Out for Lunch SAP Partner Communications

Being a lifelong learner can have tremendous benefits.

This episode includes a ton of important updates, changes, and insights on your learning journey and readiness as a partner. I am joined by two special guests, Tine Vandenbreeden, Global VP of Partner Enablement Solution Innovation Experience, and Ava Nasiri, the Global Go-To-Market Lead for Training and Adoption.

We’ll cover everything from the importance of having a student-mindset when approaching business, the new pricing to the SAP Learning Hub, and changes to the entire learning experience for you and how to get started.
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Welcome to the first episode of 2024 of the Out for Lunch podcast. Thank you for your continued support through the years, and we hope to keep giving you all the most pressing information on all the biggest topics here at SAP. 2024 is going to be a great year filled with growth and I hope this podcast can provide you even the smallest bit of value to help you achieve your businesses’ goals.

Today’s episode is all about helping you build and create pipeline. Our guest is John Scola, leader of the Ecosystem Demand Management team. Over 20 years at SAP, he is a partner expert who laid the foundation for all things partner, and has seen the company shift from an on-premise company to the cloud-first company that it is today. Now his goal is to get all of you more money, more business, and more success. A fun fact about John, he was our first guest on the podcast in our inaugural episode more than 2 years ago, so it’s great to have him back.

For more information about John’s Ecosystem Demand Management team, please see this Digibook to learn all about team’s portfolio of partner facing services.
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Our guest today is President of RISE with SAP, David Robinson. He has spent the last 20 years within SAP working in various roles from development, engineering, to working in the field. For this episode, he is our RISE with SAP guru and will walk you through everything you need to know about RISE with SAP.

If you're unfamiliar, RISE with SAP is our flagship offering designed as a comprehensive package of resources and products to help your customers migrate their business processes and systems to the cloud.

There is a lot to take in on this one, I hope you enjoy.

Learn more about RISE with SAP and embark on your cloud transformation journey today.
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Our guest today is part of the Strategic Partner Portfolio Team, currently focusing on Generative AI partnerships, Andy Mulumba. Prior to joining SAP and joining the tech world he spent some time playing in the NFL, and much of his mindset and values from being a professional athlete at the highest level can be translated in his work.

The topic we’ll be discussing today is the topic of SAP Business AI, artificial intelligence. We’re going to dive into exactly what this is, how it fits into SAP’s broader strategy, what its capabilities are, and what the role of the partner is in all of this.

Start your Partner Enablement Journey with SAP Business AI today.
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We took a bit of a summer break up here in the Northern Hemisphere as there are a lot of vacations going around in the July/August range, but we are back in action now!

On the menu today is a fun one as it’s not a particular product, program, or initiative we’ll be discussing, but rather an event – SAP TechEd (find all information here). It brings together developers, practitioners, enterprise architects, and global IT leaders. It will feature SAP experts and partners, and they'll unite to explore innovations in app development tools, generative AI, clean core for cloud ERP, and a lot more. The event features an extensive in-person program in Bangalore, India, plus an engaging and interactive virtual experience.

We’ll dive deep into all of this with Jagdish Sahasrabudhe and Thorsten Leiduck, so let’s see first what they having for lunch, or in this case, breakfast...
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We have a great episode today on the platform, SAP Partner Finder. This platform is the easiest way for prospective customers to identify partners that meet their exact needs based on the profile you create, making this a key mechanism for demand generation.

We are joined by two special guests, Laurent Le Provost, Digital Partner Experience Lead for Partner Ecosystem Success, alongside Maresa O’Toole, the Business Lead for SAP Partner Finder, also within Partner Ecosystem Success. 

So, let’s jump into learning more about this platform, but first let’s find out what Laurent and Maresa are having for lunch...
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