(1) (SAP Americas, Inc., Newtown Square, PA, www.sap.com) The U.S. branch of the German software company, SAP AG., which was founded in 1972 as Systems Applications and Products in...
Dennis Howlett connects a few dots on SAP's research of social media and the possibilities for enterprise applications. Can you take something like Facebook, mash it up with SAP and get something new?As Dennis, who anchors ZDNet's new Enterprise Irregular blog, notes it's way early to outline the possibilities. But...
During his keynote, SAP CEO Henning Kagermann showed how SAP is beginning to embrace the concepts of Web 2.0. He identified self sufficiency self service, enhancing work patterns and collective intelligence as three key areas for Web 2.0 in the enterprise--also known as Enterprise 2.0. I wrote...
SAP doesnt yet offer Web 2.0-style social networking capabilities in its solutions that tap into the wisdom of employees, partners and customers, but it has an internal service, called Harmony. Dennis Moore, general manager of emerging systems, called it a "MySpace for the enterprise," speaking at SAP Sapphire in...
Corporate Social NetworkingOur business had found by having an internal network both the employees and the business at large stand to benefit. It fosters a true sense of teamwork and collaboration and increases productivity. Corporate Social Networking software can provide a way to reach out to all levels within...
Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Intel: Solid third quarter; Sees brighter prospects ahead Sam Diaz: Analysts interested in Intel's 2010, not just...
Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Report: Skype founders sue eBay; could complicate Skype sale Dave Greenfield: Skype Founders Sue eBay and...
Last week I had the opportunity to spend time with SAP CTO Vishal Sikka and separately SAP executive board member John Schwarz, and I've been ruminating on our conversations a lot since those meetings. Fortunately I was part of a group of bloggers who have been following SAP closely, and...
Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Time Warner preps for AOL spin-off; Google's 5% stake worth $283 million Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft: European...
"Participating in the community of the consumer." I love that phrase. That's the way Jim Keyes, Blockbuster CEO described their Facebook group - which is for the most part, despite all our conversations to the contrary, is what most people think of when you say "community" or "social network"...
The first time you meet Sam Lawrence, ex-CMO of Jive Software you just know he's a specially talented marketing person. He's a creative which for geeks should be an immediate affinity thing. Today, he, along with co-founder April Donato came out of stealth mode with Blackbox...
Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Forget the Kindle; University "requires" iPhone Christopher Dawson: Mandatory iPhones at UM worth a bit of...
CubeTree launches enterprise social networking suite; Can it stand out?Comparison ChartComparison charts are always great to summarize what your tool is offering to your client base. However, I wonder why CubeTree isn't showing a comparison with Present.ly - everybody knows that Present.ly is one of the leading names in the...
CubeTree on Monday unveiled its enterprise collaboration suite, which mimics popular social networking tools such as Facebook, Twitter and FriendFeed. In addition, CubeTree said that SAP has deployed the software among 4 percent of its workforce. CubeTree's aim: Port social networking to create an enterprise collaboration suite. ...
Collaboration - How Leaders Avoid the Traps, Create Unity, and Reap Big Results Morten T. Hansen Harvard Business Press ISBN 978-1-4221-1515-2 The great power of Morten Hansen's book 'Collaboration', the result of fifteen years of research into internal collaboration in...
Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ryan Naraine: German researchers score Conficker detection breakthrough Larry Dignan: Enterprises thrown a lifeline as Conflicker worm looms ...
Prior to SXSWi I was asked goodness knows how many times if I was likely to be there. I said the same thing to all comers: 'I don't get it. I don't see the point. Waste of time.' Much against my advice, at least one SAP...
Sam Diaz: Cisco's Q2 sees weaker sales, profits; no widespread layoffs planned Tom Steiner-Threlkeld: Cisco May Cut 2,000 Jobs. But That's Not A Layoff. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft's worst nightmare: Windows 7 deemed less secure than Vista Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Is UAC...
SAP's Business Suite 7 has a few interesting Web 2.0 hooks. Ian Kimbell, vice president of business process validation at SAP, showed the suite's dashboard that broad together engineering, financials and Twitter integration. The Business Suite 7's "sentiment engine" was pointed at Twitter. While...
Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Inauguration coverage: Jennifer Leggio: Inauguration pass or fail? Social network, streaming video report card  Christopher...
Lotus is set to launch LotusLive, an online version of its collaboration suite of applications at its Lotusphere conference in Orlando later today. With LotusLive, IBM becomes the latest collaboration vendor to deliver collaboration services from the cloud. Microsoft has already done so with Microsoft...
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