SAP and Web 2.0 -- Since the Beginning
SAP sponsored the Web 2.0 Summit this year for the very first time -- and you might have seen Marge Breya giving the same live demo that she gave to the Web 2.0 audience at SAP TechEd this year. Has SAP "arrived" at "Web 2.0" at last? Or is Web 2.0 just catching up now? Oct. 30, 2009
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Bring the Business Suite to your Desktop -- Try XBCML Widgets Today
The Business Solutions and Technology Innovation Center has launched its XBCML Widgets prototype on the SAP Community Network today. Find out more, download it, and let us know what you think! Oct. 16, 2009
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Web 2.0 Expo 2009 - Part 5: Sense of community
Community pulls it all together. In my last piece on the Web 2.0 Expo 2009, I pull together lessons in online community from LinkedIn, Ford, the art world, and Obama and entreat you to bridge the on- and offline in a great "embryonic mass movement for change." May. 8, 2009
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Web 2.0 Expo 2009 - Part 4: Sense of governance
In my second-to-last installment on the Web 2.0 Expo 2009, I explore Government 2.0 -- arguably the newest hottest Web 2.0 trend capable of touching all the online applications you use and design.  May. 4, 2009
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Web 2.0 Expo 2009 - Part 3: Sense of place
Join me in Part 3 of my series on the Web 2.0 Expo 2009 to explore the profundities of "going local" on our shopping habits, our applications, and ultimately our very livelihood. Apr. 27, 2009
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Web 2.0 Expo 2009 - Part 2: Sense of presence
In the next in my multi-part series on the Web 2.0 Expo 2009, we take what we learned from "Sense of Self" and hit the road, going mobile AND real time at the same time. See how mobile devices and your real-time presence make all the difference on the Web in Part 2: Sense of Presence. Apr. 23, 2009
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Web 2.0 Expo 2009 - Part 1: Sense of self
"We all used to play and tell stories," began Nancy Duarte in her session Tools for Visual Storytelling at the recent Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco. Join me to see what role the "sense of self" plays in "Part 1" of my series on making sense of the Web 2.0 Expo 2009. Apr. 20, 2009
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Web 2.0 Expo 2009: Web comes to its senses
"Web 2.0 was in its infancy 5 years ago," said Tim O'Reilly in his opening keynote at the recent Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco. What has Web 2.0 grown into since its inception, and how has it gotten there? Join me for my first in a series of posts on key themes from the Web 2.0 Expo 2009 in which I tease some sense out of all the sensory overload. Apr. 17, 2009
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The Enterprise and the Twitterati -- Start Making Sense
A shout-out to Jim MacLennan, who in a recent blog post divulges the secret for you to "finally walk into the COO's office and say 'tweet' with a straight face." Aug. 5, 2008
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O'Reilly: SAP NetWeaver CE "a contender"
O'Reilly editor chromatic wrapped up his three-part series on SAP NetWeaver CE yesterday on the O'Reilly News network. Read about his experience polishing off his CE application, and check out his ultimate analysis of CE. Jun. 11, 2008
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Benefits of enterprise development? (O'Reilly editor takes on SAP NetWeaver CE: Part Two)
O'Reilly editor chromatic's second in a three-part series on SAP NetWeaver CE went live last week on the O'Reilly Network. The comments thread poses some interesting questions. Who will jump in? May. 16, 2008
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A bid for Rami is a bid for diversity
SAP Labs Managing Director Rami Branitzky is offering his time -- and lunch -- in support of the Anita Borg Institute and gender diversity in the fields of science and technology. I just bidded in the auction... will you counterbid? May. 3, 2008
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Meta-Themes from the Web 2.0 Expo Floor
I've been at the Web 2.0 Expo this week in San Francisco live-Twittering my way along. Here's a brief pause to reflect on some meta-trends. Apr. 24, 2008
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Announcing "Community: THE MOVIE!"
SAP has signed an incredible deal with a major motion picture agency to create "Community: THE MOVIE!" Check it out! Who would play YOU? Apr. 1, 2008
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O'Reilly Editor Takes On SAP NetWeaver CE
O'Reilly editor chromatic takes on SAP NetWeaver CE in the first of a three-part series on his experiences with the platform. Join him as he sets out to face the challenge of whether enterprise development *has* to be particularly painful. Milestone one (cue drumroll): Installation. Feb. 29, 2008
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F/OSS: "First-Class SAP Consumers"?
Chromatic blogs again on the O'Reilly Network - this time with a suggestion that expands beyond Grails to other free and open source software as potential first-class SAP consumers. SDN community: Is this SAP? Dec. 19, 2007
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Eventus hits YouTube
SAP NetWeaver innovation prototype Eventus has hit the airwaves on YouTube. Oct. 26, 2007
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O'Reilly on SAP as a Web 2.0 Company: Your Conversation
Tim O'Reilly provided us with a great opportunity for dialog in his O'Reilly Radar post "SAP as a Web 2.0 Company." Check out the post and join the discussion. Oct. 22, 2007
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Composition on Rails: The Groovy Side of SAP NetWeaver
Quick and agile development on the SAP NetWeaver platform? No way? Check again! Find out how to use Groovy and Grails-based Composition on Rails to get started today. Oct. 8, 2007
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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... Oct. 2, 2007
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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. Oct. 1, 2007
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O'Reilly Goes Live with Women In Technology Series
O'Reilly Media -- esteemed publisher and friend of technology (and SAP) -- has gone live with a new online series today called "Women in Technology: Hear Us Roar." Read on for links and excerpts from this new, limited-time series. Sep. 4, 2007
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Michael Wesch and Web 2.0: "Rethink Love"
Inspired by Tomas Engelmann's post, I represent the decidedly poetic take of Michael Wesch -- or, "that guy from Kansas who made that Web 2.0 video on YouTube" -- on Web 2.0. Aug. 29, 2007
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Introducing Eventus: How You Really Deal with Business Events
An introduction to Eventus -- An SAP NetWeaver prototype that bridges the gap between the structured and unstructured worlds of information. Jul. 25, 2007
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A Heatmap Paints a Thousand Words
Heatmaps help put the "Visual" in Visual Composer - at least where query visualization is concerned. If you've got a relational data source and of course SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer (now GA in NetWeaver 2004s SP Stack 8), I'll introduce you to the concept of the heatmap (and how it got that way) and step you through how to create one.  Jul. 14, 2006
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Juicing Analytics
Check out Monday's article in COMPUTERWORLD, which talks about how apps and database vendors are putting the squeeze on traditional BI tool vendors. I talk here about how SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer is setting the standard for this shift. Feb. 2, 2006
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Create Interactive, Flash-Based Analytical Applications in the New Visual Composer
Catch the buzz on Visual Composer Preliminary Version for Analytics - and simultaneously, see a preview of what's to come to the public this year.  Jan. 19, 2006
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Macworld Report: Why Not?
Chances are, you're not reading this on a Macintosh. Given the Macworld keynote report from San Francisco, you might change that by next year. Jan. 10, 2006
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Live From the Macromedia MAX Conference - SAP Takes a MAX Award!
Visual Composer takes a Macromedia MAX award for its integration with Macromedia Flex! Oct. 18, 2005
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We're Winning an Oscar!
The BI Java SDK is winning in the SYS-CON Readers' Choice Awards, which recognize excellence in software and are commonly referred to as the "Oscars of the Software Industry." Aug. 18, 2005
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Your New Year's Resolution: Fun With Javadocs in 2005!
Be the envy of your block in 2005 and develop comprehensive, appealing, and usable Javadocs! Moya Watson blogs about her favorite Javadoc inspirations from 2004... Dec. 30, 2004
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Three New How-To Guides for the BI Java SDK
Want to create your own analytical applications and deploy them in an iView, Web Dynpro, or J2EE application? Check out these new guides with step-by-step instructions for users of the BI Java SDK! Dec. 27, 2004
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Come See Us at JavaOne!
SAP will be at JavaOne next week at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Read on to see how to find us at the booths. Jun. 25, 2004
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What's Java got to do with it?
Sun's JavaOne is rolling around again, and SAP is once again a co-sponsor (and not something that comes out of a tree). Howzzat? May. 21, 2004
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How High is Your Power Distance Index? Web Design, Culture, and the SDN
Aaron Marcus and Emilie West Gould applied the principles in Geert Hofstede's study of cultures in organizations to Web interface design; Moya applies this to the SDN. May. 4, 2004
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Command Interfaces: Keys to Simplicity in the BI Java SDK
The BI Java SDK is just another set of complicated APIs and half-written Javadocs to fish through --- or is it? Read about some of the ways we've engineered this SDK to be easy to use. Apr. 19, 2004
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The BI Java SDK: What's in it for you?
What is the BI Java SDK? And why use it instead of -- say -- BW's Web Application Designer? Apr. 5, 2004
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Java Developers Take Note: The BI Java SDK is Here!
The BI Java SDK is here! Download it from the SDN downloads page.  Mar. 30, 2004
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