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The future of interfaces
What will the interfaces of the future look like? Will it change the way social media is used? Tom Cenens in Beyond SAP, Emerging Technologies, Improving My Experience, Virtual Worlds and 3D Web [Mar. 10, 2011 09:59 PM | 8 Comments | Permalink]

When ghosttowns went up in clouds (Part II )
Corporations and their approach to Web 2.0 don't raise questions on products, but rather questions of extending IT technologies and the related web technologies into a holistic view of information management around enterprises. And what is Leo Apotheker doing, by the way? Holger Stumm in Virtual Worlds and 3D Web, SAP EcoHub, Mobile, Enterprise Social Systems, Emerging Technologies, Beyond SAP [May. 04, 2010 03:53 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

From Twitterville to Ghosttown – are social media here to stay? (Part 1)
The Web of Social, the web of Twitters, Facebooks and blogs took a turn recently. On the one side, on the side of numbers, hundreds of millions of people are in Twitter and Facebook and LinkedIn, on the other side, large companies are just starting to think, if this could be of any value. To answer the second question first, most of the (large) companies I know (and since this is SAP world, most of the companies in this ecosystem are big) are more than reluctant . Holger Stumm in Beyond SAP, Emerging Technologies, Enterprise Social Systems, Virtual Worlds and 3D Web, SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence [Apr. 26, 2010 03:34 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

SDN community and the orc battle for Helm's Down
When you manage large communities, when you think about behavioral patterns inside such a very large cybernetic system like sdn, you can use science. But reality, even inside a computer, gives sometimes different results. Holger Stumm in Beyond SAP, Community Projects, Emerging Technologies, SAP Research, Virtual Worlds and 3D Web [Mar. 15, 2010 10:25 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Cisco's strategy to revolutanize Internet and Enterprise world
How Ciscos new Router technology to revolutionize the internet may impact Enterprise world? Arundeep Singh in Analytics, Beyond SAP, Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, Emerging Technologies, Mobile, Virtual Worlds and 3D Web [Mar. 11, 2010 08:49 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Of little kids and improbability: Living Web 2.0 Experience
The question that I have for my presentation at the SDN Community Day in Bonn is about the key goal: Can you measure the value of using Web 2.0, can you put a price tag on Web 2.0 projects, on Blogs, Wikis and Twitters, to come to a more solid discussions for projects inside enterprises? Or is the Web 2.0 constantly change, something that Mark Yolton has called TLE: The Living Enterprise? Holger Stumm in Beyond SAP, Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, Community Day, Emerging Technologies, Service-Oriented Architecture, Knowledge Management (KM), Virtual Worlds and 3D Web, SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence [Feb. 15, 2010 11:34 PM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Put a price tag on Enterprise Web 2.0 !
This is in preparation for the Web 2.0 track for the sdn Community Day in Bonn 2010. When you think about basic reasons for companies, to engage in Web 2.0 technologies, you must be able to put a price tag on projects and ideas. Only measurable results will companies lead to the point, where they will embrace Web 2.0 strategies. Holger Stumm in Beyond SAP, Business Process Expert, Community Day, Emerging Technologies, Enterprise Portal (EP), Service-Oriented Architecture, Virtual Worlds and 3D Web [Feb. 02, 2010 02:45 PM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Why is now the right time for Virtual Training?
Evolution of learning methods and review of virtual training approaches Arnold Jung in Knowledge Management (KM), Virtual Worlds and 3D Web [Sep. 23, 2009 08:41 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Achieving Real Results in a Virtual World
This blog captures some key take-aways from the SAP Education Virtual Learning Syposium 2009 on April 22, 2009. Cory Coley-Christakos in Beginner, Business Process Expert, SAP Developer Network, Sustainability, Virtual Worlds and 3D Web [Apr. 27, 2009 12:54 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

SAP Education Virtual Learning Symposium 2009 - My thoughts
Yesterday I was lucky to attend SAP "Education Virtual Learning Symposium 2009". Here are my thoughts about the event. Alvaro Tejada Galindo in Beginner, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), Business Process Expert, Sustainability, Higher Education, SAP Developer Network, Virtual Worlds and 3D Web [Apr. 23, 2009 07:34 AM | 11 Comments | Permalink]

Imagineering: Sensor Network Solutions and SAP (Part 2) - Closing the gap between both worlds
Sensor network solutions usually consist of distributed autonomous sensors that are connected with each other and via a gateway to an IP network. In most cases, vendors offering sensor network hardware solutions also offer a software solution to manage the sensors and their generated data. Most of the interfaces and protocols of the gateways or the software solutions are vendor specific. Tobias Queck in Emerging Technologies, Manufacturing, Mill Products and Mining, Oil and Gas, Virtual Worlds and 3D Web [Apr. 22, 2009 11:36 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Keynote: Why Green IT is Not Enough – Live or Online at SAP Virtualization Week 2009
Virtualization Week 2009 Topics: On Monday, April 20th, 2009 at 10 AM PT, Peter Graf, Executive Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer at SAP, will present a keynote on the topic: "Why Green IT is Not Enough". Natascha Thomson in Beginner, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), Business Process Expert, SAP Business Suite, Sustainability, SAP Developer Network, Virtual Worlds and 3D Web [Mar. 30, 2009 12:17 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Imagineering: Sensor Network Solutions and SAP
This article is the first in a series of articles around "Sensor Network Solutions and SAP", which outline a Sensor Network Platform that enables integration of sensor solutions with SAP software as well as among different sensor network solutions. Sebastian Steinhauer in Emerging Technologies, Manufacturing, Mill Products and Mining, Oil and Gas, Retail, RFID, Virtual Worlds and 3D Web [Mar. 04, 2009 06:47 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

PKOM 2009
Tonight I joined the PKOM '09 event held virtually by SAP. In the middle of it I decided to grab a small live shot of it in action to give people a small taste of things to come for 2009 and events. Craig Cmehil in Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), Business Process Expert, SAP Developer Network, SAP Network TV, Virtual Worlds and 3D Web [Jan. 15, 2009 09:12 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Future Trends in E-Commerce
A summary of high-level observations of the future trends in the E-Commerce space, based on things I have learned from new articles and the Gartner CRM and Web 2.0 Summits in 2008. Sajjad Ahmed in Beyond SAP, Business Solutions, Consumer Products, CRM, Emerging Technologies, Mobile, Virtual Worlds and 3D Web [Dec. 24, 2008 01:02 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

No privacy in Web 2.0? You can decide!
The broad adoption of Web 2.0 makes the privacy issue even more urgent. This blog provides information how to protect yourself but also how to meet the privacy requirements in your Web 2.0 projects with SAP software. Bernhard Escherich in Beyond SAP, Emerging Technologies, Governance, Risk and Compliance, Virtual Worlds and 3D Web [Dec. 09, 2008 08:37 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Berlin RIA Hacker Night @ SAP TechEd '08 OH YEAH!
In like 8 days we kick off the 2nd RIA Hacker Night for 2008 during the Berlin SAP TechEd '08 event... Craig Cmehil in Emerging Technologies, Open Source, SAP Developer Network, SAP TechEd, Scripting Languages, Virtual Worlds and 3D Web, Widgets [Oct. 06, 2008 07:17 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

My BoF Session - SmallWorlds on TechEd Vegas 2008
You miss my BoF session? Now you can watch my presentation desk... Alvaro Tejada Galindo in Beyond SAP, Community Day, Virtual Worlds and 3D Web [Sep. 24, 2008 02:40 PM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

Café Innovation – Focusing on “Process First” – now a little easier with incentives for innovation!
As organizations commence their transformation to a Business Process Enterprise© in order to succeed in their enterprise SOA journey, they will need to establish a culture of “process first.” This is now supported by additional avenues of technology solutions that encourage you to not limit your process requirements only because there isn’t an easy out-of-the-box way to deliver on them technologically. Puneet Suppal in Beyond SAP, Service-Oriented Architecture, SAP TechEd, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Developer Network, Organizational Change Management, ERP, Community Day, Business Solutions, Business Process Management, Business Process Expert, Virtual Worlds and 3D Web [Sep. 17, 2008 10:08 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

The community returns to Second Life
This is certainly not an area for everyone but those who take the time start to quickly see the value, therefore over the course of the next few weeks I'll be ramping up some new activities... Craig Cmehil in Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), Business Process Expert, Emerging Technologies, SAP Developer Network, Scripting Languages, Virtual Worlds and 3D Web [Sep. 03, 2008 12:36 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

<mx:DevSummit/> : Register and grab your copy of a free FlexBuilder 3 License
Adobe's :lt;mx:DevSummit/> is happening on the 10th and 11th of September, 2008. If you are as crazy about RIA Technologies, you cannot miss it... Register and you get a free Flex Builder 3 License at the summit... Abesh Bhattacharjee in Beyond SAP, Emerging Technologies, Virtual Worlds and 3D Web, Widgets [Sep. 02, 2008 02:57 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

WDA, WDJ, or Either for Interactive Integration with 3-Dimension Visualizaton Tools
You want a customer to be able to take two components in equipment or material BOMs and link out to an application that will allow interactive 3-D visualization of the two components (WITH rotation to change viewpoints.) What are the pros/cons of using WDA vs WDJ for this kind of app? David Halitsky in Industrial Machinery and Components, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Scripting Languages, Virtual Worlds and 3D Web, Visual Composer, Web Dynpro [Jul. 16, 2008 05:47 AM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

Second Life and SAP Public Sector
SAP Public Sector developed a prototype that allows users the register their real world business at the virtual town hall of their city within Second Life. In this blog we describe the goals of the project, its implementatation as well as lessons learned along the way. Alexander Bachmann in Public Sector, Virtual Worlds and 3D Web [Jul. 07, 2008 12:17 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

New Approaches to Virtual Worlds
Besides Second Life a couple of other virtual worlds exist, which offer exciting features like OpenOffice support, in-world browsing of the internet or phone calls out of the world. In this blog I want to introduce you to Qwaq, Sun's Project Wonderland, and OpenSim. Alexander Bachmann in Public Sector, Virtual Worlds and 3D Web [Jul. 04, 2008 08:30 PM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Café Innovation – Accountants are Second Lifers now!
Organizations should take notice of the fact that conservative professions are actively embracing emerging trends that are based on people-centric use of technology. This is essential in preparing the organization to take advantage of Enterprise SOA and Web 2.0 capabilities. Puneet Suppal in Beginner, SAP Developer Network, Professional Services, Organizational Change Management, ERP, Service-Oriented Architecture, Community Day, Business Process Management, Business Process Expert, Beyond SAP, Virtual Worlds and 3D Web [Jun. 30, 2008 05:21 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Community Clubhouse on SmallWorlds
I have spend some time working on this...SAP Community Clubhouse inside SmallWorlds... Alvaro Tejada Galindo in Beyond SAP, Ranting, Virtual Worlds and 3D Web [Jun. 09, 2008 12:11 PM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Café Innovation – Collaborative Communities must necessarily extend beyond your (fire)walls
In a fast-evolving environment where technology is increasingly people-centric, the emphasis on collaborative communities must be given its due if an organization is to succeed in doing “Business Beyond Boundaries.” Puneet Suppal in Business Process Expert, Virtual Worlds and 3D Web, SAP TechEd, SAP SAPPHIRE, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Developer Network, Organizational Change Management, Knowledge Management (KM), ERP, Service-Oriented Architecture, Community Projects, Community Day, Business Solutions, Business Process Modeling, Business Process Management, Visual Composer [May. 26, 2008 09:53 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Talkin’ through the Machine: Thoughts on Indirect NetWeaver Participation in Social Computing Environments
This blog deals with ideas concerning the usage of NetWeaver system to create social networks in corporate settings. Richard Hirsch1 in Beyond SAP, Emerging Technologies, Ranting, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Virtual Worlds and 3D Web [Feb. 07, 2008 12:25 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

BPX in Action Cartoon available
This blog describes the creation of a cartoon book that accompanies the SDN/BPX Community Project. Richard Hirsch1 in Beyond SAP, Business Process Expert, Ranting, SAP Developer Network, Virtual Worlds and 3D Web [Feb. 01, 2008 03:17 PM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Collaboration scenarios for virtual worlds
Collaboration scenarios are a great strength of virtual worlds, so they could help in scenarios, where virtual teams have to collaborate. Martin Guenther in Beyond SAP, Emerging Technologies, Virtual Worlds and 3D Web [Dec. 18, 2007 11:22 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Distributed Teams and Online Gaming
Online games and widely distributed teams have many similarities. How can an enterprise best use them. Bill Logan in Application Server, Emerging Technologies, Virtual Worlds and 3D Web [Nov. 13, 2007 07:53 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Virtual Finance Forum
Today I am away at an event, and all from the comfort of my own office - have a a look at my first thoughts on the Virtual Finance Forum. Craig Cmehil in Business Process Expert, Virtual Worlds and 3D Web [Nov. 06, 2007 02:59 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

majority desk - get your wiihands on!
At this year's demo jam, Dan McWeeney and I showed off a crazy little project called Majority Desk. The crowd was pumped and demo jam was a blast. Ed Herrmann in Beyond SAP, Emerging Technologies, Python, SAP Developer Network, SAP TechEd, Virtual Worlds and 3D Web, Widgets [Oct. 08, 2007 09:10 PM | 5 Comments | Permalink]

The Second Life of TechEd: And Then There's the Dancing...
Not in Las Vegas? Not to worry. I found TechEd in SAP Second Life at last. Come read about the Business KPIs session that I attended in Second Life today, even though I couldn't hear it... Moya Watson in SAP TechEd, Virtual Worlds and 3D Web [Oct. 02, 2007 01:12 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Don't Make Me Come to Vegas: Searching for SAP TechEd in Second Life
Las Vegas is great for a lot of things. Like the Cirque. And the desert. And... SAP TechEd. But times are changing and this year I'm looking for Vegas without leaving my seat. Come see if I've found it yet. Moya Watson in SAP TechEd, Virtual Worlds and 3D Web [Oct. 01, 2007 04:13 PM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

SAP TechEd meet David Lincourt and the Defense Widget in Second Life
The next in a series of upcoming SAP TechEd/Second Life sessions, join me, David Lincourt and Marilyn Pratt for a conversation around the "Defense Widget" Craig Cmehil in Business Process Expert, Defense, SAP TechEd, Virtual Worlds and 3D Web [Sep. 29, 2007 10:31 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Las Vegas Adobe and SDN RIA Hacker Night update!
UPDATED We've now finalized the agenda for Las Vegas and the SDN and Adobe RIA Hacker Night, spaces are almost all gone and I'm betting when you read this you are gonna want one of the last slots... Craig Cmehil in SAP Developer Network, SAP TechEd, Virtual Worlds and 3D Web [Sep. 27, 2007 11:43 PM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

The Enterprise Architect's World - Episode 58
Web 3.0 is here to stay. Semantic web is not unreal. Life looks good! Iyengar Karthik in Service-Oriented Architecture, SAP xApps, Virtual Worlds and 3D Web, Widgets [Sep. 27, 2007 03:04 AM | 3 Comments | Audio Download Media | Permalink]

SAP TechEd meet Second Life and Business KPI's
Not sure if you caught it but Nadim just announced the session he is doing at the Las Vegas SAP TechEd funny thing is though he's not actually going to be in Las Vegas. Craig Cmehil in Business Process Expert, SAP TechEd, Virtual Worlds and 3D Web [Sep. 27, 2007 01:14 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

September 20 - IBM To Bridge Realities, Stage Trans World Event Today
Recently a new conference series has started within the Metaverse, specifically Second Life and we have the fortune to be involved in a few different aspects, more I hope in the near future. Craig Cmehil in Beyond SAP, Business Process Expert, SAP Developer Network, Virtual Worlds and 3D Web [Sep. 20, 2007 06:14 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Expansion and new adventures...
I've been dropping several hints about new things coming for awhile now, probably going on 3 weeks so now it's time to show a little something as well. Craig Cmehil in Business Process Expert, Community Day, SAP Developer Network, SAP TechEd, Virtual Worlds and 3D Web [Sep. 16, 2007 02:54 PM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Don't forget - TONIGHT at 5:30 PM EST or 2:30 PM PDT
Don't miss it, come join me while I have a chat with Thomas Jung and Rich Heilman LIVE in... Craig Cmehil in ABAP, SAP Developer Network, Virtual Worlds and 3D Web [Aug. 27, 2007 02:04 PM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

IBM sees future in virtual worlds
Virtual worlds might change our future collaboration models and communication experiences Martin Guenther in Beyond SAP, Emerging Technologies, Interoperability IBM, Knowledge Management (KM), Virtual Worlds and 3D Web [Aug. 24, 2007 10:11 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

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