{"id":1061,"date":"2010-10-25T21:07:03","date_gmt":"2010-10-25T21:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pixelbase.co.uk\/?p=1061"},"modified":"2014-10-09T10:14:51","modified_gmt":"2014-10-09T10:14:51","slug":"this-week-in-sap-42","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pixelbase.co.uk\/?p=1061","title":{"rendered":"This Week in SAP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello und Guten Tag!<\/p>\n<p>Welcome back to my weekly tour of purely personal SAP Land news. A lot of folks are still recovering physically and mentally from the awesomeness that is SAP TechEd. I realise that in terms of conferences -Bangalore and Shanghai still to go- we&#8217;re only at half time. To use an old football expression: &#8220;a\u00a0LOT can happen in the second half&#8221; &#8211; but hasn&#8217;t it been full of interesting news and announcements already?<\/p>\n<p>Some of my weekly news summary touches on these.\u00a0I also think that SAP TechEd brings out the best in the whole blogosphere, with a huge number of top notch contributions. Let&#8217;s tuck in.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You take the high road and I go to TechEd&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Enterprise Geeks, Enterprise Geeks everywhere! These guys churned the good stuff out right, left and centre. Covering Berlin and Las Vegas this year, Craig, Ed and Thomas&#8217; omnipresence is remarkable. A <a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/enterprisegeeks\/~3\/-hQbEDj7nhc\/\">kick-off podcast<\/a>, a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/25xv6uf\">Future of ABAP video<\/a>, daily summaries and of course interviews with SAP <a href=\"http:\/\/enterprisegeeks.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/21\/enterprise-geeks-exclusive-interview-with-sap-cio-oliver-bussmann\/\">CIO Oliver Bussmann<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/enterprisegeeks.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/20\/enterprise-geeks-exclusive-interview-with-vishal-sikka\/\">CTO Vishal Sikka<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Amit Bendov&#8217;s good TechEd Prep post. A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.erpexecutive.com\/2010\/10\/sap-teched-tips\/\">solid run-down of how to prepare and make TechEd<\/a> work for you<\/li>\n<li>great <a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/FeedingTheSapEcosystem\/~3\/G2Yb9MkWm-k\/sap-teched-2010-redeeming-netweaver.html\">TechEd closing comments by Jon Reed<\/a>: &#8220;<em>(&#8230;) I was expecting SAP to serve up something technically meaty (&#8230;). SAP did that \u2013 though not in nearly as much detail as many in attendance would have liked.<\/em>&#8221; and &#8220;<em>The questioning of NetWeaver has in turn created customer confusion and undermined confidence in SAP\u2019s technical direction.<\/em>&#8220;. I couldn&#8217;t agree more here. To lament ongoing discussions over stack wars, for example, whilst creating uncertainty has been a weakness. Jon also sets the expectations for a SAPPHIRE 2011: &#8220;<em>(&#8230;),\u00a0if SAP can bring a 4.6C customer onstage that can show off how they were able to move more products or save piles of cash based on their ability to build off of \u201colder R\/3\u201d using Gateway or HANA, that will be a big moment.<\/em>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>Dennis Howlett chimes in with his <a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/zdnet\/Howlett\/~3\/QyqJxgQ_gnY\/2560\">summary wrap of TechEd 2010<\/a>. Nuff said.<\/li>\n<li>fellow mentor Thorsten Franz with interesting observations on <a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/SAPNetworkWeblogs\/~3\/EZ36krnopCc\/21759\">announcements around WebDynpro Java<\/a> and some <a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/SAPNetworkWeblogs\/~3\/e6xq55XVAPc\/21765\">insightful feedback on Innovation Weekend<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>John Appleby comments on the <a href=\"http:\/\/weblogs.sdn.sap.com\/pub\/wlg\/21758?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SAPNetworkWeblogs+%28SAP+Network+Weblogs%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\">state of the technolgy platform that is Netweaver<\/a>. Must-read.<\/li>\n<li>Jon Reed also posted a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sdn.sap.com\/irj\/scn\/weblogs?blog=\/pub\/wlg\/21766%3Futm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A+SAPNetworkWeblogs+%2528SAP+Network+Weblogs%2529%26utm_content%3DGoogle+Reader\">great video blog<\/a> with Karin Tillotson and SAP&#8217;s Yariv Zur on SAP Java UIs.<\/li>\n<li>Richard Hirsch wants SAP to change their minds and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sdn.sap.com\/irj\/scn\/weblogs?blog=\/pub\/wlg\/21735%3Futm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A+SAPNetworkWeblogs+%2528SAP+Network+Weblogs%2529%26utm_content%3DGoogle+Reader\">offer an Innovation Weekend at TechEd Bangalore<\/a>, but it also depends on interested attendees.<\/li>\n<li>Silicon.de sees a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.silicon.de\/cio\/strategie\/0,39038989,41539171,00\/teched_2010_renaissance_fuer_netweaver.htm\">&#8220;Renaissance for Netweaver&#8221;<\/a> (english version <a href=\"http:\/\/translate.google.com\/translate?js=n&amp;prev=_t&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;layout=2&amp;eotf=1&amp;sl=auto&amp;tl=en&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.silicon.de%2Fcio%2Fstrategie%2F0%2C39038989%2C41539171%2C00%2Fteched_2010_renaissance_fuer_netweaver.htm\">here<\/a>), too.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Nothing on the Twitterverse this week. 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