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Here’s a roundup of all the latest analytics news from SAPPHIRE NOW Madrid on subjects including SAP NetWeaver BW on SAP HANA, collaborative analytics, new mobile applications, updated analytic applications, and more. You can get more information on all of these at the SAPPHIRE NOW campuses. (more…)

I’ll be an official “social ambassador” for analytics at SAPPHIRE NOW from Madrid next week. This blog attempts to summarize the main analytics-related activities during the two days of SAPPHIRE NOW – but note that this year, SAPPHIRE NOW attendees also have access to all SAP TechEd sessions that are going on at the same time, making it even harder than usual to choose from the dizzying array of possible sessions (the SAP TechEd sessions are technology-focused, and include more networking sessions with IT peers, while the SAPPHIRE NOW sessions focus on the business aspects and include more customer sessions). (more…)

Keith Costello, EVP of Analytic Solutions at SAP, took a moment at SAPPHIRE NOW to share some insights into the popularity of SAP analytic applications and a sneak peek into the future plans for these apps. (more…)

Speaking from SAPPHIRE NOW, Jason Rose of BI Solution Marketing at SAP has a few words to say about the business intelligence (BI) solutions that SAP released in February ??and why these solutions will become exponentially more mobile in the next couple of months. (more…)

I spent the day talking with customers, tweeting from @sapevents, following the enthusiasm in the Line of Business campus and In-Memory groups and hearing from analysts on how SAP has been transformed.  If you were unable to attend the conference, you can get great content from the SAPPHIRE NOW website, but you may have missed the fun of the show.  So, I grabbed a camera and walked the show floor before anyone showed up on Sunday night, and then made sure I was there for all the action throughout the day.  “Wish you were here,” from Orlando, day 1 of SAPPHIRE NOW. (more…)

In his theater session today, King Arthur Flour’s Steve Cochran reported that using SAP BusinessObjects BI OnDemand has had some surprise benefits in addition to expected results.

King Arthur Flour is a 210-year-old, employee-owned company with approximately $85 million in revenues and 200 employees. The company selected SAP BusinessObjects BI OnDemand because it was looking for a solution that could be up and running in three to four months, from a software partner that had strong expertise in BI. (more…)

The Broadcast Center at SAPPHIRE NOW from Orlando features broadcasting sessions produced in a “Talk Show” format that are limited to 30 minutes. The programming includes one-on-one interviews in which experts demonstrate how SAP technology enables customers to run better, panel discussions with customers, partners, and SAP executives on a given topic, as well as magazine format sessions combining elements such as interviews, videos, and feeds from the floor. (more…)

I am struck by the natural cycles that occur again and again in life.  This scenario has played out countless times in our collective histories -

• We discover something, then
• Only a select few have it and get great gains from it, then
• Over time other people get it, then
• Everyone has it and it is no longer an advantage, so
• We go discover the next new thing (more…)

At SAPPHIRE NOW in Orlando, Florida, a variety of panelists will talk about the SAP solution portfolio for small businesses and midsize companies (SMEs) in 30-minute discussion panels. The portfolio includes SAP Business One, SAP Business ByDesign and SAP Business All-in-One as well as business intelligence solutions from SAP BusinessObjects. (more…)