In the spirit of Oktoberfest, recognizing all those that brought that brew in your beer maß

The many areas of IT that improve people's lives...

Good to know how enterprise software moves the world behind the scenes of a landmark like the Oktoberfast.  Prost / Zum Wohl!

All you need to know about current and next gen technology for enterprise apps - #SAPTechEd Keynote

Great line up of Hasso Plattner, Vishal Sikka, Christoph Kollatz, Franz Faerber, Björn Goerke on stage about the HANA in-memory revolution, market impact, customer scenarios, technology update, renewal of products at SAP, and non-disruptive evolution of the NetWeaver platform - Gateway, OnDemand, BPM, River, MDM.

One single, coherent technology with dynamic, touch-optimized shell and UI for @salesforce mobile apps

Preview of touch.salesforce.com technology that works seamlessly across all smartphones and tablets. Going away from device, native specific apps and into a single, coherent infrastructure for touch / mobile user experience using HTML5.

Usability-wise it has larger icons, stackable screens, and optimized touch-targets so you can quickly find the information you need for greater productivity while on the go.  I wonder if such a touch / tablet UI does not become also the default desktop / laptop experience at some point.

The big picture of SAP solutions + Innovations in Big Data, Consumer-grade usability, and the Cloud

Excellent overview of SAP's market offering by Sunjay Poonen, president of SAP global solutions.

Consumer-grade usability in HCM is the next one to watch.  Hope we do a decent job on the technology side and deliver on the promise with the apps by mid 2012.

Super App of the Day - Gmail Offline. Amazing combo of Tablet-based UX, Chrome Shell, and HTML5 UI Tech

Available in the Chrome App Store to download

"The HTML5 app looks and feels a lot like the Gmail app for tablets. That’s because Gmail Offline is based off the tablet version, which was designed to function with or without Internet access. It focuses on the key features users need to access while offline, including organizing, starring, labeling, archiving and responding to email. It won’t give you access to Gmail Labs features, but it will get the job done."

http://mashable.com/2011/08/31/gmail-offline-2/