{"id":1104,"date":"2010-11-15T19:37:02","date_gmt":"2010-11-15T19:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pixelbase.co.uk\/?p=1104"},"modified":"2014-10-09T10:14:51","modified_gmt":"2014-10-09T10:14:51","slug":"this-week-in-sap-45","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pixelbase.co.uk\/?p=1104","title":{"rendered":"This Week in SAP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear TWIS fellowhip, after last week&#8217;s news extravaganzza, this week&#8217;s edition is a little short and sharper&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CIO&#8217;s Chris Kanaracus writes: Lumber Liquidators <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cio.com\/article\/633570\/ERP_Woes_Blamed_for_Lumber_Company_s_Bad_Quarter?source=rss_enterprise_resource_planning_erp\">blames it&#8217;s weak recent quarterly results<\/a> to a complex SAP implementation.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;It&#8217;s the BI, stupid!&#8221;, Thomas Wailgum reports on an MIT \/ IBM study which shows that the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cio.com\/article\/635564\/Biggest_Barriers_to_Business_Analytics_Adoption_People_Not_Tech?source=rss_enterprise_resource_planning_erp\">corporate gut feel still rules<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Digital Daily seems to <a href=\"http:\/\/digitaldaily.allthingsd.com\/20101115\/sap-co-ceo-apologizes-for-oracle-ip-theft\/\">enjoy Bill McDermott&#8217;s in-court apology<\/a> to Oracle.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pixelbase.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/twitter_icon-e1268596574748.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-750\" title=\"twitter_icon\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pixelbase.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/twitter_icon-e1268596574748.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" \/><\/a>hey, you, Twitterverse!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"click to toggle between @ reply \/ direct message\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twittergadget.com\/gadget.asp?exp_rpc_js=1&amp;exp_track_js=1&amp;st=c%3Dig%26e%3DAPu7icrUWy5cvocIgEuwbzP8Q%252BJLOm3xratGinZerdiZwFiHups2t5fRZNG5UdXucCszZ3L6t27xMtHDF3NdFqxI0DceQFpmu6ID4GW94Nc0tnyXfb3Tyz3HBsxETnd4LJtgHYOghRlf&amp;container=ig&amp;view=home&amp;lang=en&amp;country=US&amp;v=a269b03097440ab6&amp;parent=http:\/\/www.google.com&amp;libs=7ndonz73vUA\/lib\/liberror_tracker.js,iHKb-4mKuMY\/lib\/librpc.js,vrFMICQBNJo\/lib\/libcore.js,OqjxSeEKc8o\/lib\/libdynamic-height.js,LlvwMnn0ByM\/lib\/libsettitle.js&amp;is_signedin=1&amp;synd=ig&amp;view=home\"><strong>monkchips<\/strong><\/a>: seeing a lot of moves by major tech companies lately that clearly demonstrate one thing- developers are indeed the new kingmakers<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"click to toggle between @ reply \/ direct message\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twittergadget.com\/gadget.asp?exp_rpc_js=1&amp;exp_track_js=1&amp;st=c%3Dig%26e%3DAPu7icrUWy5cvocIgEuwbzP8Q%252BJLOm3xratGinZerdiZwFiHups2t5fRZNG5UdXucCszZ3L6t27xMtHDF3NdFqxI0DceQFpmu6ID4GW94Nc0tnyXfb3Tyz3HBsxETnd4LJtgHYOghRlf&amp;container=ig&amp;view=home&amp;lang=en&amp;country=US&amp;v=a269b03097440ab6&amp;parent=http:\/\/www.google.com&amp;libs=7ndonz73vUA\/lib\/liberror_tracker.js,iHKb-4mKuMY\/lib\/librpc.js,vrFMICQBNJo\/lib\/libcore.js,OqjxSeEKc8o\/lib\/libdynamic-height.js,LlvwMnn0ByM\/lib\/libsettitle.js&amp;is_signedin=1&amp;synd=ig&amp;view=home\"><strong>RenaldWittwer<\/strong><\/a>: Just talked with a customer about Java. There is lot of fear about the license policy of Oracle. No investment in Java projects anymore!<\/li>\n<li>@<a title=\"jonerp\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twittergadget.com\/gadget.asp?exp_rpc_js=1&amp;exp_track_js=1&amp;st=c%3Dig%26e%3DAPu7icrUWy5cvocIgEuwbzP8Q%252BJLOm3xratGinZerdiZwFiHups2t5fRZNG5UdXucCszZ3L6t27xMtHDF3NdFqxI0DceQFpmu6ID4GW94Nc0tnyXfb3Tyz3HBsxETnd4LJtgHYOghRlf&amp;container=ig&amp;view=home&amp;lang=en&amp;country=US&amp;v=a269b03097440ab6&amp;parent=http:\/\/www.google.com&amp;libs=7ndonz73vUA\/lib\/liberror_tracker.js,iHKb-4mKuMY\/lib\/librpc.js,vrFMICQBNJo\/lib\/libcore.js,OqjxSeEKc8o\/lib\/libdynamic-height.js,LlvwMnn0ByM\/lib\/libsettitle.js&amp;is_signedin=1&amp;synd=ig&amp;view=home\">jonerp<\/a> Only SAP technology strategists can give the #<a title=\"kissofdeath\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twittergadget.com\/gadget.asp?exp_rpc_js=1&amp;exp_track_js=1&amp;st=c%3Dig%26e%3DAPu7icrUWy5cvocIgEuwbzP8Q%252BJLOm3xratGinZerdiZwFiHups2t5fRZNG5UdXucCszZ3L6t27xMtHDF3NdFqxI0DceQFpmu6ID4GW94Nc0tnyXfb3Tyz3HBsxETnd4LJtgHYOghRlf&amp;container=ig&amp;view=home&amp;lang=en&amp;country=US&amp;v=a269b03097440ab6&amp;parent=http:\/\/www.google.com&amp;libs=7ndonz73vUA\/lib\/liberror_tracker.js,iHKb-4mKuMY\/lib\/librpc.js,vrFMICQBNJo\/lib\/libcore.js,OqjxSeEKc8o\/lib\/libdynamic-height.js,LlvwMnn0ByM\/lib\/libsettitle.js&amp;is_signedin=1&amp;synd=ig&amp;view=home\">kissofdeath<\/a>, architects &amp; everyone else go for &#8220;loose coupling&#8221; @<a title=\"jpenninkhof\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twittergadget.com\/gadget.asp?exp_rpc_js=1&amp;exp_track_js=1&amp;st=c%3Dig%26e%3DAPu7icrUWy5cvocIgEuwbzP8Q%252BJLOm3xratGinZerdiZwFiHups2t5fRZNG5UdXucCszZ3L6t27xMtHDF3NdFqxI0DceQFpmu6ID4GW94Nc0tnyXfb3Tyz3HBsxETnd4LJtgHYOghRlf&amp;container=ig&amp;view=home&amp;lang=en&amp;country=US&amp;v=a269b03097440ab6&amp;parent=http:\/\/www.google.com&amp;libs=7ndonz73vUA\/lib\/liberror_tracker.js,iHKb-4mKuMY\/lib\/librpc.js,vrFMICQBNJo\/lib\/libcore.js,OqjxSeEKc8o\/lib\/libdynamic-height.js,LlvwMnn0ByM\/lib\/libsettitle.js&amp;is_signedin=1&amp;synd=ig&amp;view=home\">jpenninkhof<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"click to toggle between @ reply \/ direct message\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twittergadget.com\/gadget.asp?exp_rpc_js=1&amp;exp_track_js=1&amp;st=c%3Dig%26e%3DAPu7icrUWy5cvocIgEuwbzP8Q%252BJLOm3xratGinZerdiZwFiHups2t5fRZNG5UdXucCszZ3L6t27xMtHDF3NdFqxI0DceQFpmu6ID4GW94Nc0tnyXfb3Tyz3HBsxETnd4LJtgHYOghRlf&amp;container=ig&amp;view=home&amp;lang=en&amp;country=US&amp;v=a269b03097440ab6&amp;parent=http:\/\/www.google.com&amp;libs=7ndonz73vUA\/lib\/liberror_tracker.js,iHKb-4mKuMY\/lib\/librpc.js,vrFMICQBNJo\/lib\/libcore.js,OqjxSeEKc8o\/lib\/libdynamic-height.js,LlvwMnn0ByM\/lib\/libsettitle.js&amp;is_signedin=1&amp;synd=ig&amp;view=home\"><strong>mspork<\/strong><\/a>: SAP&#8217;s internal microblogging service (identi.ca) is quickly becoming the &#8220;feedback&#8221; button for IT<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"click to toggle between @ reply \/ direct message\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twittergadget.com\/gadget.asp?exp_rpc_js=1&amp;exp_track_js=1&amp;st=c%3Dig%26e%3DAPu7icrUWy5cvocIgEuwbzP8Q%252BJLOm3xratGinZerdiZwFiHups2t5fRZNG5UdXucCszZ3L6t27xMtHDF3NdFqxI0DceQFpmu6ID4GW94Nc0tnyXfb3Tyz3HBsxETnd4LJtgHYOghRlf&amp;container=ig&amp;view=home&amp;lang=en&amp;country=US&amp;v=a269b03097440ab6&amp;parent=http:\/\/www.google.com&amp;libs=7ndonz73vUA\/lib\/liberror_tracker.js,iHKb-4mKuMY\/lib\/librpc.js,vrFMICQBNJo\/lib\/libcore.js,OqjxSeEKc8o\/lib\/libdynamic-height.js,LlvwMnn0ByM\/lib\/libsettitle.js&amp;is_signedin=1&amp;synd=ig&amp;view=home\"><strong>jonerp<\/strong><\/a>: Turns out Leo is in Japan &#8211; Reuters:<a title=\"dlvr.it\/8L1Wm\" name=\"l\" href=\"http:\/\/dlvr.it\/8L1Wm\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/dlvr.it\/8L1Wm<\/a> #<a title=\"subpeonamadness\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twittergadget.com\/gadget.asp?exp_rpc_js=1&amp;exp_track_js=1&amp;st=c%3Dig%26e%3DAPu7icrUWy5cvocIgEuwbzP8Q%252BJLOm3xratGinZerdiZwFiHups2t5fRZNG5UdXucCszZ3L6t27xMtHDF3NdFqxI0DceQFpmu6ID4GW94Nc0tnyXfb3Tyz3HBsxETnd4LJtgHYOghRlf&amp;container=ig&amp;view=home&amp;lang=en&amp;country=US&amp;v=a269b03097440ab6&amp;parent=http:\/\/www.google.com&amp;libs=7ndonz73vUA\/lib\/liberror_tracker.js,iHKb-4mKuMY\/lib\/librpc.js,vrFMICQBNJo\/lib\/libcore.js,OqjxSeEKc8o\/lib\/libdynamic-height.js,LlvwMnn0ByM\/lib\/libsettitle.js&amp;is_signedin=1&amp;synd=ig&amp;view=home\">subpeonamadness<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear TWIS fellowhip, after last week&#8217;s news extravaganzza, this week&#8217;s edition is a little short and sharper&#8230; CIO&#8217;s Chris Kanaracus writes: Lumber Liquidators blames it&#8217;s weak recent quarterly results to a complex SAP implementation. &#8220;It&#8217;s the BI, stupid!&#8221;, Thomas Wailgum reports on an MIT \/ IBM study which shows that the corporate gut feel still [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pixelbase.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pixelbase.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pixelbase.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pixelbase.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pixelbase.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1104"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.pixelbase.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1641,"href":"http:\/\/www.pixelbase.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1104\/revisions\/1641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pixelbase.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pixelbase.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pixelbase.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}