SAP CTO Shares Web 2.0 Vision
In a recent interview with SearchSAP.com’s news editor Courtney Bjorlin, SAP’s CTO Vishal Sikka explained that mobile applications, the cloud and virtualization will be key technologies in SAP’s product roadmap. Here are some key excerpts from the article: Entire economies going mobile in the next several years and companies running almost exclusively on mobile environments. So the way in which people access and support those applications... [Read More...]
Digital Native Test
If the image below automatically sets your teeth on edge, you’re probably a baby boomer. If it takes you some time to work out, you’re probably Gen X. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, congratulations, you may well be a digital native! If you see the problem here, you're probably NOT a digital native... Image credit: photoshop disasters blog Read More →
SAP’s New Cloud Platform
SAP has purchased a cloud computing company, Coghead, a “next generation platform for building web applications.” The vendor was struggling in the current economic climate, SAP Ventures had previously invested in the company, and the company already offered integration with SAP environments. “SAP is one of the premier tech companies in the world and we’re really happy this transaction took place,” said Coghead CEO Paul McNamara... [Read More...]
Social Networking @ SAP
In 2007, SAP announced at the Sapphire event that it was getting serious about Web 2.0 within SAP, using new technologies to help “shift from a top-down, technically rigid structure to a more fluid, informal way of thinking with a certain trust in that people can find workable solutions to their problems.” Attendees were impressed. For example, Jerry Bowles noted a blog post called SAP to Enterprise 2.0 Community: We Get It: “Having spent a... [Read More...]
The Future of SAP Events?
SAP recently launched Business Suite 7 in SAP’s New York offices in New York City, to a room was packed to capacity with journalists, analysts, and customers. They were shown a presentation, demonstration, and customer panel, followed by a live Q&A session. There was also support for internet viewers, with a video feed and conference call, and after the event, the presentation, photos, and screen shots from the demonstration were made available. Social... [Read More...]
