Thomas Otter

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Gartner on SAP in South Africa.

by Thomas Otter  |  May 5, 2011  |  4 Comments

I’m heading down to South Africa for the Gartner on SAP event, at Sun City 1 and 2 of June. This is the third time I’ve been to the event.  We have 4 analysts attending, and I’m really looking forward to it.  We will be going through what we think of  SAP’s strategy and we [...]

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Category: Africa ERP Events SAP     Tags: , ,

Of Safari Parks, Game Reserves and References.

by Thomas Otter  |  December 14, 2009  |  3 Comments

Just 30 minutes north west of Johannesburg there is a Safari Park. You can see giraffe, zebra, wildebeest, many birds, and lots of buck. Lions laze under the trees. You drive your car slowly by, counting off the animals you see. 5 hours north east of Johannesburg there is a Game Reserve. You can see [...]

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Well done Ushahidi

by Thomas Otter  |  June 7, 2009  |  Comments Off

Sometimes with web 2.0 technologies I feel as if I’m seeing demos of solutions looking for problems in a technology bubble, but this example really shows how mashups, text messaging and blogs can have a real impact on the quality of life and democracy. In this case, in Africa. via the TED site. Ushahidi — [...]

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Category: Africa Social Software politics software industry     Tags: , ,