With everyone gearing up for SapphireNow in Orlando I’d like to remind everyone to take advantage of the many conference replays that are available on varying SAP Websites.
Influencer Summit
http://www.sapvirtualevents.com/influencer-summit/Sessions.aspx?NavId=139
Simply login using your sap.com login.
This event wasn’t that long ago, December 13-14, 2011. There is some great content here. I especially liked the customer testimonials given in Analytics: Systems of Engagement & Customer Showcase. Steve ribs Howard Dresner about coining the term Business Intelligence.
Keynote from BI 2012
http://www.insiderlearningnetwork.com/go/bonus/BI2012_Keynote?ts=1333034563
Signing up for a login to the Insider Learning Network is free, so enjoy!
BusinessObjects User Group 2011
Click on the 2011 Ondemand Videos and you’ll find about 92 videos from the conference, unfortunately a lot of the ASUG News slots are mini-advertisements for the sessions. They do however provide some of the highlights of what was discussed which is still valuable. You can also access SESSION PROCEEDINGS and download the powerpoint presentations that were provided by the speakers. Note that there are a lot of sessions listed here, so use the left hand navigation to select the correct BOUC session.
Although this website has an amazing look and the video quality is spectacular, the navigation is a little less obvious. To search the recorded sessions, open the SEARCH on the left hand side.
SapphireNow 2010/2011
http://www.sapvirtualevents.com/SapphireNow/Sessions.aspx?isReplay=true
There are nearly 600 recorded sessions on offer for you! If you can’t remember what was talked about last year or if you simply want to review what you heard, this is a great resource. This website combines sessions from 2010 and 2011 and I’m sure will soon host all the sessions from 2012. Using the Year filter on the left, you can select only the sessions from a specific year.
Note that SapphireNow Madrid should also be available: http://www.sapphirenow.com/madrid/online, but the website appears to be down at the minute.
TechEd
http://www.sapvirtualevents.com/teched/default.aspx?NavId=1
For all the technical content you want, check out this TechEd Website. Note that some of the content in the Archive is dated, so you’ll probably want to stay with the videos under the Content and Lectures sections.
You may also find some additional TechEd content on SCN:
http://scn.sap.com/community/events/teched/content
TechEd Beijing
http://www.sapteched.com/china/11/en/news/home.asp
The teched website above didn’t include content from Beijing, so you can find that separately. The video highlights from Beijing only include the following ‘english’ keynotes from: Vishal Sikka, Bill McDermott, Hasso Plattner.
SAP for Utilities
http://sap-for-utilities.com/videos_2011/videos.php
Unfortunately here you’re only able to see a sample of 6 videos. I also provided a link to the keynote session by Steve Lucas here, which is excellent. If you are a Utility I recommend you check it out: http://www.trustedbi.com/2011/12/16/utilitiesconference/
Bottom Line
SAP hosts some great events, but budgets are tight and you can’t always attend all the events that you’d like in order to keep up with ongoing education. Do yourself a favor and take advantage of these free resources.
Learning never exhausts the mind. Leonardo da Vinci
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