Innovation Evangelism
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SAP’s New Cloud Platform
SAP has purchased cloud computing vendor Coghead. What will SAP do with Coghead’s widely praised Platform-as-a-service software, based on Adobe Flex and Amazon’s EC2 Web Service?
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The Future of SAP Events?
SAP recently launched Business Suite 7 in SAP’s New York offices in New York City, to a room was packed to capacity with journalists, analysts, and customers. They were shown a presentation, demonstration, and customer panel, followed by a live Q&A session. There was also support for internet viewers, with a video feed and conference…
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Using Business Intelligence to Catch Wasteful US Spending?
Track US Government spending thanks to USA Spending.Gov and Polestar OnDemand. What can YOU come up with?
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Coghead Overview Video
A quick video overview of the Coghead Platform-as-a-Service, recently acquired by SAP
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Giant Brains: Did Edmund Berkeley Predict Email, the Internet, ERP Systems and the iPhone in 1949?
Now that prediction season is coming to an end, it’s time to reflect on how technology always changes, but the underlying business needs remain the same from year to year, or even decade to decade. Edmund Berkely was a real pioneer with his book: “Giant Brains, or Machines that Think” in 1949.
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Data Governance? What’s That? (And How Can Companies Fix It?)
Forty-four percent of companies don’t have a formal data governance policy, and 22% of firms without a data policy have no plans to implement one. Here are the key steps to getting data governance and quality going in your organization.
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BusinessObjects is The Best Thing About SAP Business Suite 7?
As I’m sure everybody knows by now, SAP launched Business Suite 7 last week. Despite skepticism about some of the claims made for the new suite, analysts declared that the inclusion of BusinessObjects analytics into the suite was a big part of its appeal.
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Branding Your BI Solution: Everything Up to And Including Theme Music?
Branding and other forms of internal marketing are absolutely essential for successful BI projects — and it’s an area where the teams don’t often have a lot of expertise. This article touches on some of the key things teams should to do promote BI projects successfully.
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It Would Have Been a Crime not to Include Analytics in This New Application
Today, SAP launched SAP Investigative Case Management for Public Sector, a new solution to support police and other investigating authorities in the efforts to prevent, detect and investigate crime. It’s a great example of the new SAP Business Suite 7 applications that integrate technology from the Business Objects acquisition, combining both operational and analytic expertise…