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We are pleased to announce that Birmingham City University will be exhibiting at this year’s conference.

Commenting on the University’s participation, Ardavan Amini, Head of International Academy of Enterprise Systems Innovation and Course leader at Birmingham City University, said: “The academy is a joint partnership between Birmingham City University and SAP, delivering enterprise systems courses with SAP certification developed tailored to industry needs as part of an exclusive partnership between SAP University Alliance, SAP Education and Birmingham City University. We are delighted to be at the SAP UK & Ireland User Group conference and looking forward in meeting with partners and customers to discuss their educational, training and research provisions.”

We are pleased to announce that in addition to iOS devices our User Group Conference app is now available for download for Android and BlackBerry users.  To download the app visit the following link.

We are delighted to announce that for this year’s User Group Conference we have a dedicated mobile app which can be downloaded from the Apple App Store

The app is designed to enhance the experience of every attendee before, during and after the show by making the following features accessible at any time:

• Full event schedule
• Personalised agenda
• Exhibitor listings
• Exhibition floor plans
• Speaker listings
• A-Z of helpful information

The UK & Ireland SAP User Group (UKISUG) and the BusinessObjects User Group UK (BOUG) have today announced a merger between the two organisations.  UKISUG will now be the overall umbrella organisation for all SAP and BusinessObjects users in the UK & Ireland.  BOUG will now operate as a standalone group within this structure, with its chairman John Weikert becoming a UKISUG board member. (more…)

SAPinfo has written a short preview of this year’s User Group conference which can be found here.

It is only now two months until the 2011 User Group Conference and the speaker programme as filling up.

Recently confirmed speakers include:

• Adrian Simpson, Head of Technology & Innovation – SAP UK
• Di Archer, SAP Payroll Development Officer – Worcestershire County Council
• Gavin Torgonski, Head of Information and Integration Architecture – British Gas/Centrica
• Grant Smith, Senior Project Manager – Centrica
• Jon Veness, Data Lead (One SAP Global Template project) – British American Tobacco
• Mandip Shohi, SAP BusineObjects Development Lead – Harrods

Please check the speakers section of the conference site for the latest updates.

User Group chairman Alan Bowling has been speaking with V3 and Computer Weekly over the last couple of weeks regarding the demand for SAP skills and the importance testing & training.

V3 – SAP skills growing in demand as wages rise

Computer Weekly - Somerset £4.6m overpayments illustrate common problem, says SAP user group

There is only 1 week left to save over 30% at the UK & Ireland SAP User Group Conference.

We are working with SAP, Customers, Members and Partners to develop a programme that will provide you with a multitude of opportunities to LEARN from your peers and SAP experts alike; EVOLVE your use of SAP and increase ROI; DEVELOP your SAP skills; NETWORK and COLLABORATE within the SAP ecosystem to drive added value for your organisation.

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We are delighted to announce that Oliver Bussman will be a keynote speaker  at our annual conference in November. Oliver Bussmann is the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of SAP and well known for his “SAP runs SAP” campaign and for his deployment of over 1,000 iPads to SAP employees soon after the iPad initial launch.

This is a great opportunity to hear and learn about how SAP embrace SAP, and how internally they now live with innovation, especially in this era of consumerised IT.

We are pleased to announce Sheffield Hallam University as an exhibitor at this year’s User Group Conference.  Education and learning continues to be one of the major benefits of the conference, so we are delighted with Sheffield Hallam’s participation as the university has worked with SAP and the User Group for a number of years.

Siavash Moshiri, Course Leader and Consultant at Sheffield Hallam University, commented: “As a leading member of the SAP University Alliance, our partnership with SAP spans a number of years. SAP is a technology which is core to a number of our courses and our portfolio continues to expand  with the recent launch of our SAP Corporate Masters. Designed to fulfil the training needs of industry, the programme has been developed and is run in conjunction with SAP Education and the SAP University Alliance.

The User Conference programme is of relevance to all organisations using SAP, so clearly it is a great place to meet and discuss the training and education provisions with our partners and potential customers.”

We are delighted to announce our first confirmed customer speakers for this year’s User Group Conference. (more…)

This week the UK & Ireland SAP User Group announced its participation in SAP’s Customer Connection program, aimed at giving SAP users more say in the company’s product development. (more…)

We are pleased to announce SearchSAP and ZDNet UK as two new media partners for this year’s User Conference.

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User Group chairman Alan Bowling looks at the emergence of in-memory computing in Computer Weekly.  To read the entire article click here

The UK & Ireland SAP User Group is pleased to announce Timo Elliott as a keynote speaker for this year’s User Conference. (more…)

We are pleased to announce our media partners for the Annual User Group Conference and would like to thank them for supporting and promoting this year’s event. (more…)

ComputerworldUK has run an article from User Group chairman Alan Bowling looking at the impact cloud computing is having on the delivery of ERP services.  To read the article in full please visit http://bit.ly/fllM6V

Cloud Computing will again be one of the hot topics at this year’s User Group Conference, so watch this space for further details.

The UK & Ireland SAP User Group Conference 2011 is on course to be our biggest event yet.  We have already had more than 100 registrations since conference registrations opened less than a month ago. (more…)

UK IT directors feel frustrated with the lack of visibility and input into their IT vendors’ product roadmaps according to research released today by the UK & Ireland SAP User Group*. Three-quarters (82%) of respondents said that they would even consider changing vendors if another provided them with better visibility into their upcoming product roadmaps. (more…)