{"id":1214,"date":"2011-01-26T15:54:06","date_gmt":"2011-01-26T15:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pixelbase.co.uk\/?p=1214"},"modified":"2014-10-09T10:14:51","modified_gmt":"2014-10-09T10:14:51","slug":"this-week-in-sap-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pixelbase.co.uk\/?p=1214","title":{"rendered":"This Week in SAP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another out-of-sync edition of TWIS before I return to my usual Monday schedule next week. Looks like I&#8217;ve timed it well to come out just after SAP&#8217;s Q4 2010 earnings report. Sorry, I meant to say &#8220;SAP, the double-digit growth company&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>As videos or images seem to become a kind-of permanent TWIS feature, let me give you my favourite video of last week.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OTFPYzN7_Rc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowFullScreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>&#8220;We will even mop your executive brows&#8221;<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>OK, let&#8217;s get cracking.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I&#8217;ve mentioned the Q4 earnings report already, so here&#8217;s the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sap.com\/about\/newsroom\/press.epx?pressid=14660\">link to the official SAP documentation<\/a>. As was to be expected, the Co-CEOs emphasised the continued strong performance from an operational perspective. Let&#8217;s bring in some other voices at this point: <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.gartner.com\/thomas_otter\/2011\/01\/26\/saps-2010-q4\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gartner&#8217;s Thomas Otter<\/a> praises the field org and Walldorf&#8217;s bold product strategy. As Michael Kroker of german <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wiwo.de\/unternehmen-maerkte\/sap-ist-zurueck-454717\/\">Wirtschaftswoche<\/a> (english <a href=\"http:\/\/\">here<\/a>)\u00a0describes, SAP is keen to &#8220;tick off&#8221; 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 <a href=\"http:\/\/silicon.de.feedsportal.com\/c\/33077\/f\/535250\/s\/1215e92c\/l\/0L0Ssilicon0Bde0Cmanagement0Cb2b0C0A0H390A440A10A0H415463850H0A0A0Csap0Ibrummt0Imit0Ileisen0Imisstoenen0Bhtm\/story01.htm\">poor post from silicon.de on the results<\/a>, which uses Switzerland as an example and criticises SAP&#8217;s lack of strategy, which I can&#8217;t quite follow.<\/li>\n<li>Dennis Howlett sees a <a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/zdnet\/Howlett\/~3\/4SluZZPnQFY\/2787\">fresh approach for SAP customers<\/a> in ASUGnews&#8217;s appointment of Courtney Bjorlin and Thomas Wailgum.<\/li>\n<li>Sexiness and Workflow don&#8217;t match, you think? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jonerp.com\/images\/stories\/media\/pcast_jonerp_thorsten_workflow.mp3\">Jon Reed and Thorsten Franz will prove you wron<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jonerp.com\/images\/stories\/media\/pcast_jonerp_thorsten_workflow.mp3\">g<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Jim Spath blogs from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sdn.sap.com\/irj\/scn\/weblogs?blog=\/pub\/wlg\/23148%3Futm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A+SAPNetworkWeblogs+%2528SAP+Network+Weblogs%2529%26utm_content%3DGoogle+Reader\">ASUG&#8217;s Annual Volunteer Meeting<\/a> in Chicago.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/panorama-consulting.com\/why-are-more-companies-customizing-their-erp-systems\/\">Interesting post by Panorama Consulting on system customisations<\/a>, which seems to argue against a vendor-driven trend to less bespoke solutions and more best-practice.<\/li>\n<li>and finally a very much <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.forbes.com\/greatspeculations\/2011\/01\/24\/sap-has-a-fighting-shot-at-not-becoming-cloud-meat\/?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=pulsenews\">stockmarket-led analysis<\/a> on SAP&#8217;s current situation by Forbes.com<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<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>stand on the scene like a Tweet machine<\/p>\n<p>[blackbirdpie id=&#8221;29193492978737152&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>[blackbirdpie id=&#8221;30267571810861057&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>[blackbirdpie id=&#8221;30279907665772545&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>[blackbirdpie id=&#8221;30284849315057664&#8243;]<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another out-of-sync edition of TWIS before I return to my usual Monday schedule next week. Looks like I&#8217;ve timed it well to come out just after SAP&#8217;s Q4 2010 earnings report. Sorry, I meant to say &#8220;SAP, the double-digit growth company&#8221;. 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