Is Complex Better Than Complicated?
Unless you have a software background, you’ve probably never heard of longtime Python coder Tim Peters. In Zen of Python, he suggests 20 design principles including: Simple is better than complex....
View ArticleRemote Working Goes Mainstream: Three Personality Traits for Success
I was recently invited to deliver a webinar on managing remote workers which got me thinking about what it takes to work successfully from home. But I’ve also been productive working onsite in offices....
View ArticleTelco Alert! The $50 Billion Mobile Opportunity Starts with Champagne
It’s not a bad idea to start any $50 billion opportunity by drinking champagne, and in this particular case for telcos, it really does make sense. Here’s why. The enterprise mobility market is evolving...
View ArticleTrust Me: Workplace Trust Matters
More than ever, collaboration powered by technology does amazing things. It can put your graphics team in Madrid together with your business development group in Manchester and allow your vice...
View ArticleEquestrians and Fans “Ride Simple” at CHIO Aachen
Equestrians are the newest members of the SAP ecosystem who Run – or in this case, Ride – Simple. Last weekend I ventured to Aachen, Germany to attend CHIO, an international equestrian festival where...
View ArticleKeeping Customer Service Up When the Chips Are Down
Customer service is a nonstop endeavor — even when a company implements new software. “Everything that we do from a technology perspective needs to be seamless to our customers,” Alfonzo Venturi,...
View ArticleSAP Follows Its Own Advice to Cloud-based HR
When SAP acquired SuccessFactors, most people viewed it as a quantum leap forward for the company into the cloud, and rightly so. As an SAP employee, I’ve been an active participant in this...
View ArticleSAP Canada to Open New Cloud Data Center
This week in Canada we announced a strategic investment to open our first Canadian data center, and we couldn’t be more excited. There are a couple of reasons behind our decision. We’re seeing a...
View ArticleBig Data Gets Personal: Wearable Tech in Your Workplace
How much sleep am I getting? Am I running as often as I should? Questions like these are the starting point for the next workplace data revolution, one that already may be walking around your office....
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Youth Sports 2020 and The Future of Private Instruction
My interest in technology and how it impacts business has been strong since I started considering my career options in high school, though the impact technology would have on our daily lives “in the...
View ArticleDid Alice in Wonderland Foreshadow the Cloud?
Like Alice’s fleeting childhood, the legacy hardware and software that companies around the globe have used to run their businesses are invariably going to fade into distant memory. Thanks to the...
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A Journey Through the Networked Economy
As you sit in a restaurant you peruse the menu, which is on an electronic tablet. Not sure what to order? No problem, this is a restaurant you frequent, so you are presented with menu recommendations...
View ArticleInnovation “Disrupted”
The term “innovation” may just be the biggest buzzword of the last two decades. Strategy gurus have identified 15 different variants of innovation ranging from “red ocean” innovation to “blue ocean”...
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Three Tips for Maintaining Your Mobile Momentum
You’ve heard it often enough: Enterprise mobility can’t be achieved overnight. However, it’s not until you’re knee-deep in the multitude of considerations – from what devices to support to evaluating...
View ArticleEmployee Engagement Makeover: HR Experts Preview SuccessConnect 2014
I’m excited to be headed to Las Vegas this fall to attend SuccessConnect 2014 on September 9 – 11 because this year’s theme, “Engaging Tomorrow’s Workforce,” couldn’t be timelier. According to a new...
View ArticleBuenos Aires, a Digital City Where Urban Matters Really Matter
Whether you get your first glimpse of Buenos Aires from above or crossing the Rio de la Plata, you know immediately you’re approaching a city of superlatives. Among the top 20 largest cities globally,...
View ArticleHow Big Data is Turning FC Bayern Munich into an International Business
Remember when the New York Yankees were just a local baseball team in the U.S.? Of course you don’t. No one does. The team has been a global icon for that long. FC Bayern Munich is on a path toward...
View ArticleStudent Metrics Have Final Say in MOOCs Debate
The polemic around MOOCs (massive open online courses) has largely died down as metrics replace opinions. The good news is there’s no dearth of opportunities to measure the efficacy of MOOCs as they...
View ArticleGoing Mobile – the Importance of Mobility to Companies
Mobile devices, including smartphones and tablets, are now the computing platform of choice for many business users and consumers. Together with cloud computing, Big Data analytics and social, mobility...
View ArticleWorkforce 2020: How Ready Are You Actually?
Almost overnight it seems, demographic shifts and technological advances are radically transforming how, where, and why we work. Macroeconomic shifts in the global economy continue to drive the demand...
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