In-Memory Analytics: The Other Kind – A Key Success Factor for Your Career
I’m not going to talk about columnar databases, compression, horizontal partitioning, SAP Hana, or real-time vs. pre-aggregated summarization in this post on in-memory analytics. I’m going to talk about the other kind of in-memory analytics. The kind that can make or break your career. What do you mean, the other kind of in-memory analytics? Quite […]
News Analysis: SAP’s CTO Vishal Sikka Resigns, What Does It Mean For SAP Customers?
Departure of CTO Signals Change In Long Term Direction In a press release this morning, SAP announced a management reorganization and the departure of Vishal Sikka, SAP’s executive board member of products and innovation and CTO (see Figure 1). The reorganization puts Bernd Leukert as Vishal’s immediate replacement to lead global development. The role of […]
The real SAP / Sapphire story
Last week, SAP made a number of technology announcements; rebutted rumors and competitive disinformation; and, threw a pretty good party for thousands of customers and partners. When vendors craft the messages they wish to impart to attendees at user conferences it is not something taken lightly. There are basically four kinds of conference tones that […]
Polls and Surveys: Sapphire 2010 – On The Ground Collaborative Research
Collaborative Research Process At Work I’m pleased to say, that I’ll be joining fellow Enterprise Irregulars – Michael Cote, Larry Dignan, Michael Krigsman, and Vinnie Mirchandani; SAP Mentors – Dennis Howlett and Jon Reed, along with esteemed journalist Thomas Wailgum from CIO magazine to gauge the sentiment of SAP users. We may be adding a […]
