The phrase “Big Data” is everywhere these days. That’s because there really is an unprecedented amount of information now available in digital form.

Today, tremendous opportunity exists for organizations to gain insight about every aspect of their businesses.

But are companies truly prepared to operate and conduct business in real time?

Join us for an informative Webcast, “Real-Time Business in the World of Big Data: Answers to Three Key Questions,” to hear Dr. Andrew McAfee, co-author of the New York Times bestseller “The Second Machine Age,” as he discusses the three biggest questions around this issue.

At the session, Dr. McAfee will tackle:

• What's the magnitude of the Big Data phenomenon?
  
• What are the most important business uses of Big Data?
  
• What are the most significant challenges for companies trying to embrace and profit from Big Data?
  

Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to transform your organization in today’s rapidly evolving technological environment. Webcast attendees will receive executive summaries of Dr. McAfee’s latest book, “The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies.”

Dr. Andrew McAfee Author/Professor, MIT

Reza Soudagar Senior Director, Marketing, SAP Co-Author, "Customer Experience Edge"

SAP cordially invites you to join us for an informative Webcast to hear how organizations across the globe are taking advantage of a new breed of in-memory applications to innovate in their industry and develop a competitive advantage.

Join IDC’s executive lead for worldwide Big Data research Henry Morris as he shares five real-world examples of enterprises harnessing next-generation applications.

You’ll also hear directly from Johnsonville’s CIO Ron Gilson on how his company is leveraging this new breed of applications to sense and respond to downstream demand signals in real time.

During the Webcast, you will:

• Learn what real-time applications can do for your organization
  
• Hear real stories about how enterprises are leveraging these applications today
  
• Find out how to select the right platform to support this new breed of applications
  

Henry Morris Senior Vice President, IDC

Ron Gilson Vice President and CIO, Johnsonville, LLC

Amr El Meleegy Director, Product Marketing, SAP

We are living in a time of brilliant technologies: cars that drive themselves; Jeopardy!-champion supercomputers; cheap, flexible, and useful robots; and algorithms that make better decisions than humans.

These innovations are bringing us into a second machine age, the greatest era of transformation since the Industrial Revolution.

With these technologies, organizations are now equipped to re-invent every aspect of their business, including the way they:

• Engage with their customers
  
• Manage their workforce
  
• Deliver products and services

Join us for an informative Webcast, “Real-Time Business in ‘The Second Machine Age,’” to hear Dr. Andrew McAfee, co-author of the New York Times bestseller “The Second Machine Age,” as he discusses the opportunities and challenges that exist for organizations, leaders, and workers developing and deploying today’s innovative digital technologies.

Register today to discover what your business can achieve with today’s latest technological advancements. Webcast attendees will receive executive summaries of Dr. McAfee’s latest book, “The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies.”

Dr. Andrew McAfee Author/Professor, MIT

Reza Soudagar Senior Director, Marketing, SAP Co-Author, "Customer Experience Edge"

The value of real-time business is increasingly compelling to today’s companies.

While organizations like FedEx, UPS, Walmart, Google, and Amazon are equipped with the tools to operate in real time, others are not as fortunate.

Join us for an informative Webcast featuring Tom Davenport to hear how enterprises like Procter & Gamble, Mercedes AMG, Michelin, Honeywell, and others are transforming their systems, cultures, and processes to take advantage of an increasing volume of data collected in the moment. Find out specifically how to target your real-time transformation to the areas where the “need for speed” is the greatest.

Learn how other companies have made the leap to real time and discover how your organization can transform its operations – and target the transformation based on the economy, business function, and type of information.

Tom Davenport President’s Distinguished Professor of IT and Management Babson College

Amr El Meleegy Director, Product Marketing SAP

Many organizations are unable to change their business processes quickly enough to respond to changing market conditions. But by moving your applications and IT environment on to a private cloud, you can free up resources to support business and drive innovation. At this session, you’ll discover how SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud can enable your organization to:

• Accelerate the deployment of SAP projects
  
• Meet business demands through a platform for continuous innovation
  
• Develop and transition to the cloud at your own pace
  
• Optimize investment and resources
  
• Reduce risk with SAP as a one-stop shop

Presenter: Jay Foard, Global Practice Lead, HANA Services

Running mission-critical business processes in real time can lead to improved business outcomes and better results. Real-time materials requirements planning, for example, can reduce inventory and improve service levels.

But, can running in real time be a true game changer?

The answer is yes.

Join us for this educational Webcast to hear Cindy Jutras, founder of Mint Jutras, discuss the true impact that operating in real time can have on enterprises and industries today.
During the Webcast, you will learn how to:

• Uncover the benefits of operating in real time
  
• Overcome challenges to realize the game-changing effects of operating in real time
  
• Foster a culture that can adapt and thrive in a real-time environment

Run your business in real time. Join us and learn how.

Cindy Jutras Founder, Mint Jutras

Katie Moser Director, Product Marketing, SAP

Questions remain about running mission-critical applications in the cloud.

Is the cloud ready? What mission-critical applications could and should be run in the cloud? What are the best deployment options?

Join us for an informative Webcast on the latest trends in cloud computing and the biggest challenges and opportunities around running mission-critical applications in the cloud. Hear Robert Mahowald, program vice president at IDC, as he discusses:

• The most prominent mission-critical applications moving to the cloud in 2014
  
• How to successfully transition to the cloud completely or through hybrid deployment models
  
• The most critical services you need to consider when working with a cloud provider
  
• What to consider when evaluating moving to cloud

Don’t miss this opportunity to get the answers you seek about running mission-critical applications in the cloud.

Robert Mahowald Program Vice President IDC

Nicole O’Malley Senior Product Marketing Manager SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud SAP

Please join us for the next session of our Webcast series “SAP HANA Customer Spotlight.” Our guests are Snehashish Sarkar, director, engineering IT applications, and Jason Jester, manager, EAS, both from Varian Medical Systems, a leading manufacturer of medical devices and software treating over 250,000 patients a day.

Learn how Varian embarked on the journey to upgrade and migrate its core mission-critical ERP applications to SAP Business Suite powered by SAP HANA, including:

• The business case behind moving the company’s transactional systems to SAP HANA
  
• The migration and upgrade process
  
• Factors considered to choose hardware and an implementation partner
  
• Scope and scale of the project, typical timelines, and benchmarking done after the successful migration