Episode 83 – Deploy SAP S/4HANA on Microsoft Azure and develop enterprise grade apps.
May 31, 2022
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In this episode of SAP Integration & Extension Talk, May’ 2022 we engage with experts from SAP & Microsoft. They will talk about how the automated deployment of SAP S/4HANA via SAP Cloud Appliance Library can be configured in minutes, and how it enables the customer to deploy and use the solution in the cloud in a few hours of technical runtime.
We then go deeper into the aligned architecture of SAP and Microsoft that helps businesses to monitor lifecycle operations and orchestration capabilities. Together we simplify and improve the experience for our customers running SAP S/4HANA on Microsoft Azure with the quick and easy approach of SAP Cloud Appliance Library.
Interview Guest:
Markus has been working in the field of landscape optimization and cloud computing for the last twenty years and has driven landscape management topics within the SAP group since then. He is located at SAP’s headquarters in Germany leading the Cloud Management product unit as Chief Product Owner.
Markus holds an engineering degree in Media Computer Science from the University of Applied Sciences (HdM), Stuttgart, Germany and an engineering doctorate in Business Information Technology from Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Germany. LinkedIn | Twitter
Holger is a Product Manager for SAP architecture and integration at Microsoft. He joined Microsoft 5 years ago before working over 10 years at SAP. In his current role Holger is working closely with SAP to integrate SAP and Microsoft products. LinkedIn | Twitter
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Episode 82: SAP Graph: THE easy-to-use API of the Intelligent Enterprise
Apr 28, 2022
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Welcome to the new SAP Integration & Extension Talk with Daniel Lou, Head of SAP Graph, and Hanna Salamon, Senior Product Communication Manager for SAP Business Technology Platform at SAP SE. SAP Graph is a new and unified API for SAP, using modern open standards like OData v4. With SAP Graph, developers access SAP-managed business data as a single semantically connected data graph, spanning the suite of SAP products. In this episode we discover what SAP Graph is all about and how you can start with the new solution.
Interview Guest:
Daniel Lou is the Head of SAP Graph. He and his team focus on enabling domain-centric capabilities on SAP Business Technology Platform to make it easier and better for an ecosystem of SAP’s customers/partners/developers to extend SAP data and innovate together with SAP. He has PhD in Computer Science and has over 20 years of experience in leading design and development of a large variety of high-performance data solutions.
Episode 81 - Build and run containerized business apps on Kubernetes!!
Mar 24, 2022
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In this episode of SAP Integration & Extension Talk, March’ 2022 we deep dive into conversation with Development Architect from SAP BTP Runtimes & Core Stakeholder Engagement team, where we start with understanding the differences between Kyma and SAP BTP Kyma runtime. Then talking about how businesses can get the benefits if they build and run containerized business applications on Kubernetes. We also discuss what’s new in the SAP BTP Kyma runtime and where we can learn more and get hands-on knowledge.
Interview Guest:
Arthur Perry, a Development Architect with the SAP BTP Runtimes & Core Stakeholder Engagement team. Focusing on cloud extensibility, he works with SAP customers, partners and internal colleagues to enable and support the BTP Runtimes & Core components and drive adoption of those components.
Episode 80: Introduction to SAP Process Automation: A New No-Code Experience
Feb 25, 2022
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Welcome to the new SAP Integration & Extension Talk with Thomas Volmering, Chief Product Manager for SAP Process Automation, and Hanna Salamon, Senior Product Communication Manager for SAP Business Technology Platform at SAP SE. In this episode we discover what SAP Process Automation is all about and how you can accelerate automation with a modern no-code experience. Learn what the groundbreaking advantages of low-code/no-code process automation are and how you can start with the new solution.
Interview Guest:
Thomas Volmering is Chief Product Manager for SAP Process Automation and is driving with an experienced, motivated and inspired team the future of this citizen developer solution. He has more than 20-years track record of helping SAP customers and partners driving process efficiency. Thomas has successfully launched many solutions in the Business Process Management and Workflow space in different engineering roles.
Episode 79 - Your Business Processes can get Intelligent!!
Jan 26, 2022
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Interview Guests:
Archana Shukla, Senior Product Manager SAP Workflow Management. She has been working with SAP in different roles for more than 16 years with deep technical knowledge and experience in product development and management. She is currently leading product success operations for APJ region and managing global partner eco-system. In her role, she is responsible for various marketing activities which involve customer, partners and other stakeholder engagement and enablement.
Archana has been conducting multiple workshops, webinars, podcasts and has been speaker at international conferences. She technically supports consultants, developers and solution advisors and is an eminent member of SAP Community with multiple blogs.
Episode 78: SAP TechEd 2021 Special
Dec 21, 2021
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Interview Guests:
Cecilia Huergo is part of the Central Product Management team for SAP BTP, mainly focused on content strategy for events like SAP TechEd. As part of her role, she also interacts with the extended SAP Community and enjoys hosting internal and external sessions. The most recent experience was hosting Channel 1 topic hours for SAP TechEd in 2021.
Rui Nogueira is Vice President Intelligent Enterprise & Cross Architecture at SAP with over 20 years of experience in applying information technology in a wide range of industries. He holds a graduate degree in electrical engineering. He is a frequent speaker at international conferences and SAP events and has been an instructor for various openSAP courses. His focus is on the integration between the SAP Business Technology Platform and SAP’s Intelligent Suite.
Goodbye Interview & The Evolution of the Podcast from SAP Hana Cloud Platform to SAP Cloud Platform Podcast to the finally ongoing SAP Integration & Extension Talk with Podcast Host Manjunath Baburao and Hanna Salamon
Guest: Manjunath Baburao
Manjunath Baburaois a Product Manager in the SAP Business Technology Platform Cross Product Management team based in Bangalore, India. His focus areas include Data Management, Multi-Cloud Foundation & Business Continuity for SAP BTP. In his new role, he will leverage his broad experience to align & drive central initiatives for SAP BTP.
SAP BTP DevOps Series: Ops Automation Kiril and Abhishek talk about Operations Automation in the SAP BTP environment.
Co- Host: Abhishek Nath
Abhishek Nath works as a product manager at SAP in the Cloud and Lifecycle Management area. He is responsible for DevOps and lifecycle management topics around SAP Business Technology Platform, looking after the APJ region.Together with colleagues from other areas, Abhishek is forging the overall DevOps story for SAP BTP. He has broad experience with system provisioning topics (spanning installation, system copy, and migration of SAP on-premise systems) and enterprise architecture. Abhishek is a regular speaker at SAP events, such as SAP TechEd, and various SAP partner events. He is also an Erickson-certified coach.
At the time of recording Kiril Gavrailov was a product expert in the Product Management team in the Cloud and Lifecycle Management area at SAP. He worked on operations automation solutions in SAP Business Technology Platform. He is also the author of a number of blog posts in SAP Community and a speaker at various conferences.
Episode 76: SAP TechEd & SAP BTP for the public sector / COVID-19 aid program
Oct 28, 2021
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Interview: Public Sector powered by SAP BTP
Michael Köhleris a Principal Technical Consultant at SAP Consulting in Germany. In his more than 13 years of experience in SAP Technologies, he acted in different roles reaching from Implementation to Solution Architecture and Project Management. With his experience and dedication, he helps our customers to be successful with our software products.
Episode 75: Delivery & Change Management on SAP BTP and SAP BTP Free Tier
Sep 30, 2021
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Interview 1:
BTP DevOps Podcast Series Episode 4: Delivery and Change Management
In this interview Harald and Abhishek talk about Delivery and Change Management in the BTP Cloud environment and also for hybrid environments, as is the case for many of SAP’s customers.
Host: Abhishek Nath
Abhishek Nath works as a product manager at SAP in the Cloud and Lifecycle Management area. He is responsible for DevOps and lifecycle management topics around SAP Business Technology Platform, looking after the APJ region.
Together with colleagues from other areas, Abhishek is forging the overall DevOps story for SAP Business Technology Platform. He has broad experience with system provisioning topics (spanning installation, system copy, and migration of SAP on-premise systems) and enterprise architecture. Abhishek is a regular speaker at SAP events, such as SAP TechEd, and various SAP partner events. He is also an Erickson-certified coach.
Harald Stevens is a product expert in the Product Management team in the Cloud and Lifecycle Management area at SAP. He concentrates on transport management solutions in SAP Business Technology Platform.
Harald has written several blog posts on SAP Community and been a speaker at SAP TechEd conferences.
SAP Business Technology Platform Free Tier In this interview we talk to Max about what is the SAP BTP Free Tier, what is its scope and what is the road ahead for this offering on the Business Technology Platform.
Max is a Product Manager within the BTP team. In his role, he is responsible for the product ownership of SAP BTP Trial offerings, which consist of the Free Trial and the upcoming Free Tier. Prior to joining SAP, Max spent fifteen years in strategy and operations consulting, working within high-tech, financial services, transportation, and federal sectors.
Episode 74: SAP Intelligent Robotic Process Automation & SAP Partnership with EY AgilityWorks UK
Aug 06, 2021
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Interview 1:
SAP Partnership with EY AgilityWorks
EY: “The views reflected in this podcast are the views of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the global EY organization or its member firms.”
Utsav Chobe is a Senior Manager with EY AgilityWorks UK. He leads use of innovative technologies to address challenging business demands. He works in customer facing roles helping customer teams build & drive automation strategy using Intelligent RPA, Business Process Management, SAP Business Technology Platform, S/4 HANA and Analytics. Recently, his team won SAP Innovation Award 2021 for their work on managing COVID-19 risk.
Boris Andree is a Director at SAP´s Intelligent RPA Solution Management division. He focuses on strategy, Go-to-Market, and adoption of intelligent technologies and solutions. Over the past 20 years, he held various positions in regional and global teams at SAP and SAP partners, building strong expertise in the areas of Business Process Management, Business Intelligence, SAP HANA, and Artificial Intelligence.
Interview 2:
SAP Intelligent RPA low-code/no-code product updates
Enkhzul (Jesse) Sukhbayar is a Marketing & Community Specialist for the SAP Intelligent RPA team. She has over 6 years of experience in branding, marketing management in software, digital health, and banking sectors. Highly passionate and experienced in creating impactful end-to-end organic and paid campaigns across various channels. She currently focuses on international lead and demand generation activities for SAP Intelligent RPA and related solutions.
Peter Engel is Global Solution Owner for SAP Intelligent RPA. Peter has worked in various roles at SAP, including customer-facing roles, for 27 years. He has deep expertise specializing in SAP’s innovative technologies like Intelligent RPA, Conversational AI, Machine Learning, Blockchain, and S/4HANA. In his current role, Peter is working on product strategy and commercialization. He supports the Intelligent RPA community and our customers with webinars, blog posts, and workshops, as well as helping to realize projects and scaling Intelligent RPA deployments.
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