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If I could sum up “success” in the consumer packaged goods, or CPG, industry in one word, that word would be SPEED — the speed at which the best companies take advantage of the latest consumer trends and defend their market share against the competition. (more…)

WALLDORF – SAP today announced it has been positioned by Gartner Inc. in the leaders quadrant of the “Magic Quadrant for Corporate Performance Management (CPM) Suites” report. (more…)

WALLDORF – SAP today announced the availability of SAP Finance and Controlling Accelerator software powered by the SAP HANA platform. The software enables customers to leverage data effectively in order to gain a competitive edge while unlocking opportunities to improve financial performance. (more…)

This week, we took another important step in accelerating our social enterprise strategy with the hiring of social computing and technology expert Sameer Patel as global vice president, Enterprise Social Software. Sameer will lead the solutions and go-to-market for collaboration and social software from SAP. (more…)

SAP today announced support for SAP HANA from SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation, version for SAP NetWeaver.

• Read the newsbyte.
• Learn more in a blog by Jens Koerner on SAP Community Network.

While you won’t see “ETL” in headlines the way you see “big data” or “cloud,” ETL plays a key role in helping organizations take advantage of these technology trends. In fact, according to “The Forrester Wave:  Enterprise ETL, Q1 2012” report, the market for ETL is growing more than ever. (more…)

SAP today announced that it has been positioned by Forrester Research as a leader in “The Forrester Wave™:  Enterprise ETL, Q1 2012” report. Forrester notes SAP’s abilities to innovate and scale to support complex data integration environments as key factors in maintaining its leadership position. Read the newsbyte.

SAP today announced that SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation has been awarded the top mark “especially excellent” by the EBS Executive Education program of the EBS University of Business and Law in Wiesbaden, Germany. The certification confirms that SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation provides excellent support for modern budgeting processes.  Read the newsbyte.

I will be the host of the next #SAPChat, an interactive panel discussion carried out entirely over Twitter. It’s scheduled for 9am PST / 18:00 CET on Wednesday February 29th, and the subject will be “Business Intelligence Best Practice.” (more…)

When it comes to Big Data, people up and down Highway 101 in Silicon Valley talk about technologies such as NoSQL, Hadoop and MapReduce as though they’ll solve all of our problems. While these are certainly exciting new capabilities, technology alone is only part of the answer to Big Data. Follow us on a six-part series of blog posts to learn more. (more…)