This Week in Tech (Feb 3 - Feb 9)
Antje-Kathrin Schumann
Managing Director at NORDA Advisory | Leadership | Program Management | Software and Integrator Selection | CRM and ERP
Hej!
Welcome to "This week in Tech" providing you with weekly tech messages, capturing the mood and the moment with storytelling and insights.
Each week our newsletter focusses on
—????Tech tip of the week,
—????Tech companies in the news this week,
—????Tech events this and next week,
—????Tech trainings this and next week,
—????Tech tools in focus this week.
This week it deals with Life Sciences Clinical Trial Management Systems (CTMS).
No clickbait, just smart advice.
Microsoft, Oracle, and Salesforce
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SAP ERP
?? Importing SAP Note 82310 if the G/L account assignment to the chart of accounts was broken by a previous transport request. Because some little smurfs have tampered with it. :-)
Executing program ZZSKA101.
Even if you switch to SAP S/4 HANA, it must be ensured that the old SAP ERP continues to run, especially when it is year-end closing time.
SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud, 2502 Update
?? Benefitting from SAP Green Ledger which offers various methods to collect carbon data, including automatic creation of carbon collections for material movements and importing of corporate financial master data.
Read about the latest initiatives of tech companies, and other top tech company news.
Subjectively pre-selected articles from the big tech giants.
Microsoft
Oracle
?? Oracle Recognized as a Leader in Everest Group PEAK Matrix? for Life Sciences Clinical Trial Management System (CTMS) Assessment 2024: https://www.oracle.com/news/announcement/oracle-recognized-as-a-leader-in-everest-group-peak-matrix-for-life-sciences-cctms-2025-02-03/
?? Oracle AI Agents Help HR Leaders Reshape the Employee Experience: https://www.oracle.com/news/announcement/oracle-ai-agents-help-reshape-employee-experience-2025-02-06/
?? Oracle Recognized as a Leader in the 2025 IDC MarketScape Report for Worldwide Public Cloud Infrastructure as a Service: https://www.oracle.com/news/announcement/oracle-recognized-as-a-leader-in-the-2025-idc-marketscape-report-for-worldwide-public-cloud-infrastructure-as-a-service-2025-02-06/
Salesforce
?? Salesforce Report: AI Agents Offer New Opportunities for Competitive Differentiation in Financial Services: https://www.salesforce.com/news/stories/financial-services-statistics-2025/
SAP
?? Intelligent Selling with Joule Now Available in SAP Sales Cloud: https://news.sap.com/2025/02/sap-sales-cloud-joule-intelligent-selling-now-available/
With Joule, sales reps can leverage AI-powered capabilities to streamline their work and engage more effectively with customers. Examples comprise the following:
?? New Offering to Help Navigate Complex RISE with SAP Transformations: https://news.sap.com/2025/02/sap-erp-private-edition-transition-option-navigate-complex-rise-with-sap-transformations/
?? Establishing a Mission and Vision for a Skills-Led Organization: https://news.sap.com/2025/02/caroline-hanke-skills-led-organization-mission-vision/
?? Empowering Innovation: A Mutual Commitment to Skill Validation for Agile Success: https://news.sap.com/2025/02/sap-partners-commitment-skill-validation/
Microsoft
?? AI Show | Biweekly, every 2nd Friday, 11:00 - 12:00, until July 2025 |
Learn more here: ? https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/aktionen/ai-show
?? Microsoft Webinar Series: ?Lift-off with the Cloud“ | 10 December 2024 - 28 March 2025 virtually
Learn more here: ? https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/events-de/azure-lift-off/default.aspx
?? Ultimate Microsoft 365 community event returns May 6-8 | Las Vegas
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Oracle
?? Oracle at EuroCIS | 18-20 February 2025 | Hall 10, Stand C42
Learn more here: ? https://engage.oracle.com/oracleateurocis
?? Oracle Executive Dinner at EuroCIS | 18 February 2025 at Saittavini in Dusseldorf, Oberkassel
?? Breuninger Store Tour & Dinner | 19 February 2025 in Dusseldorf ??
?? Oracle CloudWorld Tour | 10 April 2025 in Frankfurt ??
Learn more here: ? https://www.oracle.com/de/cloudworld-tour/frankfurt/
Salesforce
?? ?Humans With AI Agents: Live Webinar Series | https://www.salesforce.com/eu/events/humans-with-ai-agents/
?? ?TDX | 5-6 March 2025 in San Francisco
?? ?Education Summit | 11-13 March 2025 in Chicago
?? ?Tableau Conference | 15-17 April in San Diego
?? ?Connections | 11-12 June 2025 in Chicago
?? ?Dreamforce | Fall 2025 in San Francisco
SAP
?? SAP Business Unleashed | 13 February 2025 https://www.sap.com/events/business-unleashed.html
?? SAP Concur Fusion | 18-20 March 2025 in Seattle, United States https://fusion.concur.com/?pid=web&cid=sap&cookie_preferences=gdpr
?? SAP Sapphire & ASUG Annual Conference Orlando | May 2025 in Orlando, United States https://www.sap.com/cmp/nl/sap-sapphire-orlando/index.html
?? SAP Sapphire Virtual | May 2025 virtually https://www.sap.com/cmp/nl/sap-sapphire/index.html
?? SAP Sapphire Madrid | May 2025 in Madrid https://www.sap.com/cmp/nl/sap-sapphire-emea/index.html
AWS
?? AWS Skill Builder | Learn more here: ? https://explore.skillbuilder.aws/learn
There are 500+ free-of-charge courses (from individual learning nuggest to comprehensive learning paths) to select from. Besides English, some are also available in German or Spanish, even Spanish LATAM.
Microsoft
?? Microsoft AI for Beginners | Learn more here: ? https://microsoft.github.io/AI-For-Beginners/
?? Microsoft Dynamics 365 Virtual Training Day: Fundamentals (CRM) (13+14 February 2025) | Learn more here: ? https://mktoevents.com/Microsoft+Event/464792/157-GQE-382
?? Microsoft Dynamics 365 Virtual Training Day: Fundamentals (CRM) (12+13 March 2025) | Learn more here: ? https://info.microsoft.com/EM-D365Sales-DIGSLE-FY25-03Mar-12-Microsoft-Dynamics-365-Virtual-Training-Day-Fundamentals-CRM-SREVM59476_LP01-Registration---Form-in-Body.html?wt.mc_id=eventscatalog
Oracle
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Salesforce
?? Winter '25 Release Highlights | Learn more here: ? https://trailhead.salesforce.com/de/content/learn/modules/winter-25-release-highlights
?? Künstliche Intelligenz – Grundlagen | Learn more here: ?https://trailhead.salesforce.com/de/content/learn/modules/artificial-intelligence-fundamentals
?? Künstliche Intelligenz für den Kundenservice | Learn more here: ?https://trailhead.salesforce.com/de/content/learn/modules/artificial-intelligence-for-customer-service
SAP
Browse the learning catalog: https://learning.sap.com/courses?page=1&subtype=mooc-content
Each week our newsletter focusses on different technology tools.
Based upon our 20+ years’ experience in Business and IT Transformation projects, we recommend the following tools.
?? As always: depending on the platform, you should stick to the software family.
LIFE SCIENCES CLINICAL TRIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (CTMS)
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Please get in touch with Ebru Pinarbasi to explore your options.
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Ha en bra helg. (Swedish for "Have a good weekend.")
/Antje