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BlogWell 2010: SAP’s Social Media Strategy BlogWell 2010: SAP’s Social Media Strategy

[Post adapted from an article written by Jerry Janda] On Tuesday, November 9, SAP hosted an event for social media in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania. A sold-out crowd of corporate social media leaders packed the auditorium for “BlogWell: How Big Brands... 

SAP TechEd Berlin 2010 – Vishal Sikka Keynote Highlights SAP TechEd Berlin 2010 – Vishal Sikka Keynote Highlights

In true Web 2.0 fashion, I’m attending the SAP TechEd event in Berlin by watching the virtual TechEd stream, with live coverage of the main keynotes and interviews in key areas. You can watch a replay yourself on the Virtual TechEd site. The session... 

New Augmented Corporate Reality BI Prototype New Augmented Corporate Reality BI Prototype

Based on a blog post and proof-of-concept application earlier this year, I have been championing a SAP BusinessObjects Innovation Center project to build an “augmented corporate reality” prototype. The idea stemmed from one of the key themes of my... 

New Evernote Trunk Features SAP StreamWork Decision Collaboration New Evernote Trunk Features SAP StreamWork Decision Collaboration

Evernote is a great Web 2.0 application that is focused on “helping the world remember everything”. It lets you grab information on the fly, such as notes, web pages links, photos, etc. from a variety of different devices (PC, Blackberry, etc.) and... 

Video: SAP Business ByDesign Made Simple Video: SAP Business ByDesign Made Simple

[UPDATED]. Apologies. This used to be a quick, irreverent overview of the brand-new cloud-based, software-as-a-service ERP offering from SAP, featuring the graphics you can see above. But the video was declared off-brand, and has been deleted from YouTube... 

Introducing SAP StreamWork: New Decision Collaboration Introducing SAP StreamWork: New Decision Collaboration

It’s now official: SAP has released its brand-new Web 2.0 product called StreamWork. The project was initially called “Constellation” within SAP, and was first exposed to beta customers on the web site 12sprints.com, as covered in earlier postings... 

SAP and Web 2.0 in a Nutshell, Summarized and Explained SAP and Web 2.0 in a Nutshell, Summarized and Explained

I believe SAP is an under-appreciated leader in the Web 2.0 space, and this blog attempts to explain why. First, I should first point out that there are three distinct categories you can talk about SAP interacting with Web 2.0 technology: Web 2.0 by... 

SAP Augmented Corporate Reality Proof of Concept SAP Augmented Corporate Reality Proof of Concept

[UPDATE: See this post for the soon-to-be released prototype from the SAP BusinessObjects Innovation Center] Here’s an example of “augmented corporate reality” based on the Layar platform and the SAP BusinessObjects ondemand.com platform, running... 

Some Examples of How to Use 12sprints, The New SAP Collaborative Decision-Making Application Some Examples of How to Use 12sprints, The New SAP Collaborative Decision-Making Application

SAP’s decision-focused collaboration project, 12sprints, is now in “open beta”, so that anybody can sign up. Here’s the blurb from the web site explaining what it is: Bring order to chaos and transform teamwork into results quickly. Collaborative...