The Best-Run Businesses Run SAP

Oliver Bussmann has posted his latest blog featured on LinkedIn discussing Hasbro’s social media campaign “Save Your Token” and what you can learn from it as an enterprise business leader.

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Watch this clip to see a typical day in the life of a mobile executive: SAP CIO Oliver Bussmann and Sanjay Poonen, Head of Mobile Solutions go about their day conducting most of their daily tasks on Mobile devices.

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SAP AG (SAP), whose software helps some of the world’s largest firms run their operations, is following the model of Apple Inc.’s stores to show its own workers how to get the most from their smartphones and tablets.

Employees can try devices and software, join training sessions and get technical advice at SAP Mobile Solutions Centers, Chief Information Officer Oliver Bussmann said in a phone interview today. He spoke from SAP headquarters in Walldorf, Germany, where the newest center opens today following inaugurations in London, Paris and Mumbai earlier this year.

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In this interview Oliver Bussmann speaks to Tim Bajarin about everything mobile, including BYOD, iPad deployment and why SAP is device agnostic. Read the article in full here.

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Last week I took part in my first Live #SAPChat and I had a great time – it was a lot of fun.

I really enjoyed the direct interaction and would like to thank those who took part and the lurkers who observed. A BIG thank you also goes to the entire team (SAP Marketing & Global Communications) for making it happen – proof that collaboration leads to fantastic things.

I love numbers so here are a couple relating to the #SAPChat.  We covered 36 topics in 60 minutes and spoke about many SAP Runs SAP topics, for example how we are implementing our own mobile strategy and how we are using SAP HANA solutions internally

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We live in the era of mobility, with smartphones and tablets dominating the technology market. While most of these devices were designed for personal use, their potential value to business users is enormous. To learn how SAP is leading the way in developing and testing mobile applications for its business customers, Bill Kozel spoke with Martin Heisig, SAP Vice President, Enterprise Architecture.

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SAP recently introduced SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0, a much-anticipated update to the company’s industry-leading business intelligence and analytics software. Release 4.0 offers an improved user interface, improved mobility, social networking tools, and the ability to gain meaningful insight from unstructured data.

Prior to rollout, SAP began running its own operations on the new release, under the guidance of David Poisson, IT Manager, SAP Global IT BI Organization. David spoke with Bill Kozel about how SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0 has become an immediate success at the highest levels of the organization.

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Each week BBC News asks high-profile technology decision-makers three questions.  This week it is the turn of SAP CIO, Oliver Bussmann. Read the interview in full here.

Eric Lai and Oliver Bussmann are going to share their insights of SAP’s internal use of mobility and its overall IT transformation on a monthly basis via Eric’s ZDNet blog. Read “SAP CIO: We’re “Jumping On” New Samsung Galaxy Tab tablets” here