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Mendix CEO Derek Roos Says “Think Radical” at ABN AMRO’s Entrepreneurship
Last week ABN AMRO, one of the largest banks in Western Europe, held a technology entrepreneurship event that aimed to inspire young entrepreneurs to take their businesses to the next level, which in many cases, means to a global scale. Derek should know he won the E&Y Entreprenuer of the year.
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True Life Experiences of Remote Workers: HR Professionals Tell All
The kerfuffle over Yahoo’s ban on telecommuting misses the point about business today. Savvy companies know that the networked economy demands anywhere, anytime information.
For the sake of argument, let’s assume that the majority of employees at a company are motivated, dedicated professionals committed to work together for the success of customers and the business. The question becomes: how to make telecommuting work and what’s really possible?
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What do Fighter Pilots, Communists, and British Coal have to do with Clouds?
“What is are the biggest benefits of cloud computing?” you’re likely to get a couple top answers: reduced IT costs and increased business agility. But when you probe people beyond that, asking them, “How does cloud computing help with those things?” the conversation quickly turns mushy.
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Is your business being strangled by the information monster?
I often come across people frustrated by the amount of time they spend entering information into systems as opposed to time spent in front of customers. This leaves many to think that technology isn't helping; rather the opposite - it's actually getting in the way of achieving their objectives.
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Academy Cube Filling The Skills Gap
Unemployment among young professionals in Europe is at an all-time high. Still, companies in the IT sector can’t find the skilled workers they need. Enter Academy Cube, an e-learning platform designed to fill the skill gap by up-skilling the unemployed, and matching young professionals with IT jobs. The post Academy Cube Filling The Skills Gap appeared first on Innovation.
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The IT game is a stalemate, time to define a new Technology Game
Executives play the IT game so long as it was the only game in town and it suited their needs. If you want to control IT cost, quality, services, enablement and control, then you are playing an IT game that worked for more than 30 years. But the IT game is not a classic game like Monopoly or Clue. It cannot pass the test of time. It is time to change the IT game.
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Brain Scans Show No Difference in Pie Chart and Bar Chart Perception?
Everybody knows bar charts are better than pie charts. But are they? Tufts researchers throw doubt on a common data visualization belief.
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SAP SaaS marches on
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SAP is laying out a strong SaaS program and has keen view of the future and have organized themselves into upper domain areas of: People, Money, Customers, Suppliers, and Special.
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SAP Helps Customers Avoid Incidents and Achieve Safer, More Sustainable Operations
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SAP announced the SAP Incident Management rapid-deployment ERP solution, which helps customers avoid dangerous and costly workplace accidents. For companies today, reducing incidents that can have a devastating impact on people, profits and the environment is a priority.
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Do-It-Yourself Design: User Interfaces
Sam Yen, global head of design and user experience at SAP, talks about the future of user interface design: a drag-and-drop tool that lets customers change the appearance of their SAP GUI screens.
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Training is an investment in success
The reality is that implementing software, no matter how good it is, will not deliver the benefits required if the end users are not able to make optimal use of it.
“When companies implement enterprise applications such as SAP, they pay large amounts for the software, consulting and implementation, but then approach the project in a top-down methodology that focuses on the technical aspects of the task, explains Steve Hobbs, managing director of Blue Pencil Consulting.
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Are retailers losing the upper hand to CPG suppliers?
"The power of the brand, and the brand owner, is increasing at the expense of the big retailer" - It's quite a bold statement, isn't it? I know a number of CPG people who would read it with a measure of incredulity. But is it really just wishful thinking?
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SAP Africa strengthens global communications team
SAP Africa has appointed Antonia Ashton as Head of Integrated Communications for Africa. Ashton will support SAP Africa’s CEO, Pfungwa Serima, and the Africa leadership team with executive communications counsel and lead all communications initiatives aimed at both internal and external key stakeholders, including employees, media, partners, analysts and other communications stakeholders.
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What makes an excellent SAP recruitment consultant?
Getting the right SAP resources on your project can start with finding the right recruitment consultant for the job. Shane Morgan explains some of the attributes which distinguish the best from the rest. Sometimes you hear successful business people say to be the best in the business, the focus should not be not so much on making money, but more on providing the best quality product on the market. Do this, and the money is more likely to come. The way to excellence in SAP recruitment consulting is a lot like this – the focus needs to be on providing the best service possible, and not just on getting a result and therefore improving the bottom line. So what does an excellent SAP recruitment consultant do that’s so special?
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SAP and Ashoka Changemakers Announce Winners of Global Entrepreneurship Competition
November 12, 2012 - SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) today announced the four winners of the global entrepreneurship competition "The Power of Small: Entrepreneurs Strengthening Local Economies." They were selected for their excellence in helping emerging entrepreneurs and small businesses in underserved communities grow and thrive. Each organization will receive US$10,000, a technology donation and promotion and networking opportunities with SAP executives and customers at SAPPHIRE NOW + SAP TechEd, being held as a co-located event in Madrid from November 13-16 2012.
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Scrum: Even Better Than Getting Slapped
Very few people in the world, I’m quite certain, can truthfully describe themselves as productive. The internet has opened the door for both massive productivity and massive procrastination. Given the two options, most people choose the latter, and I don’t blame them. When nobody’s watching, it’s human nature to take the easier option.
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“Stay Hungry, Stay Humble” Words of Wisdom from SAP Co-CEO Bill McDermott
I am very lucky to work at a company where I feel inspired every day. I am inspired by my colleagues, who despite the pressures of life, continue to produce incredible results across the board.
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SAP customers win big at SAPHILA
THREE companies from the continent will represent Africa at the upcoming awards SAP will hand out in Madrid, Spain.
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The companies were announced as the winners of the SAP Quality Awards that were handed out at the just-ended SAPHILA, which the business software firm held in Sun City, South Africa.
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African SAP User Group elects new board members
The members of the African SAP User Group (AFSUG) have elected Ian Brown, Exxaro CIO, Sal Laher, Eskom CIO and Andre Venter Macsteel CIO as Directors to the AFSUG Board for a three-year term. Previous Director, Ashwin Goolab, has left his position at Standard Bank and as a consequence, has resigned from the AFSUG Board. This announcement was made at the AFSUG AGM held during this week’s Saphila conference, the biggest SAP User Group conference in Africa, held at Sun City.
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Success In The Business Intelligence Game
I’ve been hearing quite a lot about business intelligence (BI) success lately, and it’s become very clear to me that success means different things to different people. However, before we can determine whether a BI project was successful, we should decide what business intelligence success looks like.
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The Sap Hana in Retail FAQ
This blog is a collection of questions about SAP HANA usage in Retail that I hear being frequently asked - questions about what it is (and what it's not), how it can be used for real benefit, and what makes it different.
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Best practice in recruiting financial analysts
We know a lot of companies are ramping up on their finance staff, but according to the Finance Leadership Council of the Corporate Executive Board, a membership-based research organization, CFOs who are struggling to find good quality financial analysts should perhaps take some of the blame to themselves. Why so?
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Happy First Birthday SAP HANA !
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So on Monday, Hana celebrates first birthday ! I will be in Palo Alto to be part of the celebration. It is amazing that one year has passed since the GA announcement came for HANA. Looking back over the last year, SAP can definitely be proud. They put their heart and soul into it – from Hasso, Jim, BIll and Vishal to all the way down the labs and sales organization hierarchies. I have had many discussions with Hasso and Vishal on Hana in the past couple of years.
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SAP announces Africa's first global mentor
SAP Africa has announced Clint Vosloo as the first appointment to the global SAP Mentor Initiative on the African continent. This initiative identifies exceptional members of the global SAP partner network, recognising them as top influencers in their field of speciality. As part of an exclusive and engaged community of bloggers, consultants, and technical wizards, all SAP Mentors are nominated by SAP Community Network peers and selected by SAP for their hands-on expertise of SAP products or ser
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