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SAP’s Collaboration Applications: Jam, StreamWork, or Both?
As of the SuccessFactors acquisition earlier this year, SAP now owns two enterprise social collaboration platforms, StreamWork and Jam. Though SAP has established a roadmap for overlapping HCM applications, designating that SuccessFactors tools will be the products for the cloud and SAP’s own client-server applications will be the products for on-premise deployments, the future of.
SAP BI Dashboard Convergence
The rise of the iPad as a preferred device for viewing business intelligence dashboards, SAP’s choice of a “mobile first” strategy, and the demise of mobile Flash caused some to question the future of the popular dashboard design software Xcelsius (renamed SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards). Dashboards built with Xcelsius are based on Adobe Flash and consequently.
SAP to be First Test Case for ERP on HANA
SAP’s CIO, Oliver Bussmann, shared in a recent interview with Fran Foo of the Australian that SAP is preparing to deploy HANA, SAP’s in-memory technology, as the database for its internal SAP ERP system. Using a model called “SAP runs SAP“, SAP Global IT implements SAP’s software before shipping it to customers in order to provide.
Predictive Analytics: Another Use Case for SAP HANA
SAP is adding predictive analysis software to its BI portfolio. The new software, named SAP BusinessObjects Predictive Analytics is currently being tested by a select group of customers in the ramp-up phase, and is expected to be generally available later this year. Predictive analysis can help businesses make decisions that reduce costs, increase revenues, maximize efficiency,.
HTML5: The Future of SAP User Interfaces
HTML5 is the future of the web, especially the mobile web. This next generation of the most common web-language supports additional semantic elements, scalable vector graphics, an offline cache, and in combination with CSS3, can support high-quality interactive graphics. HTML5′s abilities make it more a user interface design platform rather than a markup language, and.
SAP + Right Hemisphere = Visual Enterprise
Last fall, SAP added Right Hemisphere, maker of visualization software that allows enterprises to manage and share 3-D and 2-D visual information, to its portfolio. Some integration work has been completed and SAP now offers three of Right Hemisphere’s tools re-branded as SAP Visual Enterprise Applications. Deep Server, Right Hemisphere’s core product, has been renamed.
SAP, Android, and the Enterprise
The Android mobile operating system has been an immense success in the consumer world, but has not caught on as well in the enterprise world. Although Android smartphones captured a majority of the smartphone market share worldwide in late 2011, iOS is by far the most common mobile operating system used in enterprises, even when tablets.
SAP Now Offering Support for BPC on HANA
The much-anticipated SAP BPC on HANA solution has arrived sooner than expected. Originally targeted for the second quarter of 2012, BPC on HANA was officially launched by SAP at the Financials 2012 conference in Las Vegas this past Tuesday, March 13. Many have looked forward to the release of BPC on HANA as it will.
SAP’s AppHaus and Consumer Apps
SAP.info recently published an article about SAP supporting startup companies, but did you know that SAP has launched a venture in the style of a startup within itself? While you may not have heard of the SAP AppHaus, you are more likely to be familiar with its recently released mobile app, Recalls Plus, which some.
SAP Development Requests Expedited through Customer Connection
SAP is rolling out a new process to handle small development requests. Under the old process, known as DRQ, authorized users submitted a requests through the SAP Services Portal. Customers can participate in the new process, named Customer Connection, by collaborating in a special area of the SAP Idea Place for their regional SAP User.
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