SAP News
By SAP News
SAP NewsJun 25, 2020
Exploring the Partner Ecosystem to Support Businesses Post-Pandemic
In this premiere SAP Partner Podcast, Meaghan Sullivan, head of Global Partner and Midmarket Marketing, SAP, talks with Larry Walsh, CEO, chief analyst and founder at Channelnomics, about how SAP partners are helping businesses adapt and evolve as the economy reopens. Joining them are two SAP partners –Sadee Gamhewa, co-founder and CEO at Velou, and Chris Couch, vice president SAP Solutions at Applexus Technologies – who share their insights about the specific challenges facing retailers and to talk about how RISE with SAP – business transformation as a service – is simplifying customers’ move to the cloud. Listen to this podcast to find out how SAP partners are creating opportunity for businesses to gain advantage in the economic recovery.
Academics in the Tech Industry: A Fruitful Alliance
Why is cooperation between academia and industry crucial for cutting-edge innovation?
Find out in this interview with Professor Felix Naumann from the Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam as he shares insights and takeaways from his academic fellowship with the SAP Innovation Center Network.
INFOCUS - Coaching is good for business
In this podcast we interview Kristen Reynolds. She talks about how career coaching can help unlock employees’ hidden potential by fostering self-reflection and awareness.
IN FOCUS - Karina Edmonds Brings Industry and Academia Together at SAP
Karina Montilla Edmonds joined SAP at the height of the global COVID-19 pandemic. In her new role as Head of SAP Academies and University Alliances, she sets out to strengthen SAP’s brand throughout the academic sphere.
IN FOCUS: Sustainable Innovation Across the Value Chain
In this podcast we interview Lars Bo Hassinggaard, Corporate IT Manager at Royal Greenland. He shares how the company is working closely with healthcare and food administration authorities to maintain safe-running operations during this global pandemic crisis, while keeping customers supplied.
Watch the interview here: https://youtu.be/fCTj2izHEhg
IN FOCUS: SAP Helps Handle COVID-19 Challenges
In this podcast we interview Michael Byczkowski, SAP Global Head of IBU Healthcare Providers. He explains why German health authorities rely on SAP to handle COVID-19 challenges better and how the epidemic promotes digitalization in public health services.
Watch the interview here: https://youtu.be/n_k52L2wMiw
IN FOCUS: Investing in Innovation to Emerge Stronger
In this podcast we interview Max Wessel, SAP’s Chief Innovation Officer and Managing Director of SAP Labs Silicon Valley. He talks about how SAP is in a unique position to offer software and services that are light on resources and easy to deploy. Find out how this is helping organizations produce cutting-edge, future-focused technology quickly and advance their transformation journey to the intelligent enterprise.
Watch the interview here: https://youtu.be/3sKc0Xu8Fnk
IN FOCUS: Leadership in Times of Crisis
Hear how Thomas Saueressig, the newest member of SAP’s executive board, has adapted his leadership style in the current global crisis. Learn how he stays close to his 29,000 employees, while inspiring people to continue innovating.
Watch the interview here: https://youtu.be/RxUmW_d1hSQ
IN FOCUS: Retail Experts Explain How Tech Can Help Retailers
In this podcast we interviewed Ashley Crowder, Sandeep Bhanote and Matt Laukaitis. They explain how technology helps retailers stay close to customers and survive the pandemic and its economic aftershocks. Learn how new technology like AR, 3D and geospatial deliver great customer experiences – especially when combined with digital business solutions like SAP S/4HANA.
Watch the interview here: https://youtu.be/rFiopsB5JzA
IN FOCUS: Combating COVID-19 misinformation
In this podcast we interview Scott Russell. He talks about new app “Bridge-IT”, created to provide users with reliable information on COVID-19 and guidance on how to cope with the virus. Learn how combining experience data (X-data) with operational data (O-data) can help companies address the coronavirus misinformation deluge.
IN FOCUS: Mindfulness Practice - How to be at ease with uncertainty
In this podcast we interview Peter Bostelmann, SAP Chief Mindfulness Officer. He talks about the power of mindfulness practice in times of COVID-19.
Check out the video on SAP TV: https://youtu.be/TQcIL2VN8tQ
IN FOCUS: Innovation at SAP Labs India
In the podcast we interviewed Sindhu Gangadharan, Managing Director for SAP Labs in India. SAP is helping India surmount major business and humanitarian challenges related to the coronavirus pandemic. With nearly 9,000 employees across five cities, Labs India is SAP’s second largest development center and central to the company’s product development strategy. Despite a very dynamic environment, the forced virtual teamwork as a result of the coronavirus pandemic has not hampered productivity. The India-based teams, together with other global teams, just released the second version of the SAP S/4HANA Cloud essentials edition to customers. “We stuck to the timeline as well as to the scope that was promised to our customers,” reports Sindhu Gangadharan, SVP & Managing Director for SAP Labs India. Sindhu believes that the pandemic will expedite the move to digitalization in India, and notes that SAP’s Intelligent Enterprise Strategy is resonating strongly with customers. The same trend towards digitalization and cloud computing has been confirmed in other markets, including China and Europe.
Check out the video on SAP TV: https://youtu.be/40zN5l4QVLY
IN FOCUS: Digital Government Is More Important Than Ever
In this interview Brian Roach, Head of Regulated Industries at SAP, talks about why the pandemic has highlighted the “have and have-nots” in government. Roach explains how a digital government strategy can help agencies at all levels be better prepared to respond to Covid-19 and future health crises.
Watch the video interview on SAP TV: https://youtu.be/Q3VJLHniADo
IN FOCUS: Digitizing The Logistics Supply Chain
CIO of Girteka Logistics believes that digitizing for supply chain efficiency while delivering vital supplies will prepare company for the new normal.
Check out the SAP TV video interview: https://youtu.be/aBo3lLkhLgo
IN FOCUS: Supply Chain Disruption
In this podcast we interview Martin Barkman, senior vice president and global head of solution management for the digital supply chain. He talks about how to operate resilient supply chains that are predictive, intelligent, and agile and what SAP offers an integrated portfolio of supply chain solutions that give businesses the complete visibility needed to comprehend and confront the implications of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Check highlights of the interview on SAP TV: https://youtu.be/EI7-8qemw_A
IN FOCUS: Tech That Will Help Us Reopen Safely
In this Podcast we interview Stephan Odörfer, founder and managing director of Munich-based 4tiitoo, and David Judge, vice president of Intelligent Enterprise Solutions at SAP. They talk about how AI and gaze control could help businesses reopen safely during Coronavirus pandemic.
Watch highlights of the interview here: https://youtu.be/Jjka_v8EZVo
IN FOCUS: Purpose Driven Innovation
In this Podcast we interview Jesper Schleimann, chief innovation officer of SAP EMEA North. He talks about why a crisis is good for innovation, why now is the time for companies to discover their purpose DNA, and what SAP is doing to help support enterprise recovery and growth.
Watch the interview here: https://youtu.be/uAKlrVbvUtA
Growing Fresh Greens Fully Digitalized
In an endeavor to produce fresher, healthier and pesticide-free greens, SAP customer &ever revolutionizes the way of doing agriculture. We visited the German company’s first indoor farm in Kuwait, which can produce up to 250 varieties of fresh greens for Kuwait City. The whole production process is controlled digitally.
Check the story on SAP TV: https://youtu.be/UzRMkJRD3j8
IN FOCUS: Big Data Meets Epidemiology
In this Podcast we interview Michael Schmidt, Architect at SAP Converged Cloud, on the Folding@home effort to fight Covid-19. SAP is stepping up, donating spare computing capacity to medical research, and everybody can help.
Watch the interview here: https://youtu.be/dO6HFHhr16c
IN FOCUS: The Right Side of History
In this Podcast we interview Bonin Bough, marketing guru, investor and startup CEO. He says businesses must prioritize empathy, now more than ever. Learn how companies can create value during COVID-19 to help them stay relevant while protecting their brand.
Watch the full interview here: https://youtu.be/J0Mw-XT2pEw
IN FOCUS: Business Continuity in Times of Uncertainty
In this podcast Greg Petraetis shares lessons learnt after testing positive for COVID-19. Positive attitude and sense of community are top of mind for the tech executive who sees digital transformation taking a giant leap moving forward.
Watch the full interview here: https://youtu.be/BtIMvm7ALtQ
IN FOCUS: COVID-19 - The Biggest Supply Chain Challenge of All
Businesses are facing unprecedented challenges right now. With factories closing all around the globe, supply chains have been dramatically weakened. But procurement operations are proving to be more resilient than most expected. Procurement expert Chris Haydon shares the inside scoop.
Check out our video interview: https://youtu.be/ofr0LTFbFdw