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Making the most of SAP TechEd 2010

Making the most of SAP TechEd 2010

Courtney Bjorlin, Site Editor

In just a few weeks, thousands of SAP business and technical professionals will head to SAP TechEd, being held from Oct. 18 to Oct. 22 in Las Vegas.

Expect SAP to deliver more information around the key components of its strategy -- in-memory, on-demand and on-device, according to Jon Reed. Reed, an SAP analyst and SAP Mentor, offered to share his thoughts on this year’s show, as well as give some advice on how to make the most of the event. Reed will be hosting a few TechEd sessions as well at the event -- including a must-see update on SAP certification.

Reed discusses his thoughts on what themes to expect SAP to focus on, what attendees won’t hear about in the keynotes that they should still pay attention to and some of the sessions attendees shouldn’t miss.

SearchSAP.com will be at TechEd this year. Follow us on Twitter @cbjorlin, and look for updates in our SAP TechEd special report.

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