SAPPHIRE NOW 2011

ComputerWorld Canada senior writer Kathleen Lau reports from the ERP giant’s conference in Orlando, Fla.
How analytics changed the lingerie retail conversation
SAPPHIRENOW 2011—Canadian customers, including La Vie En Rose, attend the user conference this week and share their SAP implementations and the value that self-service and mobile brings to businesses. Plus, new enterprise performance management v.10 and an update on Business ByDesign adoption in Canada

SAP updates Sybase platform to build, manage mobile apps
SAPPHIRENOW 2011—SAP continues its push in the mobile and on-demand space with version 2.0 of Sybase Unwired Platform, and discusses monetizing the platform through a developer ecosystem that is expected to grow. Plus, how early customer PGI is using the new Sales onDemand

SAP tries to ‘acclimatize’ customers to its in-memory tech
SAPPHIRENOW 2011—SAP Canada’s managing director talks about the challenge of bringing to market its new in-memory technology given the company’s image as a business apps vendor. The proof-of-concept at early customer Lenovo