The Best-Run Businesses Run SAP

I attended SAP’s SAPPHIRE NOW 2012 several weeks ago and am finally getting a chance to share my thoughts on the customer meetings I had at with BigByte Corporation and KEEN Footwear at the event. (more…)

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Thanks to the wild popularity of smartphones such as iPhone and Blackberry, tablets such as iPad, and the apps that work with it, we have become the mobile generation, increasing using mobile devices for accessing the information we consume in our daily lives.   Market research supports this shift – according to a recent report by Gartner, worldwide smartphone shipments in Q2, 2011 grew by 74% over the same quarter last year to 107 million units.  (more…)

A lot has been written lately about moving from transactional systems to engagement systems, including one of my own blog posts. There is something to be said for better engagement with customers, but I don’t see this as a “from-to” transition. Recording transactions isn’t optional. Whatever tool you use to create your system of record (whether it is ERP or accounting applications or something else) is a necessary foundational tool and some Small to Midsize Enterprises (SMEs) struggle to provide that solid foundation. (more…)

If you are a small or midsize company looking for a business intelligence solution from SAP BusinessObjects and not sure which one is right for you, you’re not alone. I was recently at the TechEd conference in Las Vegas and several people asked me the differences among various SAP BusinessObjects solutions for SMEs. I had the opportunity to discuss this topic with David Bernstein who is a (more…)