var digesttext = "<!-- Header --><style type=\"text/css\">P.item { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 8px; font-family: arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 10px; border-bottom: 1px solid #999; line-height: 1.45em }a { color: #04E; }#items { font-size: 13px; }SPAN.description { color: #222; line-height: 1.25em }SPAN.date { color: #888; font-size: 11px; }SPAN.date A { color: #247; }SPAN.grey { color: #888; font-weight: bold; font-size: 22px; }</style><div id=\"items\"><!-- Items --><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://blog.beyond438.com/2009/04/26/sap-making-a-difference-in-south-africa-using-mobile-phones/\">SAP making a difference in South Africa using mobile phones</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">26/04/09 16:00 from <a href=\"http://blog.beyond438.com\">Carel\'s Conversations - blog &amp;#187; SAP</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Thanks to the Collaboration@Rural project, SAP enables small grocers in rural South Africa to sell the goods, their customers actually need &#8211; through a mobile delivery system. </span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://blog.beyond438.com/2008/11/02/hr2008-in-amsterdam/\">HR2008 in Amsterdam</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">02/11/08 21:26 from <a href=\"http://blog.beyond438.com\">Carel\'s Conversations - blog &amp;#187; SAP</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> I\'m on my way to Amsterdam to attend HR2008 . This will be the first time this Wispubs conference will be held in Europe. ROC is the premier sponsor and our chairman, Les Hayman , will be one of the keynote speakers. If you are attending c..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://blog.beyond438.com/2008/08/28/hcl-acquires-axon/\">HCL acquires Axon</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">28/08/08 13:57 from <a href=\"http://blog.beyond438.com\">Carel\'s Conversations - blog &amp;#187; SAP</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> If you are in the SAP world then this is big news. Infosys announced on August 25, 2008 that it plans to acquire Axon for US$753MM in cash. A couple of years ago Axon acquired US based PremierHR . A significant inducement fee should preven..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://blog.beyond438.com/2008/08/14/successapps/\">SuccessApps: Successfactors and Google Apps</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">14/08/08 22:48 from <a href=\"http://blog.beyond438.com\">Carel\'s Conversations - blog &amp;#187; SAP</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Successfactors (SFSF) recently announced integration into Google Apps (GOOG). I think this is a very important announcement. See what Phil Wainewright has to say about this. Bringing the Web, especially Web 2.0 into the enterprise. SAP, ta..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://blog.beyond438.com/2008/08/13/sap-hcm-roc/\">I\'m back in the SAP HCM world as a ROC</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">13/08/08 05:12 from <a href=\"http://blog.beyond438.com\">Carel\'s Conversations - blog &amp;#187; SAP</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Update : January 1, 2009 &#8211; I\'m not with ROC anymore. First off, I apologize for the lengthy silence. I\'ve been busy! As of July 1, I\'m the CEO of ROC Americas, Inc. and a board member of ROC Global. ROC\'s vision is to be THE Global S..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://blog.beyond438.com/2008/07/07/the-war-for-talent/\">The war for talent!</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">07/07/08 12:57 from <a href=\"http://blog.beyond438.com\">Carel\'s Conversations - blog &amp;#187; SAP</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Even with all the news about a slowdown in the US economy and the dark outlook on jobs , it seems that for the most part it is still difficult to find good people. The war for talent is still raging. These SAP sponsored reports by the Econ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://blog.beyond438.com/2008/05/14/feedback-10-signs-that-you-arent-cut-out-to-be-a-cio/\">Feedback: 10 signs that you aren\'t cut out to be a CIO</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">15/05/08 03:04 from <a href=\"http://blog.beyond438.com\">Carel\'s Conversations - blog &amp;#187; SAP</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> I sent the &#8220; 10 signs that you aren\'t cut out to be a CIO &#8221; post to some of my CIO friends and I received the following interesting feedback:  A seasoned Fortune 100 CIO said: I read the top ten list but haven\'t read the whole ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://blog.beyond438.com/2008/05/06/what-is-sap-business-bydesign/\">What is SAP Business ByDesign?</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">06/05/08 23:20 from <a href=\"http://blog.beyond438.com\">Carel\'s Conversations - blog &amp;#187; SAP</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> SAP has its own TV channel and you can find numerous interesting videos on the  SAP-TV  website. I found this video describing SAP Business ByDesign. SAP released this video before the recent announcement that they are delaying the launch ..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://blog.beyond438.com/2008/02/29/free-how-to-guides-for-implementing-sap-hcm/\">Free How-to guides for implementing SAP HCM</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">29/02/08 21:57 from <a href=\"http://blog.beyond438.com\">Carel\'s Conversations - blog &amp;#187; SAP</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> Nov 2010 update: If you a consultant or consulting manager then check out my iPhone app to calculate consulting rates . Today I stumbled upon Sylvia Chaudoir &#8216;s SAP HCM Expertise website . Sylvia is an ex-SAP HCM Consulting manager a..</span><br /></p><p class=\"item\"><big><span class=\"grey\">»</span> <a href=\"http://blog.beyond438.com/2008/02/22/hasso-plattner-ex-sap-ceo-ventures-launches-45mm-vc-fund-in-south-africa/\">Hasso Plattner (ex-SAP CEO) Ventures launches $45mm VC fund in South Africa</a></big><br/><span class=\"date\">22/02/08 21:07 from <a href=\"http://blog.beyond438.com\">Carel\'s Conversations - blog &amp;#187; SAP</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\"> I\'ve mentioned Hasso Plattner a number of times in my blog . He is the colorful co-founder and former CEO of SAP AG. He is also the father of SAP\'s client-server 3-tiered product called R/3 . This week Hasso Plattner launch HP Ventures Afr..</span><br /></p><!-- Footer --></div><script type=\"text/javascript\">/* <![CDATA[ */document.write(\"<img style=\'display:none;\' src=\'http://hits.informer.com/log.php?id=44&amp;r=\"+ Math.round(100000 * Math.random()) + \"\' />\");/* ]]> */</script><script type=\"text/javascript\">/* <![CDATA[ */document.write(\"<img style=\'display:none;\' src=\'http://174.37.54.170:81/statistics/logging/R9ILKKU4KL?type=exist&amp;r=\"+ Math.round(100000 * Math.random()) + \"\' />\");/* ]]> */</script><div class=\"fdpoweredby\" style=\"text-align: right; font-size: 10px; font-family: sans-serif\"><a style=\"color: #888\" href=\"http://feed.informer.com\" target=_blank>Powered by Feed Informer</a></div>";
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