I’m here in Frankfurt, at the SAPPHIRE NOW event but not in my usual role, I’m here actually working with the Bloggers and Mentors. Yesterday, Monday was our first day kicking it off with registration opening at noon and our first meeting at 1230.
Understanding In-Memory
Our first meeting was with Ingo Brenckmann from SAP, and our topic was “In-Memory” and many of SAP’s analytic engines. The 12 of us in the meeting started it off getting a briefing and better understanding into SAP’s “In Memory” technologies with some examples such as APO and liveCache which I personally was installing at my old company back in 2004 and 2005 up to all of the new things coming that we’ve been hearing from Hasso.
Andrea Kaufmann
Global Communications as usual has done an amazing job taking care of us here in Frankfurt, Andrea Kaufmann has been wonderful in organizing and making sure this leg of the program has been working and together with Mike and Stacey ensuring scheduling and meetings were available has made for a very easy job for me.
Siemens SIS
Therefore our first day was a smooth productive day leading up to an amzing evening looking at art in the Schirn Kunsthalle – Dick is quite the art lover and debated passionately with the gallery workers around the art, I still did not see the Bacon influence (not Tom’s bacon gum either) but Dick was convinced.
Getting Technical
This was also an evening important to me as I was able to discuss “innojagd” with Michael Koch, Nigel James as well as Dick Hirsch. I was able to go into not only more details but also was given the opportunity to further fine tune my thinking and ideas to ensure I’m sending over the proper signals and of course am following the best possible path forward.
Computerservice Wolf
Although I think many will agree that a major highlight was our meeting with Jim Hagemann Snabe during the evening and his taking the time to speak to us and share some of his thoughts moving forward and around the new SAP, for Gregor it was a second opportunity to get his questions in just like during the press conference earlier in the day.
Now I’m looking forward to day 2 and the several executive meetings we have ahead of us!
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