Another out-of-sync edition of TWIS before I return to my usual Monday schedule next week. Looks like I’ve timed it well to come out just after SAP’s Q4 2010 earnings report. Sorry, I meant to say “SAP, the double-digit growth company”.

As videos or images seem to become a kind-of permanent TWIS feature, let me give you my favourite video of last week.

“We will even mop your executive brows”.

OK, let’s get cracking.

• I’ve mentioned the Q4 earnings report already, so here’s the link to the official SAP documentation. As was to be expected, the Co-CEOs emphasised the continued strong performance from an operational perspective. Let’s bring in some other voices at this point: Gartner’s Thomas Otter praises the field org and Walldorf’s bold product strategy. As Michael Kroker of german Wirtschaftswoche (english here) describes, SAP is keen to “tick off” the TomorrowNow dispute, albeit potentially further legal steps, and move on. Another interesting fact that I would like to add is that co-CEO Snabe confidently announced that SAP reckons it will have 1000 Business ByDesign (BYD) customers by the end of 2011. There was also a poor post from silicon.de on the results, which uses Switzerland as an example and criticises SAP’s lack of strategy, which I can’t quite follow.
• Dennis Howlett sees a fresh approach for SAP customers in ASUGnews’s appointment of Courtney Bjorlin and Thomas Wailgum.
• Sexiness and Workflow don’t match, you think? Jon Reed and Thorsten Franz will prove you wrong.
• Jim Spath blogs from the ASUG’s Annual Volunteer Meeting in Chicago.
• Interesting post by Panorama Consulting on system customisations, which seems to argue against a vendor-driven trend to less bespoke solutions and more best-practice.
• and finally a very much stockmarket-led analysis on SAP’s current situation by Forbes.com

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