
What Are the Killer Apps for SAP HANA and Other In-Memory Computing Systems?
In a previous blog, I argued that SAP HANA (and in-memory computing) had the potential to bring a number of benefits to enterprises in the short term, including:elimination of lag time between data capture in the operational system and its availability…

Enterprise headlines and excerpts, 2011-06-30
June has been a busy month in the Enterprise Software and Solutions (http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23EnSW). Headlines and excerpts follow below, but here are some of the highlights of the month of June:Lots o’ buzz about SAP HANA and how it can tran…

SAP keeps it interesting!
Even more changes under way at SAP. First, SAP announced a major shake-up in mid-January. Next, this past Sunday, SAP’s CEO abruptly left the company and was replaced by co-CEO’s.Today, the other shoe dropped. Several pieces of news were announced, …

Changes at #SAP
This weekend, it was announced that Leo Apotheker was leaving SAP immediately. Leo had been SAP’s CEO. Replacing Leo would be co-CEO’s Jim Snabe (focusing on technology) and Bill McDermott (focusing on sales). Also announced was the elevation of Vishal Sikka, the company’s CTO, to SAP’s Executive Board (the management board). Recently, it had been […]

More thoughts on 12Sprints.com
This post is a follow up to my initial review of 12Sprints.com, the innovative new collaboration tool from SAP. That review was based on about a half day of using 12Sprints.com with a colleague or two, but without any real business need driving my use…

More Advice for CEO’s
Last week, I shared some advice for CEO’s as gleaned from colleagues at Enterprise Irregulars. A few more chimed in this week, and I thought I’d share some more advice to enterprise software industry CEO’s.Greg GianforteFix your messaging finally. It…

Advice for CEOs
I feel very honored to be a member of the Enterprise Irregulars group – a very plugged group of people, with lots of hands-on knowledge and experience. I asked them what advice they’d like to give to enterprise solutions company CEO’s, and I got the f…

Initial review of 12Sprints.com
Overview of 12Sprints.comSAP recently invited me (after I pestered a few people over there!) to join in the beta program for a new product/service called “12Sprints.com.” According to the company, “12sprints is software as a service (SaaS) application …

It’s Holiday Prediction Time Already
When you get your third request to discuss the outlook for 2010 for our industry, it must be “Holiday Prediction” time. With no further ado, and with two months left in the year, here are my predictions for the enterprise software world for 2010. The…

Ranjan Das passed away.
OracAlum, and president of SAP India and Southeast Asia, Ranjan Das passed away yesterday. He was so young and so very talented, and such a great friend to so many. He was just 42 years old, with so many passions. He loved exercising, film, and his …