Comments on: SAP missing the boat (you sunk my battleship?) http://gobigalways.com/sap-missing-the-boat-you-sunk-my-battleship/ Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:44:00 -0700 hourly 1 By: SAP’s Place in the World - Portal Solutions - Mike Porter, Portal Solutions http://gobigalways.com/sap-missing-the-boat-you-sunk-my-battleship/comment-page-1/#comment-2451 SAP’s Place in the World - Portal Solutions - Mike Porter, Portal Solutions Wed, 13 May 2009 22:05:33 +0000 http://gobigalways.com/?p=487#comment-2451 [...] in the world.  Many ask if the SAP Portal is good enough.  Many want to integrate to it.   Go Big Always talks about SAP missing the boat as their growth slows.  He makes some interesting points. The new [...] [...] in the world.  Many ask if the SAP Portal is good enough.  Many want to integrate to it.   Go Big Always talks about SAP missing the boat as their growth slows.  He makes some interesting points. The new [...]

]]> By: Wirearchy · From Machine to Organism … http://gobigalways.com/sap-missing-the-boat-you-sunk-my-battleship/comment-page-1/#comment-2411 Wirearchy · From Machine to Organism … Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:51:02 +0000 http://gobigalways.com/?p=487#comment-2411 [...] just ran across an interesting blog post ( SAP missing the boat ? ) by Sam Lawrence, soon-to-be-ex CMO of Jive (enterprise social software).  It contains an [...] [...] just ran across an interesting blog post ( SAP missing the boat ? ) by Sam Lawrence, soon-to-be-ex CMO of Jive (enterprise social software).  It contains an [...]

]]> By: Pixelbase » This Week in SAP (#12) http://gobigalways.com/sap-missing-the-boat-you-sunk-my-battleship/comment-page-1/#comment-2370 Pixelbase » This Week in SAP (#12) Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:15:51 +0000 http://gobigalways.com/?p=487#comment-2370 [...] body can not live without the mind” (The Matrix): a good article why SAP is losing out “how to capture the new brain”. Linking back to Steve Mann’s departure, describing his departure as loss of a “huge [...] [...] body can not live without the mind” (The Matrix): a good article why SAP is losing out “how to capture the new brain”. Linking back to Steve Mann’s departure, describing his departure as loss of a “huge [...]

]]> By: Oliver Marks http://gobigalways.com/sap-missing-the-boat-you-sunk-my-battleship/comment-page-1/#comment-2367 Oliver Marks Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:16:04 +0000 http://gobigalways.com/?p=487#comment-2367 I'd say alphabet soup (CRM, ERP) apps are more the skeleton of organizations: strong structural elements but brittle, very hard to rework while moving (your broken foot last year Sam is a case in point, it restricts movement until repaired). E2.0 is arguably the brains and nervous system. Fresh brains have grown up with the internet all around them, they expect it to be there like electricity was a given for previous generations. Ideas flow in ways formed by this web usage and which increasingly shape modern design processes and associated applications. We are at a point where these modern agile processes are just beginning to gain traction but encountering stiff resistance from entrenched entities: Legacy IT and business process thinking. It's going to be a long and painful road to widespread adoption and there have been many casualties amongst those with vision and foresight around the thoughts and processes needed to supercharge business with modern thinking. Thought leadership is scarce in a space still driven by departmental adoption and shiny object ownership: entrenched process ownership is a huge obstacle to progress although ironically the recession is helping those asking the hard questions, if accompanied by cost saving proposals aligned with increased efficiency. I’d say alphabet soup (CRM, ERP) apps are more the skeleton of organizations: strong structural elements but brittle, very hard to rework while moving (your broken foot last year Sam is a case in point, it restricts movement until repaired).

E2.0 is arguably the brains and nervous system. Fresh brains have grown up with the internet all around them, they expect it to be there like electricity was a given for previous generations. Ideas flow in ways formed by this web usage and which increasingly shape modern design processes and associated applications.

We are at a point where these modern agile processes are just beginning to gain traction but encountering stiff resistance from entrenched entities: Legacy IT and business process thinking.

It’s going to be a long and painful road to widespread adoption and there have been many casualties amongst those with vision and foresight around the thoughts and processes needed to supercharge business with modern thinking.

Thought leadership is scarce in a space still driven by departmental adoption and shiny object ownership: entrenched process ownership is a huge obstacle to progress although ironically the recession is helping those asking the hard questions, if accompanied by cost saving proposals aligned with increased efficiency.

]]> By: Timo Elliott http://gobigalways.com/sap-missing-the-boat-you-sunk-my-battleship/comment-page-1/#comment-2366 Timo Elliott Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:25:49 +0000 http://gobigalways.com/?p=487#comment-2366 Nice graphic! What can I say? Yes, that's the plan: transform the way "business users" go about their daily work as much as ERP has for transformed "transactions". I'm an 18 year veteran of BusinessObjects, and very excited about all the new possibilities afforded by tight links to: business operations, deep risk and performance management expertise, and, yes, social networking -- and I can confirm that SAP is indeed taking this seriously. BI Questions: http://timoelliott.com SAP & Web 2.0: http://sapweb20.com Nice graphic!

What can I say? Yes, that’s the plan: transform the way “business users” go about their daily work as much as ERP has for transformed “transactions”.

I’m an 18 year veteran of BusinessObjects, and very excited about all the new possibilities afforded by tight links to: business operations, deep risk and performance management expertise, and, yes, social networking — and I can confirm that SAP is indeed taking this seriously.

BI Questions: http://timoelliott.com
SAP & Web 2.0: http://sapweb20.com

]]> By: Lee Chisholm http://gobigalways.com/sap-missing-the-boat-you-sunk-my-battleship/comment-page-1/#comment-2364 Lee Chisholm Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:52:56 +0000 http://gobigalways.com/?p=487#comment-2364 Just to sum it up, we need to socialize our business processes, essentially? Just trying to understand how BusinessObjects will help us here. L Just to sum it up, we need to socialize our business processes, essentially? Just trying to understand how BusinessObjects will help us here.
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