SAPPHIRE: Can Retailers Absorb What SAP Enables?
This post originally appeared in my company's weekly newsletter, Retail Paradox Weekly. It was written by my partner Brian Kilcourse, and I think you'll enjoy it very much. If you have questions or...
View ArticleBrazil – much more than just the land of soccer
Brazil is undoubtedly one of the most captivating nations out there. It’s a country 24 times bigger than Germany and home to nearly 200 million people. It was this very nation, which had interested me...
View ArticleSAP UEM by Knoa: User Sustainment Best Practices Partner Webinar
SAP Partners can learn in an upcoming webinar how SAP User Experience Management (SAP UEM) by Knoa enables a sustainable user community, while reducing user support costs and improving satisfaction....
View Article#SocialShakeUp: Practitioners Talk about Effective Community Engagement
Engagement is the holy grail in social media marketing. However, while everybody is talking about it, few do it well.Buzz words like content marketing, mobile marketing and WOM distract many-a-marketer...
View ArticleSAP E-Invoicing: 3 Reasons You Could Fail an Audit in Latin America
Often in these articles, I describe the business process – but I wanted to look at Latin America E-Invoicing from an audit risk point of view. Often when we look at the issues, our IT teams think...
View ArticleSAP Learning Hub Student Edition: You Can be the Fastest Horse in the Race!
A job offer before graduation? Impressive. Possible? Yes – very possible. Some undergraduates are obtaining extensive knowledge about SAP, and many of those students are offered jobs to join a...
View ArticleSAPPHIRE NOW Financial Services Recap
Entering the convention center in Orlando for SAPPHIRE NOW, one immediately feels invigorated, awed and inspired. I arrived early and the sense of “something big’s about to go down here” was immediate....
View ArticleTop 3 Cloud Conceptions from SAPPHIRE NOW
If you read my blog last week, Cracking the Cloud Conceptions, wait no longer. As promised, I interviewed each SAP customer I met at SAPPHIRE NOW Orlando and asked the following: What do you think...
View ArticleThe Cost of Doing Nothing
I had a manager tell me the other day that he didn’t want to manage someone out as he was concerned that he wouldn’t get a replacement headcount. His rationale was “a person who is a below average...
View ArticleDear City Departments, please break down those silos
During SAPPHIRENOW last week I was able to engage in a dialogue with clients, analysts and colleagues about how cities can connect more to improve citizens lives. From my perspective cities can...
View ArticleTrip Report: Sustainability Customer Success @ SAPPHIRE NOW 2014
SAPPHIRE NOW in Orlando last week was, as usual, a whirlwind event. Non-stop keynotes, sessions, meetings with customers and partners, dinners…and even a concert by Jon Bon Jovi and the Kings of...
View ArticleCatch up on all the action from the SAPPHIRE NOW Show floor!
Simply put, this year’s SAPPHIRE NOW was the biggest and best ever! To help spread the word beyond the capacity crowd and record breaking online audience, we produced a series of short videos that...
View ArticleTransport BRF+ application from $Temp package
Transport BRF+ Application from $Temp packge I am not sure if you have already come across the phase associate with Copy the BRF+ application from $Temp package in order to make it transportable. At...
View ArticleTurbocharge Your Location Analytics
Transform your organization today by breaking the silos between business and GIS systems. Join us for a special Webinar on Thursday, June 26, at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT to learn about integrating the SAP...
View ArticleASUG Launches User Experience Webcast Series - June 2014 to October 2014
ASUG has launched a new webcast series for ASUG members that is focused on User Experience, it will run from June 2014 to October 2014.This is webcast series is timely especially given SAP's...
View Article[SAP HANA Academy Cricket Demo] – Video: Putting the Data into SAP Lumira Cloud
I hope you have enjoyed the SAP HANA Academy's coverage of the 2014 Indian Premier Twenty20 Cricket Tournament using data processed by SAP HANA and visualizations created with SAP Lumira and SAP...
View ArticleSmells like Teen Simplification
Two big themes from last week’s SAPPHIRE NOW conference were the importance of simplicity and the growing role of millennials in the workplace. There isn’t a clear connection between the two...
View ArticleSAP ESP monitors smart vending machines at SAPPHIRE NOW
Check out this video from SAPPHIRE NOW 2014, demonstrating the smart vending concept. ESP was (is) an integral part of this demo. The sensor data coming in from the vending machines flows into ESP,...
View ArticleSuccessFactors Q2 2014 Release: SuccessFactors Mobile
A couple of weeks ago I attended a mobile conference in downtown San Francisco. Many companies that have made a name for themselves thanks to their mobile apps and a mobile-first approach were there...
View ArticleWhat’s Happening in SAP Product Support – Spring recap and Summer sessions...
School’s (just about) out for summer in a lot of locations, but we haven’t stopped putting together some great educational sessions delivered by some of our finest SAP Support experts. As with my...
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