As SAP came to the end of its preparations for today's A1S launch, Henning Kagermann, the company's CEO took time out to discuss what A1S means for the company and the market with six Irregulars. It was a great discussion and Kagermann was in fine form.
He regaled us with a tale about being stuck in an airplane for four hours as it taxied around an airport with a customer struggling to find things to discuss. A great ice breaker and one with which I'm sure my friend Vinnie would empathize having spent a good part of the other day being ferried around Paris Charles de Gaulle terminals:
Architecturally stunning in so many ways, it finds ways to drive you to drink or worse. There has not been a single visit, transit which has not meant missed flights, lost bags, club lounge staff who find ways to refuse entry....
I hope the implied similarities with SAP A1S are not literal.
In about two hours, we'll find out the official name of the much anticipated A1S, something we could not winkle out of Henning despite our best efforts and James Governor's repeated asking:
What's that name again?
As they say: nice try but no cigar for any of us. Beta code names stick and A1S is no exception so I'm guessing it will be lame.
Some things never change. As an aside, I had a playful bet with James about the size of the restaurant bill. I was within 1%.
Enterprise applications, Enterprise Software (IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP)
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