SAP Supply Chain Augmented Reality
SAP TV gives us a great example of supply chain augmented reality, with “SiWear” Read More →
SAP Innovation: Enterprise Mashup Prototype, Rooftop Marketplace
Here’s a video explaining the new Rooftop Marketplace Prototype from SAP Research in Switzerland. It shows how you can easily wire together the outputs and inputs of different mashup widgets to create an application workflow. You can easily mix and match mapping, core SAP systems, SAP BusinessObjects analytics (Xcelsius), and the new 12Sprints collaboration environment, and the system uses collaborative techniques to rate and automatically prompt... [Read More...]
SAP Innovation: Social Networking at the Service of the French Public Sector
France has a plan to put the latest 2.0 technology at the service of its citizens called Le France Numérique 2012. It outlines how the government intends to: Provide everybody access to digital networks and services Develop and provide new digital services Grow the number and usage of digital services by companies, government departments, and individuals Modernize the governance of the digital economy As part of the plan, Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet,... [Read More...]
Conversations: SAP Influencer Summit vs. Le Web
I’ve spent the last few days attending – virtually – the SAP Influencer Summit and the Le Web conference in Paris. The two events were very different, but I think there’s some interesting comparisons that can be drawn that point to the future direction of conferences. SAP Influencer Summit Let’s start with the SAP Influencer Summit. You can see the full list of recorded keynote sessions here (registration required). If you’re interested... [Read More...]
Auto-Tweet Directly from PowerPoint And Other Twitter Tool Updates
Another round of updates to the PowerPoint Twitter Tools, including: Auto-tweeting An additional feedback slide An option for secure internal use A customizable text-zooming tool The ability to set up values in advance (for example, to add the tools into a conference template) To access all these tools, please go to the main download page: http://www.sapweb20.com/blog/powerpoint-twitter-tools/. Here’s some information about each of the new features: PowerPoint... [Read More...]
SAP’s 12sprints Collaborative Decision-Making Prototype
You can now sign up to be a beta participant of SAP’s 12sprints project, “a collaborative environment for people to make better decisions based on data” or a “people-connecting, data-sharing, decision-making tool that actually sets work in motion.” Early versions of the prototype were glimpsed during demonstrations by Léo Apotheker and Ian Kimbell at SAP SAPPHIRE in Berlin last year, and by Marge Breya at SAP TechEd in Vienna, and the... [Read More...]
SAP’s First Official iPhone Application
Not What You Might Think No, SAP’s first official iPhone application is NOT the BusinessObjects Explorer iPhone Application that Marge Breya demonstrated during the keynote of SAP TechEd Vienna, and which Alexis Naibo of the SAP BusinessObjects Innovation Center used to win the Demo Jam contest. That application isn’t quite yet available on iTunes (but will be shortly). For more information about this forthcoming application, check out the demonstration... [Read More...]
E2.0 Conference Panel: Is Enterprise 2.0 a Crock?
At the Enterprise 2.0 conference in San Francisco today, David Berlind hosted a session called “is Enterprise 2.0 a Crock”, drawing inspiration from Dennis Howlett’s Enterprise 2.0 – What a Crock post, and Andrew McAfee’s riposte: Enterprise 2.0 is a Crock: Discuss. The panelists were all members of the 2.0 Adoption Council (from left to right in the photo above) Greg Lowe of Alcatel-Lucent, Megan Murray of Booz Allen Hamilton, Bryce Williams... [Read More...]
Enterprise 2.0 Internal Evangelist of the Year: Claire Flanagan of CSC
At the Enterprise 2.0 conference in San Francisco, Andrew McAfee just opened the magic envelope and revealed that the winner of the first Enterprise 2.0 “Internal Evangelist of the Year” award is Claire Flanagan for her work on CSC’s “C3: Connect | Communicate | Collaborate” environment. For more information about the project, see Claire’s Blog. In summary “CSC is a going to be a very different company because of Claire’s work”.... [Read More...]
We’ve Come a Long Way — Summary of Enterprise 2.0 San Francisco 2009 Opening Keynotes
It’s a sunny Fall morning in San Francisco, and Steve Wylie of TechWeb kicked off the first San Francisco version of the E2.0 event, talking about the changes he’s seen over the last few years. In particular, he pointed to the the rich case studies, larger vendors, and dedicated service providers that are present at today’s event as evidence of the industry’s increasing maturity. Tammy Erickson, President of nGenera Innovation, started her... [Read More...]
