{"id":448,"date":"2009-03-06T20:00:40","date_gmt":"2009-03-06T20:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pixelbase.co.uk\/?p=448"},"modified":"2009-03-11T09:37:10","modified_gmt":"2009-03-11T09:37:10","slug":"this-week-in-sap-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pixelbase.co.uk\/?p=448","title":{"rendered":"This Week in SAP (#10)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Read and marvel in this week&#8217;s finding from the cool, leafy, green valleys of SAP-Land:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>OK, let me start off with the BIG news item of this week and that&#8217;s obviously the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sdn.sap.com\/irj\/scn\/weblogs?blog=\/pub\/wlg\/13433\">new SAP Mentors<\/a> ! I&#8217;m completely over the moon about my mentorship and looking forward to what&#8217;s promising to be an exciting time.<\/li>\n<li>German government <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/rbssTechMediaTelecomNews\/idUSL488002320090304\">promises<\/a> to give EUR 500m of its stimulus package to (german) IT sector. Leo Apotheker commented he had hoped for more.<\/li>\n<li>Harald Reiter with an excellent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sdn.sap.com\/irj\/scn\/weblogs?blog=\/pub\/wlg\/13441\">report<\/a> on how freelancer&#8217;s can use SDN Subscriptions to their benefit. Harald&#8217;s blog extends and complements nicely my previous posts about SDN Subsccriptions <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pixelbase.co.uk\/?p=148\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pixelbase.co.uk\/?p=157\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.panorama-consulting.com\/WhitePapers\/2008_ERP_Report_Part_II_FINAL.pdf\">An ERP satisfaction survey by Panorama Consulting<\/a> reveals that SAP scores highest. Some interesting remarks by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/erickimberling\">Eric Kimberling<\/a> in an <a href=\"http:\/\/searchsap.techtarget.com\/news\/article\/0,289142,sid21_gci1349659,00.html\">interview with Search SAP<\/a> are also worthwhile a read.<\/li>\n<li>I really enjoyed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sapweb20.com\/blog\/about\/\">Tim Elliot&#8217;s<\/a> little <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sapweb20.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/the_web_20_manager\/\">Web 2.0 manager cartoon<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Dennis Howlett on why <a href=\"http:\/\/www.accmanpro.com\/2009\/02\/27\/sap-mentors-will-crush-it-for-sap\/\">&#8220;SAP Mentors will crush it for SAP&#8221;<\/a>. Also watch out for the comments.<\/li>\n<li>SAP&#8217;s big public announcement this week certainly was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sdn.sap.com\/irj\/scn\/weblogs?blog=\/pub\/wlg\/13352\">sustainability efforts<\/a> it is trying to implement over the next few years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>anything SAP related from the Twitterverse?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"status-body\"><strong><a class=\"screen-name\" title=\"Community Network\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/sapnetwork\">sapnetwork<\/a><\/strong><span class=\"entry-content\"> &#8211; &#8220;A Freshers Guide to ABAP and SDN: A Guide to all freshers entering into SAP-ABAP, also help them with some tips .. <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/dhrphv\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/dhrphv<\/a><\/span><\/span>&#8220;<span class=\"status-body\"><strong><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"status-body\"><strong><a class=\"screen-name\" title=\"Marcelo Ramos\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/mepmarcelo\">mepmarcelo &#8211; &#8220;<\/a><\/strong><span class=\"entry-content\">Community Day Brazil just started !!!<\/span><\/span>&#8220;<span class=\"status-body\"><strong><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"status-body\"><strong><a class=\"screen-name\" title=\"jamesfarrar\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jamesfarrar\">jamesfarrar<\/a><\/strong><span class=\"entry-content\"> &#8211; &#8220;Apotheker: SAP 51pc CO2 reduction equals 60pc per employee by 2020<\/span><\/span>&#8220;<span class=\"status-body\"><strong><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"status-body\"><strong><a class=\"screen-name\" title=\"SAP Mentors\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/SAPMentors\">@SAPMentors &#8220;<\/a><\/strong><span class=\"entry-content\">Newsflash: You get 50% off SAP certification at all TechEd stops. Study up, as the test is not 50% easier \ud83d\ude09 Many stumble.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"status-body\"><strong><a class=\"screen-name\" title=\"jonerp\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jonerp\">@jonerp<\/a><\/strong><span class=\"entry-content\"> &#8211; &#8220;SAP (confirmed) buzzword change alert (ugh): NetWeaver BI is now NetWeaver BW again. The BIA is now the BWA. &#8220;Back to the Future!&#8221; &#8220;<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read and marvel in this week&#8217;s finding from the cool, leafy, green valleys of SAP-Land: OK, let me start off with the BIG news item of this week and that&#8217;s obviously the new SAP Mentors ! I&#8217;m completely over the moon about my mentorship and looking forward to what&#8217;s promising to be an exciting time. 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