{"id":723,"date":"2010-02-19T22:44:31","date_gmt":"2010-02-19T22:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pixelbase.co.uk\/?p=723"},"modified":"2014-10-09T10:14:52","modified_gmt":"2014-10-09T10:14:52","slug":"this-week-in-sap-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pixelbase.co.uk\/?p=723","title":{"rendered":"This Week In SAP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another week, another pick of blogs worth a bedtime read (maybe)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.sap.info\/from-punch-card-to-cloud-computing\/25354\/1\">&#8220;From punch card to Cloud Computing&#8221; <\/a>&#8211; a nice trip down memory lane (and some dodgy suits)<\/li>\n<li>Frank Scavo&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/fscavo.blogspot.com\/2010\/02\/sap-pushes-back-on-gartner-for-its.html\">SAP pushes back on Gartner for its ranking of Business Object<\/a>s&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>SAP Inside Track Bonn 2010: it&#8217;s all happening in <a href=\"http:\/\/wiki.sdn.sap.com\/wiki\/display\/events\/SAP+Inside+Track+Bonn+2010\">Bonn tomorrow<\/a>. All the best for you guys. Sadly I can&#8217;t be there this time.<\/li>\n<li>Helmuth Guembel <a href=\"http:\/\/hgumbel.wordpress.com\/2010\/02\/19\/leo\u2019s-departure-and-the-takeover-of-sap-\u2013-are-they-related\/\">refers<\/a> to a Wirtschaftswoche article in which Michael Kroker claimed that Leo Apotheker had to go as he was holding meetings with potential buyers without Hasso Plattner&#8217;s endorsement. Here&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/hgumbel.wordpress.com\/2010\/02\/19\/is-hasso-plattner-still-operating-at-arm\u2019s-length\/\">another post<\/a> by him around the delicate position Plattner finds himself in as he is Exec and on the supervisory board. Oh, and a 10% shareholder.<\/li>\n<li>Jon Reed with some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sdn.sap.com\/irj\/scn\/weblogs?blog=\/pub\/wlg\/17886\">in-depth analysis<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.panayainc.com\/SAP-Blog\/One-in-Two-SAP-Professionals-Expect-Salary-Increase-in-2010.html\">Panaya&#8217;s SAP Salary review<\/a> from last week.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Twitterverse was mostly about Chuck Norris (or so it seemed)<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"margin: 5px; border: 1px solid grey;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cinemaretro.com\/uploads\/chuck-norris-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"250\" \/><\/span><a title=\"click to toggle between @ reply \/ direct message\" onclick=\"replyTo('oliver','9070740191','','17','4');\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\">oliver<\/a><\/strong>: @<a title=\"thorstenster\" href=\"javascript:processAJAX('gadget.asp','thorstenster','1','8','','')\">thorstenster<\/a> Chuck Norris does no need a SAP Business Suite. He has everything in-his-memory database<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"click to toggle between @ reply \/ direct message\" onclick=\"replyTo('vijayasankarv','9102044684','','15','4');\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\">vijayasankarv<\/a><\/strong>: When Chuck Norris types data itab ..with header line, ABAP does not dare to say it is obsolete..instead, it shows a &#8220;Success&#8221; Message<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"click to toggle between @ reply \/ direct message\" onclick=\"replyTo('openczun','9103242444','','14','4');\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\"><strong>openczun<\/strong><\/a>: ok, I&#8217;ve got to get in on this &#8211; Chuck Norris writes such performant ABAP code that the programs are finished before they are executed<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"click to toggle between @ reply \/ direct message\" onclick=\"replyTo('martin_english','9114499678','','12','4');\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\"><strong>martin_english<\/strong><\/a>: @<a title=\"pixelbase\" href=\"javascript:processAJAX('gadget.asp','pixelbase','1','8','','')\">pixelbase<\/a> Chuck Norris uses MAYBE clause in SQL<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"click to toggle between @ reply \/ direct message\" onclick=\"replyTo('se38','9115585098','','11','4');\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\"><strong>se38<\/strong><\/a>: Chuck Norris\u00b4 Pretty Printer converts Java source into ABAP<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"click to toggle between @ reply \/ direct message\" onclick=\"replyTo('vlvl','9115769603','','9','4');\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\"><strong>vlvl<\/strong><\/a>: Chuck Norris can calculate the ROI of installing CE<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"click to toggle between @ reply \/ direct message\" onclick=\"replyTo('vijayasankarv','9116463343','','8','4');\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\"><strong>vijayasankarv<\/strong><\/a>: SAP runs Chuck Norris<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">some other Tweets spotted by yours truly:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"click to toggle between @ reply \/ direct message\" onclick=\"replyTo('SAPMentors','9144567075','','6','4');\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\"><strong>SAPMentors<\/strong><\/a>: Nominate the next SAP Mentor\u00a0<a name=\"l\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"click to toggle between @ reply \/ direct message\" onclick=\"replyTo('dparnas','9176756420','','5','4');\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\"><strong>dparnas<\/strong><\/a>: SAP Fact #<a title=\"95\" onclick=\"tsearch('','95');\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\">95<\/a> now comes with a drawing from an 11 year old son of a norwegian SAP employee\u00a0<a name=\"l\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"click to toggle between @ reply \/ direct message\" onclick=\"replyTo('yojibee','9239960964','','3','4');\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\"><strong>yojibee<\/strong><\/a>: RT @<a title=\"vlvl\" href=\"javascript:processAJAX('gadget.asp','vlvl','1','8','','')\">vlvl<\/a>: New Silverlight Drawing board in Visual Composer &#8211;\u00a0<a name=\"l\"><\/a> &lt;&lt; more Adobe tech being replaced with Silverlight #<a title=\"SAP\" onclick=\"tsearch('','SAP');\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\">SAP<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>@<\/strong><a title=\"yojibee\" href=\"javascript:processAJAX('gadget.asp','yojibee','1','8','','')\"><strong>yojibee<\/strong><\/a> @<a title=\"pixelbase\" href=\"javascript:processAJAX('gadget.asp','pixelbase','1','8','','')\">pixelbase<\/a> SVG maintenance ended two years ago, don&#8217;t blame only one side&#8230;. <em>(in response to yojibee)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"click to toggle between @ reply \/ direct message\" onclick=\"replyTo('ITSinsider','9292727765','','1','4');\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\"><strong>ITSinsider<\/strong><\/a>: RT @<a title=\"jimworth\" href=\"javascript:processAJAX('gadget.asp','jimworth','1','8','','')\">jimworth<\/a>: Sometimes we get caught up in the &#8220;cool of the tool&#8221;, but we need to look at the strategy #<a title=\"acweb4\" onclick=\"tsearch('','acweb4');\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\">acweb4<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another week, another pick of blogs worth a bedtime read (maybe) &#8220;From punch card to Cloud Computing&#8221; &#8211; a nice trip down memory lane (and some dodgy suits) Frank Scavo&#8217;s &#8220;SAP pushes back on Gartner for its ranking of Business Objects&#8221; SAP Inside Track Bonn 2010: it&#8217;s all happening in Bonn tomorrow. 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