Posts tagged: SAP

Changing the world from the bottom — one village at a time

As an engineer and closet sociologist, I love stories about cultural change — especially those brought about by modern technology. I’d like to share one that came to my attention recently … It is well known that the pace at which the average Indian is being freed from the bureaucratic heritage left behind by British [...]

Monday October 24th, 2011 in , , , | No Comments »

How SMBs Are Democratizing Access to Their Data

John Wilkinson, SAP’s VP of Business Analytics for Global Ecosystem and Channels, joins me in my latest quarterly SAPInsider “SME Insights” column to explore how small businesses and midsize companies are overcoming three important challenges that they have traditionally facedin making good, data-driven decisions: ensuring the integrity of information, democratizing the availability of information, and [...]

Saturday July 23rd, 2011 in , , , , , | No Comments »

Small Businesses and Midsize Companies hit the big stage at SAP’s SAPPHIRE NOW

Orlando, May 17th, 2011: Bill McDemott and Jim Hagemann Snabe, SAP’s co-CEOs, just delivered their keynotes — and in doing so, advanced SAP’s efforts (read my recent article on this topic — “SAP’s best kept secret”) to tell the world about its offerings for SMBs. They highlighted Under Armour and FreshDirect — customers that are [...]

Tuesday May 17th, 2011 in , , , , | No Comments »

SAP’s Best-Kept Secret….

While I have always enjoyed writing, it’s been a while since I have written professionally. I suspect that having been trained in the scientific ways, there is some part of me that wants a “complete story” — data and all — before documenting it. My work over the last decade has been more entrepreneurial and [...]

Wednesday April 20th, 2011 in , , , , | No Comments »