Conference Planning 2012, Bricks and Mortar
Continuing the riveting saga of assembling a coherent conference program out of over 2,000 abstract submissions, we do a deep dive into the behind the scenes planning process. Not to mention the food, fun and frivolities. Jim Spath in ABAP, Application Lifecycle Management, Community Day, Master Data Management (MDM), SAP SAPPHIRE [Jan. 22, 2012 11:32 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

The Fifth Element of Conference Planning
This will be the fifth year I've blogged about ASUG Annual Conference (and Sapphire) planning. What's new and different this year? What's old and tired? We shall see, shan't we? Jim Spath in Mobile, SAP SAPPHIRE, Sustainability [Jan. 17, 2012 07:03 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

The Technosocial Network
SAP Mentors and SAP Mentors Initiative S. Khanna in SAP Developer Network, SAP SAPPHIRE, SAP TechEd [Dec. 21, 2011 07:47 PM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

SAP Influencer Summit Preview: the 'Force Multiplier' Effect on Mobile
Eric Lai in Mobile, SAP Developer Network, SAP EcoHub, SAP SAPPHIRE [Dec. 12, 2011 02:02 PM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Café Innovation – The beginning of the end for the struggle with big data
SAP Business Warehouse (BW) can now run on HANA instead of a traditional database. This can have potentially revolutionary benefits for any business that relies on analytics that is based on this data. This can be especially useful in uncertain economic times. Puneet Suppal in Analytics, Business Process Expert, In-Memory Business Data Management, SAP SAPPHIRE, SAP TechEd [Nov. 28, 2011 08:20 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

ASUG Annual Conference 2012: Call for Presentations is now Open!
#ASUG2012 ASUG Annual Conference Call for Presentations is now open! ASUG Volunteers look forward to reading your abstracts. Read below for more information and tips for abstract submissions. Tammy Powlas in ABAP, Business Intelligence (BusinessObjects), Dashboard Design (Xcelsius), Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, SAP SAPPHIRE [Nov. 27, 2011 08:20 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Red Bull's Migration of a BW to a BW-on-HANA System
In his TECHED / SAPPHIRE NOW keynote, Vishal had invited Red Bull to show the first BW-on-HANA system running at a customer site. While one can argue that this effort has been realized with some of the best experts that are available it has not been rocket science and is an excellent showcase of how things can work out if properly planned and implemented. This blog documents the process. Thomas Zurek in Enterprise Data Warehousing/Business Warehouse, In-Memory Business Data Management, SAP SAPPHIRE, SAP TechEd [Nov. 23, 2011 09:00 AM | 5 Comments | Permalink]

What it means to me to be an SAP Mentor
Being an SAP Mentor Mentor means more to me than I can describe in one sentence. Hence, I dedicated a full blog to it that includes highlights about the mentor program and my personal journey (documented by many pictures). Natascha Thomson in Business Process Expert, SAP Developer Network, SAP SAPPHIRE, SAP TechEd, Social Media and Social Networks [Nov. 18, 2011 06:34 PM | 13 Comments | Permalink]

Impressions from SAPPHIRE NOW + SAP TechEd - Madrid 2011
In more than one way events like SAP TechEd or SAPPHIRE NOW remind me of weddings. I mean, hey, you spend months preparing for the big moment and then - bang - the event is over before you even realize it... Matthias Steiner in Improving My Experience, SAP SAPPHIRE, SAP TechEd [Nov. 18, 2011 09:35 AM | 14 Comments | Permalink]

Culture Jamming SAP
Jonathan Becher recently quoted Peter Drucker: "Culture eats strategy for breakfast!". I realized that one of the greatest things the SAP Mentors do is jam SAP culture. They nudge us to be more open, sharing, collaborating, co-innovative and fun. Mark Finnern in SAP SAPPHIRE, SAP TechEd [Nov. 16, 2011 08:36 AM | 11 Comments | Permalink]

SAPTechEd, The aftermath
I'm very excited on the technological direction of SAP, but I can't help but voicing some critical remarks on each of them. Read my afterthoughts of SAPTechEd Madrid 2011 here. Tom Van Doorslaer in In-Memory Business Data Management, SAP NetWeaver Gateway, SAP SAPPHIRE, SAP TechEd [Nov. 14, 2011 03:07 AM | 6 Comments | Permalink]

Will Being More Inclusive Drive Innovation?
Inspired by the "Embracing Inclusion – Driving Innovation (with Design Thinking)" event at SAPPHIRE NOW/SAP TechEd Madrid, SAP Mentor Thorsten Franz tries to shed some light on the topic of inclusion. Whom to include, and how? Why and how might this drive innovation? As always, there is a short and a long answer, and Thorsten spares you none. Thorsten Franz in Beyond SAP, Career Center, Ranting, SAP SAPPHIRE, SAP TechEd [Nov. 13, 2011 03:56 PM | 5 Comments | Permalink]

My thoughts on SAP Teched Madrid from a PI perspective(mostly)
My thoughts on #SAPTECHED and #SAPPHIRENOW from a SAP Process Integration (PI) perspective. Daniel Graversen in SAP Process Integration (PI), SAP SAPPHIRE, SAP TechEd [Nov. 13, 2011 01:37 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Mind-changing and actionable: Embracing Inclusion - Driving Innovation Event at SAPPHIRE NOW/SAP TechEd Madrid
I was the only guy on the Inclusion/Women in Technology discussion panel at SAPPHIRENOW/SAP TechEd 2011 in Madrid, and I survived to tell the tale. It was actually a mind-changing event for me, one of those rare occasions that make me reconsider many of my established assumptions and judgments and see things in a new light. Let me share with you why. Thorsten Franz in Ranting, SAP SAPPHIRE, SAP TechEd [Nov. 11, 2011 04:32 PM | 19 Comments | Permalink]

3 lessons learnt from Sapphirenow in Madrid
Sapphire in Madrid was my first large SAP event. I thought it useful to provide some lessons learnt for those who are planning on attending a similar event in the future. Mark Chalfen in Beginner, SAP SAPPHIRE, SAP TechEd, SAP TechTour [Nov. 11, 2011 03:14 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

What were people at Sapphirenow saying about the new release strategy?
Do you really know the full implications of the new release strategy SAP have announced? This blog looks at the view of SAP Product Managers around the impact the new strategy will have for customers. Mark Chalfen in Enhancement Packages, ERP, Ranting, SAP Business Suite, SAP SAPPHIRE [Nov. 11, 2011 03:14 AM | 11 Comments | Permalink]

Technology Innovation at SAPPHIRE NOW: SAP HANA
In my second post of my SAPPHIRE NOW blog series I’d like to have a closer look on everybody's darling: SAP HANA. Matthias Steiner in In-Memory Business Data Management, SAP SAPPHIRE, SAP TechEd [Nov. 10, 2011 06:08 AM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

SAPPHIRENOW and TECHED 2011 Madrid - Report Outs
Here is a collection of my daily reports from Madrid, from my personal blog Vijay Vijayasankar in SAP SAPPHIRE, SAP TechEd [Nov. 09, 2011 07:08 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

#SAPTeched day 1 for a SAP PI developers
My thoughts on the first day of SAP Teched madrid form a SAP PI perspective. Daniel Graversen in SAP Process Integration (PI), SAP SAPPHIRE, SAP TechEd [Nov. 08, 2011 10:37 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Smalltalk explained
Small talk is a good way to get to know other people, and it does not need to be that hard. This blog describes a few tips to make it easier to engage. Daniel Graversen in Beyond SAP, SAP SAPPHIRE, SAP TechEd [Nov. 07, 2011 07:50 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Online Program Guide: SAPPHIRE NOW + SAP TechEd Madrid
Looking ahead SAPPHIRE NOW + SAP TechEd Madrid this week, here is a snapshot of the live broadcast schedule and some helpful links. Don’t miss the opportunity to watch event highlights from the convenience of your desk. Christine Godek in SAP SAPPHIRE, SAP TechEd [Nov. 07, 2011 05:52 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Accelerated Application Delivery - SAPPHIRE /TechED- enhance the performance of your SAP applications
Accelerated Application Delivery for SAP NetWeaver (AccAD)is SAPs WAN network optimization tool - helping the SAP customers overcome WAN related pains worldwide. This blog gives a short overview as to AccAD and invites you to come and hear more about it during the different sessions at TechED SAPphire Madrid. Smadar Ludomirski in ERP, Enterprise Portal (EP), SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP SAPPHIRE, SAP TechEd [Nov. 06, 2011 05:31 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Damned If You Do And Damned If You Do Not
Some brief and belated thoughts about the "Embracing Inclusion Event" held last month in SAP TechEd Las Vegas 2011 Marilyn Pratt in Community Projects, SAP Developer Network, SAP SAPPHIRE, SAP TechEd [Nov. 05, 2011 06:21 PM | 7 Comments | Permalink]

SAP Train Race - Day 2
After most people staying at the training venue well after 11PM the previous night, Saturday morning came all too quickly. However, no sleep deprivation or jetlag would keep our industrious developers from getting right back to work on their NetWeaver Gateway applications promptly at 7AM... Somya Kapoor in ABAP, SAP NetWeaver Gateway, SAP SAPPHIRE, SAP TechEd [Nov. 05, 2011 05:59 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

SAP Train Race - Day 1
The sun is setting on the SAP Train Challenge here in Paris and it's been an exciting and eventful first day. - The morning started with the 12 teams gathering for an informal meet and greet over breakfast and coffee before we got down to work configuring systems in order to connect to the Gateway servers... The first training session of the day focused on the creation of NetWeaver Gateway services and was presented by SAP's own Jeff Gebo. It was followed by best practices from race sponsors Microsoft and Adobe on how to best consume those service in their native client environments, including Adobe FlashBuilder, Windows Phone 7, Windows Azure & Microsoft Kinect. All three interactive sessions provided plenty of opportunity for great feedback and questions. A little after 5PM the training concluded and Somya Kapoor kicked off the next phase of the event by issuing the SAP Train Race challenge. The excitement in the classroom was palpable as teams were noticeably anxious to start developing their winning solutions. Social Media channels were abuzz all day with over 51,000 Twitter impressions generated by the #SAPTrainRace Twitter tag in the last 24hrs alone. Thank you to top Tweeters: @paulabrahamson, @_jaws_, @rakdube, @lhz_it, @itelligence_de, @r0b3r70nl, & @mark_kelsall. In addition, multiple blogs documenting the event, including some from race participants Owen Pettiford (Comprise IT) and the dynamic team from iTelligence. A special thank you also goes out to Robert Lewandowski for the beautifully artistic Facebook photos of the host city! http://www.facebook.com/spintext. We look forward to tomorrow when participants have the opportunity to get hands-on with the technology as teams spend the day working alongside mentors from SAP, Microsoft, and Adobe to develop their POC. Visit our Facebook page to see some more photos of the event. SAP Train Race in ABAP, SAP NetWeaver Gateway, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP SAPPHIRE, SAP TechEd [Nov. 04, 2011 10:31 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Supply Chain, Procurement Run Better at SAPPHIRE NOW
Mobile, analytics and in-memory now feed SAP’s remarkable double-digit earnings spree. How do these cutting edge technologies play with the company’s other bread n’ butter solutions like supply chain and procurement? Tim Clark in Procurement and SRM, SAP SAPPHIRE [Nov. 04, 2011 06:14 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Read this if coming to SAPPHIRE NOW + TechEd in Madrid
Four personal tips to optimize your visit to Madrid Luis Felipe Lanz in SAP Developer Network, SAP EcoHub, SAP SAPPHIRE, SAP TechEd [Nov. 03, 2011 05:40 AM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

SAP Train Race Begins This Week in Paris
The SAP Train Race is now only a few days away and 12 Teams from around the world, including the United Kingdom, Spain, The Netherlands, Germany, United States, India, & Japan, are decending on Paris and getting ready to ride. SAP Train Race in ABAP, SAP NetWeaver Gateway, SAP SAPPHIRE, SAP TechEd [Oct. 31, 2011 04:05 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Sessions for SAP PI at Teched Madrid
A list of sessions that are relevant for SAP PI professionals. Daniel Graversen in SAP Process Integration (PI), SAP SAPPHIRE, SAP TechEd [Oct. 31, 2011 01:50 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Deadline for SCNotties Madrid 2011: October 31!
Last chance to submit a SCNotties video for 2011. Have some question about the awards? I compiled an FAQ. Sylvia Santelli in Beginner, Community Projects, SAP SAPPHIRE, SAP TechEd [Oct. 27, 2011 09:25 PM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

Real Sustainability Solutions Showcased at SAPPHIRE NOW from Madrid
Judging from the quality and quantity of sustainability customers presenting at the Run Better campus at SAPPHIRE NOW from Madrid, attendees will walk away green with envy. Tim Clark in SAP SAPPHIRE [Oct. 26, 2011 12:44 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

What Does it Mean to Run Better at SAPPHIRE NOW from Madrid?
By now, most of you have experienced SAP’s rockin’ “Run Better” television ad campaign, a succession of high-profile brands doing what they do best set to the strains of “Do It” from The Mooney Suzuki. I love the commercial because it’s an in-your-face reminder that brands do matter, will always remain a part of our lives, and by the way, the biggest, boldest brands on the planet run better with SAP. But can SAP’s glitzy TV commercial back its “run better” claims? As the Run Better Social Media Ambassador for SAPPHIRE NOW Madrid, I’m here to answer that question, starting with this blog. Tim Clark in SAP SAPPHIRE [Oct. 19, 2011 11:14 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

SAP Mentor Outreach is now available on JQuery Mobile
@ivanfemia presents to SCN tha porting of SAP Mentor Outreach on JQuery Mobile in order to make it available not only to Android and iOS users. Ivan Femia in Community Projects, Emerging Technologies, Mobile, SAP SAPPHIRE, SAP TechEd [Oct. 18, 2011 12:22 AM | 6 Comments | Permalink]

SAP TechEd Las Vegas Decompression & Looking forward to SAP TechEd Bangalore Podcast : Episode 3
A podcast series about what was good / could be better about SAP TechEd Las Vegas and what should be expect in 2 weeks from SAP TechEd Bangalore... Abesh Bhattacharjee in Community Day, SAP Developer Network, SAP SAPPHIRE, SAP TechEd [Oct. 10, 2011 12:43 AM | 0 Comments | Download Media | Permalink]

SAP TechEd Las Vegas Decompression & Looking forward to SAP TechEd Bangalore Podcast : Episode 2
A podcast series about what was good / could be better about SAP TechEd Las Vegas and what should be expect in 2 weeks from SAP TechEd Bangalore... Abesh Bhattacharjee in Community Day, SAP Developer Network, SAP SAPPHIRE, SAP TechEd [Oct. 05, 2011 10:25 AM | 1 Comments | Download Media | Permalink]

Boarding Call for Technology and Innovation to SAPPHIRE NOW from Madrid!
In this first of a series of pre-SAPPHIRE NOW blog posts as the Social Ambassador for the Technology Innovation Campus, I face the challenge to talk about two very sensitive topics: innovation and myself. Matthias Steiner in Emerging Technologies, Improving My Experience, SAP SAPPHIRE, SAP TechEd [Oct. 05, 2011 05:22 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Adobe Sponsoring the SAP Train Race Gateway Event!
Learn more about the SAP NetWeaver Gateway plug in for Adobe Flash Builder and how you can join the pre-release. Adobe is also sponsoring the SAP Train Race which is a three day training and contest just before Tech Ed Madrid in November. Doug Massa in ABAP, Eclipse, SAP NetWeaver Gateway, SAP SAPPHIRE, SAP TechEd [Oct. 04, 2011 12:34 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

SAP TechEd Las Vegas Decompression & Looking forward to SAP TechEd Bangalore Podcast : Episode 1
A podcast series about what was good / could be better about SAP TechEd Las Vegas and what should be expect in 2 weeks from SAP TechEd Bangalore... Abesh Bhattacharjee in Community Day, In-Memory Business Data Management, SAP Developer Network, SAP SAPPHIRE, SAP TechEd [Oct. 04, 2011 02:04 AM | 0 Comments | Download Media | Permalink]

Café Innovation – From intentions to reality: The SAP Tech Ed experience in 2011
SAP’s push into Mobility and In-Memory computing was, in the past, looked upon appreciatively but also with some skepticism. This year the Tech Ed experience has effectively dismissed any lingering doubts about how these can serve SAP’s customers. These are no longer mere good intentions – they are rapidly becoming reality. Puneet Suppal in Beyond SAP, In-Memory Business Data Management, Mobile, SAP SAPPHIRE, SAP TechEd [Sep. 27, 2011 05:40 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

What's trending at any #SAP event: Can #hana compute the answer?
Sometimes a wild thought can “trend”, there is no barriers to how wild you can think, this blog focuses on how you can leverage #HANA to compute and display “what’s trending” at any SAP event, don’t go by my UI and dashboard, there are better UI designers inside SAP, if someone can buy this thought, implementation is just yards away. The buzz words are #social #socialbiz #SN and the hashtags are #sapteched #sapphirenow #sapwt #hana #mobility we need to mine out those important event driven tweets to help folks understand “what’s trending” Tridip Chakraborthy in Community Projects, SAP Developer Network, SAP SAPPHIRE, SAP TechEd, Social Media and Social Networks [Sep. 23, 2011 01:56 PM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Accelerated Application Delivery - TechED - enhance the performance of your SAP applications
Accelerated Application Delivery for SAP NetWeaver (AccAD)is SAPs WAN netowrk optimization tool - helping the SAP customers overcome WAN related pains worldwide. This blog gives a short overview as to AccAD and invites you to come and hear more about it during the different sessions at TechED. Smadar Ludomirski in Co-Innovation Lab, Enterprise Portal (EP), ERP, SAP SAPPHIRE, SAP TechEd [Sep. 12, 2011 03:18 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Who do you want to meet at #SAPTeched11
Who do you want to meet at SAP Teched. This is my video about who I want to meet. Daniel Graversen in SAP Developer Network, SAP Network TV, SAP Process Integration (PI), SAP SAPPHIRE, SAP TechEd [Sep. 06, 2011 02:51 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

TechEd? SAPPHIRE? Madrid? Las Vegas? Which one should you go to?
There's SAPPHIRE and TechEd in Madrid, plus TechEd in Vegas. The content and events are a bit different between the locations - but which is right for you? John Appleby in SAP SAPPHIRE, SAP TechEd [Aug. 12, 2011 02:12 PM | 8 Comments | Permalink]

Solution Manager 7.1 at SAPPHIRE NOW 2011
The Sapphire Now 2011 announcment that almost went unnoticed. Tony De Thomasis in Application Lifecycle Management, SAP SAPPHIRE [Jun. 24, 2011 03:29 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Sapphire Now 2011 Wrap-up
My Sapphire 2011 wrap-up Tony De Thomasis in SAP SAPPHIRE [Jun. 16, 2011 02:35 AM | 6 Comments | Permalink]

Supplier and procurement 20XX
SAP procurement has grown multifold and changed lifes of people associated with them specially vendors. PARAG.KANSAL in Procurement and SRM, SAP SAPPHIRE, SAP TechEd [Jun. 13, 2011 06:56 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Ohhhh Cruel dilemma : SAPPHIRE NOW or SAP TechEd ?
A innocent question to all the SAP events wizards : the blue pill (SAPPHIRE NOW) or the red one (SAP TechEd) ? Eric LEDU in Dear aBI, ERP, SAP Developer Network, SAP SAPPHIRE, SAP TechEd [Jun. 13, 2011 06:43 AM | 20 Comments | Permalink]

Converting my lessons learned from Sapphire into compelling future architectures
This blog describes a unified architecture design based on the technical innovations described at the recent Sapphire and which enable SAP to meet two specific challenges that it faces in the near future. This architecture focuses on customer-facing micro-applications – preferably mobile - that use data from OnPremise environments (either via Gateway or HANA in the Cloud) that are hosted on the OnDemand Edge PaaS environment. Richard Hirsch1 in Emerging Technologies, On Demand and Software as a Service (SaaS), SAP SAPPHIRE, SAP NetWeaver Gateway [Jun. 11, 2011 03:12 AM | 16 Comments | Permalink]

Café Innovation – Mobility and reinventing processes
Mobility is challenging many traditional paradigms of computing and information exchange. In turn, it can unleash serious transformational forces within more traditional environments. Often this requires support of a more revolutionary data store model that can support the emerging solutions more dynamically. Businesses seeking to innovate should seriously look at existing process models and consider revolutionizing them with mobility for this could lead to significant advantages. Puneet Suppal in Healthcare, In-Memory Business Data Management, Mobile, SAP NetWeaver Gateway, SAP SAPPHIRE [Jun. 09, 2011 11:50 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

SAP Portal at SAPPHIRENOW and ASUG 2011
At SAPPHIRE NOW and the ASUG annual conference 2011 the SAP Portal was well presented with several very interesting sessions about 7.0 and 7.3 Tobias Hofmann in Enterprise Portal (EP), Interoperability, Knowledge Management (KM), Mobile, SAP SAPPHIRE [Jun. 09, 2011 07:10 AM | 6 Comments | Permalink]