For the first time ever on my blog, I have a guest post by my dear friend, John Appleby – fellow SAP mentor, blogger and an executive at Bluefin, in London, UK. So without further ado – Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you, John Appleby 🙂 When you go to a major conference,Continue reading “And Appleby says , It’s Cloudy out there…”
Author Archives: Vijay Vijayasankar
Identity Crisis – A liberalized India with close to 10% growth, and still socialist?
Fair warning – this has nothing to do with SAP or Enterprise Software ! I very well remember learning in the civics and political science class in the 80s that the Preamble to Indian constitution reads “WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a SOVEREIGN SOCIALIST SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC” .Continue reading “Identity Crisis – A liberalized India with close to 10% growth, and still socialist?”
SAP buys Ariba for $4.3B – rather pricey, but still a good deal
As I was fighting jet lag and lying wide awake on my hotel bed in Bangalore yesterday night, I saw the news on twitter that SAP is going to buy Ariba for $4.3B. When IBM bought Emptoris earlier, there was always a question of who will buy Ariba – and my bet was on Oracle.Continue reading “SAP buys Ariba for $4.3B – rather pricey, but still a good deal”
And Vijay Says... 