Blog It Forward – Matthias Steiner
While some are just complaining that our beloved community (platform) is going downhill and eagerly pointing out the negative trends like blog abuse etc… others are opting for a different route: like...
View ArticleA word about Mentorship
One of the questions the SAP Mentors get to hear a lot is "So, how does one become a SAP Mentor?" or more bluntly - from those who do not know better - "Where can I get such a shirt?"
View ArticleSAP NetWeaver Cloud & Open Source – A match made in heaven
I thought it may be a good idea to make (parts of) my own presentation public as I truly feel that SAP NetWeaver Cloud (aka NEO) is taking it to the next level.
View ArticleMay I still call you NEO? (asking for a friend of mine)
"So, may I still call you NEO?" (Of course, I'm asking for a friend of mine!!!)
View ArticleEssentials – Working with Git & Maven in Eclipse
As stated in the first post of my “Essentials” series it’s all about lowering the entry barrier and helping newbies to get started with SAP NetWeaver Cloud. So, in this blog post I quickly want to...
View ArticleThe Way of the Developer
If you're working in IT you probably have heard this urban legend of Rapid Application Development frameworks being the silver bullet for delivering great software at unprecedented speed....
View ArticleDebugging PhoneGap Applications with weinre
Those who have been following my recent whereabouts know that I’ve been looking into turning a SAP UI5 mockup project created with the upcoming AppDesigner into a working application by connecting it...
View ArticleMonki Gras 2013 – Day 1
“Why would you want to attend a conference run by an analyst firm?” - James Governor With those words James Governor kicked-off Monki Gras 2013. It was more of a rhetorical question of course. Guess...
View ArticleMonki Gras 2013 – Day 2
“Honey, I shrunk the community!”- James Governor Even though Day 2 of Monki Gras saw an easy start at 10:30 the number of people who had made it on time was noticeable smaller than the day before....
View ArticleTalking about gamification
One of my buddies and fellow SAP Mentors Ethan Jewett wrote a thought provoking piece about a topic currently seeing a lot of hype (especially in the SAP community): gamification. For a change – I...
View ArticleThe Cloud Platform Play [WIP]
Today’s blog post is an extended transcript of my presentation The Cloud Platform Play presented at JAX 2013 which deals with with three major topics: developers (as the primary users of PaaS), cloud...
View ArticleThe shape of the Cloud
Those who closely follow the enterprise software space or Cloud related news have probably heard some of the 'breaking news' being announced the last couple of days. With this post I want to recap and...
View ArticleThe Cloud Platform War
In a recent blog post I wrote about the Cloud Platform Play I’ve been arguing about the value proposition of cloud platforms (PaaS). Simply speaking it boils down to two primary benefits: agility and...
View ArticleThe VOID that is PaaS
Platform as a Service is where it’s at these days – no doubt about it! Judging by the news that keep floating in on a daily basis within the enterprise software space it gets clearer that the topic is...
View Articlepjax + Apache Tiles
Sample web application project that demonstrates how-to use pjax with Apache Tiles.
View ArticleAbout fridges … and cloud platforms
I always enjoy reading Dick Hirsch‘s perspective on the SAP HANA Cloud Platform and the discussions his blog posts trigger (on and off the record!) One of his recent posts piqued my interest and I...
View ArticleThe SAP HANA & Cloud Platform Symbiosis
Some things are just meant to be together and when they get united, the result is more than just the sum of its parts. The SAP HANA Cloud Platform is a perfect example for such a symbiosis: it combines...
View ArticleDeveloper Evangelism – Bridging the Gap
Once in a while I bump into an old colleague I haven't met since I switched over to the HANA Cloud Platform team and a common question I keep hearing is: "So, how's life being a ...'cloud evangelist'?"...
View ArticleThe battle against ALL
It was a monday morning, just briefly after midnight in late January when it happened. At first it didn’t look like a big thing… just a bleeding nose. Nothing to worry about, right? Well, another 30...
View ArticleEnterprise Granny
Enterprise Granny is a sample application used to demonstrate how-to develop great cloud applications running on SAP HANA Cloud Platform. Step by step we will enhance this simple demo app and make it...
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