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- SAP BPM - business fail?
- SAP BPM - business fail?BPM makes Business/IT conversation more neededHaving been in the BPM space for well over a decade, I guess I would consider myself a BPM pragmatist rather than purist. But having been chasing the right balance of business user input and operational integrity my entire career, I...
- Tags: Business process automation, Operational planning, Strategy, Enterprise software, Supply chain management (SCM), SAP AG, BPM
- Discussion threads 2008-05-07
- Business ByDesign: the Irregular verdict
- I've hung back on posting my thoughts on Business ByDesign for several reasons. When I wrote my pre-Sapphire08 conference story, it was clear this would dominate the Irregulars' questions. I needed to get through meeting with all the key executives and view the latest iteration of the product to gain...
- Tags: SAP AG, Brian Sommer, Design Effort, EDI, Roi/Tco, Operational Planning, Sales Channel, Financial Accounting, Marketing Research, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Business Operations, Sales, Marketing, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-05-07
- SAP BPM - business fail?
- On Sunday I sat through a day of SAP sponsored discussions around business process management as part of the company's ramp up to Sapphire08. In and among the presentations, Ginger Gatling, SAP NetWeaver BPM product manager introduced the packed room to Galaxy - aka SAP's NetWeaver Business Process Management environment....
- Tags: BPM, SAP AG, Business Process Automation, Operational Planning, Strategy, Enterprise Software, It Operations, Business Operations, Management, Software, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-05-06
- SAP aims to make upgrades easier; Rolls out enhancement packages; Touts analytics
- Henning Kagermann, co-CEO of SAP, wants to do away with the upgrade-go-round with its upcoming Business Suite 7.0 with "enhancement packages," small optional updates designed to add functionality to enterprise resource planning applications. Enhancement packages are small SOA-enabled packs that can add new functionality to SAP's Business...
- Tags: Analytics, SAP NetWeaver, SAP AG, Enhancement Package, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Middleware, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-06
- News to know: SAP; Hacking NASA; Apple; OpenSolaris
- Notable headlines: Nate McFeters: Hacking NASA: One small step for man, one giant leap for hackers? Common misconceptions about database security Sapphire 2008: Dennis Howlett: The changing SAP culture Larry Dignan: SAP's Apotheker: Business ByDesign costs led...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., OpenSolaris, Hacking, Yahoo! Inc., T-Mobile, SAP AG, Apple Inc., Security, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-06
- In search of Business ByDesign: The netweaver 7.1 connection
- SAP CEO Henning Kagermann on Monday detailed another key thread in the Business ByDesign delay: Developers need to move the software as a service application to the company's NetWeaver 7.1 platform if it is going to meet its costs targets. In an interview with the Enterprise Irregulars...
- Tags: SAP NetWeaver, SAP AG, TCO, Roi/Tco, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-05
- SAP's Apotheker: Business ByDesign costs led to delay
- SAP co-CEO Leo Apotheker says that Business ByDesign, the application giant's high-profile software as a service product, was delayed because of its total cost of ownership for the company. That's a fancy way of saying SAP hasn't figured out how to make money at its $149 per...
- Tags: SAP AG, TCO, Leo Apotheker, Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-05
- SAP sets succession plan; Apotheker named co-CEO
- Update: SAP said Wednesday that it has named Leo Apotheker [at right] co-CEO with Henning Kagermann in a move that solidifies the company's succession plan. Kagermann's contract with SAP runs out in May 2009. SAP made the announcement in a company statement. Apotheker's role...
- Tags: SAP AG, Leo Apotheker, Kagermann, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Corporate Governance, Sales, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-02
- Extreme Business Warehousing: 60 Terabytes and Beyond
- This paper covers the design criteria and implementation of an SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence SAP BI system of extreme size, under massive online load, and with very demanding availability requirements. The proof of concept documented here is based on real customer data, business processes and business needs. It shows the...
- Tags: Warehousing, SAP AG, IBM Corp., Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Enterprise Software, Databases, Middleware, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management
- White papers 2008-04-01
- SAP and Microsoft: No Marriage Needed
- The Sunday New York Times started a little blogo-versy going about whether Microsoft should have made an offer to buy SAP instead of Yahoo. It's an interesting thought, if revisiting history is your idea of interesting. But if you're living in the present, as many of my fellow bloggers (Vinnie...
- Tags: SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Mergers & Acquisitions, Enterprise Software, Tools & Techniques, Investment, Finance, Software, Management, Joshua Greenbaum
- Blog posts 2008-02-25
- Websense CEO Gene Hodges on attack vectors, the future of AV and the malware arms race
- Gene Hodges, CEO of Websense, has had a busy year. The company has integrated the acquisition of SurfControl, built out its security suite and delivered strong financial results. "Last year was one of rapid change," said Hodges, referring to the integration of SurfControl and removing 50 percent...
- Tags: Software, Web, Suite, Antivirus, Websense Inc., Malware, Antivirus Software, Attack Vector, Attack, Data Loss Prevention, Europeans, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-02-19
- SAP sees 1,000 SaaS subscribers by end of 2008
- SAP said Wednesday it currently has 150 customers for its Business ByDesign software as a service offering and hopes to have 1,000 Web subscribers by the end of 2008. The target was outlined in SAP CEO's Henning Kagermann's fourth quarter earnings presentation. Kagermann added that SAP will...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, SAP AG, Software As A Service (SaaS), Operational Accounting, Emerging Technologies, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-01-30
- What would an economic downturn mean for SOA?
- There's been a hysteria of doom and gloom lately over the state of the economy. While I believe the economy is very resilient and has weathered storms worse than the current situation, it's only natural that we see upturns and downturns in the business cycle. The 2008...
- Tags: SOA, Economy, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-01-07
- IBM - SAP Java Monitoring & Tuning Guide
- This paper provides material that will help to understand the most important elements of the SAP NetWeaver Application Framework, and how to combine these elements with the strengths of the IBM pSeries platform. The SAP NetWeaver Application Platform presents a new framework consisting of several different elements. This paper will...
- Tags: SAP NetWeaver, Monitoring, SAP AG, IBM Corp., SAP NetWeaver Application Platform, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2007-12-21
- Checking the pulse of enterprise social computing
- At todays' LeWeb 3, Marc Canter asked a panel drawn from Google, Netvibes, Plum and the European Energy Forum whether we're ready for radical change in the context of bringing the social to software. In his pre-session blog post, Marc said: The paradigm of social networking works great for...
- Tags: Social Computing, Social Networking, Open Source, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2007-12-11
- SAP Influencer Summit: SOA grows up
- I'm spending a couple of days at the SAP Influencer Summit, an invitation-only event for approximately 500 key SAP partners, bloggers, analysts, user group leaders, academics, and the press. According to Mike Prosceno, Vice President for Marketplace Communications, the Influencer Summit is intended to facilitate "networking and relationship building,...
- Tags: SAP AG, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Product Development, Business Structures, Tools & Techniques, Web Services, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Middleware, Software, Research & Development, Business Operations, Finance, Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2007-12-04
- Customer intimacy not strong at SAP
- Just as my fellow Irregulars are getting ready to tackle SAP executives at the company's 'Influencers' Summit' in Boston comes a mea culpa from Steve Rogers, SAP UK's managing director. According to a report from Stuart Lauchlan, Rogers said at the company's recent UK user conference: "When I joined,...
- Tags: Customer, SAP AG, Operational Planning, Product Marketing, Business Operations, Marketing, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2007-12-04
- Best Practices for SAP ERP Using HP Integrity Servers, HP StorageWorks 8000 Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA8000), Windows, and Oracle
- A significant change is taking place in the installed base of SAP systems. While many customers continue to run versions of SAP R/3 software, others have begun to migrate to the new SAP NetWeaver platforms. Migrations to the new versions of SAP software require converting the application environment as well...
- Tags: HP Integrity, Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp., HP StorageWorks, SAP AG, ERP, Best Practice, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Microsoft Windows, Enterprise Software, Storage, Servers, Middleware, Software, Operating Systems, Hardware
- White papers 2007-12-01
- SAP: there are two paths you can go by
- Is SAP the Led Zeppelin of the IT world? When it comes to pursuing SOA, SAP is now delivering a Led Zeppelin-ish message: Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but there's still time to change the road you're on... (From "Stairway to Heaven.") ...
- Tags: SAP NetWeaver, SAP AG, ERP, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software As A Service (SaaS), Middleware, Software, Emerging Technologies, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2007-11-27
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