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SAP BPX PodcastsStarting in December of 2007, Jon began a series of podcasts with the SAP BPX Community team. There are more to come in 2008, and you can find them all on this page for easy downloading. Previously, in October of 2007, Jon did his own podcast with BPX Director Marco ten Vaanholt. That podcast is included on this page also.
SAP BPX Podcasts
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Podcast: The BusinessObjects Community Means Business: A BOC Community Podcast |
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Vendor Podcast - The SAP BusinessObjects Community Means Business - A BOC Community Podcast
Hosted by Jon Reed of JonERP.com
Podcast Interview Date: July 13, 2010
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There's a lot happening with the SAP BusinessObjects Community. With the shifting of SAP BusinessObjects technical product discussion to SDN, and the increased emphasis on business user topics and integration with BPX, there's a lot to discuss in the BOC space. To get a handle on these changes and to learn how to join in the discussion, Jon Reed of JonERP.com talks to Jason Cao and Kirby Leong of SAP. During this fifteen minute podcast, Jason and Kirby talk about the involvement of the new BOC SAP Mentors, and their impact on new features such as Dear aBI and Real World BI Stories.
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The Potential of SAP Idea Place - An SAP Community Network Podcast |
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Vendor Podcast - The Potential of SAP Idea Place - Crowd Sourcing SAP's Future Direction
An SCN Community Podcast
Hosted by Jon Reed of JonERP.com
Podcast Interview Date: July 5, 2010
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Increasingly, companies of all sizes are realizing that they need to do a better job of getting comprehensive feedback from their stakeholders. SAP is no exception. An effective crowd sourcing platform can become a powerful idea sharing channel, but such an undertaking is not without its challenges. In this SAP Community Network Podcast, Jon Reed speaks with Kuhan Milroy and Anne Hardy of SAP about the launch of SAP Idea Place. Kuhan and Anne talk about how they combined forces to create this new collaborative platform and the issues they tackled along the way.
During this 15 minute podcast, Milroy and Hardy share the opportunities for SAP community members to get involved with Idea Place during its pilot phase. They also explain how Idea Place fits into other established channels of customer feedback (such as Influence Councils) and why Idea Place can play a complementary role while casting a wider net. Listeners of this podcast are encouraged to browse Idea Place and provide input via its site feedback section.
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SAP Mobility Trends - An SAP Community Podcast with SAP Mentors Benedict and Appleby |
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Vendor Podcast - Tracking SAP Mobility Trends with SAP Mentors John Appleby and Kevin Benedict
An SCN Community Podcast
Hosted by Jon Reed of JonERP.com
Podcast Interview Date: July 2, 2010
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One of the key messages from SAPPHIRENOW 2010 is that this is the year of SAP mobility. To get a better handle on how mobility trends impact the enterprise and how to track those trends on the SAP Community Network, Jon Reed sat down with SAP Mentors John Appleby and Kevin Benedict. During this twenty minute podcast, John and Kevin explain the difference between enterprise mobility and point solutions and share their take on the SAP mobility trends to watch for this year.
Both Kevin and John are experienced SCN bloggers, and one of the highlights of the podcast is hearing their tips on how to get started blogging and how the conversational nature of SCN blogs has impacted their mobility work.
Editor's note: there is a mobility section on SCN as well as a mobile blog category to follow.
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Podcast: How Penitus and Collier County Used SCN For Their SAP Grants Management Project |
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Vendor Podcast - How Penitus and Collier County used SCN For Their Grants Management Project
An SCN Community Podcast
Hosted by Jon Reed of JonERP.com
Podcast Interview Date: March 30, 2010
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In this SAP Community Podcast, we get a view into how Penitus Global Solutions developed some much-needed grants management functionality in collaboration with the SAP Community Network. During this special tag-team podcast, Jon Reed asks Freddy Guerrero, Principal Partner with Penitus Global Solutions (PGS), about how his team developed their grants management solution by using SCN as a product feedback loop.Guerrero also explains how visibility within EcoHub made a difference for PGS.
Then the podcast shifts to Marlene Foord and Kelly Jones of the Collier County SAP project. Collier used the grants management solution from PGS to enhance their ability to track grants throughout the application cycle. Jones and Foord describe the lessons learned, including how they involved key stakeholders, and how they ensured that Collier's users got the information they needed via portals and dashboards. For Collier, this project is a milestone in a new era of SAP: giving users the visibility to track grant applications throughout the decision points, and empowering them to do it with their preferred interface.
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Podcast: The Power of Use Cases: How the BPM Resources on SCN are Helping SAP Users |
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How the BPM Resources on SCN are Helping SAP Users
An BPX Community Podcast
Hosted by Jon Reed of JonERP.com
Podcast Interview Date: February 25, 2010
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Some consider BPM a luxury item for a better economic time. In this BPX Community Podcast, we learn a different story: a growing number of SAP customers are using NetWeaver BPM (and the BPM resources on SCN) to develop better processes and improve their business results - now. During this twenty one minute podcast, Jon Reed of JonERP.com interviews Ruks Omar, BPM Go To Market for SAP, about the realities of BPM today and how to take advantage of the BPM resources on the BPX community.
Ruks brings a wealth of useful information to the podcast, tackling questions such as the relevance of BPM in a downturn, why BPM will be a major focus at this year's SAPPHIRE, and how the BPM use case wiki on SCN is becoming a central location for real life examples of BPM use across industries.
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Moving SAP ALM Into the Community: An SAP Community Podcast |
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Vendor Podcast - Moving ALM Into the Community:
An SAP Community Podcast
Hosted by Jon Reed of JonERP.com
Podcast Interview Date: December 15, 2009
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Starting with SAP TechEd 2009, Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) became an important point of content emphasis inside SAP. But why does ALM matter? And why now? How does it work in conjunction with Solution Manager? These were some of the questions on the table when Jon Reed of JonERP.com interviewed Evan Stoddard, Senior Product Manager with SAP, and Michael Schwandt, Program Director with the SAP Community Network. During the 18 minute podcast, Jon asks Michael and Evan about the expanded ALM presence on SCN, as well as the new ALM blog category.
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Podcast: Turning Knowledge into SAP Consulting Success: An SAP BusinessObjects Community Podcast |
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Vendor Podcast - Turning Knowledge Into Consulting Success:
Building a Reputation with the SAP BusinessObjects Community
An Interview with Freddie Guerrero of Penitus Global Solutions Hosted by Jon Reed of JonERP.com
Podcast Interview Date: December 11, 2009
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Turning social communities into business wins is still a largely uncharted territory. To actually tell your clients you're reducing their billable hours, and you're doing it by utilizing an online community to solve their problems - that's unheard of. In this SAP BusinessObjects Community Podcast, Jon Reed of JonERP.com asks Freddie Guerrero of Penitus Global Solutions about how PGS has used the BusinessObjects Community (BOC) to improve their knowledge base, increase client wins, and develop industry visibility.
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Engaging Users with Chemicals@BPX - A BPX Community Podcast |
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Vendor Podcast - Engaging Users with Chemicals@BPX: A BPX Community Podcast with Natalie Bernzen of SAP
Hosted by Jon Reed of JonERP.com
Podcast Interview Date: October 8, 2009
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The Chemicals@BPX community provides a range of resources for SAP community members. But what specifically can users learn from Chemicals@BPX, and how can they join the discussion themselves? And what are the trends that are impacting users in the chemicals industry, from MII to midmarket-related concerns?
In this SAP BPX Community podcast, Jon Reed asks Natalie Bernzen, Solution Manager for IBU Chemicals with SAP, about how the Chemicals@BPX community is engaging users in the chemicals industry, including a special focus on the midmarket, compliance, and emerging functionality such as SAP MII.
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The Launch of the SAP Career Center on SCN: Bringing SAP Careers and Community Together |
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Vendor Podcast - The Launch of the SAP Career Center on SCN: An SCN Community Podcast with Claudine Lagerholm of SAP
Hosted by Jon Reed of JonERP.com
Podcast Interview Date: August 15, 2009
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One of the most anticipated developments on SCN in recent years is the launch of the SAP Career Center on SCN. At the same time, there are questions about how the Career Center will fit into the SCN community and how it will benefit members and job posters. To find out more about the launch and how the SAP Career Center will fit into the SAP ecosystem, Jon Reed interviews Claudine Lagerholm, a Senior Product Manager with SAP and a key part of the SAP Career Center team.
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Tracking the Trends at Utilities@BPX - an SAP BPX Community Podcast |
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Vendor Podcast - Tracking the Trends with the Utilities@BPX Community: A BPX Community Podcast with James McClelland of SAP
Hosted by Jon Reed of JonERP.com
Podcast Interview Date: August 10, 2009
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The Utilities industry is in the midst of serious changes, with the theme of sustainability front and center. Meanwhile, new "smart grid" technologies and asset management functionality are creating new opportunities - for those companies that can seize the opportunity.
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podcast, Jon Reed asks James McClelland, Senior Director of Utilities Solutions Marketing Worldwide with SAP, about how the Utilies@BPX community Utilities@BPX community is helping SAP customers better understand SAP's new Utilities functionality and facilitating conversations around these industry shifts.
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The Impact of Retail@BPX - A BPX Community Podcast |
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Vendor Podcast - The Impact of the Retail@BPX Community: A BPX Community Podcast with Mohamed Amer and Verlin Youd of SAP
Hosted by Jon Reed of JonERP.com
Podcast Interview Date: June 15, 2009
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In this SAP BPX community podcast, Jon Reed of JonERP.com interviews Mohamed Amer, Community Manager with SAP, and Verlin Youd, Senior VP, Global Trade Sector, about the impact of the Retail@BPX community on SAP's Retail functionality. Mohamed and Verlin also talk about the growth of the community, how the conversations taking place at Retail@BPX are being incorporated into SAP's product evolution, and how those who are new to Retail@BPX can join in the conversation.
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EcoHub and the Challenges of Online Marketing - an SAP Community Podcast |
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Vendor Podcast - EcoHub and the Challenges of Online Marketing: An SAP Community Podcast with Eric Bushman of Paymetric
Hosted by Jon Reed of JonERP.com
Podcast Interview Date: April 14, 2009
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EcoHub presents a new opportunity for third party vendors to interact with the SAP Community Network (SCN) and to be visibly evaluated by SCN members. But how does EcoHub fit into the other SAP communities? And how should EcoHub vendors balance their online marketing with authentic community participation? To get the bottom of these questions, Jon Reed of JonERP.com speaks to Eric Bushman, Vice President of Solutions Engineering at Paymetric.
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A Look Inside the SAP BusinessObjects Community: A BOC Community Podcast |
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Vendor Podcast - A Look Inside the SAP BusinessObjects Community: A BOC Community Podcast with Kuhan Milroy of SAP
Hosted by Jon Reed of JonERP.com
Podcast Interview Date: March 26, 2009
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In this BusinessObjects Community podcast, Jon Reed of JonERP.com interviews Kuhan Milroy, Director of the SAP BusinessObjects Community. Jon asks Kuhan about the impressive growth of the BusinessObjects Community (BOC) and about the community features that are driving so much participation. Kuhan also shares the details of the Polestar OnDemand contest taking place at InnoCentive, with a $20,000 prize for the winner (deadline April 7, 2009). For those partners who are seeking increased visibility for their third party BI products, Kuhan also talks about the connections between BOC and EcoHub.
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How InnoCentive Brings New Opportunities to the SAP Market: An SCN Community Podcast |
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Vendor Podcast - How InnoCentive Brings New Opportunities to the SAP Market:
An SCN Community Podcast with Martin Raepple of SAP and Bob Fucci of InnoCentive
Hosted by Jon Reed of JonERP.com
Podcast Interview Date: December 13, 2008
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In this SCN Community Podcast, Jon Reed of JonERP.com interviews Martin Raepple, Program Lead for the InnoCentive Partnership at SAP, and Bob Fucci, Senior Director of Business Development for InnoCentive. Speaking live from Walldorf, Martin and Bob give Jon an inside view on the benefits of the SAP-InnoCentive partnership and how SDN and BPX members can get involved with InnoCentive both as "seekers" and "solvers."
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The Launch of PLM@BPX: An SAP BPX Community Podcast |
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Vendor Podcast - The Launch of the PLM@BPX Community: A BPX Community Podcast with Sudhanshu Srivastava of SAP
Hosted by Jon Reed of JonERP.com
Podcast Interview Date: November 13, 2008
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In this SAP BPX community podcast, Jon Reed of JonERP.com interviews Sudhanshu Srivastava, Senior Director of SAP PLM, about the launch of the PLM@BPX community and the importance of SAP PLM to the SAP product line. Sudhanshu also shares his view of the skills needed for success as an SAP PLM professional.
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The Impact of ERP@BPX: An SAP BPX Community Podcast |
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Vendor Podcast - The Impact of the ERP@BPX Community: A BPX Community Podcast with Elke Simon-Keller of SAP and Nathan Genez of Serio Consulting
Hosted by Jon Reed of JonERP.com
Podcast Interview Date: October 14, 2008
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In this SAP BPX community podcast, Jon Reed of JonERP.com interviews Elke Simon-Keller, Director ERP Solution Management for SAP, and Nathan Genez, Managing Partner of Serio Consulting, about the recent launch of the ERP@BPX community. Jon also gets Nathan's insights on how to use ERP@BPX to enhance your SAP career.
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TechEd 2008 Las Vegas In Review: Jon Reed Interviews Marilyn Pratt of SAP BPX |
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"Reflections on BPX Community Day, the Community Clubhouse, and other TechEd Highlights."
Podcast Interview Date: September 25, 2008
In the second podcast in my TechEd in Review 2008 podcast series, I spoke with BPX Community Evangelist Marilyn Pratt and got her honest take on TechEd Las Vegas 2008. This podcast has an interesting interactive twist - at a few points in the podcast, Marilyn turns the tables on me and gets my own reactions to what we saw in Vegas. Themes of this podcast include: the increasing importance of BPX themes at TechEd, an assessment of BPX Community Day, and the "greening of SAP," one "bottom up" idea at a time.
Note: while this podcast featured Marilyn Pratt of SAP BPX, it was not sponsored by SAP.
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SAP BPX Certification Podcast with Mario Herger of SAP |
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Vendor Podcast - The Unveiling of the First SAP BPX Certification: A BPX Community Podcast
with Mario Herger of SAP
Hosted by Jon Reed of JonERP.com
Podcast Interview Date: August 25, 2008
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One of the most widely anticipated developments in the SAP BPX community is the rollout of the first-ever BPX Certifications. In this special community podcast, Jon Reed gets the inside scoop from Mario Herger, SAP Community Network Alchemist, on how the first SAP BPX certification came about.
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SAP BPX-REACH Compliance Podcast |
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Vendor Podcast - How BPX is Helping SAP Customers Achieve REACH Compliance: A BPX Community Podcast with Kieran O'Connor of SAP AG
Hosted by Jon Reed of JonERP.com
Podcast Interview Date: June 20, 2008
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One of the most interesting developments in the BPX community is how BPX is helping SAP customers in their efforts to achieve compliance with a wide range of industry regulations.
In this twenty-six minute podcast, Jon Reed asks Kieran O'Connor, Communications Lead with the Process Industry Cluster at SAP AG, about this BPX-REACH collaboration and how BPX community members can get involved.
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Getting the Most out of SAP BPX with Marco ten Vaanholt |
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Vendor Podcast - Getting the Most Out of SAP BPX:
A BPX Community Podcast with Marco ten Vaanholt
Hosted by Jon Reed of JonERP.com
Podcast Interview Date: December 19, 2007 The SAP BPX Community is now 250,000 members strong (and growing). But in order to get the most out of BPX, you need to know your way around. In this special BPX Community Podcast, Jon Reed of JonERP.com gets into the keys to utilizing SAP BPX with his special guest Marco ten Vaanholt, the Global Director of the SAP BPX Community. |
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Jon Reed Interviews Marco ten Vaanholt of SAP BPX |
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Becoming a Business Process Expert: Jon Reed with Marco ten Vaanholt, Global Director, SAP BPX Community
Podcast Interview Date: October 30, 2007
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Continuing his ongoing podcast series with SearchSAP, Jon Reed interviews Marco ten Vaanholt, Global Director of the SAP BPX Community, for a compelling look at the changing SAP skill set and what it takes to become a "Business Process Expert." During the podcast, Marco describes his work with the SAP BPX community, and how BPX is working collectively to help define the skill set that SAP professionals will need to stay relevant on both the functional and technical side.
Note: while this podcast featured Marco Ten Vaanholt of SAP BPX, it was not sponsored by SAP.
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