August 14, 2012, iMedia Connection by Rick Mathieson

In part one of our new mobile marketing roundtable, SAP CMO Jonathan Becher told us why “digital is dead” – and that mobile may soon be joining it.

In part two, we hear from Dorrian Porter (pictured top), CEO of longtime GEN WOW Mobile Roundtable sponsor Mozes, on how his company and Coca-Cola have been quietly revolutionizing the way this iconic brand uses mobile to connect with consumers in amazing new ways – and why text may still be the killer app.

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August 13, 2012, FIRSTPOST.com

Jonathan Becher CMO, SAP, demos SAP BusinessObjects Mobile on the iPad at SAPPHIRENOW.

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August 13, 2012, iMedia Connection by Rick Mathieson

As many observers have no doubt noticed, Becher is one of only a handful of Fortune 100 CMOs with an active social media presence. In part one, I ask Becher about his views on a report last week from Fortune magazine on the sorry state of CEOs and social media. Along the way, we’ll hear why Becher is predicting the death of social (and mobile) – and his three recommended steps for companies looking to capitalize on the mobile channel.

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August 1, 2012, FORA.tv

Jonathan Becher, CMO at SAP, and Nora Denzel, Senior VP of Big Data, Social Design and Marketing at Intuit, debate whether marketing has met the end of the global brand.

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August 1, 2012, FORA.tv

Social media, big data, and other disruptive technologies have turned traditional marketing on its ear. The CMO’s role is expanding beyond brand responsibility to include aspects such as corporate culture, and even the voice of the customer. In addition, marketing is now purchasing significant technology and services from their own budgets, and, according to Gartner, within five years will spend more on IT than the CIO. Come and hear what’s top of mind for the CMOs of DreamWorks Animation, Google, Intuit and SAP as they look toward 2013 and beyond. Presented back-to-back with the CIO Agenda 2013 program on July 24, these two conversations with a common theme are sure to leave you with fresh insights and new ideas

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July 23, 2012, ZDNet by Michael Krigsman

Although many claim to be influencers and thought leaders, relatively few have earned that particular honor. Here’s Dennis Moore’s list of enterprise software experts on whom you can rely and trust.

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July 18, 2012, BtoB Magazine

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July 15, 2012, sap.com

One of the most memorable statements at last month’s SiriusDecisions Summit came from Jonathan Becher, CMO of SAP.

Mr. Becher said, “Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.” By my unofficial count, his statement was repeated, retweeted and discussed more than any other one-liner from the Summit. So I wanted to dig into why this statement resonates so well with marketing leaders.

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July 2, 2012, CMO 2.0 Conversations by Francois Gossieaux

I was truly looking forward to my CMO 2.0 Conversation with Jonathan Becher, the CMO at SAP, and I was clearly not disappointed. Jonathan came to SAP through the acquisition of an analytics company, where he was the CEO/CMO. Within SAP he went up the ranks through product marketing before becoming CMO 15 months ago. He is responsible for the development, oversight, and execution of marketing strategy worldwide.

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June 29, 2012, www.itsma.com by Grant Bentley

One of the rallying cries that is driving the transformation in many corporate IT departments is starting to drive marketing’s transformation as well: run marketing (or IT) like a business. Fifteen months ago, SAP took a logical first step in this direction by appointing Jonathan Becher, a seasoned business executive who in the past held the CEO role at Pilot Software and Accrue Software and was CMO at NeoVista Software.

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