SearchSAP.com's editorial team is out in full force at SAP Sapphire 2009 in Orlando, held in
tandem with ASUG's annual user conference. Our coverage includes breaking news, case studies and
podcasts from the event, as well as news, analysis and tips from past conferences. Keep a close eye
on this page as Sapphire 2009 unfolds.
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- Focus on
growth, business processes helps users stay afloat in the downturn
At Sapphire, SAP users discussed factors that can help drive quicker ROI and the investments that can help prepare companies to emerge successfully when the economy improves. - SAP: Don't
rush from SAP BEx tools to SAP BusinessObjects
Instead of encouraging all NetWeaver BW customers to move to SAP BusinessObjects, one executive said stick with the SAP BEx tools for now if users are happy. - ASUG's plans
for 2009 include finding new CEO, more software influence
SearchSAP.com caught up with Rod Masney, past chairman of ASUG, during this year's Sapphire conference, to learn about the user group's plans for 2009. - SAP
co-founder: Hardware will change the way SAP develops software
Multi-core CPUs and columnar storage databases will allow users to extract information from databases 'instantaneously,' according to SAP co-founder Hasso Plattner. - SAP Solution
Manager will play major role in SAP Enterprise Support KPIs
SAP provided more detail on its SAP Enterprise Support KPI program at Sapphire this week. It will rely heavily on Solution Manager. - New SAP CRM
ordering system helps Coke roll out new dispenser
A new beverage dispenser designed to revolutionize Coke's distribution system demanded a new way for the soda giant to service customers. - SAP will
focus on making software easier to use and deploy
Touting its 'clear enterprise' initiative, SAP opened its user conference by telling customers how it will help them weather the economic storm. - Rimini Street
launches third-party SAP support for SAP ERP, BW releases
On the first day of SAP's biggest annual user conference, third-party support provider Rimini Street launched a competing support program.
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Oracle be making an entrance into SAP's SMB market with Virtual Iron?
Oracle may have signaled its entrance into one of SAP's major strongholds, the SMB market, by purchasing Virtual Iron, which makes server virtualization management software. - Four
SAP products that can save you money now, according to execs…
Bill McDermott and Jim Hagemann Snabe picked up Tuesday evening's keynote at SAP Sapphire with a theme similar to the morning's address -- "We're out here for you." - SAP
still trying to bring cloud computing down to earth
Business ByDesign, SAP's on-demand ERP, didn't get too much play at Sapphire this year. With the product still under construction, there wasn't too much to announce. - SAP
maps out its sustainability strategy at Sapphire
SAP discussed its approach to sustainability in a roundtable at Sapphire this week, which rests on the business benefits of sustainability, rather than the environmental ones. - Where's
SAP's CRM message?
While last year's Sapphire conference featured some significant news with SAP's partnership with RIM to run SAP CRM natively on the BlackBerry, this year featured nary a word about CRM.
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Keys for customers on SAP's product strategy going forward
In this podcast, Jim Shepherd talks about what customers should know about SAP's product strategy going forward. He discusses what products and technologies will be important to the SAP product roadmap, the vendor's strategy for the cloud and whether it's worth paying attention to the new line of sustainability products.Play now:
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Preview: Getting the most out of Sapphire 2009
Among those attending Sapphire 2009 will be Ray Wang, vice president and principal analyst at Forrester Research. Wang's a veteran of SAP Sapphire conferences in the United States, Europe and Asia and volunteered some advice on how Sapphire attendees can get the most out of this year's conference.Play now:
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Sapphire attendees talk IT strategy in 09'
Wondering what IT projects other SAP customers are working on in 2009? In the following three video clips, SearchSAP.com posed that question to Sapphire attendees. - Part 1: SAP
customers talk IT strategy in '09 at Sapphire
SAP Sapphire attendees Sophie Fournier-Larke and Thomas Schmidt talk about EnXco's SAP ERP implementation in this video. EnXco is solar and wind power company based in Escondido, Calif. - Part 2: SAP
customers talk IT strategy in '09 at Sapphire
SAP Sapphire attendee Paris Fogle, senior systems specialist with Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated, talks about his company's SAP mobile project in this video. - Part 3: SAP
customers talk IT strategy in '09 at Sapphire
SAP Sapphire attendee Cristina B. Tungul of Purdue Pharma talks about the company's SAP Human Capital Management (HCM) and SAP Advanced Planner and Optimization (APO) projects in this video.
| Getting ready for Sapphire 2009 |
- ASUG on SAP
Sapphire 2009: What's new, what's hot and what's not
ASUG's Anthony Bosco tells why ERP upgrades, SAP Solution Manager and SAP Enterprise Support will be hot topics at this year's ASUG user conference, co-located with SAP Sapphire. - SAP: We won't
hold one Sapphire event in Europe this year
SAP Sapphire Orlando is underway, but what about across the bay? Earlier this year, SAP decided to hold several smaller shows instead of one large Sapphire event in Europe. - Read
coverage from SAP Sapphire 2008
Learn what SAP revealed at its last show about maintenance and support, its BPM plans, the problems with Business ByDesign and its collaboration with HP and IBM on a product for midmarket customers.