Category: Mobile

Business Intelligence Is Going Mobile: Are You Ready? As business intelligence goes mobile, organizations in all industries will gain critical new opportunities—as well as encounter daunting new challenges. Mobile business intelligence (BI) gives people access to the data they need—anytime, anywhere—to make smart business decisions. Result? Game-changing efficiencies and unprecedented productivity. But mobile BI brings challenges too, including questions about data security and vendor selection.

Is SAP delivering the same level of BI functionality on mobile devices that their users are accustomed to on their desktops?And perhaps more importantly, just how easy is it for a BI professional to deliver that mobile experience with those clients, particularly Xcelsius?

Apple’s iOS is the most popular mobile operating system for corporate environments, according to a new report from network security solutions provider Check Point Software in partnership with Dimensional Research. Approximately 89 percent of survey respondents own mobile devices (i.e. smartphones and/or tablets connecting to corporate networks), and iOS was found to be the most common mobile platform used to connect in business environments.

Embarking on an SAP mobility strategy requires some technical decisions to be made early on. Here Danielle Cullen explores the key focus areas for SAP customers. The first stage in embarking on any SAP mobility strategy is to determine the what, where, who, how and why.

According to SAP, developers will get 85% of the app revenue, with SAP taking the remaining 15%. Paul Webel, SAP Africa GM, says SAP's medium- to long-term strategy is to allow users to consume its applications on multiple devices. He says SAP is targeting ...

With enhancements to FloorPlan Manager framework in Web Dynpro ABAP, we would be able to use Business Object Layer to build applications, does this sound familiar to existing SAP CRM Web Client UI framework. What would be the road ahead for UI enhancements in SAP CRM Web Client and Web Dynpro based applications?

SAP and Sybase have unveiled the next wave of mobile apps for business, and announced the introduction of an SAP Store for mobile apps, at SAPPHIRE NOW and SAP TechEd in Madrid. Among the new apps are the SAP Electronic Medical Record mobile app, which provides instant access to patient records in the healthcare environment; 2.0 versions of the SAP Field Service, CRM Sales and Retail Execution apps; SAP Citizen Connect, for communication between citizens and government; SAP Strategy Management mobile app and SAP BusinessObjects Mobile software for mobile analytics; and for mobile workers, the SAP Transport Notification and Status, Transport Tendering, GRC Access Approver and GRC Policy Survey mobile apps. The app store, to be accessible via a website and initially through an on-device app for iOS, with versions for Blackberry, Android and other operating systems to follow, will make it easy for enterprise-based customers to access apps quickly. With SAP apps and certified apps built by the broad SAP partner ecosystems available through the app store, customers will initially be able to download and evaluate the apps before they buy, with plans for SAP to enable direct purchase via the SAP Store soon. Moving forward, SAP expects ...

I’m at SAPPHIRE/SAPTechEd Madrid and for the first time in a while, SAP has managed to get (half way) through a large customer event without causing serious alarms in the minds of customers and partners. Mostly. In our executive meetings, my team have been concentrating mostly upon mobile and the SAP Store since that is something that has exercised many of us as a story we have found difficult and often at odds with the rest of the industry. That is changing but as always, it’s changing the SAP way.

More and more mobile devices are showing up at work, whether sanctioned by IT or not. iPhones and iPads, Androids, Blackberries, … today’s workers bring with them the tools with which they are most comfortable in order to get work done. Have you embraced the usage of personal devices in the workplace (a “bring your own device” or “BYOD” policy), or does your company have policies against using non-company sanctioned devices for work related activities? Even if prohibited, you can bet there are employees using their personal technologies (phones, tables, laptops) for at least some information sharing related to work, verbally if not actual data sharing. Similarly, despite any limitations you may have on accessing external social sites while at work, surveys show that employees will find ways to circumvent those policies.

Simon Kemp get the lowdown on mobile device management in this Q&A session with Calvin Anderson. With the uptake in use of mobile devices (smart phones and tablet devices) there is an increasing demand by employees to use their personal devices for work. Managing the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) trend is a reality that many companies are starting to get to grips with, but even where employees are provided a mobile device to use, there are many challenges to take into consideration. Security of information, of course, is one of these concerns and rightly so, but privacy is also a concern for users. Companies are now facing how to achieve a balance between supporting employee demands for access and the need by companies for appropriate control. Given the fast rate of adoption of smart phones, tablets and the various models involved, all of a sudden complexity in this issue has become a burden for IT departments and a challenge for company executives. In this blog, I wanted to start with the basics and ask some of the questions I have about mobile device management (MDM), and I thought who better to ask than Calvin Anderson. Cal has worked ...

A series of new HR-based mobile apps to help managers and employees execute HR requests on the go are among the latest releases from SAP. SAP said the new mobile apps will increase employee and manager productivity while connecting people any place at any time to perform a wide range of HR-related activities, including interviewing job candidates, managing employee performance, entering and approving leave requests and accessing corporate KPIs. Managers will be able to search for and view employee profiles, initiate and act on HR-based processes and workflow, collaborate on decisions and events, and access critical data - all from mobile devices. The new apps, planned for general availability in the fourth quarter of 2011 are SAP Manager Insight, which will provide managers with quick access to HR data, reports and KPIs and facilitate collaboration on HR topics, and SAP Interview Assistant, which will allow managers to access documents, capture information during interviews and collaborate to act quickly during the hiring process. These apps join four others previously announced at SAPPHIRE 2011, which will also be available in the fourth quarter - SAP Employee Lookup, SAP Leave Request, SAP Timesheet and SAP HR Approvals. SAP Manager Insight and SAP Interview Assistant will ...

Using SAP mobile technology allows the tracking of goods (in this case butter) to its original source in tough African environment, ensuring high quality, fair trade and transparency throughout the supply chain. As one of the reporters on the tour remarked, “You can really see how SAP is helping and benefitting the farmers and communities by tracking and tracing orders and deliveries from sellers to buyers. Those not using technology are at a serious disadvantage.”