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Why Social Media is the Ultimate “Pay-it-Forward” for Marketing from SAP

Is your organization stuck in social quicksand Is social not delivering the payoff you once hoped it would Have you read every Twitter Best Practices article on Mashable until you are now dreaming in Top Ten lists but to no avail Well you only need to change the way you think to be successful Social media breaks the mold of traditional marketing where you measured success against a balance sheet How much do I get leads views clicks etc for how much I give money resources time etc If you... Read more

Applying SAP co-innovation practice to the SuccessFactors portfolio from SAP on the Cloud

In a previous blog we outlined the importance of co-innovation in designing next generation talent management solutions Co-innovation SAP isn t just white paper theory we actually put it into practice When you need to rethink and deliver something new to the market making the customer part of the product management team is definitely the best strategy With the acquisition of Success Factors by SAP the game has changed Now we are able to refocus on applying co-innovation to a robust portfolio of SuccessFactor products We are currently managing three... Read more

Foster a Culture of Analytics and Revolutionize Decision-Making from SAP Blogs -- Home

by John Schweitzer Senior Vice President and General Manager Analytics SAP Earlier this week I kicked off the Analytics campus at SAPPHIRE NOW in Orlando and was thrilled to talk about SAP s Decision Revolution More than ever before SAP i

SAPPHIRE NOW in Orlando 2012: Day Two Recap from SAP Blogs -- Home

The energy remained high throughout day two and my partner-in-crime Marie Alami and I enjoyed filming the day two recap videos Our colleagues were excited about the day s events Their insights into what was hot appear in the video recaps below

Hard-Power, Soft-Power and Soft Skills from Banking View

Another interesting week in the evolution of the Banking System while we move deeper into the Financial Crisis Last Friday Spanish government nationalized Bankia fourth Bank in the country Again another bailout and private debt converted in public debt The chain of events has been more or less as follows July Bankia performed and Initial Public Offering with a discount of up to to its book value around Million Euro Apparently concerns on the market on the Health of the Spanish Financial System push down the price of the IPO... Read more

SAP HANA – It’s the Real Deal! Well,These Customers Think So. from SAP Blogs -- Home

I ve resisted the urge to comment on the SAPPHIRE NOW keynote sessions even though they are obvious crowd pullers and feature headline topics for the event preferring instead to go a little deeper to locate just the kind of thing that int

SAP Cloud Strategy – what is next? Focus, execution, customer MUST win! from SAP on the Cloud

Today we publicly talked about our cloud strategy in Orlando with many customers media influencers Thanks you all for the awesome feedback Now it s time to bring some key elements to those who could not attend SAPPHIRENOW physically or virtually At SAP we see the Cloud as a way to deliver new possibilities to our customers that will help them run better amp faster These new possibilities include nbsp New economics that make it possible to do more with IT Closer alignment between IT and business needs Greater business... Read more

SAPPHIRE NOW in Orlando 2012: Day One Recap from SAP Blogs -- Home

It was a great first day at SAPPHIRE NOW in Orlando with an amazing number of sessions across SAP s entire analytics portfolio Rather than read a summary of what was covered we re sharing with you several video recaps from our hardworking solutio

Business Networks That Conquer Supply Chain Storms @SapphireNOW from SAP Blogs -- Home

By Vineet Seth SAP Today s supply chain environment is complex and the trading relationships are global and interlinked A seemingly isolated event like floods in Thailand produces giant ripples across the seas and shuts down automotive and high-tec

How Do You Protect Information In & From the Cloud? from SAP on the Cloud

A Guest Blog Post by Robert Mol Symantec The more I m on the road meeting with customers partners and industry colleagues the more I m convinced we ve come to a crossroads where traditional client server IT is now finally giving way to a more flexible and accessible information-driven alternative This may be familiar to many already however there s no doubt that a sea change is taking place in the conversations on this subject from a year ago compared with where we are today The underpinnings of that... Read more