{"id":12266,"date":"2012-09-19T11:46:19","date_gmt":"2012-09-19T10:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/?p=4191"},"modified":"2012-09-19T11:46:19","modified_gmt":"2012-09-19T10:46:19","slug":"cool-french-startups-powered-by-analytics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/cool-french-startups-powered-by-analytics.html","title":{"rendered":"Cool French Startups, Powered by Analytics"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SAP<\/h3>\n

The first ever SAP Startup Forum Paris<\/a> was held earlier this month. The event brought together the best and brightest of France\u2019s enterprise startups to show off their products and expertise. The different companies outlined\u00a0 their innovations in short, focused presentations and shared reactions and ideas with SAP developers in a warm, club-like atmosphere.<\/p>\n

Flush with the success of HANA, the company\u2019s innovative in-memory database, SAP has expanded the offer into a complete, real-time data management platform, and is aggressively courting developers<\/a> and investing millions<\/a> in startups to create new \u201cgame-changing\u201d business applications \u2013 especially in the enterprise.<\/p>\n

Venture capitalist Jim Goetz recently expressed his shock and frustration that startups were ignoring a $500 billion market<\/a>, and SAP\u2019s position as the clear leader in enterprise software applications makes it an obvious partner for success.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s an overview of the SAP Startup Program, including Ray Lane, and Scott McNealy, with some of the startups that have already \u201cgraduated\u201d, including these great quotes:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we started working with SAP HANA, we began on a Monday, and we had our project completed by the end of the week\u201d \u2013 Lou Leporace, Next Principles<\/p>\n

\u201cUse HANA \u2013 but don\u2019t tell Larry I told you so\u2026 Go HANA!\u201d Scott McNealy<\/p><\/blockquote>\n