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September 24, 2005
SAP TechEd Vienna Impressions
I am on my way back from Vienna to San Francisco and wanted to take a minute to update you on TechEd in Europe before I head to Boston on Monday.
To make it short: The event was great! It was a great opportunity to meet people with whom I had exchanged e-mails on Interactive Forms, both from SAP and SAP customers.
The event (the third European TechEd I attended to educate on Interactive Forms) clearly showed that we have created critical momentum. A number of developers and architects stopped by our booth to tell me that they have implemented Interactive Forms in SAP NetWeaver and start to use interactive PDF forms to extend SAP business processes. The feedback is overwhelmingly positive. What more can I ask for as a Product Manager.
My personal three highlights of the show:
1) The two hour Interactive Forms overview session I jointly presented with Markus Meisl and Volkmar Jaekle from SAP. The room was full with about 130 attendees. Volkmar is an SAP consultant who presented the implementation of Interactive Forms at Cincinnati Insurance. It allows insurance agents to fill-out electronic claims forms and print checks right in their office, resulting in improved customer satisfaction (I think I will write about this in more detail another time).
2) The Interactive Forms Birds-of-a-Feather session. I wasn't sure what to expect since these sessions compete with the main program and you never know if somebody shows up. Well, I ended up with 45 attendees and spent most of the time on my laptop showing new features of a "fresh from the labs" LiveCycle Designer 7.1 build. The new table wizard is great!
3) The TechEd party... I have to say the TechEd parties improve every year. You would not expect this from a company like SAP and especially at a Tech event in Europe. Great band and performances and a great opportunity for me to catch up with some of my friends from SAP I hadn't seen in a while. You can find the party pictures tagged with SAPTechED on Flickr.
Finally (I think we are landing soon), SAP released a new book called "mySAP ERP for Dummies". They had free copies and book signings. I was pleased to see that Interactive Forms are extensively featured in the book! Another proof that Adobe technology is now deeply entrenched in the SAP universe. If you have the book, check out page 244. The interactive PDF insurance form screenshot is from one of my favorite demos... I was so surprised to see it in the book. Kel Varsen (the user name we use for a lot of our demos) will become famous!
That's it for now... Hope to see some of you in Boston.
Busy Adobe Booth at SAP TechEd in Vienna
September 11, 2005
The History of Adobe on the Internet
After reading Bill's recent Blog posting I went to the Internet Archive project he references and looked up the first archived Adobe web page from 1996.
This reminded me of another project by Google integrating 20 years of Usenet archives into Google Groups.
I used the Internet for the first time in 1991 when I started to go to school in San Diego (as part of a foreign exchange program). In Germany I had alread used an acoustic coupler back in the 80's to connect to various Bulletin Board Systems and the German Datex-P X.25 Network.
With the Internet access in San Diego I discovered a new world of applications like FTP, Gopher and eventually also Usenet news groups. Fast forward 15 years and this seems to be ancient history. A history I believe is important to be preserved similar to old hardware finding its way into museums.
After Google completed the project of indexing the Usenet (the ones which they were able to assemble from different archives dating back to 1981) they created this interesting collection of links with important Usenet postings. Among others it includes references to the first mention of Microsoft and the first "Me too" post (OK, maybe not that important).
Inspired by the list I started to do my own research and compiled a list of postings documenting the history of Adobe on Usenet.
September 07, 2005
Adobe at SAP TechEd in Vienna and Boston
If you are working with SAP technology the most anticipated event every year is the SAP TechEd. It is a big get-together of SAP professionals to learn about new SAP and SAP Partner technologies as well as sharing ideas (and have an exciting demo jam and party). This year SAP has four TechEds around the world:
Vienna: September, 21-23
Boston: September, 27-30
Bangalore: October, 5-7
Tokyo: October, 26-27
Adobe will have a significant presence at the TechEd in Vienna and in Boston. It will be a great opportunity for attendees to learn more about Interactive Forms based on Adobe software and for me to talk to SAP developers using Adobe technology and also further evangelize our Interactive Forms story. If you are attending SAP TechEd please ensure to stop by one or more of the Interactive Forms presentations and hands-on sessions:
Interactive Forms Based on Adobe Software – Overview and Customer Experiences: Vienna, Boston
Business Task Management – Overview: Vienna, Boston
Scenarios with Interactive Forms in Web Dynpro: Vienna, Boston
Creating PDF-Based Forms for Printing with Interactive Forms Based on Adobe Software: Vienna, Boston
There is also the possibility to meet and discuss in a less formal setting. Stop by our booth and look at the latest improvements of designing forms integrated in SAP development environments. I think especially our new table wizard is a great new Designer enhancement. Finally, I also offer a Birds of a Feather meeting on Interactive Forms. You can sign up through the SAP TechEd Wiki for Vienna or Boston.
If you are attending SAP TechEd write a little comment. I am interested if anyone out of the SAP community reads this Blog. For those who are interested, but not able to attend I will post updates live from TechEd to this Blog.
September 05, 2005
Hello and willkommen to my Blog ...
I was very excited when I learned a couple of weeks ago that we will have the opportunity to maintain a Blog on adobe.com. I immediately sent an email to Gavin to sign me up. So now I am very happy and proud to be the first one of a second wave of public Bloggers for Adobe.
As you probably already guessed from my Blog title, I will cover themes which are outside of the still common view about Adobe. Yes, Adobe is first and foremost well known for its software for Creative Professionals, photo and video. However for a couple of years now Adobe has been implementing a major new strategy to grow in the enterprise software market. So if you want to learn more about my role in this effort please read on...