Business Trends (retired)

If you’ve ever attended the SAPPHIRE NOW conference, you know that it’s a blast.  Keynote presentations, show floor exhibits, a private concert, networking events…SAP’s yearly tech conference doesn’t disappoint.   If you’d like... Read More »

At first I thought about writing a huge rant, Kanye West style, along the lines of ‘SAP doesn’t care about their customers!’. But since that didn’t work out very well for Kanye (although he seems to do well now), I decided to take a bit... Read More »

  UPDATE (October 2019): SensorPhone is no longer supported and has been removed from the App Store due to recent changes in the IoT Services. Thanks for your support! – UPDATE (Feb. 27, 2017): SensorPhone has been upgraded and has a new... Read More »

Vishal Sikka joined SAP in 2002 to run projects focussed around innovation. Since then, he grew to be a CTO, Board Member, and friend of many on this network. The SAP Supervisory Board met today – they often meet on a Sunday due to very tough... Read More »

If it looks too complicated, it is. There’s too much complexity around everything we do in business. It’s pervasive. I’ve written about the ease with which “no” has become the standard answer in the workplace. But... Read More »

**** SMP cloud and SMP3 on-prem launched at TechEd **** When I worked in the SAP Regional Implementation Group (RIG – also known as CSA), I wrote 2 blogs – one for Business Planning & Consolidation (BPC) and one for... Read More »

Back when I started my career in the late 90s, things were a little different – I didn’t get a laptop and used a pager to learn about work emergencies on the weekends. Although the technology has changed, some things never change. There... Read More »

“No” has become the most popular word in most organizations. Can we try something new? No. Can we rethink a few corporate policies? No. Can we get outside our comfort zone and go for growth? No. It’s not that leaders... Read More »

Welcome to an experiment! I’d like to try to tempt you to take part in a New-Yorker-style cartoon caption contest. I’m hoping that this will be an opportunity to unleash the pent-up humor genes of the global SCN community. I’m... Read More »

I consider Vishal a good friend and a mentor so when I heard that he left SAP with immediate effect, for personal reasons, I was deeply saddened. Through Sunday, I pondered the obvious imminent disaster that would unveil – the market cap... Read More »