Twan van den Broek

What is the similarity between SAP, HANA and the Titanic? An SAP CodeJam, hosted at the office of ITrainee, where we could work with #SAPHANA, Machine Learning, Python, Panda and EDA (which stands for ... :-)  A recap with host Vitaliy Rudnytskiy and participant Rakesh Jain. 

Get ready for a behind-the-scenes look at the intersection of esports and SAP technology on the next episode of "Business Innovation with SAP." What happens when SAP technology meets the fast-paced world of Dota 2 and League of Legends? Discover the challenges, technical complexities, and innovative solutions that arise in the gaming arena. Can SAP tools really help esports teams analyze data, develop strategies, and enhance performance? Find out in this exciting episode where esports meets business innovation. Don't miss these game-changing insights! Join hosts Coen Sanderink and Twan van den Broek as they chat with Jason Lucas Luijckx, Director of Partnerships EMEA and Max ‘qojqva’ Bröcker, professional streamer from Team Liquid, a leading esports organization, and Maik Vogt, senior developer at SAP. Questions? Suggestions? Please let us know in the comments.

My personal 5 key takeaways on the keynote that Björn Goerke did last week at SAP TechEd in Las Vegas. Maybe you remember the keynote from last year , where Björn got stuck on Mars and needed to "Code the #$^^@#% out of SAP technologies" (5:36). This year he returned back from space ... to travel Back to the Digital Future

Jeff Word Killer use cases at Centerpoint part I and part II How to make use of the possibilities that SAP HANA Platform offers. These two episodes explain how agents of a utilities call center are supported with predictive analysis. Customers are ‘mind read’ and when a customer calls the agent ‘knows’ what the customer is calling about. Vinnie Mirchandani SAP Nation 2.0: The Bigger Story Vinnie is working on his successor of SAP Nation. Initially to address the launch of S/4HANA, but along the way customer stories and the troubles in aligning SAP acquisitions got to his writing table. Will be an interesting read.

Episode 2015.26 Jan Penninkhof The future looks bright for SAP users! Jan spotted the future of SAP Fiori - SAP internally called Fiori 2.0. Unfortunately no screenshots yet. Tamas Szirtes Designed with love, VNSG UEX meeting about SAPUI5 Tamas shares a bit more insights in Fiori 2.0, no screenshots either :(

With all new things happening in the SAP world, like S/4HANA and IoT, I wish I could have made it to Orlando for SAPPHIRE NOW this week. But luckily SAP shares a lot online, including the full replay of the keynotes. Bill McDermott

Episode 2015.18 Jan Penninkhof Custom UI5 themes showcase Jan collects custom UI5 themes, who wants to support? Add your own theme to the collection. Andreas Schmitz What is SAP S/4HANA? 13 Questions Answered Preparations for next weeks SAPPHIRENOW event. Main theme will be S/4HANA, which will be no surprise ;-)

A new episode in our HANA Cafe NL series, today we discussed the CodeJam   ABAP on HANA with Fiori

Episode 2015.13 Jeff Word SAP drinks its champagne - Part 1 & Part 2 Jeff interviews SAP Americas CIO and they discuss the implementation of both BW and ECC on HANA. Good story and clear lessons learned that other customers can benefit from. John Appleby 10 Golden Rules for SAP Suite on HANA & S/4HANA Migrations 10 Golden rules, well actually 11 :) A migration to Suite on HANA is not a technical migration, sure a major part is technology, but do not underestimate the impact on business. Better: use the momentum to get rid of all your old, sometimes even dead, custom developments. Back to standard SAP.

Ever wondered what the IoT, Internet of Things topic is all about? And do you know why SAP is very active in this area? A good start is the SAP IoT YouTube channel . Next is to read about it in some great blogs: Blog series by Rui Nogueira - RaspberryPi on SAP HANA Cloud Platform Blog Craig Cmehil - IoT with SAP HANA DEV Blog Aaron Williams - IoT Christmas Tree Blog Mark Teichmann - Automated Processes based on Cloud Sensors

SAP heeft op 3 februari haar nieuwe business suite aangekondigd . Bill McDermott, CEO SAP AG, Hasso Plattner, SAP Founder and Chairman of the SAP Supervisory Board, en Bernd Leukert, Member of the Executive Board of SAP, hebben de SAP Business Suite for SAP HANA geïntroduceerd. SAP’s Next Big Thing. Bill McDermott noemt het zelfs SAP’s grootste aankondiging ooit.

SAP's  CodeJam  team visits  Eindhoven  once again. Most of us already know Eindhoven as  sitnl  city  Great visual! Wondering about the details? -  The Blob , a shopping center -  Flying Pins , large scaled art object -  Evoluon , conference center (former  Philips expo center ) Now back to our original topic: SAP River. Now what is SAP River? Please read  John Appleby  well written  FAQ blog . SAP River is a development platform based on the SAP HANA Platform, that allows expression of intent, to build entire business applications.

Another successful SAP CodeJam in the Netherlands. The ABAP on HANA CodeJam in Eindhoven. Organized by Roel van den Berge and hosted by Thorsten Schneider . I surely recommend attending an SAP CodeJam, a day of serious coding on a specific topic accompanied by SAP experts. It is just like an SAP TechEd HandsOn Workshop, but outside of SAP TechEd season ;-) What do you get: Deep knowledge on the topic Hands on exercises  Support by SAP experts Meet up with fellow enthusiasts Great food!! Roel opening the event. Thorsten kicks off the ABAP on HANA coding. Let the fun begin. Sven van Leuken dressed up especially for the event. Coffee, ABAP Code and Coke - what more can you wish for? FUN! The complete event in pictures at Flickr .

IT's all in the game voor Ciber tijdens de VNSG jubileumeditie! from sven van leuken on Vimeo . Another job for SAP NetWeaver Man ;-) Boost your profit with our SAP HANA solution - Ciber ProfitBoost . More details in a blog by Sven van Leuken .

If you're doing any business with SAP, being SAP consultant or SAP user, you should not have missed last week's press conference where SAP announced SAP's business suite on HANA . A long expected message, but thrilling even so. It shows how serious SAP is taking In Memory technology. And even more, analyst Dennis Howlett , identified SAP's stepping stone into the cloud future , from #SAPonHANA into SAP's business suite in the cloud. Following the path so successfully set by Salesforce . A lot can be found on SDN or other analyst sites. Please allow me to point out and summarize three blogs. My advice to you: start with reading, jump into other reading material, subscribe to developer licenses and start getting your hands dirty. And by that make up your mind. The SAP world is changing rapidly, important for System Integrator's as they have to change their business model accordingly. 2013 is the year of making choices. Find out, as System Integrator, to whic...