011 04:13 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

SAP InnoJam 2011 in Australia: Join today for AU$180
Be part of the first SAP InnoJam in Sydney from Jul 30th-31st for AU$180 only. Get your hands on SAP's newest and coolest technologies. Rui Nogueira in Run SAP, SAP Research, Travel and Logistics Services [Jul. 12, 2011 01:12 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Demo Jam: Podcast with Marek Kowalkiewicz
The 2011 TechED Demo Jam coaches, Sebastian Steinhauer and Tobias Queck in an interview with Demo Jam veteran Marek Kowalkiewicz. Sebastian Steinhauer in Beyond SAP, Community Projects, Emerging Technologies, SAP Research, SAP TechEd [Jun. 30, 2011 02:36 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Why your boss should send you to SAP InnoJam 2011 in Sydney (Jul 30-31)?
You heard of SAP InnoJam in Sydney from July 30-31 and are wondering why you should spend time AND money to be there? I hope this blog can give you some answers and tell you why you should register right away. Rui Nogueira in Community Projects, Co-Innovation Lab, Run SAP, SAP Research [Jun. 30, 2011 11:56 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Insomnia @ SAP InnoJam 2011 Netherlands: Part 2 of 3
In the second part of the "Insomnia @ SAP InnoJam" series I'll share with you the videos of the final presentations and the jury results as well as with some information about the event dynamics at the SAP InnoJam 2011 in the Netherlands. Rui Nogueira in Run SAP, Community Projects, SAP NetWeaver Gateway, SAP Research [Jun. 28, 2011 12:11 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Insomnia @ SAP InnoJam 2011 Netherlands: Part 1 of 3
In case you want to get a full picture of the SAP InnoJam 2011 event in the Netherlands I've put together all information that I collected including the videos we've recorded and some pictures. Rui Nogueira in Run SAP, Community Projects, SAP NetWeaver Gateway, SAP Research [Jun. 27, 2011 06:21 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Virtual Future Factory Gives Glimpse into Future Manufacturing Solutions
The Future Factory Initiative fosters co-innovation, research, and development for the manufacturing industry. This new virtual representation of the real Future Factory in Dresden, Germany, lets you explore SAP's manufacturing solutions and get a preview of potential future solutions. Jennifer O'Rourke in Manufacturing, SAP Business Suite, SAP Research [Jun. 23, 2011 09:03 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

How to Enhance a Business Process Management System with Risk Management Capabilities?
In this blog entry we brainstorm ideas on integrating risk management into Business Process Management Systems (BPMS), such as SAP Netweaver BPM or SAP Business Workflow. Proactively managing the risk using a business process management system has not drawn much attention yet, although the financial crisis has shown that it is crucial to manage the risk of your assets. Nevertheless, there is lack of tool support for managing the risks during runtime of business processes. Even more important, none of these tools focus on the business users, with a particular attention on usability. We propose here a system that addresses one part of this: control-flow oriented risk evaluation during execution of the process. Appropriate actions can be defined in the system to handle risk incidents. Joern FRANKE in Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, Business Rules Management, Governance, Risk and Compliance, SAP Research [Jun. 14, 2011 10:43 AM | 12 Comments | Permalink]

SAP InnoJam In A Nutshell
Always wanted to know what SAP InnoJam is and how it runs? This blog explains the InnoJam format and anwers frequently asked questions. Rui Nogueira in Community Day, Emerging Technologies, Interoperability, Run SAP, SAP Research [May. 23, 2011 11:38 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

SAP for Indian University Professors
As an Indian University Professor what can be taken home from SAPPHIRE 2011. Ashok Ranade in Higher Education, SAP Education, SAP Research, SAP SAPPHIRE, University Alliances Message Board [May. 20, 2011 12:22 PM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Telling trees apart by their leaves and why you should care
These days, if you go for a walk in a forest, your smartphone is your friend. Not only will it help you find the way back to your car. If you have the right app, you will be able to take a photo of a leaf and the app will tell you what type of tree it belongs to. Soon, you'll be able to find out whether that mushroom in front of you is edible or not. But what does it have to do with SAP? This blog post is exploring exactly that. Have a look at it to read about two prototypes from SAP Research that use image and video processing in enterprise scenarios. Marek Kowalkiewicz in Beyond SAP, Business Process Modeling, Mobile, SAP Research, SAP StreamWork [May. 18, 2011 10:18 PM | 6 Comments | Permalink]

Next Technology Innovation Newsletter is coming soon!
The next and second Technology Innovation Newsletter is coming at the 25th May and covers hot topics, such as SAP InnoJam HANA Finals, Gateway, Semantics, Cloud, USDL and many more. Please subscribe! Karin Schattka in Emerging Technologies, In-Memory Business Data Management, Mobile, Open Source, SAP Research [May. 15, 2011 01:36 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Non-disruptive finding of apples with SAP's FindGrid
In this interview with Stephan Brand I address some of the questions that arised from my last blog around FindGrid and semantics at SAP. Rui Nogueira in Analytics, Run SAP, SAP Research, Search [May. 09, 2011 03:17 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

SAP Research Unveils the new Future Energy Center
The Future Energy Center, located in Karlsruhe, Germany, and managed by SAP Research, is a collaborative platform demonstrating how the future of sustainable energy generation, distribution, storage, and utilization can be supported by innovative IT. Jennifer O'Rourke in SAP Research, Sustainability, Utilities Industry [May. 05, 2011 10:11 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Why machines can learn from peanut butter sandwiches and why they should forget about it over time
After the interview with Matthias Kaiser about semantics and apples he now talks about peanut butter sandwiches to explain two additional very important aspects of semantics: the context of a user and that machines need to forget semantic information. Rui Nogueira in Knowledge Management (KM), Master Data Management (MDM), SAP Research, Search [May. 04, 2011 01:23 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

USDL: Enabling the Internet of Services
The Unified Service Description Language (USDL) is a platform-neutral language for describing services. It was consolidated from SAP Research projects concerning services-related research as an enabler for the wide leverage of services on the Internet. Jennifer O'Rourke in Green IT, SAP Research, Sustainability, Utilities Industry [May. 04, 2011 09:17 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

How much is 8,000 megawatt? Technology Innovation featuring SAP Research
SAP Research and other exciting topics, such as in-memory and open source integration, are now being covered under Technology Innovation. Karin Schattka in Emerging Technologies, Green IT, SAP Research, Sustainability [May. 03, 2011 12:54 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Applying Semantic Technologies at SAP
Examples of where Semantic Technologies can be applied in existing SAP applications. Gigi Read in Emerging Technologies, Knowledge Management (KM), Master Data Management (MDM), Run SAP, SAP Research [Apr. 28, 2011 12:12 PM | 1 Comments | Download Media | Permalink]