Archive for September 2004

SAP TechEd here I come … with session slides!

SAP TechEd is looming large, and this year it’s in Munich. (If you’re not in Europe, then SAP are holding TechEd events in Bangalore, Tokyo, and San Diego too). I went last year (in Basel), and was both impressed - by the quality of the session and tutorial content - and disappointed - at the [...]

The integration irony of SAP’s technology directions

I’ve finally realised what it is that’s been bugging me about the new arena of SAP technology. I’ve felt slightly uneasy, or unbalanced, by something that I couldn’t quite put my finger on.
From integration to de-integration
But while attending a (rather poor, I have to say) training course at SAP UK last week, it finally struck [...]

The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time

I bought three books at Manchester airport yesterday. One of them was The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time by Mark Haddon. I started reading it this afternoon, and have just stopped to slow down. It’s about a young boy with an “emotionally dissociated mind” (a phrase that Ian McEwan used, which I [...]