Gladiator versus Barn Raising InnoCentive versus ESME style Innovation
With InnoCentive we have introduced a new way to innovate on SCN. At the same time and place SAP TechEd in Las Vegas, ESME was introduced that is built on a different innovation model. This blog is trying to look at the two models and what the consequences are if you choose one over the other. Oct. 3, 2008
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Welcome New SAP Mentors Fall 2008
We called for recommendations, we crosschecked and did some internal voodoo and it gives me a great pleasure to introduce to you our new SAP Mentors. Oct. 1, 2008
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Community Research by Rubicon Consulting
When we started SDN and I joined the team, there was Harry Max consulting us from O'Reilly. He helped me tremendously to grow into the community guy that I became. Tonight I had the chance to be part of en event where his new stomping ground Rubicon Consulting was introducing research they did around Online Communities. Sep. 25, 2008
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Do Europeans not get the value of Networking?
Darren Hague made my day with his Community Day
Changed My Life post. Still, it is like pushing a Hummer up one of San Francisco's hills to get people to come. Especially in Europe. This post tries to answer the question why the Community Day is less popular in Europe. Sep. 25, 2008
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SAP Mentor Monday: Michal Krawczyk influencing SAP Software
If you have been around SCN for a while you know about Michal
Krawczyk. He won Top Contributor Award for his activities in XI/PI for
three years. Wrote the most read SCN blog post of all times: XI/PI FAQ
(Frequently Asked Questions). It looks like his code just made it into the SAP standard. See him tell the story. Sep. 22, 2008
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SAP Community Day Las Vegas Agenda at a Glance
Update Sept. 02: Moved some sessions arround, biggest one is Jimmy Wales now early afternoon at 2pm. The popular Mentor hands-on sessions have been extended to 40 participants. Vishal Sikka wanted 45 minutes for his Timeless Software session which we gladly provied. Check out the rest of the agenda. Sep. 2, 2008
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Timeless Software talk by SAP CTO Vishal Sikka at Community Day in Las Vegas
When we asked the SAP Mentors whom they would like to talk to the most, on top of their list was SAP's CTO Vishal Sikka. This is why am especially happy that he will present at the Community Day in Las Vegas.
Aug. 27, 2008
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Courious about ESME?
The Enterprise Small Messaging Experiment (ESME) is having quite the momentum before it is even presented for the first time at the TechEd Demo Jam. Come to Community Day to get the behind the scene look at the technology as well as at the success factors for this collaboration. Aug. 25, 2008
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What would you ask Jimmy Wales at SAP Community Day in Las Vegas?
Special treat for Community Day Las Vegas participants: Jimmy Wales will do a Q&A session before he is keynoting at SAP TechEd on Monday the 8th of September. What shall we ask him? Aug. 18, 2008
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Results Community Day Questionnaire Las Vegas 2007
“This is worth the TechEd event fee alone.” This and many more feedback from the Community Day Las Vegas 2007 Questionnaire as well as what we are going to change because of it. Aug. 4, 2008
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Come to Community Day Only
Update: Details for Community Day Berlin only posted. One of the goals for Community Day is to make it affordable to you to come, meet, have sessions with the top contributors and SAP Mentors even if your company is not sending you to the big SAP TechEd. Jul. 18, 2008
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Cool Sessions at Community Day Las Vegas
Anyone interested in the following session: Non-OOP ABAP programming - "Old ABAP" - Discussion on tips and tricks used for existing programs. Join us at the SDN Day part of the Community Day in Las Vegas. It is hosted by your fellow SDNer Michelle Crapo Jul. 8, 2008
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SDN Day Hands-On Session Webinar Replay
So you just missed the SAP Mentor Dream Team SDN Day Hands-On Sessions webinar, that was introducing this year's SDN Day SAP Mentor Hands on sessions by Thomas Jung, Dan McWeeney, Ed Herrmann and Rick Heilman? No problem, check out the recording. Jul. 2, 2008
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Nominate the Next SAP Mentor
So you know this amazing SAP Expert, who knows his stuff, is
an excellent communicator and helps out whenever needed in the community. You
think to yourself: Why isn’t (S)he an SAP Mentor. Well now you can nominate your favorite SAP Expert to become
one. Jul. 1, 2008
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SAP Mentor Dream Team SDN Day Hands-On Sessions
Update: Check out the Webinar replay
One
of the most exciting things we do this year at the SDN
Day is a series of one hour cutting edge technology hands-on sessions held
by a dream team of SAP
Mentors Check in next Wednesday the 2nd of July 8am PST where all 4 of them will introduce the concept and their sessions. Jul. 1, 2008
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Community Day Magic
For me the best day of every TechEd is the Community Day. It is smaller more intimate and magic happens every time. The sad thing is most TechEd participants don't even know that it exists or how much they could benefit from being there.
Jun. 26, 2008
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From Internet to Socialnet
When we were selecting a wiki solution for SDN a couple of years ago, we also checked out JotSpot which back then was lead by Joe Kraus. As their focus was on hosting, it wasn’t a good fit for us. He was one of the speakers at Supernova 2008 and I had the opportunity to catch up with him after his talk. Jun. 20, 2008
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SAP Developer Challenge Post Crowdsourced via Twitter
Let's see if we can let Twitter write this blog post ;-) Thanks to dhague, matzeller, thomas_jung, RichHeilman and marilynpratt, ewH. These are their Twitter names. They do interesting stuff, go and follow them. Jun. 10, 2008
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SAP Developer Challenge Demo Jam Teams and Demos
Here is the list of all teams and their demos for everyone at the Ustream.TV session: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/sap-developer-challenge-demo-jam-2008 Jun. 9, 2008
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SAP Developer Challange Demo Jam 2008 Webcast
The Demo Jam of the SAP Developer Challenge 2008 is less than 4 hours away. It starts at 4:30 PST. For your viewing pleasure we are webcasting it via UStream.tv. Point your favorite browser to the following address: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/sap-developer-challenge-demo-jam-2008 Jun. 9, 2008
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SAP Developer Challenge Theme Two: Sustainability/Green IT
The other day someone asked me about innovation at SAP and I had to think about it. Listening to Narina Sippy presenting Green IT at the SAP Developer Challenge, I was really wowed by how much is going on and how nicely the demand from that area plays to our strengths. Jun. 6, 2008
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SAP Developer Challenge Theme One: Social Computing
We were happy to have Shel Israel here to talk about Social Computing. He knows a thing or two, as he has done the Global SAP Survey about on his blog about it. Jun. 5, 2008
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SAP Developer Challenge Kick-Off
Just arrived at the Developer Challenge at the round of introduction of all participants. For the first time we have opened up to customers and partners to be part of it too. Jun. 5, 2008
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American Developer
I can't believe that the SAP Developer Challenge 2008 happening in Palo Alto is not even a week away. Mixed teams from customers, partners and SAP employees will code from Thursday, through the weekend to come up with a cool solution to be presented at the Demo Jam that Monday afternoon. It is a bit like American Idol for SAP developers. May. 30, 2008
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Welcome 14 New SAP Mentors
In the last month we have added 14 additional SAP Mentors. Please welcome them to this exclusive group. May. 14, 2008
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SAP Mentor Moments at Sapphire/ASUG'08 in Orlando
It was the first time that we organized some events for the SAP Mentors being present at Sapphire/ASUG Conference in Orlando. Here are my favorite Mentor moments. May. 8, 2008
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Native Language Blog Posts
English: We did a little experiment with a couple of native language blogs and forums.
Deutsch: Wir haben ein bischen mit nicht English sprachigen Blogs und Forums experimentiert. May. 2, 2008
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Be a part of the 2008 SAP Developer Challenge!
North American SAP Labs developers join forces with SAP customer and partner developers in the SAP 2008 Developer Challenge; be a part of it! From June 5 through 9 in Palo Alto. Update: What where we thinking putting our application deadline on the US Tax Day :-( Our sincere apologies. New Deadline for your application is 22nd of April.
Apr. 14, 2008
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ASUG NetWeaver Influence Council and Strategy Sessions
If you like to influence SAP NetWeaver Development, and I know you do ;-), please join the ASUG NetWeaver Influence Council and Strategy Sessions at the ASUG Conference in May. Apr. 8, 2008
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Mobile Community Unconference
Here are my notes from the Mobile Community Unconference today. We are planning for our next Community Days, so it was interesting to see how this one was run. Mar. 20, 2008
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SAP Ecosystem All Star Team at the SAP Forum in Brazil
According to the Financial Times Brazil
just surpassed China as the biggest emerging market. How timely for an SAP Ecosystem All-Star Team to participate in Brazil's SAP
Forum 2008 an SAP TechEd like event for South America. Mar. 7, 2008
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Geeks and Suits SAP Salon
If you liked the SAP Salon this week with Sean O'Driscoll please mark your calendar: March 26th 10am to 11:30am PST we will host the authors Minda Zetlin and Bill Pfleging. We will do a session around their Book the Geek Gap. Some of you may remember them from the Community Day in Las Vegas where we had a lively discussion around this theme. We are really happy to have them again, this time in Palo Alto. Update: Please RSVP for the event. Feb. 28, 2008
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SAP Salon: Social Media and Online Communities
Social Media and Online Communities: If you could only leverage what your customers know. Microsoft's community expert Sean O'Driscoll will introduce his experience and vision at an SAP Salon next Tuesday 26th of February 11:30 at SAP Labs in Palo Alto. Feb. 19, 2008
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Wipro CEO Azim Premji presenting at SAP Labs
The Indian ISV Wipro lead by Kartik Iyengar were the first ones to realize and use the SDN potential. Today Wipro CEO Azim Premji presented at Labs. I had to check that out. Here are my notes. Feb. 1, 2008
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Two New SAP Mentors from the Business Objects Community
Update:There were problems with accessing the podcasts. We are hosting them now on our own servers. Enjoy.
Please welcome two new additions to our very selective group
of SAP
Mentors. We are welcoming and embracing the Business Objects community on
every level. Therefore we are happy that Brian Bischof and Ingo Hilgefort are our newest SAP Mentors. Ingo just came back from giving a two week training in Australia and Brian is using a wiki to improve his Crystal books. Jan. 28, 2008
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Democratizing Collaborative Design
Professor Gerhard Fischer from Center for LifeLong Learning & Design was at SAP Labs today talking about: Democratizing Collaborative Design: Meta-Design, Social Creativity, and the Long–Tail Jan. 16, 2008
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Long Now Talk: Embracing Uncertenty in Forecasting
The most quoted futurist alive, Paul Saffo presented Embracing Uncertainty: the secret to effective forecasting at the Long Now Seminar last night. Here are my running notes. Jan. 14, 2008
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Signal versus Noise
Mark Chalfen commented to an old Eddy De Clercq post or should I say Grumpy rant ;-) regarding the behavior in our forums. I would like to take this opportunity to point out that things have changed since. We have now a nifty 'report abuse' button: 
Jan. 11, 2008
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Two Shots from the Past
As Mark Yolton pointed out in his Blog we have over a million members now in SDN and BPX Land. A good time to look back at the beginnings with two screen shots. Dec. 10, 2007
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Gregor Wolf SAP Mentor of the Month
We don't have a SAP Mentor of the month program, but that shouldn't stop us from calling one out when one deserves it. Right now it is Gregor Wolf. If I hurry this post will be directly above his latest blog. Dec. 6, 2007
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Food for Points
It is a super proud moment for us in SDN and BPX land. Triggered by the Change the world post from SAP Mentor Nigel James we revamped our points recognition system and announced today at TechEd that we will feed school children in third world countries in part from the money we save by changing our model. Nov. 28, 2007
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My Unconference Session: Creating a Global Community at Oracle Open World
So SAP was at Oracle World and there was quite some fun to
be had. And thank you Oracle for letting me host my Unconference Session Creating
a Global Community Nov. 25, 2007
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SAP Mentor Program
There is just too many things going on around here. I only now find the time to announce our new SAP Mentor Program that I am very excited about.
Nov. 15, 2007
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Get your Wii Hand On at Oracle Open World
Yes you read right. We are going to have the Wii-Hands at the SAP Booth at Oracle World. On Monday even SAP Mentor Dan McWeeney will attend to demo the Wiimotes used as Minority Report style user interface into SAP and to talk about co-innovation with customers at SAP. Nov. 11, 2007
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Where is Eddy?
One of the most active Community Member at TechEd in the last SAP TechEds was Eddy De Clercq also known as Grumpy.
Unfortunately Eddy was not able to come to TechEd this year. We knew that we will miss him and that he will be here in spirit. So we created a cut out almost life size version of him. Oct. 18, 2007
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Tell you friends. Plus notes from Community Day
Of course it had to happen, I just didn't thought it would already at the end of Community Day. People commenting: "Bummer, if I had known about the cool things happening at the Community Day, I would have joined." Well, for Munich it is not too late. Tell your friends to sign up. Oct. 3, 2007
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Beer from Wooden Barrels at the End of Community Day in Munich
The thing I am really looking forward to regarding the Community Day in Munich is my first beer in the evening 8 meters under the ground in the cellar of the city's oldest brewery. Sep. 25, 2007
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"Me MySpace and iPod" Sketch Comedy at Community Day Las Vegas
The funniest evening event of a conference by far was last year in Amsterdam at the Sketch Comedy Club Boom Chicago. I am super happy that they will entertain us with their Web2.0 show: Me MySpace and iPod this year at the Community Day in Las Vegas. Sep. 19, 2007
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CD Influence IV: SDN Meets Labs: Executive Townhall
Update: Great news. Elvira Wallis Senior Vice President Product Management SAP NetWeaver is joining fellow executives on Monday the first for the Townhall meeting and is looking forward to your questions.
SDN old timers may remember the SDN Meets Labs that we had in Palo Alto, Walldorf and Bangalore in 2005. When I met Chris Harris earlier this year in Melbourne he fondly recalled the executive panel: An open forum, where we got 4-5 of SAP executives together and for an hour asked them questions.
We are having it again at the Community Days. Sep. 18, 2007
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Tim O'Reilly Up close and Personal at the Community Day
Come and enjoy an intimate Q&A session with Tim O'Reilly at the Community Day with 300 of your close friends from SDN and BPX Land. Tim will stop by the Community Day for a 50 minute session to answer all of your questions probably in the area of Web 2.0 and SAP. Sep. 18, 2007
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Get Your Hands on more Hands-On Part II: Munich
As promised in the Get Your Hands on more Hands-On: Las Vegas here is the list of the hands-on sessions at the Community Day in Munich. In addition some pictures of the cool place we found in the center of Munich for our evening event. Can't wait to have my first beer there. Sep. 15, 2007
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Get Your Hands on more Hands-On Part One: Las Vegas
Space for hands-on sessions is limited at TechEd. Every participant can only sign up for two and everyone is guarding their vouchers like tickets to a Bruce Springsteen concert.
Can you keep a secret? There are a couple of really interesting hands-on sessions during the Community Day. Some of them available only then. Sign up and don't tell anyone. Sep. 13, 2007
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Top 3 Contributors per Category 2006/2007
Finally the list of the top 3 contributors of 2006/2007 are tallied up. Sorry it took a while. Thank you to everyone who got a some points last year, be it in the forums or via a blog or other contributions. You make this SDN and BPX Community world go round. Sep. 12, 2007
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Cyberpunk at the Community Day in Munich?
Why in the world would we invite a Science Fiction author to the SAP Community Day? Well, if that author is also a futurist, the resident visionary and blogger at Wired and a fixture at South by Southwest Interactive doing his Tuesday afternoon rant. That's why! Sep. 11, 2007
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BOF Sessions at Community Day Munich
As in Las Vegas, the Munich Bird of a Feather (BoF) session suggestions are looking really interesting. I hope to participate in many of them. Check them out. Sep. 6, 2007
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BOF Sessions at Community Day Las Vegas
Quite the Bird of a Feather session line-up for Las Vegas again this year. 24 sessions and there are still some that we are finalizing the format as we speak. Sep. 1, 2007
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Office 2.0 with You and Me and Discount is Three
SAP is sponsoring the Office 2.0 conference starting on the 5th of September in San Francisco and if you know that SDNROCKS you get a discount ;-) Aug. 27, 2007
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Top 10 SDN and BPX Contributors Season 2006/2007
The year in SDN and BPX Community Land goes from first of August to end of July. Therefore the new year just started time to tally up all the points and celebrate the Top Contributors. In this post we list the Top 10 SDNers and BPXers for 2006/2007. My next post will show the top three in all of our categories. Aug. 18, 2007
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Who is Mister SDN according to Spock?
Spock is a people search engine, that just opened up its beta gates. Of course I had to check who their top SDNer is. Guess who it is before you click through. Then comment whether you guessed right. Aug. 15, 2007
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Community Day Influence III: Speed Dating ;-)
"Networking is another word for not-working. But boy, we sure have to do a lot of it" Bruce Sterling at Siggraph in 2004. And yes boy, are we networking during Community Day. Aug. 6, 2007
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CD Influence II: Tim O'Reilly and Foo Camp
The second influence of our Community Day just before TechEd was the now famous Foo (Friends of O'Reilly) Camp of Tim O'Reilly.
This is double sweet, as Tim is going to keynote SAP TechEd in Las Vegas this year. Jul. 21, 2007
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Community Day Influence I: Burning Man
This is the first post of a series where I am sharing what influenced the format of our Community Day. Believe it or not, one influence is Burning Man, the art festival happening every year in the Nevada desert. Jul. 19, 2007
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Bloggers Killed the TV Star?
At Community Next last Saturday Timothy Ferriss talked about how he as a first time author got on the bestseller lists with his The 4-Hour Workweek book. I am surprised that no one has posted about it yet. Jul. 17, 2007
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Community Next
Community Next is not what we are planning to do with you in the coming months, but an event here in Silicon Valley that I am going to today. Jul. 14, 2007
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New/Old Community Team Member and Chief Evangelist or Community Guy
From the beginning of SDN one of my main goals was to find, nurture and bring forward the great talents that are out there in the SAP world. One day, that is my goal, if you are a great contributor on SDN or BPX you will be able to make a living from it. Jul. 13, 2007
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Community Day Bird of a Feather (BOF) Sessions
Somnath Manna asked us about the BOF sessions at the Community Day. I realized that this is still a pretty new concept and that the link to the BOF Wikipedia page may not be enough. Jul. 2, 2007
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SAP Geek Heavyweight Championships
For me the Demo Jam at SAP TechEd is like an SAP Geek Heavyweight Championship. Now is the time to get ready and throw your hat into the ring. Jun. 29, 2007
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Congratulations to Ravindra Jha and Prakrthi Kodakkal
Please welcome Ravindra Jha as the 800,000th member of this great community. Thank you Prakrthi Kodakkal for referencing him. Both of them are working for Satyam in Bangalore and shared their favorite Indian dish with us. Jun. 15, 2007
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Free TechEd and Community Day Tickets for Top Contributors
As last year the Top Contributors of SDN and BPX land get a free ticket to TechEd and Community Day. Jun. 12, 2007
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SAP Academic Symposium Quick Notes Project Session
This event is bringing together SAP Research with American and Canadian Universities. There are already 25 co-innovation projects under way and some of them are presented in rapid fire 15 minute sessions. Jun. 7, 2007
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Community Day at Mastering SAP Technology
Notes from the Communiy Day at Mastering SAP Technologies in Melbourne. Jun. 5, 2007
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800K SDN Member Coming Up
Wow, are we growing. Last weeks count shows that our community is 792,043 members strong. Within the next couple of days we will cross the 800K member mark. Very cool. Jun. 1, 2007
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Mashup Corporations
I highly recommend to read Mashup Corporations as it tells a simple story that beautifully shows the why and how of Enterprise SOA. May. 29, 2007
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Australia here we come ...
Mastering SAP Technology 2007 starting next Sunday is like a small TechEd happening in Australia just not organized by SAP. Some heavy hitters from the SDN and BPX community will be there like Thomas Jung, Mark Yolton, Marco ten Vaanholt, ... We hope to recreate the passion that was present during last year's SDN Days (See: SDN Day Blogs) at the SAP SDN & BPX Community Network Day too. May. 25, 2007
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Request for Proposal (RFP) via Blog Post
James Governor last week said that blogs are used more and more as a Request for Proposal (RFP) and Cote has called for an RFP Microformat.
May. 22, 2007
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Does Research and Community Mix?
Family leave was great the last 3 months. Really helped me to connect on a deeper level with Nina. I took a break from the break to help out at the SAP Research Summit. An event where all SAP Researchers come together for 3 days of networking and idea cross pollination. Since then I am the wondering does community improve research? If yes, how can we support this?
May. 14, 2007
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You Can't Hate Someone Whose Story You Know
Something amazing has happened yesterday on our Internet and I got goosebumps when I read it this morning. Kathy Sierra and Chris Locke
have posted a Coordinated Statement elevating the death threats, hateful postings and finger pointing to a level of joint concern, understanding and search for a solution. Apr. 2, 2007
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Finally Best-of 2006 and Good Bye for Now
It feels like we are already in the second half of 2007. Quick, let's list the best of 2006 here in SDN and BPX land, some of them very personal observations. Feb. 22, 2007
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TechEd '06 Archives: Mark Finnern and Eric Wood
SDN's own Mark Finnern has a chat with SAP Imagineering Director Eric Wood during TechEd 2006 Amsterdam SDN Day about Widgets and Technologies.
Feb. 13, 2007
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Guy Kawasaki about Technology Evangelism
The Art of Evangelism running note of Guy Kawasaki's talk at the SDN Forum / GNoTE conference last week. Dec. 13, 2006
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Collecting the Best Of SDN and BPX in 2006
Looks like you are not subscribed to our Suggestions and Comments forum. There is an open thread to post your best of SDN and BPX. So far only the not so grumpy side of Eddy De Clercq has put the hat into the ring with S(D)N World. Dec. 13, 2006
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Technology Evangelist Event Today
Today I am going to be on a panel at a kick off event for GNoTE (Global Network of Technology Evangelists). Guy Kawasaki will keynote. My session is called: The Evangelist In You. It is going to be interesting. Dec. 4, 2006
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Ed Toben CIO of Colgate-Palmolive visiting SAP Labs
One of the most exciting things happening on SDN lately is the SAPLink initiative. This was mainly driven by Dan and Ed from Colgate-Palmolive. When I heard that Ed Toben their CIO would present his experiences with SAP at Labs I had to check it out and it was quite eye opening. Dec. 3, 2006
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Craig the Great at 20K+
This week Craig Cmehil the great or is it the great Craig Cmehil has crossed the magic 20K mark. Please join me in celebrating the huge difference that his tireless work, passion and dedication here makes. Nov. 18, 2006
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1000 SDNers and BPXers in the Forums Today
Matthias Boehmert one of our platform guys that tirelessly worked on the upgrade of our systems just send me a screen shot proofing that we had exactly 1000 SDNers and BPXers in the forums. So sweet what a good performing system does to your participation. All the great work of the platform team is paying out now. Nov. 17, 2006
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Upgrade Time Tomorrow Friday Thankfully not the 13th
Success brings with it a strain on the systems. With us now being a 600K super active community, we have maxed out some of them. It is time for an upgrade. It will happen tomorrow Friday the 10th of November. As with all upgrades there may be some bumps in the road. Please be patient with us. Thanks. Nov. 9, 2006
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So Called Mister SDN Plus SDN Swag
Peter next time you call me on stage at the Demo Jam as Mister SDN. Oh please, please I am Mister SDN & BPX ;-)
Reality is of course that I may be one of the faces of SDN, because I am running the community side of our operations, but there are many many people in the background making sure that SDN and BPX are as exciting as they are. Oct. 19, 2006
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Session Grid for SDN Day Amsterdam
Finally the session grid for the SDN Day on Tuesday in Amsterdam. It is quite a nice program. As it is in unconference style the last word always on the white boards. There will be changes. Oct. 15, 2006
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1,000,000+ Forum Posts
On Wednesday we crossed the ONE MILLION Forum Posts mark which really is amazing. Oct. 13, 2006
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SDN Day Sessions in Amsterdam October 17
Update III: Some speaker changes and an excellent new session added: Understanding how Web Dynpro models use JCo connections with Chris Whealy from SAP.
Update: Some presenters and session themes were changed. I especially am looking forward to Gregor Update II: Scripting Language lineup finalized, looks very strong and some presenters updated. Wolf's Connecting Typo3 to R/3 Enterprise via Web Services I am still beaming from the great time I had at the SDN Day in Las Vegas. I don't see why we can't repeat that for Amsterdam. First ingredient are excellent sessions from the community and man do we have great sessions. Here is the lineup. Oct. 8, 2006
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Quick Notes from SDN Day and SAP TechEd Las Vegas
On the plane back to my loved ones. Some quick notes to SDN Day as well es SAP TechEd.
The SDN Day worked surprisingly good on Monday, which feels like ages ago already. Sep. 16, 2006
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I Made SDN Day
Everyone joining us for the SDN Day will get a T-Shirt that reads: I made SDN Day. Unfortunately if you want to go to the Las Vegas one, it is sold out, and that even before Scoble linked to us.
(Hello from SDN to all the Scobleites. Look around you may find some really interesting stuff here :-) Sep. 9, 2006
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Scoble is coming to the SDN Day
SAP is working together with the good folks of PodTech where thanks to Jeff Nolan we have an SAP channel. One of the new additions to their team is Übergeekblogger Robert Scoble who is frenetically working on getting a video channel started. He takes time out of his busy schedule to come to Las Vegas for the SDN Day. He will participate and do some videocasts throughout the SDN day. Sep. 8, 2006
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SDN Day Sessions in Las Vegas (Update II)
Update III: Slight change to one of the sessions, new presenter. Update II: Two more very interesting sessions added to the lineup. XI- After Go-Live with Top SDN Contributor Krishna Moorthy P from Wipro and An On-Line Resource That Could Make SDN an SAP Profit Center with David Halitsky Sep. 5, 2006
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The BI Wizard formerly known as A.H.P goes to Las Vegas
Great news: The BI Wizard formerly known as A.H.P. Edwin Harpino is coming to TechED in Las Vegas. It wasn't easy, after all he is coming from Indonesia and the visa process is not an easy one ... Sep. 3, 2006
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The Best of 2006
Last year I wrote "And the winners are ..." when I posted the Top Contributor List for 2005. We all are a year older and may be even a bit wiser now. These are no winners. There was no chance at play. Hard work, blood, sweat and tears is needed for you to make the Top Contributor list. (Of course there are exceptions, like the third place on SDN General got there more or less leisurely.)
Aug. 25, 2006
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SDN Community Moderator Bhanu Gupta
Whether SAP Employee or not, here on SDN we try to treat you all the same. One big SDN community. Until today there was one difference, only SAP employees were able to be selected to be forum moderators. Aug. 18, 2006
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Rich on a Roll
If you check the Top SDN Contributor List he has added 2765 points in the last 30 days and passed Thomas Jung even in the All Times Top SDN Contributors listing and is now the new King of SDN. Aug. 5, 2006
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Top Contributor Pins
Who are the top three contributors in the Business One since last contest? 
As we did last year there will be pins and gift certificates from the SAP Shop for the top three in all development areas. Until high noon this Friday you have time to get there. Jul. 26, 2006
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SDN Day Sessions (mainly Las Vegas)
SDNers ask me for more details regarding the SDN Day and specifically about the sessions. There is still some time left to suggest your own. Jul. 23, 2006
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Some more SDN Day Details
We received a couple of questions regarding the requirements for the SDN Day sessions. This post hopefully clarifies this. Jul. 12, 2006
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You'll Never Eat Alone at the SDN Day
In Never Eat Alone Keith Ferrazi shares his secret for success. Turns out that the essence of the SDN Day is exactly that. Jul. 11, 2006
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SDN Day's Fun Evening Event
There is going to be a great evening event at the end of the SDN day in Las Vegas. We have rented the replica of the Hofbräuhaus for the selected 300 that are going to join us and make the SDN day special. Is there a better way in to wind down than in a beer hall with 300 of your new and old SDN friends? I am really looking forward to that. Craig told me he has something in the making for Bangalore too. That leaves us with Amsterdam? We don't yet where to go in Amsterdam. Any suggestions? Jul. 5, 2006
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Well-Deserved Free Ticket to the SAP TechEd of Your Choice
If you have contributed to SDN since last TechEd ('Points Since Last Contest') 10,000 points or more in that timeframe you just earned a free ticket to the SAP TechEd of your choice.
If you have earned 5,000 we will foot half the price of admission. We all want to meet you and thank you personally for all your great contributions. If you can't come to any of these, we have some cool prizes that will help you stay connected too. Jun. 29, 2006
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New Wave Maker for Your Surfing Pleasure
You are surfing and commenting SDN Blogs so frequently, that it got crowded out there and lately some of these comments didn't make it back to the surface and had to be rescued by the SDN Life Savers. This is why we are installing a brand new surfer - aehm - server specifically for the SDN Blogs. Jun. 21, 2006
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SDN Day at TechEd'06
Welcome to the SDN Day at or actually just before SAP TechEd '06. In the never ending quest to better serve you we listened to your feedback and have combined last year's SDN meets Labs with the presentation part of the SDN Clubhouse to a whole day of SDN festivities. Jun. 6, 2006
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SDN Member Referrals
To get more clarity into the referrer points earned on SDN we ran a one time query regarding it. The list further down are all email URLs, which we are using to determine the company of an SDNer, with 2000 referral points or more. Jun. 4, 2006
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Wipro passed 100K SDN Points. Congratulations.
Congratulations to Wipro for being the first company ever to get collectively more than 100K points on SDN. May. 27, 2006
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Embrace Change
The still evolving and never ending SDN story, which is written by you and me right here and now, on this site, is opening a new chapter this week. There is a whole new area home page, forums, 3 new weblog topics focusing on the Business Process Expert, the person or team in the corporation or at the consulting company responsible for defining and improving processes within a company. May. 13, 2006
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SDN Meet DKOM Silicon Valley
Some brief observations from the SDN Meets DKOM Silicon Valley as well as some notes from the SAP Developer Kick off Meeting itself. Apr. 11, 2006
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Free SAP TechEd Ticket ...
This year the SAP TechEd will again be the place where SDN will come alive. Where all the top SAP developers come together. Where you will be able to learn and actually try out the latest and greatest during hands on sessions. Where you will meet your fellow SDNers, the ones that until now you only know their tiny Weblogger pictures and forum posts Where Craig will make fun of you during the SDN Quiz. Apr. 5, 2006
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Last Minute Notice: SDN Meet at SF Airport Marriott this Wednesday April 5th
Why should the Germans have all the fun SDN Meets? First in Frankfurt and now with Mr SDN Thomas Jung in Walldorf this Friday? Lots of SAP internal Developers from all over America are in Silicon Valley this week. They will be briefed about the development directions of SAP during the SAP Silicon Valley DKOM (Developer Kick-Off Meeting) happening this Thursday at the San Francisco Airport Marriott. Apr. 3, 2006
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SDN Clubhouse '06 Your Suggestions
As promised in my ABAP editor backport post. More chances to influence SDN and SAP. We are in the midst of planning TechEd '06 Let's do a quick look back what we did last year and think about what could be done better this year regarding the SDN Clubhouse and other community activities there. Mar. 13, 2006
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Mister SDN Goes to Walldorf
I was gone last week and I don't think anyone out here on SDN land was missing me. That's how it should be. You are in good hands with the rest of the SDN Team. I painted the baby's room in time for the first of May release date and no we don't want early delivery :-) Even though I was on vacation, I finally was able to connect ... Mar. 6, 2006
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Beginner Blog Posts
SDNers are sometimes frustrated about the different levels of expertise that SDN Weblogs are addressing. Especially that you can't deduct from the overview whether a post is targeted for SAP beginners or not. Feb. 15, 2006
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Frankfurt here we come ...
Quick, what is even better than the SDN Online Meetup? (Which we have a really interesting one about the RFID roadmap coming up soon.) ---
Even better is a face to face meeting of SDNers of course. If you live in or close to Frankfurt, come and join us for an unofficial SDN meet on the 6th of February at the Lorsbacher Tal Appelwoiwirtschaft 7pm. Jan. 31, 2006
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Finally Best of SDN 2005
Finally the Best of SDN 2005 from the SDN Team. Beauty is, most of what is listed has been mentioned by one of you in the Best of 2005 forum thread already. Jan. 12, 2006
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Frivolous Weblog Content and Topic Comments
The Weblog content ranges from very serious with step by step explanations, code sample and screen shots to the lighter side of Humor at SAP. Personally I love to be entertained, surprised, made fun of. Others like to keep it separate: Work is work and play is play. Jan. 4, 2006
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Best of SDN in 2005
It's the time of the year again. The time where we look back and point out what was really good. So SDNers, before the SAP SDN Team will post what was great from our viewpoint this year on SDN. Please post what you liked best on, in and around SDN in this forum thread or as a comment to this post. Dec. 19, 2005
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SAP NetWeaver Made Easy Event
Sorry for the short notice. Tomorrow morning Friday 9th of December Wipro is having an SAP NetWeaver Made Easy event in San Jose California. They have lined up some interesting speakers and case studies from Apple, Weyerhaeuser, eBay and Forrester. SAP is supporting the event: Denise Vu Broady will introduce the ESA adoption program and I was asked to moderate the event. I feel honored and hope to live up to the expectations. Dec. 8, 2005
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SAP Hackathon Demo Finale
Unfortunately I wasn't as involved in the SAP Developer Chalange as I would have liked to be. But of course I had to be in the audience when the top SAP employee developers present what they hacked together over the weekend. The big question is of course could we and should we do something like that with all SAP Developers on SDN? How could we make it work work? Dec. 6, 2005
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Sticky Man No More ;-)
There was a long standing request in the SDN Forums to have "Sticky Notes" functionality: Moderators can mark a thread as Sticky 
and it will always be the top post in that forum. SDNers where jokingly calling me the Sticky Man because we didn't deliver that functionality for so long. Today with a couple of other forum imporvements the Sticky Notes were implemented. Hurray. Nov. 28, 2005
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ASUG Management visiting SAP Labs in Palo Alto
Mike Perroni ASUG President and his Management Team is visiting SAP Labs this week. They did a little presentation today for all. Here are my notes. Nov. 7, 2005
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Exclude SAP Employees
If you check the Top Contributor list of the last 30 days right now you will find lots of SAP employees in the top spots. Reason is, that we gave every SAP TechEd presenter 250 points for each session held whether in the SDN Clubhouse or not. Oct. 31, 2005
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Small Announcements
Just a couple of small things happening on SDN, which are good to know. Oct. 10, 2005
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Forum Stats II: The Best of the Best
Way overdue the second part of the SDN Forum statistics. The best of the best. In part one we looked at the worst SDN Forums that get on average more than 5 posts per day, which is quite good by itself. Almost two month later we are looking at the top forums with the fewest unanswered questions. Oct. 5, 2005
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Quick get your SDN Points T-Shirt in Boston
We know that we don't have the process down yet to timely get you your well deserved points t-shirts. But if you are in Boston swing by the SDN Clubhouse and get yours. Today is the last day that it is open. Sep. 29, 2005
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SAP TechEd Boston Now From the Far
SAP TechEd in Boston is in full swing, and of what I have seen yesterday, it is working out very nicely with the SDN Clubhouse and all. I am really sorry that I can't be there at this time. Sep. 28, 2005
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Shai Agassi Vienna Keynote Podcast
Yes we are working on offering our rich audio content as Podcasts with RSS subscription and all, but until that solution is out you have to do it by hand. Download Shai's SAP TechEd Vienna Keynote move it to your favorite MP3 player (against popular believe, you don't need an iPod to enjoy Podcasts :-)
Sep. 27, 2005
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SAP TechEd Vienna Here We come ...
Finally I am on the road or actually in the air to the first SAP TechEd this year. Lots of preparation from many people went into it and just by looking at our Wiki one can see that we are having some real interesting content and fun filled days ahead of us. Sep. 19, 2005
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And the Winners are ...
Actually we all are winners for getting great content from these Top SDN Contributors. Today we tallied the points and give away prizes for all the many hours of effort they put in. Hope you get a prize too. Sep. 16, 2005
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How to fight Wiki Spam
The more success the more spam right? Our SAP TechEd Wiki is getting more popular and the spammers come more frequent too. This post shows the easy steps to bring a Wiki back to a good state. Sep. 12, 2005
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Year of the Enterprise Wiki
As last year was the year of the Weblog, this is the year of the Wiki as in going mainstream. Sep. 6, 2005
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Meet me at the SDN Clubhouse ...
Sorry for the confusion regarding the SAP TechEd banners. Hope this post sets the record straight. The goal of this is to spread the message beyond the sdn.sap.com URL. Sep. 6, 2005
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ABAP Forum Cracked the Sky
Rich Heilman just send me a screenshot pointing out that in our
forum the 10.000th thread has been posted.
Way to go ABAPers. Aug. 29, 2005
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Forum Stats I: Worst of the Best SDN Forums
This week we looked a bit deeper into forum statistics. We compared all forums that have more than 5 posts a day and sorted them by how many questions were not answered after 30 days. Here is the result. Aug. 26, 2005
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Zero to Third Place on Google within Two Days
We did some tweaking regarding links and things. Now Google is finally discovering the importance of the SDN Content and their authors. Case in point: Vinod Chandran. Aug. 25, 2005
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Prizes for Top Contributors
We are feverishly working on creating an excellent SAP TechEd this year again. One of the unfortunate consequences are, that I am not getting to blog as often as I like. But I can't let you wait any longer for the main prizes for all your work here on SDN. The ones for the Top Three per Development Area I announced already in my last post. Aug. 23, 2005
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Top SDN Development Contributors
What have Jaideep Adhvaryu, Kartik Iyengar, Sarah Maidstone, Prakash Singh, Thilo Brandt, Roberto Negro, Michal Krawczyk, Thomas Jung , Bertram Ganz, Poornanand Mandalika, Anne Lanfermann, Sami Toubal-Seghir, Roman Rytov , Mario Herger, Lutz Morrien , Eddy De Clercq, and me in common?
Aug. 9, 2005
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Forum 300 and the King is Back
Last week we crossed the forum sound barrier 300 concurrent SDN forum users online. Seems like Gregor Wolf is keeping an eye on the number as with 100 and with 200 he was the first one to send in a screen shot. Aug. 5, 2005
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Birds of a Feather Sessions again at SAP TechEd
Expanding on the success from last year we are having lots of SDN community activity at SAP TechEd '05 again. The central area and focal point for that will be the SDN Clubhouse. In the next days we will introduce to you what we are planing and how you can be a part of it. Craig started last week with the introduction of the SDN Quiz. We are also bringing back the Birds of a Feather sessions to Vienna and Boston. Aug. 1, 2005
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Let us know ...
Every half year we from the SDN Team would like to know how much SDN is helping you and where we should focus our energy. Time for the SDN Survey. You give valuable information, in return you can win a free entry to SAP TechEd '05 in addition you get 20 SDN points. Jul. 24, 2005
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Huge one for the SDN Community
A small step for SAP, but a huge step for the SDN Community. I am super happy that one of our Top Contributors, where people were already wondering if he really has a day job, is joining the SDN Team. Jul. 19, 2005
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Back ...
Wow, these were some interesting I would even say emotional two weeks since I am back, not counting the short trip to Walldorf in between. Discussion in the Weblog comments as well as in the SDN Suggestion Forum and in the email backchannel were flying high about quality and quantity of Weblog posts. Jul. 2, 2005
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Instant Gratification
"Where are my points?" It seams like this is the biggest frustration that SDN is giving you Webloggers and we understand. From now on instant gratification. Jun. 21, 2005
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Back to being part of this awesome community
Finally I am back. Well almost. I am on the flight, no not from Hawaii that was unfortunately a week ago already. I am flying back from a very exciting DKOM (Developer Kick Off Meeting) that happened the last two days in Walldorf. Jun. 18, 2005
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Over 200 Concurrent SDN Forum Users
On July 14th 2004, not even a year ago we celebrated the first sighting of over 100 concurrent SDN Members in the forums. Yesterday Gregor Wolf send me a screenshot of over 200 SDNers being logged in. Excellent. May. 25, 2005
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Bring a Friend
Word of mouth is the best way to get more people interested in an online community. You get 20 points if a new member writes your email address in the reference field. May. 16, 2005
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Update: Last Call for TechEd '05 Proposals is OVER
Update: The one who can read is in a big advantage. As is written on the SDN Frontpage as well as on the Call for Proposals page the call for proposal is closed :-( My bad and my apology. We actually have a lot of proposals already. Still, if my post prompted you to create one, please send it today (Title, Abstract) until 5pm PST to saptechedinfo.americas@sap.com. Sorry for the confusion. May. 5, 2005
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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
What do the following SDN Members have in common: Thomas Jung; Detlev Beutner ; Prakash Singh; Robert Briese; Roberto Negro;
Stefan Schneider; Igor Barbaric; Eddy De Clercq; Michal Krawczyk; Bernd Will; Sigfried Gmachl; Lutz Morrien; Ibai Peña; Craig Cmehil Apr. 28, 2005
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SDN Meets Labs Tel Aviv
You thought the SDN Meets Labs fun is over. Oh no, the next one is already on the horizon: SDN Meets Labs Israel happening on the 23rd of May. It is even more exclusive with only 70 available seats. Registration information as well as more details will be posted soon. Apr. 22, 2005
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3X SDN Meets Labs
I have arrived in Walldorf, actually sitting in a very dark SSC building and jet lag is catching up with me. So here some more info. Reminder tonight Monday 18th 19:00 (7 pm) o'clock unofficial SDN Meets Labs Kick Off at the Marktstube in Walldorf (Hauptstrasse 20).
Apr. 17, 2005
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SDN Meets Labs Walldorf/Rot Sold Out
Wow, we are going to have a packed house in Rot too, although there is space for 3X as many people. This is excellent. Apr. 13, 2005
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SDN Live from Palo Alto
We are on right now. Point your WMP to: http://mfile.akamai.com/14947/live/reflector:39875.asx?prop=n
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We are on ...
Point your Windows Media player to the following address to see the SDN Track as well as Keynote and Strategy panel of the SDN Meets Labs on Thursday and Friday this week conveniently from your work or home computer: http://mfile.akamai.com/14947/live/reflector:39875.asx?prop=n We posted already about the Internet Relay Chat (IRC) server: irc.freenode.net Channel: #sdnmeetslabs Apr. 5, 2005
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SDN Meets Labs Palo Alto: Keynote and More
Headline of an eWeek article from March 28th:
SAP Pins Hopes on NetWeaver Developer Community - Wait a second, that is us here at SDN. George Paolini was hired to bring the Developer Community to the next level. He is is quoted as saying: Apr. 3, 2005
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SDN Meets Experts
Post you Questions for the SAP Experts Sessions at the SDN Meets Labs events in Palo Alto as well as in Walldorf/Rot. Finally a good use for the SDN Content Suggestion forum. Lately I was only moving posts from there to the other forums, because SDN newbies didn't know the best home for their questions. Mar. 29, 2005
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Quick, sign up for SDN Meets Labs in Walldorf/Rot
So I moved on Tuesday from San Francisco to San Mateo. Closer to work, but still in easy distance to the SF fun. Time is scarce for me right now, Future Salon is coming up on Friday too. This is one of the reasons, why we don't have more information out regarding the SDN Meets Labs event in Walldorf/Rot yet.
But trust me, you want to be there. Sign up now before others do it and I guarantee you it will sell out. Mar. 17, 2005
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Biggest Jump in the Ranks of the Most Popular Programming Languages
This post is not about SDN meets Labs as all of my posts seem to be lately. I am getting boring am I :-) Well then here is a quick question which I also posted to the folks over at O'Reilly: On the net in the ranking of the most popular programming languages, which one made the biggest jump last year? 10 spots to be precise? And why? Mar. 11, 2005
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Passion at Work
At SAP Labs we recognize exceptional contributions of employees through awards. For her excellent work in the xApps team in the year 2004 Nancy Yan got the SAP Labs America Passion Award. This is why I am super happy that I could win her to present at the SDN Meets Labs Palo Alto which is only a month away. Mar. 8, 2005
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Top 100 SDN Contributors get in for Free
It is getting tougher and tougher to be part of the Top 50 SDN Contributors. Actually today for the first time you need more then 500 points to be listed. We will introduce some new reports soon, but until then I thought I list you the top 100 and it takes 278 SD
