News & Blog

We are pleased to announce that SAP.info have become an official media partner for this year’s User Group Conference.

SAP.info is the multimedia information portal for SAP users, providing daily updates for customers, partners, and prospects. Content includes product  presentations, event reports, videos, experts’ tips, and interviews. The SAP.info newsletter is sent weekly by e-mail to over 24,000 subscribers worldwide and reports on the most important news from SAP and beyond.

Philip Adams, vice chairman of the UK & Ireland SAP User Group, recently penned an article for ComputerworldUK looking at the need for vendors to show greater flexibility when it comes to software licensing.

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We are pleased to announce that SearchSAP will again be a media partner at this year’s User Conference. SearchSAP is the SAP community’s online resource for unbiased SAP-related breaking news, expert tutorials, technical tips, learning guides and SAP certification guidance.

We are pleased to announce that both ComputerworldUK and Computer Business Review will again be official media partners for this year’s User Group conference.  We thank them for their continued support.

Please stay tuned for further conference updates.

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.

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.

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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).

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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.

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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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2011 seemed to be a year where there were a number of significant global news events. While things weren’t quite so hectic in the world of SAP, there was still a fair amount to look back on:

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The 2011 conference is now complete and it looks to have been successful. Given the economic surroundings it was encouraging to see high levels of interest recorded by many exhibitors and good attendance overall. Indeed, over 20% of the stands for 2012 in Manchester have already been sold which has never been seen before.

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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.