SAP CIO confirmed as keynote speaker

Posted by spark on in Tags: Conference, Keynote Speakers, Oliver Bussman, SAP, UKISUG

Oliver Bussmann bei SAP AG Walldorf am 1.10.2009

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.

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Ray Wang to keynote 2012 User Group Conference

Posted by spark on March 23, 2012 in Tags: Constellation Research, Ray Wang, SAP User Group Conference, UKiSUG12

We are pleased to announce that Ray Wang from Constellation Research will again be a keynote speaker at this year’s User Group Conference. Ray has been one of our most popular speakers over the years, so we are delighted that he will be returning .

R “Ray” Wang is the Principal Analyst and CEO at Constellation Research, Inc. and the author of the popular enterprise software blog “A Software Insider’s Point of View”. He previously was a founding partner and research analyst for enterprise strategy at Altimeter Group. With viewership in the millions of page views a year, his blog provides insight into how disruptive technologies and new business models impact the enterprise.

Stay tuned to find our more about other confirmed speakers for this year’s event.

Collaborating on IT best practice

Posted by spark on March 13, 2012 in Tags: Computer Weekly, SAP, SAP User Group

User Group chairman Alan Bowling discusses on Computer Weekly how IT processes can be better standardised across industry sectors and the benefits of cross-industry collaboration.

To read the full article click here.

SAP.info speak to the UK&I User Group

Posted by spark on March 5, 2012 in Tags: BOUG, Business Objects, SAP, SAP User Group, SAP.info

Recently SAP.info spoke with Alan Bowling and Craig Dale from the UK & Ireland SAP User Group regarding the role of the User Group and its plans for 2012, following the recent merger with the Business Objects User Group UK (BOUG UK).

To read the article in full, please click here

The Times highlights User Conference’s use of the latest delegate tech

Posted by spark on March 1, 2012 in Tags: LinkedIN, RFID, SAP User Group Conference, The Times

Last year’s User Conference saw us use RFID technology for the first time to connect delegates via LinkedIn. The success of the technology see us getting a mention in a special supplement on Business Events in today’s edition of The Times.

To read more click here

In memory computing – it’s now practical and it’s here to stay

Posted by ukisug on February 13, 2012

It’s refreshing to see that SAP is backing the idea of in-memory computing (http://www.sap.com/about/newsroom/press-releases/press.epx?pressid=14907). It’s a simple fact that the amount of data never gets smaller: as a result, as organisations deal with more and more of it, so we all need more and faster ways to actually process and use that data.

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