SAP SAPPHIRE NOW Day 1 Round Up

Day 1 SAP SAPPHIRE Now Round Up from Orlando   

Picture from the Conference Centre by Mattias Wild. See his full SAPPHIRE NOW 2012 album on Flickr here

SAP's SAPPHIRE NOW event kicked off yesterday in Orlando. We hope you had a good first day. Here's a round up of our Top Blogs and News articles:

• Event Report: Questions Every #SAPPHIRENOW Attendee Should Be Asking SAP by R "Ray" Wang via Forbes
• SAP rolls out new mobile apps, boosts HTML5, iOS, Android support by Chris Kanaracus via PC Advisor
• SAP SAPPHIRE: Innovation, and 3 case studies to ponder by Andrew Nusca via ZDNET
• SAP offers mobile device management on Amazon's cloud by Mikael Ricknäs via PC Advisor
• SAP SAPPHIRE: P2P, SRM, and Sourcing in Orlando (Dispatch 1) by Jason Busch via Spend Matters
• SAP touts almost 200,000 clients as it pushes mobile working uptake by Dan Worth via V3.co.uk

Quotes of the day:

“If you’re 18 to 24, you’re far more likely to have a smartphone than a job.” - co-CEO Bill McDermott in his closing keynote.

"Superman didn't need a hero" - Voiceover from opening Music video

“I don’t live in fear, I didn’t think about it yesterday, I didn’t think about it this morning, I haven’t thought about it in weeks to be honest. But I live with respect. This disease, it could come back at any time.” - Lance Armstrong


Tweet of the day:

1st time I've heard an SAP employee say publicly they don't develop apps for RIM - only Android and iPhone #asug #sapphirenow - Jon Reed (@JonERP)


Just a bit of fun:

SAPPHIRE Drinking Game by Jason Busch via ZDNET

What we're your highlights on the first day at SAPPHIRE NOW 2012?