{"id":1677,"date":"2014-10-21T18:45:29","date_gmt":"2014-10-21T18:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pixelbase.co.uk\/?p=1677"},"modified":"2015-12-11T22:19:30","modified_gmt":"2015-12-11T22:19:30","slug":"teched-keynotes-theyve-grown-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pixelbase.co.uk\/?p=1677","title":{"rendered":"TechEd Keynotes – they’ve grown up!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bjoern Goerke on stage during the TechEd keynote<\/p><\/div>\n

Having attended both opening presentations of SAP TechEd && dcode 2014 in La Vegas, it is safe to say that SAP keynotes have grown up. By providing a more engaging style of delivery, Steve Lucas and Bjoern Goerke have managed to capture the audience’s imagination. This is a change that was long overdue. While Lucas’ style was more off-the-cuff, it was Goerke who offered the necessary “Ueberbau”, the almost academic foundation which is an important aspect and will go down well with long-time SAP customers.<\/p>\n

The Monday night opening was also a big advert for SAP’s product and community advocates, SAP Mentors. Altogether 4 of the group’s existing and alumni members came onstage to showcase solutions. This in itself is a case in point that Mentors are more than an illustrious group of experts who provide a sounding board for the german software business, they’re agents of innovation.<\/p>\n

Bjoern Goerke’s demo on Tuesday morning, driven by an as-always bubbly and entertaining Ian Kimball, was another highlight and example for the change of keynote delivery style we’re witnessing. In a suit\/geek style, the duo built a mobile application in 3 simple steps. An exec building an app on stage surely has to be a first within the Enterprise software arena.<\/p>\n

All-in-all, this change in delivery style is promising and provides a hopeful lookout. For me at least.<\/p>\n

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Disclosure: as a member of the Mentor program, my conference attendance ticket is paid for by SAP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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