{"id":1068,"date":"2010-11-01T21:05:10","date_gmt":"2010-11-01T21:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pixelbase.co.uk\/?p=1068"},"modified":"2014-10-09T10:14:51","modified_gmt":"2014-10-09T10:14:51","slug":"this-week-in-sap-43","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pixelbase.co.uk\/?p=1068","title":{"rendered":"This Week in SAP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As SAP Land was catching its breath after TechEd, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sap.com\/about\/investor\/reports\/quarterlyreport\/2010\/pdf\/SAP_Interim_Report_Q32010.pdf\">the Walldorf company\u00a0\u00a0unleashed Q3 results<\/a> on us. Apparently another company claims they&#8217;re already &#8220;running smarter&#8221; and &#8220;better&#8221; and what have you. Find out what it&#8217;s all about and make up your own mind. As usual, a list of totally personal SAP impressions below&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>There have been plenty of SAP Q3 2010 results comments. <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.enterpriseirregulars.com\/~r\/EIblogs\/~3\/C-6qQBd4doc\/\">One summary to read<\/a> certainly is the one by Gartner&#8217;s Thomas Otter: <em>&#8220;The anti-Oracle posturing has its place on earning calls, and trading taunts makes for good headlines. Nevertheless, it is not nearly as relevant for SAP customers as many observers think.&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Dennis Howlett&#8217;s AccMan blog with a <a href=\"http:\/\/accmanpro.com\/2010\/10\/26\/sap-business-bydesign-a-developer-take\/\">SAP ByDesign perspective on development<\/a> (and a link to yours truly).<\/li>\n<li>CIO&#8217;s Chris Kanaracus sheds light on the fact that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cio.com\/article\/629777\/SAP_Sued_Over_Run_Smarter_Slogan?source=rss_enterprise_resource_planning_erp\">SAP is now getting sued over the &#8220;Running Smarter&#8221; campaign<\/a> by Laserfiche, a content management and document imaging software vendor. Ever tried to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.co.uk\/search?client=safari&amp;rls=en&amp;q=running+smarter&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;redir_esc=&amp;ei=dhrPTI7dOo754Aa7gt3cDA#q=running+smarter&amp;hl=en&amp;client=safari&amp;rls=en&amp;prmd=iv&amp;ei=fhrPTLuJIo6D4Qbo-vXLDw&amp;start=0&amp;sa=N&amp;fp=8581ff4701717565\">google &#8220;Running Smarter&#8221;<\/a>? Laserfiche is hit no. 14 indeed&#8230; Ouch!<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.enterpriseirregulars.com\/~r\/EIblogs\/~3\/hxBYcXqcmLk\/\">RIA is dead &#8211; Adobe MAX 2010<\/a>&#8220;, says Enterprise Irregluar Michael Cot\u00e9 in his roundup of Adobe&#8217;s annual event. I like Michael&#8217;s writing style. A must read if that&#8217;s your field of focus.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/advice.cio.com\/thomas_wailgum\/14043\/ellison_attacks_try_to_take_down_apotheker_are_tv_ads_next?source=rss_Blogs_and_Discussion_Enterprise_Software_Unplugged\">Thomas Wailgum tries to bring some clarity to the war of words<\/a> between SAP, Oracle and (by proxy) HP due to Larry Ellison&#8217;s comments with regards to Leo Apotheker&#8217;s rise to the HP throne. <a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/zdnet\/Howlett\/~3\/Tz5C_jlFFS0\/2596\">Dennis Howlett thinks<\/a> that Oracle sees HP as the ultimate prize.<\/li>\n<li>Facts, Speculation and Conclusion.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.esjewett.com\/blog\/what-does-sap-mean-by-in-memory?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+esjewett+%28esjewett.com%29\">Ethan Jewett takes a minute<\/a> and tries to disect the different &#8220;In-Memory&#8221; keywords, areas and definitions.<\/li>\n<li>Abdulbasit Gulsen&#8217;s\u00a0callout for <a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/SAPNetworkWeblogs\/~3\/WATmcyYBJUE\/21856\">SAP Inside Track Istanbul<\/a> to all interested folks<\/li>\n<li>German Silicon.de reports on a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.silicon.de\/software\/it-services\/0,39039005,41539980,00\/sap_services_ziehen_wieder_an.htm\">bullish SAP Services market<\/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%2Fsoftware%2Fit-services%2F0%2C39039005%2C41539980%2C00%2Fsap_services_ziehen_wieder_an.htm\">here<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>update: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sdn.sap.com\/irj\/scn\/weblogs?blog=\/pub\/wlg\/21841\">Jon Reed&#8217;s interview with Leonardo de Araujo<\/a> on BYD SDK impressions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><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><\/p>\n<p>a quick stop at Twitterverse central&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>@<a title=\"click to toggle between @ reply \/ direct message\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twittergadget.com\/gadget.asp?exp_rpc_js=1&amp;exp_track_js=1&amp;st=c%3Dig%26e%3DAPu7icpI\/jN3gZ4\/E0bx681MKun2W9x7R7L2Nk7YkqfLnm1ddtt4TnXHE5Jxc0UnjAo7xn%252B5KJlzd\/koueDc8rrsRzvWVsQZzgT\/nf153CnN5IOIJLAudumq3aBM6R90dFxDh95B\/i99&amp;container=ig&amp;view=home&amp;lang=en&amp;country=US&amp;v=05542aabe0cf9b3643f590e3abc2767b&amp;parent=http:\/\/www.google.com&amp;libs=7ndonz73vUA\/lib\/liberror_tracker.js,iHKb-4mKuMY\/lib\/librpc.js,vrFMICQBNJo\/lib\/libcore.js,OqjxSeEKc8o\/lib\/libdynamic-height.js,LlvwMnn0ByM\/lib\/libsettitle.js&amp;is_signedin=1&amp;synd=ig&amp;view=home\">esjewett<\/a><\/strong>: Just did a quick BPC NW forum pass-through. Every few weeks a new batch of &#8216;consultants&#8217; posts the same basic questions. Pity the clients<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/jpennikhof\"><strong>@jpennikhof:<\/strong><\/a> @<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/yojibee\">yojibee<\/a> @<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/pixelbase\">pixelbase<\/a> @<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/thorstenster\">thorstenster<\/a> Maybe Silverlight is not dead but just &#8220;mature&#8221;? \ud83d\ude09 (Jan commenting on recent Silverlight rumours in the light of NW AS Java announcements)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As SAP Land was catching its breath after TechEd, the Walldorf company\u00a0\u00a0unleashed Q3 results on us. Apparently another company claims they&#8217;re already &#8220;running smarter&#8221; and &#8220;better&#8221; and what have you. Find out what it&#8217;s all about and make up your own mind. As usual, a list of totally personal SAP impressions below&#8230; There have been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pixelbase.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pixelbase.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pixelbase.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pixelbase.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pixelbase.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1068"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.pixelbase.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1643,"href":"https:\/\/www.pixelbase.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1068\/revisions\/1643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pixelbase.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pixelbase.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pixelbase.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}