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 started off with the new (excellent) “run better” SAP ad, featuring a wide selection of SAP customers: Mark Yolton then stepped up on stage to welcome the crowd and members of the SAP Community... [Read More...]

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 by SAP. The following video is offered instead, with all of the original humor deleted.  Read More →

SAP Business By Design Adds Third-Party Web Services

SAP today announced new collaboration agreements that allow SAP Business ByDesign users to more easily leverage web services from third-party providers, including: Business and investment news. Users can access investment research and other data from Hoover’s, Morningstar, and Business Wire, Google News, and Google Finance, and combine it with their own information about customers and suppliers. Mapping and address services. Users can map and route... [Read More...]