Published May 16, 2017 by TechRepublic

SAP recently expanded its Digital Commerce portfolio, making its products more accessible and increasing efforts to boost innovation among customers.

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“To help customers maneuver through the changes brought on by it, SAP is unveiling new offerings: services that expand SAP’s digital commerce portfolio beyond software, content and data; programmable digital interfaces that enable customers to embed new services into their communications mix; and tools to set the course for successful digital transformation,” Jonathan Becher, chief digital officer of SAP.

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Published May 14, 2017 by Dick Hirsch, diginomica

At the SAP Hybris event in Munich, SAP announced the SAP Hybris Revenue Cloud offering – the latest in a series of commercial microservices offerings. In this analysis, Dick Hirsch explains why microservices are becoming a factor for enterprise software vendors. He also breaks out several types of microservices, and the relevance of each.

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A developer can pick 1 or more services for his application. How will an existing SAP sales rep or a partner respond to such scenarios? A new “low-touch” sales model is necessary – one is that is reminiscent of the sales strategy proposed by SAP’s Chief Digital Officer Jonathan Becher.

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Published April 17, 2017 by Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News

This column included a section titled “A GOOD CLIP”: About the “Tech Conquers Childhood Cancer” fundraiser at SAP Silicon Valley’s Palo Alto offices. The event brought in more than $200,000 for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation to support childhood cancer research.

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Jonathan Becher is mentioned as one of the emcees.

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Published April 5, 2017 by Dick Hirsch, diginomica

Drawing on meetings and online inquiries, Dick Hirsch dons the investigator hat again to pursue SAP’s data as a service moves in Digital Customer Insight and beyond. In the process, he makes a discovery: a new internal startup called SAP Business Data Network that reveals some of SAP’s data as a service intentions, and how they compare with other companies such as Uber.

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The fact that this business unit was run as a start-up reminded me of how Jonathan Becher’s Digital team was being run …

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Published March 17, 2017 by Computerworld Colombia

With the attendance of over 1,000 executives, the SAP Summit Colombia was held in Corferias (Bogotá), in which the challenges and technologies available to companies in the era of the digital economy were presented.

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Jonathan Becher, Chief Digital Officer, concluded the plenary by quoting Daniel Dennet (philosopher, writer and scientist) who recently said that we are facing a digital revolution, similar in impact, as was the Cambrian explosion. “We are in a period of extraordinary innovation and SAP wants to be the ally in this digital transformation.”

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Published March 2, 2017 by Lcda. Jhosymar Sifontes, SofOS (Mexico)

The 7th edition of the SAP Forum Mexico was held at Expo Santa Fe. The message that was highlighted was that it is now time to reimagine, evolve and transform our business to be part of the Digital Economy. More than 6,000 attendees gathered at SAP Forum Mexico 2017.

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Jonathan Becher, Chief Digital Officer at SAP, took the stage to talk about the concept of transformation. He cited several examples of the transformation that he sees every day in Silicon Valley. He spoke of his experience with autonomous cars, with virtual and augmented reality, and how even though these technologies seem far away, they are certainly proof that transformation is happening now.

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Published February 13, 2017 by Elibeth Eduardo G., CIO Latin America

There is always talk of the challenge that for a vertical involves its own transformation. The size of the bank forces the change – also – of its suppliers. That is why software solution companies have already begun to anticipate changes and update their offers of services to provide cost alternatives to institutions that prefer third-party services. Thus, at the most recent SAP Forum in Mexico, the company exhibited during 120 sessions many of the success stories in digital transformation, leveraged by the company’s solutions.

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“The digital revolution in which we are immersed will change the way we live even more. To the point that there will only be two types of people: the revolutionaries who show the way and the reactionaries who follow the first,” said SAP’s Chief Digital Officer Jonathan Becher.

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Published February 10, 2017 by Juan Carlos Almanza, CIO Latin America

During the past SAP Forum [Mexico], we had the opportunity to interview Jonathan Becher, Chief Digital Officer at SAP, who provided statements on the new wave of digital transformation.

At the outset, SAP has gone from being a company that has served large corporations to small and medium enterprises. Becher explained that SAP is now focused on addressing the digitization of things, the internet of everything, and the automation that is building more than ever. SAP aims to give its customers options and tools that can help them get a handle on the digital revolution.

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Becher notes that while CIOs have been the traditional drivers of transformation, today it is the responsibility of all business parties to provide information and advance technology. “We are in the process of change. Today you can even buy products from SAP with your own credit card in less than an hour, without the need to wait for contracts to be signed.”

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Published February 7, 2017 by Juan Carlos Machorro, Mi Ambiente (Latin America) 

During the SAP Forum Mexico, there was a broad dialogue between companies on business, technology and innovation that seeks to reimagine corporations in a digital economy. In this seventh edition of SAP Forum Mexico, more than 6,000 attendees were received.

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Jonathan Becher, SAP’s Chief Digital Officer, spoke about the keys to SAP’s transformation into the digital world and mentioned that “the only constant in the world is change,” finding ourselves in the midst of a digital revolution, which will change the way we live. In this world, there are two types of people: the revolutionaries, who teach the way, and the reactionaries, those who follow them.”

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Published February 3, 2017 by Adolfo Manaure, CIO Latin America

With the participation of companies from more than 25 industries, more than 120 sessions, and many success stories about transforming global companies into the digital era, Mexico City was the setting for a new SAP Forum. The seventh edition of SAP Forum Mexico, which hosted more than 6,000 attendees, began with a plenary session welcome by Rafael Sanchez, Managing Director of SAP Mexico.

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Jonathan Becher, Chief Digital Officer of SAP, spoke about the keys to the transformation of SAP into the digital world and mentioned that “the only constant in the world is change,” as we find ourselves in the midst of “a digital revolution that will change the way In which we live in which there are two types of people: the revolutionaries, who teach the way, and the reactionaries, who follow them.”

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