<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xml:lang="en"><title>Latest entries from optimalsap.blog-city.com</title><rights>Copyright 2009 optimalsap.blog-city.com</rights><subtitle></subtitle><author><name></name></author><updated>2009-11-16T22:48:00Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/index.rss"/><id>tag:optimalsap.blog-city.com,2009:1</id><entry><id>tag:optimalsap.blog-city.com,2009-11-05:links.412189315</id><title>Former CEO of SAP North America Greg Tomb Joins Optimal Solutions&apos; Board of Directors</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/former_ceo_of_sap_north_america_greg_tomb_joins_optimal_solu.htm"><![CDATA[Optimal Solutions Integration, Inc. , a leader in SAP-based business transformation, has big plans for near- and long-term growth, and has added a big gun to the company&#39;s board of directors to help guide its aggressive growth strategy.&ldquo;Opt]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/former_ceo_of_sap_north_america_greg_tomb_joins_optimal_solu.htm"/><dc:creator>Optimal SAP News Desk</dc:creator><author><name>Optimal SAP News Desk</name></author><updated>2009-11-05T00:19:00Z</updated><published>2009-11-05T00:19:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:optimalsap.blog-city.com,2009-10-26:links.412188255</id><title>SAP&apos;s Role in the Economic Upturn</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/saps_role_in_the_economic_upturn.htm"><![CDATA[In February 2009, with economic doomsayers monopolizing headlines, Sam Sliman, president for Optimal Solutions, wrote an article with a strikingly contrarian premise; namely, that individual businesses as well as the overall economy would recover qui]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/saps_role_in_the_economic_upturn.htm"/><dc:creator>Optimal SAP News Desk</dc:creator><author><name>Optimal SAP News Desk</name></author><updated>2009-10-26T15:14:00Z</updated><published>2009-10-26T15:14:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:optimalsap.blog-city.com,2009-10-14:links.412186386</id><title>85% of Survey Respondents Interested in Hosted, Subscription-based SAP Delivery Model (Other than SAP Business ByDesign)</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/85_of_survey_respondents_interested_in_hosted_subscription.htm"><![CDATA[&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;  &lt;o:DocumentProperties&gt;   &lt;o:Template&gt;Normal.dotm&lt;/o:Template&gt;   &lt;o:Revision&gt;0&lt;/o:Revision&gt;   &lt;o:TotalTime&gt;0&lt;/o:TotalTime&gt;   &lt;o:Pages&gt;1&lt;/o:Pages&gt;   &lt;o:Words&gt;34&lt;/]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/85_of_survey_respondents_interested_in_hosted_subscription.htm"/><dc:creator>Optimal SAP News Desk</dc:creator><author><name>Optimal SAP News Desk</name></author><updated>2009-10-14T19:28:00Z</updated><published>2009-10-14T19:28:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:optimalsap.blog-city.com,2009-09-30:links.412184719</id><title>Cloud Computing? On-Demand? Saas? What&apos;s in a Name?</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/cloudcomputing_ondemand_saas_whats_in_a_name.htm"><![CDATA[Much substantive debate and meaningful discussion remains before universal consensus is achieved on the true meanings of Cloud-computing, On-demand and SaaS.But let&rsquo;s put aside nebulous terms and amorphous labels just long enough to answer a si]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/cloudcomputing_ondemand_saas_whats_in_a_name.htm"/><dc:creator>Optimal SAP News Desk</dc:creator><author><name>Optimal SAP News Desk</name></author><updated>2009-09-30T14:34:00Z</updated><published>2009-09-30T14:34:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:optimalsap.blog-city.com,2009-09-16:links.412182963</id><title>Media Overweights Business ByDesign</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/media_overweights_business_bydesign.htm"><![CDATA[OK. Had he to do it all over again, SAP CEO Henning Kagermann might re-think his infamous Business By Design announcement in 2007 as &quot;the most important announcement I&#39;ve made in my career.&quot; Struck me then as very un-SAP. But does this]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/media_overweights_business_bydesign.htm"/><dc:creator>Optimal SAP News Desk</dc:creator><author><name>Optimal SAP News Desk</name></author><updated>2009-09-16T14:38:00Z</updated><published>2009-09-16T14:38:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:optimalsap.blog-city.com,2009-09-03:links.412181181</id><title>Enrollment Up in SAP University Alliance Program</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/enrollment_up_in_sap_university_alliance_program.htm"><![CDATA[A sluggish economy has done little to lessen the anticipated global shortage of SAP consultants. On Monday of this week an SAP official remarked that currently 30,000 openings exist for SAP consultants to support the company&rsquo;s worldwide base of]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/enrollment_up_in_sap_university_alliance_program.htm"/><dc:creator>Optimal SAP News Desk</dc:creator><author><name>Optimal SAP News Desk</name></author><updated>2009-09-03T04:25:00Z</updated><published>2009-09-03T04:25:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:optimalsap.blog-city.com,2009-08-18:links.412179792</id><title>SAP Goes Social For Talent</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/sap_goes_social_for_talent_1.htm"><![CDATA[Around May of 2008, SAP went on record to say that it anticipated a global shortage of 30,000 - 50,000 skilled SAP professionals in the years ahead. AMR analyst Bruce Richardson put this number closer to 70,000. So what is SAP doing to ameliorate thi]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/sap_goes_social_for_talent_1.htm"/><dc:creator>Optimal SAP News Desk</dc:creator><author><name>Optimal SAP News Desk</name></author><updated>2009-08-18T12:17:00Z</updated><published>2009-08-18T12:17:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:optimalsap.blog-city.com,2009-08-05:links.412178690</id><title>Hosted SAP for SMEs – Beyond Business ByDesign</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/hosted_sap_for_smes__beyond_business_bydesign.htm"><![CDATA[While media may be fixated on SAP&rsquo;s slow road to market with Business ByDesign, SAP channel partners are making significant headway in the SME on-demand space, providing hosted offerings of SAP Business All-in-One.In May of this year, SAP chann]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/hosted_sap_for_smes__beyond_business_bydesign.htm"/><dc:creator>Optimal SAP News Desk</dc:creator><author><name>Optimal SAP News Desk</name></author><updated>2009-08-05T23:39:00Z</updated><published>2009-08-05T23:39:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:optimalsap.blog-city.com,2009-07-21:links.412177442</id><title>How SAP Sustains Leadership</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/how_sap_sustaines_leadership.htm"><![CDATA[&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;  &lt;o:DocumentProperties&gt;   &lt;o:Template&gt;Normal.dotm&lt;/o:Template&gt;   &lt;o:Revision&gt;0&lt;/o:Revision&gt;   &lt;o:TotalTime&gt;0&lt;/o:TotalTime&gt;   &lt;o:Pages&gt;1&lt;/o:Pages&gt;   &lt;o:Words&gt;16&lt;/]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/how_sap_sustaines_leadership.htm"/><dc:creator>Optimal SAP News Desk</dc:creator><author><name>Optimal SAP News Desk</name></author><updated>2009-07-21T21:47:00Z</updated><published>2009-07-21T21:47:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:optimalsap.blog-city.com,2009-07-09:links.412176407</id><title>SAP&apos;s $7B Acquisition War Chest</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/saps_7b_acquisition_war_chest.htm"><![CDATA[Ironclad predictions about acquisitions in today&rsquo;s topsy-turvy enterprise technology market are best left to accredited prophets. Just the same, bullish comments by SAP CEO Leo Apotheker on his company&rsquo;s $7B acquisition war chest have man]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/saps_7b_acquisition_war_chest.htm"/><dc:creator>Optimal SAP News Desk</dc:creator><author><name>Optimal SAP News Desk</name></author><updated>2009-07-09T02:31:00Z</updated><published>2009-07-09T02:31:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:optimalsap.blog-city.com,2009-06-24:links.412175054</id><title>SAP’s SaaS No Panic Play</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/saps_saas_no_panic_play.htm"><![CDATA[Since SAP VP John Wookey&rsquo;s announcement on June 9th regarding SAP&rsquo;s stepped-up SaaS strategy, there has been no shortage of speculation, misinformation and sensationalism in the news reporting on the why, what, how and when of SAP&rsquo;s]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/saps_saas_no_panic_play.htm"/><dc:creator>Optimal SAP News Desk</dc:creator><author><name>Optimal SAP News Desk</name></author><updated>2009-06-24T14:18:00Z</updated><published>2009-06-24T14:18:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:optimalsap.blog-city.com,2009-06-10:links.412173843</id><title>SAP Expands On-demand Plans</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/sap_advances_ondemand_cause.htm"><![CDATA[In a keynote presentation at the OnDemand Europe conference in Amsterdam yesterday, SAP executive VP John Wookey made clear SAP&#39;s commitment to on-demand applications: &ldquo;On demand is the next stage in the evolution of application development]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/sap_advances_ondemand_cause.htm"/><dc:creator>Optimal SAP News Desk</dc:creator><author><name>Optimal SAP News Desk</name></author><updated>2009-06-10T23:40:00Z</updated><published>2009-06-10T23:40:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:optimalsap.blog-city.com,2009-05-27:links.412172247</id><title>Optimal Solutions First to Offer SMEs Subscription-based Model for SAP All-in-One Qualified Partner Solutions</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/optimal_solutions_first_to_offer_smes_subscriptionbased_mod.htm"><![CDATA[&quot;See Your Way Clear&quot; was the theme for SAPPHIRE 2009, and SAP clearly sees changes ahead in how the company and its partners will deliver and support SAP solutions. One striking example of this change is Optimal Solutions&#39; FlexChoice Ad]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/optimal_solutions_first_to_offer_smes_subscriptionbased_mod.htm"/><dc:creator>Optimal SAP News Desk</dc:creator><author><name>Optimal SAP News Desk</name></author><updated>2009-05-27T13:54:00Z</updated><published>2009-05-27T13:54:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:optimalsap.blog-city.com,2009-05-27:links.412172246</id><title>SAP: Times Are Changing</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/sap_times_are_changing.htm"><![CDATA[&quot;See Your Way Clear&quot; was the theme for SAPPHIRE 2009, and SAP clearly sees changes ahead in how the company and its partners deliver and support SAP solutions. One of the major changes for SAP widely discussed at SAPPHIRE is the pending app]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/sap_times_are_changing.htm"/><dc:creator>Optimal SAP News Desk</dc:creator><author><name>Optimal SAP News Desk</name></author><updated>2009-05-27T13:51:00Z</updated><published>2009-05-27T13:51:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:optimalsap.blog-city.com,2009-05-27:links.412172234</id><title>Cano Petroleum Selects FinanceOne from Optimal Solutions</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/cano_petroleum_selects_financeone_from_optimal_solutions.htm"><![CDATA[Soon after launching FinanceOne, a qualified SAP Business All-in-One partner solution for midsize companies that provides built-in, preconfigured financial planning, reporting and governance capabilities, Optimal Solutions  notched a major customer i]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/cano_petroleum_selects_financeone_from_optimal_solutions.htm"/><dc:creator>Optimal SAP News Desk</dc:creator><author><name>Optimal SAP News Desk</name></author><updated>2009-05-27T05:10:00Z</updated><published>2009-05-27T05:10:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:optimalsap.blog-city.com,2009-05-13:links.412169904</id><title>Webinar: Streamline Finance Operations and Drive Growth</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/webinar_streamline_finance_operations_and_drive_growth.htm"><![CDATA[Corporate finance has never been more challenging. In addition to traditional duties like financial planning, reporting, and governance, CFOs and financial managers are now being tasked with far more strategic responsibilities. Join  Optimal Solution]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/webinar_streamline_finance_operations_and_drive_growth.htm"/><dc:creator>Optimal SAP News Desk</dc:creator><author><name>Optimal SAP News Desk</name></author><updated>2009-05-13T18:34:00Z</updated><published>2009-05-13T18:34:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:optimalsap.blog-city.com,2009-04-29:links.412167403</id><title>Vendor Evaluation Ranks High in SAPPHIRE 2009 Poll</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/vendor_evaluation_ranks_high_in_sapphire_2009_poll.htm"><![CDATA[Attending educational sessions currently holds the top SAPPHIRE 2009 agenda spot, racking up 38% of votes cast in an informal poll conducted by Optimal SAP Advisor. Evaluating an SAP vendor service or solution ranks a close second with 25% of votes.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/vendor_evaluation_ranks_high_in_sapphire_2009_poll.htm"/><dc:creator>Optimal SAP News Desk</dc:creator><author><name>Optimal SAP News Desk</name></author><updated>2009-04-29T13:11:00Z</updated><published>2009-04-29T13:11:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:optimalsap.blog-city.com,2009-04-15:links.412164477</id><title>What&apos;s your top SAPPHIRE 2009 agenda item?</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/whats_your_top_sapphire_2009_agenda_item.htm"><![CDATA[SAPPHIRE 2009, aptly themed &ldquo;See Your Way Clear,&rdquo; is sure to be one of the more work-intensive conferences ever as SAP customers keep agendas clearly focused on learning new, meaningful ways SAP can help their organization pull through to]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/whats_your_top_sapphire_2009_agenda_item.htm"/><dc:creator>Optimal SAP News Desk</dc:creator><author><name>Optimal SAP News Desk</name></author><updated>2009-04-15T21:51:00Z</updated><published>2009-04-15T21:51:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:optimalsap.blog-city.com,2009-03-26:links.412160304</id><title>SAP&apos;s Role in the Economic Upturn - Part Three</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/saps_role_in_the_economic_upturn__part_three.htm"><![CDATA[Even the most dour economists agree that the present economic downturn will eventually end. The more pressing and difficult questions are when will it end and how long will it take for businesses to return to sustainable growth? Read article by Sam S]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/saps_role_in_the_economic_upturn__part_three.htm"/><dc:creator>Optimal SAP News Desk</dc:creator><author><name>Optimal SAP News Desk</name></author><updated>2009-03-26T14:27:00Z</updated><published>2009-03-26T14:27:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:optimalsap.blog-city.com,2009-03-26:links.412160303</id><title>SAP&apos;s Role in the Economic Upturn - Part Two</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/saps_role_in_the_economic_upturn__part_two.htm"><![CDATA[The premise of this three-part article -- a premise that flies in the face of prevailing economic pessimism -- is that businesses will recover from today&#39;s economic crisis quicker than expected and markedly faster than past recoveries as a direct]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/saps_role_in_the_economic_upturn__part_two.htm"/><dc:creator>Optimal SAP News Desk</dc:creator><author><name>Optimal SAP News Desk</name></author><updated>2009-03-26T14:23:00Z</updated><published>2009-03-26T14:23:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:optimalsap.blog-city.com,2009-03-26:links.412160302</id><title>SAP&apos;s Role in the Economic Upturn - Part One</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/saps_role_in_the_economic_upturn__part_one.htm"><![CDATA[You read that right. This three-part article will take a look at how SAP is helping individual companies, as well as the entire global business community, not only endure today&#39;s economic turbulence but also begin the inevitable return to sustain]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/saps_role_in_the_economic_upturn__part_one.htm"/><dc:creator>Optimal SAP News Desk</dc:creator><author><name>Optimal SAP News Desk</name></author><updated>2009-03-26T14:18:00Z</updated><published>2009-03-26T14:18:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:optimalsap.blog-city.com,2009-03-26:links.412160301</id><title>SAP 2009 Spend Trend Trifecta - Part Three</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/sap_2009_spend_trend_trifecta__part_three.htm"><![CDATA[In this three-part article, Sam Sliman shares his best bets on what the top three SAP spending trends might be in 2009. Sam&#39;s first pick was SAP upgrades. He spread his second wager among SAP projects in the areas of consolidation, GRC and BI. Cl]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/sap_2009_spend_trend_trifecta__part_three.htm"/><dc:creator>Optimal SAP News Desk</dc:creator><author><name>Optimal SAP News Desk</name></author><updated>2009-03-26T14:13:00Z</updated><published>2009-03-26T14:13:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:optimalsap.blog-city.com,2009-01-21:links.412149490</id><title>SAP 2009 Spend Trend Trifecta - Part Two</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/sap_2009_spend_trend_trifecta__part_two.htm"><![CDATA[In this three-part article, Sam Sliman shares his best bets on what the top three SAP spending trends might be in 2009. Sam&#39;s first pick -- SAP upgrades  -- was covered in Part One. Sam spread his second wager among cost-reducing, efficiency-driv]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/sap_2009_spend_trend_trifecta__part_two.htm"/><dc:creator>Optimal SAP News Desk</dc:creator><author><name>Optimal SAP News Desk</name></author><updated>2009-01-21T23:36:00Z</updated><published>2009-01-21T23:36:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:optimalsap.blog-city.com,2009-01-21:links.412149489</id><title>SAP 2009 Spend Trend Trifecta - Part One</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/sap_2009_spend_trend_trifecta__part_one.htm"><![CDATA[According to a recent report by financial analyst firm UBS, European and US businesses expect to cut technology spending by 2% in 2009. While bad news for most tech vendors, the same study forecasts spending on SAP to increase this year. So what are]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/sap_2009_spend_trend_trifecta__part_one.htm"/><dc:creator>Optimal SAP News Desk</dc:creator><author><name>Optimal SAP News Desk</name></author><updated>2009-01-21T23:28:00Z</updated><published>2009-01-21T23:28:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:optimalsap.blog-city.com,2009-01-21:links.412149488</id><title>SAP Consultants: Professionalism Helps</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/sap_consultants_professionalism_helps.htm"><![CDATA[Do not underestimate the importance of professionalism in the SAP consulting  industry, particularly during tough economic times.While strong technical skills will always be at the top of the list for SAP consultants, professional skills rank a close]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/sap_consultants_professionalism_helps.htm"/><dc:creator>Optimal SAP News Desk</dc:creator><author><name>Optimal SAP News Desk</name></author><updated>2009-01-21T23:23:00Z</updated><published>2009-01-21T23:23:00Z</published></entry></feed>