By R "Ray" Wang on April 2, 2013
Partnership Announcements Enhance Ultimate Software’s Offerings Amidst a crowd of 1500 customers, partners, and attendees, Ultimate Software held their annual gathering from March 12th to March 15th, 2013 in Las Vegas. Geared towards the medium sized to enterprise markets, Ultimate Software has steadily taken market share from ADP for payroll and expanded out into operational [...]
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By R "Ray" Wang on May 13, 2012
SAP’s In The Midst Of Massive Transformation Just four years ago, nervous attendees dealt with a tumultuous global market entering financial crisis. SAP’s management team decided to raise maintenance fees to shore up its margins amidst a drought of innovation. Customers revolted en masse. Policies changed due to user group and global influencer pressure. [...]
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By R "Ray" Wang on August 3, 2011
Summit Brings A Cadre Of Thought Leaders To User Group Attendees The SAP Australian User’s Group held their annual summit once again at the Sydney Convention Centre in Darling Harbour from August 2 to August 4th. With a record 650 attendees, the keynotes covered many of the hot topics about SAP ownership, road maps, and [...]
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By R "Ray" Wang on May 15, 2011
Forward And Commentary This market overview provides a starting point to SAP customers seeking optimization solutions. The document delivers actionable advice and insights into a proven collection of software solutions. As part of the full series, best practices documents will follow with in- depth case studies and a critical product evaluation of this growing market [...]
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By R "Ray" Wang on August 8, 2010
SAUG Summit Delivered Great Networking Opportunities And Information Exchange
Over 550 attendees converged on Sydney August 3rd to 5th, 2010 for the annual SAP User Group Summit. Members were treated to 28 session, 7 keynotes, and 4 SAP 101 educational sessions. The smart design of the conference gave attendees ample opportunities to connect and share ideas [...]
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By R "Ray" Wang on April 5, 2010
Rimini Street Counter Suit Focuses On Ensuring Customer Rights To Third Party Maintenance (3PM)
On March 29th, 2010, Rimini Street sued Oracle for “counterclaims alleging copyright misuse, defamation, disparagement, trade libel, and unfair competition”. The lawsuit was filed as a counter to Oracle’s February 26th, 2010 suit of Rimini Street for Intellectual Property (IP) theft. While [...]
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By R "Ray" Wang on November 25, 2009
Building Innovation With And Around Your SAP Environment Keynote summary: Pace of change continues to increase in market forces, work dynamics, business models, and pace of technology adoption. Innovation is essential in this market. There’s a tonne of innovation at SAP. Management and politics keep it from coming out. Users need to tap into innovations [...]
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By R "Ray" Wang on November 24, 2009
SAP users in UK and Ireland remain equally skeptical about SAP
(Photos by R Wang & Insider Associates, LLC. Copyright © 2009 All rights reserved.)
The SAP user group hosted its annual event. Conversations with 37 clients reflect the following broad trends in the UK and Ireland:
SAP users remain skeptical about benefits promised by SAP [...]
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