<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Latest entries from optimalsap.blog-city.com</title><link>http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/</link><description></description><copyright>Copyright 2009 optimalsap.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:42:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Latest entries from optimalsap.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>Former CEO of SAP North America Greg Tomb Joins Optimal Solutions&apos; Board of Directors</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/former_ceo_of_sap_north_america_greg_tomb_joins_optimal_solu.htm</guid><link>http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/former_ceo_of_sap_north_america_greg_tomb_joins_optimal_solu.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:19:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=former%5Fceo%5Fof%5Fsap%5Fnorth%5Famerica%5Fgreg%5Ftomb%5Fjoins%5Foptimal%5Fsolu</comments><dc:creator>Optimal SAP News Desk</dc:creator><description><![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]]></description></item><item><title>SAP&apos;s Role in the Economic Upturn</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/saps_role_in_the_economic_upturn.htm</guid><link>http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/saps_role_in_the_economic_upturn.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:14:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=saps%5Frole%5Fin%5Fthe%5Feconomic%5Fupturn</comments><dc:creator>Optimal SAP News Desk</dc:creator><description><![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]]></description></item><item><title>85% of Survey Respondents Interested in Hosted, Subscription-based SAP Delivery Model (Other than SAP Business ByDesign)</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/85_of_survey_respondents_interested_in_hosted_subscription.htm</guid><link>http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/85_of_survey_respondents_interested_in_hosted_subscription.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:28:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=85%5Fof%5Fsurvey%5Frespondents%5Finterested%5Fin%5Fhosted%5Fsubscription</comments><dc:creator>Optimal SAP News Desk</dc:creator><description><![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;/]]></description></item><item><title>Cloud Computing? On-Demand? Saas? What&apos;s in a Name?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/cloudcomputing_ondemand_saas_whats_in_a_name.htm</guid><link>http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/cloudcomputing_ondemand_saas_whats_in_a_name.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:34:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=cloudcomputing%5Fondemand%5Fsaas%5Fwhats%5Fin%5Fa%5Fname</comments><dc:creator>Optimal SAP News Desk</dc:creator><description><![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]]></description></item><item><title>Media Overweights Business ByDesign</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/media_overweights_business_bydesign.htm</guid><link>http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/media_overweights_business_bydesign.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:38:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=media%5Foverweights%5Fbusiness%5Fbydesign</comments><dc:creator>Optimal SAP News Desk</dc:creator><description><![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]]></description></item><item><title>Enrollment Up in SAP University Alliance Program</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/enrollment_up_in_sap_university_alliance_program.htm</guid><link>http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/enrollment_up_in_sap_university_alliance_program.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:25:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=enrollment%5Fup%5Fin%5Fsap%5Funiversity%5Falliance%5Fprogram</comments><dc:creator>Optimal SAP News Desk</dc:creator><description><![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]]></description></item><item><title>SAP Goes Social For Talent</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/sap_goes_social_for_talent_1.htm</guid><link>http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/sap_goes_social_for_talent_1.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:17:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=sap%5Fgoes%5Fsocial%5Ffor%5Ftalent%5F1</comments><dc:creator>Optimal SAP News Desk</dc:creator><description><![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]]></description></item><item><title>Hosted SAP for SMEs – Beyond Business ByDesign</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/hosted_sap_for_smes__beyond_business_bydesign.htm</guid><link>http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/hosted_sap_for_smes__beyond_business_bydesign.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:39:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=hosted%5Fsap%5Ffor%5Fsmes%5F%5Fbeyond%5Fbusiness%5Fbydesign</comments><dc:creator>Optimal SAP News Desk</dc:creator><description><![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]]></description></item><item><title>How SAP Sustains Leadership</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/how_sap_sustaines_leadership.htm</guid><link>http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/how_sap_sustaines_leadership.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:47:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=how%5Fsap%5Fsustaines%5Fleadership</comments><dc:creator>Optimal SAP News Desk</dc:creator><description><![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;/]]></description></item><item><title>SAP&apos;s $7B Acquisition War Chest</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/saps_7b_acquisition_war_chest.htm</guid><link>http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/saps_7b_acquisition_war_chest.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:31:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=saps%5F7b%5Facquisition%5Fwar%5Fchest</comments><dc:creator>Optimal SAP News Desk</dc:creator><description><![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]]></description></item><item><title>SAP’s SaaS No Panic Play</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/saps_saas_no_panic_play.htm</guid><link>http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/saps_saas_no_panic_play.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:18:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=saps%5Fsaas%5Fno%5Fpanic%5Fplay</comments><dc:creator>Optimal SAP News Desk</dc:creator><description><![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]]></description></item><item><title>SAP Expands On-demand Plans</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/sap_advances_ondemand_cause.htm</guid><link>http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/sap_advances_ondemand_cause.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:40:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=sap%5Fadvances%5Fondemand%5Fcause</comments><dc:creator>Optimal SAP News Desk</dc:creator><description><![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]]></description></item><item><title>Optimal Solutions First to Offer SMEs Subscription-based Model for SAP All-in-One Qualified Partner Solutions</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/optimal_solutions_first_to_offer_smes_subscriptionbased_mod.htm</guid><link>http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/optimal_solutions_first_to_offer_smes_subscriptionbased_mod.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 13:54:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=optimal%5Fsolutions%5Ffirst%5Fto%5Foffer%5Fsmes%5Fsubscriptionbased%5Fmod</comments><dc:creator>Optimal SAP News Desk</dc:creator><description><![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]]></description></item><item><title>SAP: Times Are Changing</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/sap_times_are_changing.htm</guid><link>http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/sap_times_are_changing.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 13:51:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=sap%5Ftimes%5Fare%5Fchanging</comments><dc:creator>Optimal SAP News Desk</dc:creator><description><![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]]></description></item><item><title>Cano Petroleum Selects FinanceOne from Optimal Solutions</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/cano_petroleum_selects_financeone_from_optimal_solutions.htm</guid><link>http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/cano_petroleum_selects_financeone_from_optimal_solutions.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 05:10:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=cano%5Fpetroleum%5Fselects%5Ffinanceone%5Ffrom%5Foptimal%5Fsolutions</comments><dc:creator>Optimal SAP News Desk</dc:creator><description><![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]]></description></item><item><title>Webinar: Streamline Finance Operations and Drive Growth</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/webinar_streamline_finance_operations_and_drive_growth.htm</guid><link>http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/webinar_streamline_finance_operations_and_drive_growth.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 18:34:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=webinar%5Fstreamline%5Ffinance%5Foperations%5Fand%5Fdrive%5Fgrowth</comments><dc:creator>Optimal SAP News Desk</dc:creator><description><![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]]></description></item><item><title>Vendor Evaluation Ranks High in SAPPHIRE 2009 Poll</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/vendor_evaluation_ranks_high_in_sapphire_2009_poll.htm</guid><link>http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/vendor_evaluation_ranks_high_in_sapphire_2009_poll.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:11:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=vendor%5Fevaluation%5Franks%5Fhigh%5Fin%5Fsapphire%5F2009%5Fpoll</comments><dc:creator>Optimal SAP News Desk</dc:creator><description><![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.]]></description></item><item><title>What&apos;s your top SAPPHIRE 2009 agenda item?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/whats_your_top_sapphire_2009_agenda_item.htm</guid><link>http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/whats_your_top_sapphire_2009_agenda_item.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:51:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=whats%5Fyour%5Ftop%5Fsapphire%5F2009%5Fagenda%5Fitem</comments><dc:creator>Optimal SAP News Desk</dc:creator><description><![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]]></description></item><item><title>SAP&apos;s Role in the Economic Upturn - Part Three</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/saps_role_in_the_economic_upturn__part_three.htm</guid><link>http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/saps_role_in_the_economic_upturn__part_three.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:27:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=saps%5Frole%5Fin%5Fthe%5Feconomic%5Fupturn%5F%5Fpart%5Fthree</comments><dc:creator>Optimal SAP News Desk</dc:creator><description><![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? 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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]]></description></item><item><title>SAP 2009 Spend Trend Trifecta - Part Three</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/sap_2009_spend_trend_trifecta__part_three.htm</guid><link>http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/sap_2009_spend_trend_trifecta__part_three.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:13:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=sap%5F2009%5Fspend%5Ftrend%5Ftrifecta%5F%5Fpart%5Fthree</comments><dc:creator>Optimal SAP News Desk</dc:creator><description><![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]]></description></item><item><title>SAP 2009 Spend Trend Trifecta - Part Two</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/sap_2009_spend_trend_trifecta__part_two.htm</guid><link>http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/sap_2009_spend_trend_trifecta__part_two.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:36:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://optimalsap.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=sap%5F2009%5Fspend%5Ftrend%5Ftrifecta%5F%5Fpart%5Ftwo</comments><dc:creator>Optimal SAP News Desk</dc:creator><description><![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. 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