Welcome to openSAP Invites, I’m your host, Antonio Soto.  In this episode, I will have a conversation with two guest experts from Red Hat, Ricardo Garcia and Markus Koch.  Automation has become a key feature in current IT organizations. Software technology End User demand is constantly increasing driven by changing market conditions and the democratization of IT. IT organizations must react faster and more flexibly with limited resources as they tend to IT infrastructure requirements. Automation helps to reproduce complete software deployments and system configurations much faster wi ..read more

Welcome to openSAP Invites. I’m your host, Elena Lucarelli, and in this episode, I’ll be talking to two guest experts from the SAP Global Developer and Community Relations team, Mamikee Kanneh and Rich Heilman. We’ll talk about the basics of ABAP, why it’s worth learning, and where to start your learning journey. Guest: Mamikee Kanneh – Developer Advocate, SAP Global Developer and Community Relations Mamikee joined SAP in 2019, working as multimedia content creator. In 2021 she joined the SAP Global Developer and Community Relations team. Her focus is on the developer learning experience for ..read more

Welcome to openSAP Invites, I’m your host, Antonio Soto. In this episode, I will have a conversation with two guest experts from the SAP Analytics Cloud Solution Management Team, Katryn Cheng and Orla Cullen. Katryn, Orla, and I will discuss topics around SAP’s strategically positioned Analytics Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution- SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC). SAC is an invaluable tool set that enables organizations to obtain powerful business insights into their data via visualizations such as Storyboards, Infographics, Dashboards, Analytic Applications, Enterprise Planning Applications, and ..read more

Welcome to openSAP Invites! I’m your host, Elena Lucarelli. In this episode, I’m talking with Rainer Zinow, one of the content experts for our openSAP courses on SAP Business ByDesign. Rainer discusses the beginning of the collaboration with openSAP, why should customers and partners take the courses and what the SAP Business ByDesign team has planned for 2022 on openSAP. Guest: Rainer Zinow Rainer Zinow is senior vice president of SAP’s Cloud SME Solutions and Content Group and head of SAP Business One and SAP Business ByDesign Product Management. In his role, Rainer is responsible for the ..read more

Welcome to a special Thought Leaders episode with Heini Utunen in which we discuss how the World Health Organization’s online learning platform facilitates the transfer of public health knowledge for emergencies on a massive scale. Heini takes us behind the scenes and shares how it felt to be in the position of providing trusted information in an emergency response. She tells us how she and her team took over responsibility for being first, fast, and frequent in providing fact-based information about the situation in a timely manner for those who needed it. The World Health Organization (WHO ..read more

Welcome to openSAP Invites! I’m your host, Lorna Richards. In this episode, I’m talking with Johanna Wittig, one of the creators of the popular openSAP course: Be Visual! Sketching Basics for IT Business. Johanna discusses the feedback they have received over the years since the first edition of the course ran in early 2017.  She also talks about the topic of virtual communication and why she thinks there will always be a place for sketching with a pen and paper. The 10th repeat of the course is being offered now. Guest: Johanna Wittig, Senior User Experience Designer As a member of the ..read more

Welcome to openSAP Invites, I’m your host, Robert Nichols.  SUSE is a global leader in true open-source solutions. An SAP partner whose mission is to give customers the freedom to innovate anywhere. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server is a leading Linux platform for hosting SAP workloads, including SAP HANA, SAP NetWeaver and SAP S/4HANA. The alliance between SUSE and SAP spans two decades of collaboration and innovation.  In this episode, I welcome two experts from SUSE, Christian Holsing and Richard Mayne.  Christian and Richard discuss the history of SUSE’s partnership with SAP, how ..read more

Welcome to openSAP Invites, I’m your host, Robert Nichols. In this episode, I have a conversation with two guest experts from the SAP SuccessFactors product management team, Jayendra Bisnik and Abishek Suvarna. Jayendra, Abishek and I will talk about a very valuable tool for SAP partners called the package configuration manager. The package configuration manager is a business configuration tool that uses SAP Best Practices and qualified partner packaged solutions to automate many of the standard configurations that are common across customer implementations.  Guest: Jayendra Bisnik – Pr ..read more

Welcome to openSAP Invites! In this episode, we’re talking with Rutika Bodas to learn how we can become better, more mindful, and more confident communicators. Whether the thought of speaking to a large audience excites you or fills you with dread, this episode will ensure you’ll radiate with confidence by identifying the colors that personify you and embodying the ABCs of communication. Guest: Rutika Bodas Rutika is a Development Manager in the ISBN Product Development Organization at SAP Labs India and has experience in leading SAP teams through various roles since 2010 as a Developer, Sen ..read more

Welcome to a special Thought Leaders episode with Martina Peskoller-Fuchs in which we discuss the complexities of our working lives interwoven with our different cultures, values, and biases. Martina explains in a clear and entertaining way why we need to reimagine today’s workplace. Tune in to hear Martina’s top tips on how to be a great dinner host and ensure everyone feels welcome at your next party or workshop! I’m Elisabeth Riemann and it’s a pleasure to be your host today! Guest: Martina Peskoller-Fuchs Ombudsperson at European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany Martina Peskoller-Fu ..read more