Season 3 Episode 3

Running Time: 42:45 minutes

Show Links

• Dennis Howlett on SDN: EnterpriseGeeks to planet earth: “Houston, we have a problem”
• Blackberry Playbook
• Sign up for the Annual eGeeks Teched Dinner

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Is the BlackBerry addicting or liberating?

In this episode, hosts Thomas and Ed review their new BlackBerry mobile devices. Listen in on an interesting discussion on whether these devices are helpful organization tools or just another addicting way to suck your life away. Also included are some tips, tools, and other useful applications.

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Running Time: 63 minutes

Talking Points

1. 00:15 – Ed apologizes to the Aussies (pronounced OZZIE!)
2. 04:40 – BlackBerry Talk
   • Thomas rolls with the Curve 8900
   • Ed’s weapon of choice is the Tour 9630
   • Opera Mini 5 Beta – one of the best mobile browsers available
   • ÜberTwitter
   • Shortcuts for Beginners
   • Keep up with your favorite teams using Score Mobile
   • Organizing your thoughts and notes with Evernote
3. 25:07 – More TechEd Hype – eGeeks Recordings, Giveaways, and Lucky Smurfs
4. 40:11 – Windows 7 Launch Party Video Debacle
5. 43:30 – Tweets O’ The Week
   • @dan_mcweeney – retroactive tweet of the week: Makes me feel like a better person to know Jesus drinks beer.
   • jonerp: RT @banditmove Fellow #sapteched goers happy to announce #techedona http://bit.ly/4sHs9i >> Join Amit for Phoenix Bike trip Saturday!
   • ChromeBrowser: watching Google Chrome OS preview video http://bit.ly/Gf5dg
   • rhirsch:@akpetteroe have you seen your mention in Forbes – I’m impressed! – http://is.gd/3GWzk
   • matzeller: Finally can talk about one of the things I have been working on. Open Mashup Alliance announced today http://www.openmashup.org/
   • athavanraja: http://bit.ly/ujjfF Dr Henning Kagermann joins Wipro board
   • jonerp: Plattner cuts stake http://www.reuters.com/article/technology-media-telco-SP/idUSLF56716420090915
   • curiousmitch: Jets Wide Receiver benched for tweeting about playing time http://bit.ly/2YHLoa
   • Brian_dennett: Witnessing the power of a @SAPMentors RT. I added 2 more mentors this morning, collection is coming along nicely
   • RichHeilman: Priceless….. http://is.gd/3QAwI
   • qmacro: RT @se71: A correlation between the days I go running at lunchtime and when @qmacro does http://xkcd.com/552/ << Well, maybe
   • BawlsGuarana: RT USSJoin: Starting a day with Bawls is like strapping my face to a rocket and flipping the switch; the whiplash kills, but god, it’s fun
   • _Th3_OP3rativ3_: Omfg the copier is out of commission. im seriously so close to start punching babies in the face, or random people in their baby makers

Does SAP have their head in the cloud yet?

Continuing with the second part of our fascinating episode with special guest Michael Coté from Redmonk, we discuss more great topics such as mobile strategy in the enterprise, cloud computing, and other fun stuff. This is a must listen for anyone wanting to understand the basics of the who, what, when, and whys of the cloud. If you haven’t already, be sure to listen to check out the first part too.

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Running Time: 38 minutes

Talking Points

1. 00:10 – RIA, mobile, and enterprise
   • SAP and Sybase
   • NetWeaver Mobile, AjaxWeaver, and other existing SAP mobile technologies
   • Mobile devices are changing the game, and people want them to be mini-computers
   • Business can no longer discount iPhone as a toy
   • Is mobile enabling the return of consumers actually paying for software?
2. 10:50 – The 3 layer cloud cake
   • IaaS – Infrastructure as a Service and why Amazon Web Services is the de facto standard
   • PaaS – Platform as a Service
   • SaaS – Software as a Service
3. 19:00 – The enterprise cloud
   • SAP and IBM offer joint cloud migration
   • SAP is working on the glue that allows the ABAP and Java stacks run entirely in the cloud
4. 22:22 – Coté does a promo spot for the EnterpriseGeeks
5. 23:26 – SXSW – South by Southwest
   • The three types of nerds
   • Cote records a special message for the eGheads to use as management justification to attend SXSW
6. 28:00 – Closing thoughts and ramblings
   • Texas Social Media Awards
   • EnterpriseGeeks drink Scotch, Bourbon, and Rum
   • Greenmonk with Tom Raftery
   • Final Review on Watchmen
   • Get the Watchmen book, Tales of the Black Freighter, or the Complete Motion Comic
   • Thomas and Ed – the birthday boyz