SAPPHIRENOW Vishal Sikka Keynote – HANA For Speed, Fiori For Usability
Vishal Sikka, who leads technology and innovation at SAP, followed Hasso Platner onto the keynote stage; I decided to break the post and publish just Plattner’s portion since my commentary was getting bit long. Sikka also started his part of the keynote with HANA, and highlighted some customer case studies from their “10,000 Club”, where [...]
SAP and HANA: 5 Points of advice for CIOs
SAP’s future is a combination of hardware and software, called HANA (high performance analytical appliance), which can process large volumes of data orders of magnitude faster than anything else the company offers. The potential applications of HANA are numerous and include examples such as: Real-time adjustments of airline ticket prices based on moment-by-moment shifts [...]
SAP Goes All in for User Experience and Design
I flew down to Madrid yesterday to check out what’s happening in the SAP ecosystem at the company’s TechEd and Sapphire event. There are a ton of angles to consider in looking at the company’s comeback, but one of the most obvious is the growing influence of SAP’s Research Labs in Palo Alto. SAP’s future is [...]
The end of vaporware
It was a striking sight. It was end of day in last week’s Technology Summit after Workday had showed us countless demos of new functionality, when under non-disclosure they announced plans to develop a Recruiting module. It would be next-gen, not just applicant tracking, but would allow for candidate identification through traditional and social channels, [...]
Quark Summary: Does SAP HANA Change Your Database Strategy for SAP Apps?
Forward And Commentary SAP’s made big claims about HANA and its capabilities today and into the future. This Quark goes into the details and Constellation’s point of view. A. Executive Summary Both HANA as an architecture and database alternative indicate SAP’s future direction and next-generation approach. Consequently, numerous clients and SAP customers have inquired on [...]
Enterprise Deja Vu
I am enjoying In-Memory Data Management- An Inflexion Point for Enterprise Applications – SAP kindly sent me an advance copy of the book by Dr. Hasso Plattner and Alexander Zeier. I am also watching Vishal Sikka, SAP’s CTO present this morning at its “New Reality” event in Boston talk about in-memory, mobility, clouds – as [...]
Vindicated by SaaS
<Shameless chest-thumping below. You’ve been warned.> In 2008 I said: I am a strong believer that in 4-5 years most software developed will be SaaS, and that in 10 years it will be the predominant method of “consuming” software by large enterprises. Today IDC says (as cited by Joe McKendrick @ ZDNet): By 2012, IDC [...]
Behind the scenes with SAP Chairman Hasso Plattner
In this podcast, SAP co-founder, Hasso Plattner, discusses in-memory databases, competition with Oracle and Larry Ellison, and other exciting topics.
Why is in-memory database important to #SAP ?
Very busy these days, but wanted to share some thoughts about in-memory database and why it is so important to SAP – and the industry. All of this is just my opinion, and based only on my experience. SAP is really a collection of business processes implemented in software. No shock there. In some cases, [...]
Sapphire 2010 Orlando Day One: Nerdcore
Kind of struggling to work out the key narratives from Sapphire this year. Well other than the fact that SAP really doesn’t like not having nerds in charge. Leo Apotheker was SAP’s first ever CEO without a development background… he lasted less than a year before getting nuked by Chairman Hasso Plattner. The geeks are [...]
