{"id":1006,"date":"2010-08-13T12:18:57","date_gmt":"2010-08-13T12:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pixelbase.co.uk\/?p=1006"},"modified":"2014-10-09T10:14:51","modified_gmt":"2014-10-09T10:14:51","slug":"this-week-in-sap-41","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pixelbase.co.uk\/?p=1006","title":{"rendered":"This Week in SAP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before I jump right into a fistful of SAP Land news, let me announce that This Week in SAP is going to have a little summer break. I will be back during week 2 in September (ish).<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, I quite enjoyed this Certification related Dilbert. Those who follow the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sdn.sap.com\/irj\/scn\/weblogs?blog=\/pub\/wlg\/18849\">Certification 5 output<\/a> will know what I&#8217;m on about&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/dilbert.com\/dyn\/str_strip\/000000000\/00000000\/0000000\/000000\/00000\/6000\/800\/6858\/6858.strip.gif\" alt=\"Dilbert on Certification\" width=\"592\" height=\"183\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Two Tribes: CIO&#8217;s Thomas Wailgum <a href=\"http:\/\/advice.cio.com\/thomas_wailgum\/11646\/sap_raises_the_white_flag_to_oracle?source=rss_Blogs_and_Discussion_Enterprise_Software_Unplugged\">comments on the TomorrowNow saga<\/a>, Vinnie Mirchandani expects <a href=\"http:\/\/dealarchitect.typepad.com\/deal_architect\/2010\/08\/sap-oracle-legal-moves.html\">more battles ahead<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Dennis Moore <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/reader\/view\/?hl=en#stream\/feed%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.enterpriseirregulars.com%2FEIblogs\">sees <\/a>SAP skills (amongst others) on the rise.<\/li>\n<li>Craig Cmehil announces <a href=\"http:\/\/fridaymorningreport.tv\/2010\/08\/13\/innovation-weekend-sap-teched-2010\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CraigsRantings+%28Craig%27s+Rantings...%29\">Innovation Weekend @ SAP TechEd 2010<\/a><\/li>\n<li>come and hang out with some SAP geeks at <a href=\"http:\/\/wiki.sdn.sap.com\/wiki\/display\/events\/SAP+Inside+Track+2010+Bangalore\">SAP Inside Track Bangalore<\/a>. The afternoon has some Certification 5 content, presented virtually by C5 members from all around the global.<\/li>\n<li>The C5 have also now launched a survey project, please forward this to all SAP related consultants you know. A link to the blog is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sdn.sap.com\/irj\/scn\/weblogs?blog=\/pub\/wlg\/20520\">here<\/a>. The survey itself can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zoomerang.com\/Survey\/WEB22B2CY8SHJL\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.erpexecutive.com\/2010\/08\/culling-custom-code\/\">Simplify SAP by culling custom code. <\/a>As useful and valid this article is, I find that most of the client I work for already adhere or are aware of most of these points.<\/li>\n<li>if it wasn&#8217;t for anything else, we might remember the last few days as the week when <a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2010\/08\/04\/wave-goodbye-to-google-wave\/\">&#8220;Google Wave waved good-bye&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Uwe Fetzer aka <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/se38\">@SE38<\/a> must have turned down all BBQ and pool party invites and wrote <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sdn.sap.com\/irj\/scn\/weblogs?blog=\/pub\/wlg\/20474%3Futm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A+SAPNetworkWeblogs+%2528SAP+Network+Weblogs%2529\">Twibap<\/a> instead, the ABAP Twitter API. Excellent stuff!<\/li>\n<li>Helmuth Guembel (SAPience2010) with some <a href=\"http:\/\/hgumbel.wordpress.com\/2010\/08\/09\/sap-nailing-doors-shut-to-prevent-third-party-maintenance-providers-from-making-inroads\/\">critical remarks<\/a> regarding SAP&#8217;s actions to prevent 3rd party support providers from making inroads.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>No Twitter updates this week, folks&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before I jump right into a fistful of SAP Land news, let me announce that This Week in SAP is going to have a little summer break. I will be back during week 2 in September (ish). Yesterday, I quite enjoyed this Certification related Dilbert. 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