by Ed Herrmann on June 29, 2009 at 7:58 am

Wookey and SAP - SaaS or Pass?
After a two week break, the guys are back to cover some of the latest news in the SAP world and SCN, as well as chit chat on other overall fun, geeky topics.
If you have questions, suggestions, or topic ideas for future episodes, give us a shout here. Enjoy!
Running Time: 44 minutes
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Talking Points
- 00:15 – Random Chit Chat
- 03:28 – Don’t miss SAP TechEd 2009 where all the cool geeks will be
- 10:34 – John Wookey on SAP’s SaaS strategy
- 14:50 – Jive Signs Agreement with SAP to Deliver Social Business Intelligence for the Enterprise
- 20:51 – SAP Community Network news
- 33:29 – Wrap up
by Thomas Jung on April 21, 2009 at 8:00 am

Blag (the person on the left) - on stage at TechEd 2008
In this special edition of the Enterprise Geeks podcast we get the opportunity to interview the SDN star himself – Alvaro Tejada; or Blag as everyone around the SAP space knows him. Blag is one of the best known faces in the SAP community. He is frequent moderator on the SDN Forums and quite a prolific author. In this podcast he shares his experiences as an SAP Mentor, talks about the upcomming SAP Inside Track Lima (which he is organizing) and we discuss UI topics like Adobe Flex development and FlashIslands for Web Dynpro.
If you have questions, suggestions, or topic ideas for future episodes, give us a shout here. Enjoy!
Running Time: 26 minutes
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Talking Points
- 00:00 – Introduction to Blag
- 03:00 – TechEd Phoenix
- 07:00 – UI Discussion
- 10:30 – Adobe Flex Development
- 13:40 – Islands within Web Dynpro
- 17:00 – State of Upgrades
- 20:00 – SAP Inside Track, Lima
- 22:40 – Mark Finnern’s Musical Talents
by Ed Herrmann on April 13, 2009 at 10:12 am

Do constant upgrades make customers weary?
Listen in on this special grouchy, sleep deprived edition of the eGeeks podcast, as Ed and Thomas try to keep it together after a rough week of pulling all-nighters. Even after fighting through the exhaustion, there are still many very good topics discussed including new features in NetWeaver Enhancement Package 2, upcoming SAP Teched sessions, and the SAP Inside Track conference.
If you have questions, suggestions, or topic ideas for future episodes, give us a shout here. Enjoy!
Episode photo by Jsome1 shared under Creative Commons Attrubtion License.
Running Time: 48 minutes
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Talking Points
- 00:15 – Random Chit Chat
- 03:52 – Get the early scoop on NetWeaver 7.02 coming soon
- 09:12 – Overview of the ABAP sessions at ASUG / Sapphire
- 14:34 – TechEd Session Internal Proposals for ABAP – give Thomas your opinions
- 22:26 – SAP Inside Track London
- 30:10 – Blue Ruby mentor webinar and the slides here
- 35:00 – Cote and Willis chime in on the open cloud manifesto
- 36:00 – How do you navigate SDN to get to the Adobe Flash SDN Pages?
- 41:27 – Closing Thoughts

by Ed Herrmann on March 9, 2009 at 8:13 am

Polestar - Prepare to Qualify
Listen to this fun episode as hosts Ed Herrmann & Thomas Jung just shoot the breeze on a mix of topics ranging from hot SAP issues to laid back, general geekiness. They also throw down a polestar challenge to all of the fellow eGheads.
If you have questions, suggestions, or topic ideas for future episodes, give us a shout here. Enjoy!
Running Time: 56 minutes
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Talking Points
- Geeks vs. Nerds
- Comments discussion on last week’s podcast
- Business Process Expert is to Functional Configurer same as Solution Architect is to Code Monkey
- Where do these roles fit into an Enterprise project team structure?
- The journey begins for the agile waterfall
- Welcome New SAP Mentors
- SAP Launches Online Resource for Academic Community
- SAP on Twitter – Big Pimpin’?
- Netweaver BI is back to the future with BW
- Innocentive Polestar Challenge
- Check out my new eGeek laptop skin from skinit
- Brief talk about SAP Sapphire 2009?
- eGhead of the month award goes to Abesh for his cool egeek widgets
- New eGeek swag available
- Welcome New SAP Mentors – redux
- Geeks getting excited about Watchmen
- SAP sustainability
- Atlassian’s Jeffrey Walker kicks cancer in the ass

by Ed Herrmann on February 23, 2009 at 8:40 am

Should we swallow the magic SAP Certification pill?
Fellow eGheads, you are in for a treat. This episode is packed with all kinds of geeky goodness with our special guest Dennis Howlett. Join us in this episode full of topics discussing the power of the crowd, the cloud, and the proud. With topics ranging from Facebook to SAP Certifications, there is a little bit for everyone.
If you have questions, suggestions, or topic ideas for future episodes, give us a shout here. Enjoy!
Running Time: 63 minutes
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Talking Points
- Thomas is back from Cancun
- Learn more about the man himself, Dennis Howlett
- Facebook TOS explosion
- Coghead and the danger of the cloud
- SAP Labs vs. SAP Research
- Enterprise Mashup Application Platform from SAP Research
- SAP Certification Program – Certify or Die
- Dennis’ blog on SDN that kicked off the initial storm
- Jon Reed is a major player on the certification topic
- SAP Mentor Meeting with SAP Education to discuss the SAP Certification program on Wednesday, Feb. 25
- If you want your voice heard about the topic, post comments here and we will submit them
- Keep your Bollocks in your Pants
- Want to make a difference? Submit your videos for a good cause
- Update on Geeks without Borders 24 hour Charity Event on FMR
- Announcement of the ABAP Join Wizard and update on the ABAP Report Wizard