Thomas Zurek, VP of SAP HANA BW development, blogs on the “HANA EDW”—but before you get riled up about some new SAPanese terminology, give Zurek a chance and read his piece (especially for those of you with “future of my BW investment?” questions).
SAP mobility was a big topic in the blogosphere this week, as SAP mentor Dick Hirsch took a gander at the popularity of SAP’s mobile apps. A related post, by developer John Moy, examines the statistics for a free app that Moy published a few years ago, called myHelp for SAP pros.
“Big Data broke BI.” That’s the sentiment of this Wired.com post by Doron Aspitz of Verix. Agree?
The IDG News Service’s Chris Kanaracus reports that SAP “has filed a court action against patent holder Pi-Net International, which it says has filed patent infringement lawsuits against a number of SAP customers.” The suit relates to SAP’s Financial Fusion software, which, Kanaracus reports, came via the Sybase acquisition.
Scott Wallask over at BusinessObjects Experts says that SAP is rekindling its relationship with legacy BOBJ customers. (It’s amazing what a candle or two, a good bottle of wine and Lionel Richie music can do, isn’t it?)
It was kind of shocking that the SAP trumpets weren’t heralding the announcement of a couple of new SAP Business Suite on HANA customers, but here they are: India’s Avon Cycles and China’s Nongfu Spring, notes Thailand’s The Nation.
SAP Mentor Jon Reed’s got something to say: “Why the SAP training results from Michael Management’s survey bother me.”
The headline might imply a heavy dose of SAP marketing, but it’s worth the read: How SAP Labs India Became an Innovation Dynamo.
On ASUGNews.com
The speakers and sessions have been locked down, the show floor spaces designated and the 3 billion gallons of coffee ordered—it’s almost time for ASUG Annual Conference. Here we offer a look at ASUG’s annual event by breaking down and out some interesting numbers. … Don’t forget to take ASUG’s SAP HANA survey. … Innovation is critical to success, but not all companies experience the same success rate. Here’s a look at why that is in the Monday Metric.
Quote of the Week
“On-premise: It is not a dirty word.”
-Oracle President Safra Catz, in a spirited appearance at the Wells Fargo Technology Summit on Wednesday
Stat of the Week
$1 billion and under—the annual revenues of North American SAP customers and prospects that will be exclusively sold to and served by SAP channel partners. (Source: CRN.com)
Tweets of the Week
@JudsonOnDemand: Dear @SAP, please put @SAPByDesign on #HANA. We cannot put $1b companies on such a slow system. Some of my clients do 5k txns/day.
@kellygharris: Why can SAP StreamWork never remember me? Slash, why am I using SAP StreamWork?
@GigaJiga: You down with ODP? Ya you know me! Who is down with ODP? Every last lady! #SAP HANA grooves <Operational Data Provider>
@Ckochster: Spreadsheets are ungovernable–so what you offer as replacement *must* be better–J&J #sapscmsummit
@bernardgolden: Wil Forest of McKinsey says single biggest profit contrib from IT would be to return to industry average spend %. Killjoy. #ccevent
@SAP_Jarret: @rhirsch Speaking of actual usage I asked a room of ~250 #SAP HR customers at #HR2013 & not 1 was using an SAP HR mobile app
@esjewett: I challenge SAP to pick 1 product and not rename it for 5 years except by incrementing a single version number.
@vsikka: Mr @benioff you shud know better than to believe the lies of others. Hana could be a rocket boost for salesforce; why not join us?
@chinamartens: Oracle, Microsoft shd really think abt having a user conference the wk of May 13 – every other ERP vendor is #SAP #Epicor #Aptean #NetSuite
@oswaldxxl: Congrats to the SAP events team on a huge win for the @sapphirenow brand. http://ow.ly/jHKU9 When will the #ASUG2013 version come out?