The Best-Run Businesses Run SAP

Mike Golz and Chip Rodgers have a chat about how SAP Runs SAP. Click on the image or this link to view the clip.

If you are onsite, don’t miss SAP CIO, Oliver Bussmann, speaking about How SAP Runs SAP with Mobile Solutions today, 16:30 click here for more details.

I really enjoy working with the SAP Runs SAP team, they are a crazy cool bunch of people who excel in helping SAP run SAP.

Each member of the team is an expert in their own specialized area. Many share their knowledge via blogs (click the links below to see for yourself what I am talking about). If you are attending SAPPHIRE NOW or SAP TechED Madrid take the time to visit table DT514 (next to the SAP HANA stand) and meet the entire team in person.

You will be amazed at how much innovation can be shown at one table.

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It is pretty quiet here in Walldorf today without my IT buddies. They are all in Madrid preparing for SAPPHIRE NOW and TechED Madrid.

BizBash magazine recently described SAPPHIRE Now from Madrid as the “Most Innovative Meeting of 2012” – take a look at this video to see why.

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We didn’t want you to miss out on the SAP Runs SAP activities so our regular writer Bill Kozel shadowed many of these events to make sure you didn’t miss any of the interesting and fun things that happened.

His first piece is about the BYOD Customer Panel: Managing Personal Devices in Your Enterprise

Wednesday, May 16, 2:00 p.m.

Moderator:
Philippe Winthrop, Enterprise Mobility Foundation

Panelists:
Michael Golz, CIO, Americas, SAP
Mark Reynolds, VP IT Architecture/Infrastructure, Fossil
John Dutsar, Director, Information Technology, Pepperidge Farm

In this customer panel discussion, the topic was “bring your own device” (BYOD) policies and strategies.

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    SAPPHIRE NOW Orlando is only a week away and I can’t wait.

Many of my favorite SAP Runs SAP ambassadors are going to be there — such as Michael Golz, Martin Heisig, Martin Lang and Matthias Wild. If you are attending, make sure you visit the SAP Runs SAP booth. It is your chance to see SAP Runs SAP in action.

I am most excited about the fact that enterprise mobility expert Eric Lai and SAP’s Chief Information Officer Oliver Bussmann will be taking part in a live #SAPCHAT on Wednesday, May 16 at 1:00 p.m. ET in Orlando.

Eric and Oliver will be talking about social media, SAP Runs SAP, bring your own device (BYOD), enterprise mobility and, and, and – anything goes live on Twitter.

To be part of the party, on site or online, use this link or simply watch the #SAPChat tag on Twitter.

If you have never seen a #SAPCHAT in action on Twitter, then make this a date for your diary. You do not need to be in Orlando to take part. I, for one, will be taking part from the comfort of my own home.

See you online
Anita

SAP Global IT Americas CIO, Michael Golz took time out to speak about SAP Runs SAP at the recent SAP World Tour event. This clip requires registration and is available for 90 days only, so watch it while you can.

Watch the clip in full here

Too often, organizations treat the IT function as a cost center – a part of the company’s overhead.

In recent years, however, SAP Global IT has adopted a different approach; one that treats information technology as a business that is fully accountable for its contribution to the company’s overall success. (more…)