Hi, I am Pankaj Kumar. I work in the enterprise software space as a Principal Technology Consultant at SAP America of Palo Alto, CA. I use this weblog to share my thoughts about my professional life as a SAP professional.Category Archives for SAP
Advice on joining the SAP world
Having been in SAP for some years I get asked this question how to get into SAP as a career. I was writing this to a close friend of mine and thought of putting it on the blog. This advice … Continue reading
Back from SAP TechED 2007
Last night I landed back in San Jose on US Airways 162 which should have been dubbed rather TechED flight. I am sure more than 50% folks were returning from Mandalay Bay. It was easily the biggest TechED so far … Continue reading
The coming of composites
Enterprise software has been of great interest to me since the college days. Sadgopan who heads eBusiness and Consulting for Satyam has written an excellent article on evolution of enterprise software and the direction it is going to take in … Continue reading
See the big picture at News.com
Read over at Silicon Beat about the new Big Picture feature of New.com. It tells you about the related stories, companies and concepts related to the present story. Immediately went and checked this story. See what the big picture is. … Continue reading
indiOne hotels by Tata Group
A nice hotel is a must for any business traveller. A good night at a decent hotel can do good for the business. As a SAP professional constantly on the road, I can associate with this. Just read over at … Continue reading
Et Tu Plumtree and end of pure play portal vendors
In the rosy days of late nineties there were three pure portal play companies. Plumtree, Epicentric and Toptier. Then sometime in late 2000 SAP decided to complement there technology platform with a portal offering. They acquired Toptier for whopping $400 … Continue reading
Something to watch for – SAP and Linux
I was smitten by Linux very early in my tech life. I still remember how long it took to configure X Windows on a CEL machine in the summer of 95. SAP also has a special initiative for linux It … Continue reading
SAP on Slashdot
If something makes a news on Slashdot it has to belong to the kingdom of day-to-day geeks. Typically SAP professionals start getting the news about cool technologies brewing inside the tech giant thru various niche magazines and lately SDN. I … Continue reading
A good Diwali greeting
I got a nice Diwali greeting from someone at SAP. I love it. I too have been sending HTML greetings over the years. What I liked about this one was the right header, content and footer. Pankaj
Real Time – A tribute to Hasso Plattner
Got the book in the mail today courtesy Jeff Nolan of SAP Ventures. Some one, I think Vivekanand, said once to the effect that if you need advice on something, see what the great men of the world did in … Continue reading