{"id":13617,"date":"2017-06-06T15:09:13","date_gmt":"2017-06-06T13:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/?p=13617"},"modified":"2017-06-06T15:09:13","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T13:09:13","slug":"introducing-sap-leonardo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/introducing-sap-leonardo.html","title":{"rendered":"Introducing SAP Leonardo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/sap-leonardo-banner.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13618\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/sap-leonardo-banner.jpg?resize=608%2C265&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"608\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/sap-leonardo-banner.jpg?resize=608%2C265&amp;ssl=1 608w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/sap-leonardo-banner.jpg?resize=768%2C334&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/sap-leonardo-banner.jpg?resize=1024%2C445&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/sap-leonardo-banner.jpg?w=1701&amp;ssl=1 1701w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The newly launched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sap.com\/france\/products\/leonardo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SAP Leonardo<\/a> isn&#8217;t just a product, it&#8217;s a &#8220;digital innovation system&#8221; to help organizations accelerate their digital transformation journey.\u00a0Like the artist and scientist Leonardo Da Vinci, who centuries ago designed solar power and flying machines, SAP\u2019s Leonardo &#8220;applies the force of digital technologies to the power of imagination to reinvent new business models&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/sap-leonardo-digital-innovation-system.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13619\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/sap-leonardo-digital-innovation-system.jpg?resize=608%2C299&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"608\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/sap-leonardo-digital-innovation-system.jpg?resize=608%2C299&amp;ssl=1 608w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/sap-leonardo-digital-innovation-system.jpg?resize=768%2C378&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/sap-leonardo-digital-innovation-system.jpg?w=988&amp;ssl=1 988w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To find out more, I interviewed <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mikeflannagan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mike Flannagan<\/a>, Senior VP of Products for SAP Leonardo, at the recent SAPPHIRE NOW user conference event. I asked him to explain the new offer :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What&#8217;s the difference between a system and a product or platform?<\/li>\n<li>What are the parts of the system?<\/li>\n<li>Why is it more than just a bundle of products and services?<\/li>\n<li>What are the steps from idea to solving business problems?<\/li>\n<li>What are the &#8220;accelerators&#8221; in SAP Leonardo?<\/li>\n<li>What is the role of analytics in SAP Leonardo?<\/li>\n<li>The role of artificial intelligence and other fast-moving technologies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R7IxWAw9NVw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>To get more details, check out the official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sap.com\/france\/products\/leonardo.html\">SAP Leonardo page<\/a>\u00a0or read the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sap.com\/documents\/2017\/05\/3cda5971-ba7c-0010-82c7-eda71af511fa.html#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Q&amp;A with SAP CEO Bill McDermott<\/a>, as he explains what SAP Leonardo means to the overall strategy of SAP.<\/p>\n<p>You can hear more from Mike Flannagan in this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cxotalk.com\/episode\/digital-transformation-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CxO Talk episode on Digital Transformation Data &amp; Tech<\/a>, interviewed by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mkrigsman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Krisgman <\/a>with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dhinchcliffe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dion Hinchcliffe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JbZWajZsOTc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>And if you&#8217;re attending the <a href=\"http:\/\/sapinsiderevents.wispubs.com\/2017\/Amsterdam\/BI-Admin-HANA-FIN-GRC-CEC\/BI\/Tracks\/Track%202?sessionId=b2b2b21e-f181-4037-b488-1138c24a642d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SAP Insider event next week in Amsterdam<\/a>, you can see me presenting an overview session on\u00a0Thursday, 15 June, 2017. 10:45 &#8211; 11:45 in room E106<\/p>\n<div class=\"track_header\">\n<h3><em>Introducing SAP Leonardo<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><em>Becoming a digital business requires business model and business process changes that no single technology can deliver. SAP Leonardo brings industry-leading capabilities, solutions, and services together to provide the industry\u2019s only Digital Innovation System \u2014 built to not only drive innovation as companies explore digital transformation, but also to scale that innovation and allow businesses to truly transform. Join this session to:<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"single_session_description session_description\">\n<ul>\n<li><em>Hear how SAP Leonardo accelerates the time from which a business recognizes the need for digital transformation to having an active, working digital transformation solution<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Learn about the components and technologies that make up SAP Leonardo<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Get an understanding of how SAP Leonardo can help you to leverage your existing investments and extend their value<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"spkr_table_container\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is SAP Leonardo, and why might you care?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[629,1219,1249,1250,940,942],"class_list":["post-13617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interviews","tag-interview","tag-mike-flannagan","tag-sap-leonardo","tag-sapleonardo","tag-sapphire-now","tag-sapphirenow"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/sap-leonardo-banner.jpg?fit=1701%2C740&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3X9RF-3xD","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13617\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}