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There is no substitute for solid UI principles. How many keyclicks/keystrokes does it take to do something? Can we make it error proof? Can the user find what they need quick? Do they read from the right or the left?

A retail shop is today pressed with the need to standardize its instore retailing with its online store on a single platform. Look at how Technopolis was able to achieve it >> http://ibm.co/1ZhRCI...

Take small bites and chew quickly. In other words, start with a manageable but impactful set of requirements and start the program to demonstrate value.

Start small, show success, then expand. Rapid deployment solutions and Accelerators are a great way to realize quick time to value.

also industry accelerators can help you get up and running more quickly.

Pick a partner like IBM that knows commerce inside and out and takes the time to strategically meet your needs within your timeline and budget

Find out more about SAP Hybris Accelerators https://www.hybris.c...

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Also checkout my related article on SAP's Digitalist blog http://www.digitalis...

The key benefits that come from Cloud are Speed and Flexibility, and every SAP customer starting digital transformation will need both. IBM Cloud adds services specific to SAP

Cloud let’s you get going quickly. For example, IBM can provide a dev and test environment for clients who want to start Hybris projects ASAP and don’t want to wait until the overall infrastructure approach is worked out.

IBM is well positioned to address clients’ migration to Cloud in all industries. See how INEOS gained the ability to develop new functionality rapidly and cost-effectively, here >> http://ibm.co/1SdEfb...

By closing the digital transformation gap! Cloud technology helps us deploy new software across different industries in a faster & secure environment.

@SriniDV When will CMS4SAP be available in a Fedramp data center... or for other Federal compliance environments?

@AlbertoDi Lallo would you be able to answer @BobSerikaku

Cloud helps your scale to meet uncertain demand

digital transformation leveraging cloud technology lets you check the temperature first without jumping in, since upfront investment in terms of time, effort and infrastructure are not high in cloud technology @IBMSAPAlliance

We are working on the Fedramp certification. Today we have our Washington DC SoftLayer data center already certified for Fedramp.

Cloud allows customers the flexibility to expand and contract their business infrastructure to adapt to digital disruptions quickly

Thanks @AlbertoDiLallo!

@BobSerikaku We are working on the Fedramp certification. Today we have our Washington DC SoftLayer data center already certified for Fedramp. Are you specifically looking for CMS4SAP?

Hi Alberto. Yes, in my case this is specifically CMS4SAP....

@As CHRO’s look at talent through marketing lenses they are rethinking recruiting and engagement strategies. It is amazing the amount of data that we have available today to help shape and drive the most effective teams and ecosystems to serve customers o

Hear how Brooks Brothers refashions human resources with SuccessFactors and IBM, sees 50 percent productivity gain http://bit.ly/22IQJg...

We now have the capability to analyze tone and gain personality insights from this unstructured data. For example; a candidate might look great from their resume but their social profile is a hot mess and does not align with your corporate

I think that how you build your workforce and maximize its potential can make all the difference between standing out in the market or fading away.

Building the right organization can be done with cognitive assistance similar to the way a good meeting facilitator might lead a workshop: ask focused questions that will help build it up from the answers. Supply, demand, transform.

Analytics are the key to understanding your current employees, who's successful - and who's not... and going after the people you need to execute the company's vision.

Using cognitive insights that leverage structured and unstructured data from a vast set sources help organizations identify the right people and partners to drive growth.

@KevinSimpson well said!

Totally agree w/ you @chotzbarth!

Create a culture of design thinking, agile working and experimentation to improve employee engagement. See how Brooks Brothers (http://bit.ly/22IQJg...) or AllState (http://ibm.co/1Tp7pk... ) realized their roadmaps.

@chotzbarth I've been truly impressed by the cognitive tools available to create structure from data we used to struggle to find structure within. We are at a remarkable turning point.

Major footwear retailer HR Group is delivering instant sales and stock analytics with SAP HANA on IBM Power Systems http://bit.ly/1S1KIX... @ to reply

End to end orchestration of solutions with backbone infrastructure is what ensures success. Otherwise it would be like running a Ferrari on a tractor engine. :-)

HANA on Power gives you the best of both worlds. Secure, scaleable, robust, scale-up/scale-out capabilities with cloud economics and flexibility.

Good point Srinivas. It has to be a combination. Infrastructure is only one part of the end to end platform, but there is a risk to assume it becomes commodotised as we move up the value chain into Systems of Engagement

SuccessFactors is great there, because our clients don't invest in hardware. SAP manages that part. All the clients need to do is render the screens on a browser or app. How much better can it get? "It's in cloud" becomes empowerment.

Really about Run Simple (by reducing points of failure and complexity), Run Fast and Run Smart

Well, infrastructure should be just like the tyres of your car: do you know the size, the brand, the pressure? No, they just work, and so should infrastructure. We are entering the phase where infrastructure is no longer a worry, it's Cloud

Infrastructure will help the front end SAP solutions run faster, smarter to ensure customer satisfaction. This is what CTAC experienced with the IBM POWER8 for their SAP HANA installation. Watch this video >> http://bit.ly/1Qv3FR...

While there are many advantages to cloud platforms, hybrid cloud and on-premise solutions like HANA on Power give you the required business controls and version control required for your business.

And for MSP and CSP a differentiated offering they can market to their customers

, Agreed Power8 provides great throughput advantages for the most demanding SAP workloads over both HANA and/or DB2, with BLU to protect clients investments

for example http://www.ibmbluhub...

It may sound cliché, but cognitive will make your SAP investment run smarter, which means more efficient and profitable.

A cognitive foundation will drive more informed decisions across different business units.

It can anticipate customer needs and recommend products that you didn't realize the customer needed :)

The use of cognitive capabilities pinpoints insights for actions to optimize your customer's experience with your brand and company. This will justify new and extended investment in SAP.

Using cognitive adds a capability to move beyond gut instinct. While gut instinct isn't necessarily wrong, cognitive takes the same components of information based decisions and can create more consistent recommendation.

Data is knowledge, and being able to gain insights from data is power. Cognitive provides these insights. IBM helped Kraft Heinz with HANA, which is a key component for their digital transformation initiative. Read more: http://ibm.co/24tZxt...

Social tools help to engage employees, organizations, partners and ecosystems to maintain an open dialogue about the business, generate new idea and understand stakeholder sentiment on a regular basis.

While HANA is the underpinning technology enablement platform, Cognitive enabled processes will be key to unlocking real business value

We see the move of traditional “Descriptive & Diagnostic Analytics” (What Happened and why?) to Predictive (What Will happen?) and now to Cognitive Analytics (“What should we do” “How can we make it happen”?) #ibmsapcognitive

Value = How to leverage real time and cognitive analytics to make the right decisions/drive immediate business impact via re-envisioned digitalized business processes or specific Cognitive enabled Use Cases that we will showcase at SAPPHIRE

- The value IBM brings is it ability to look at each clients needs and landscape, then we select the best tools for the job in hand