{"id":2046,"date":"2009-05-26T18:19:05","date_gmt":"2009-05-26T18:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.redmonk.com\/jgovernor\/?p=2046"},"modified":"2009-05-26T18:19:05","modified_gmt":"2009-05-26T18:19:05","slug":"sap-situational-apps-tracking-public-sector-stimulus-dollars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redmonk.com\/jgovernor\/sap-situational-apps-tracking-public-sector-stimulus-dollars\/","title":{"rendered":"SAP Situational Apps: Tracking Public Sector Stimulus Dollars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/clearnewworld.com\/index.aspx\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2457\/3567670490_f738070c69.jpg?v=0\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"500\" height=\"274\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Earlier today I <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/monkchips\/statuses\/1923282242\">twittered<\/a> about some interesting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sap.com\/about\/newsroom\/press.epx?pressid=11378\">news from SAP<\/a>. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>SAP releases app for public sector reporting to American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to track stimulus $ http:\/\/bit.ly\/10vTQY<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Something that struck me very clearly reading the release was that this compliance application was being led by Business Objects, rather than SAP Classic. Now I haven&#8217;t had a chance to get an update on the direct from SAP but this makes perfect sense. For one thing- look at the speed of delivery. This is not a traditional SAP module development schedule. Also, organisationally Business Objects now owns <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redmonk.com\/jgovernor\/2007\/05\/23\/sap-grocks-governance-risk-and-compliance-the-new-erp\/\">Governance, Risk and Compliance<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re in a period in history where new laws are being made on the fly, which calls for more situational approaches to application development. The usual rules don&#8217;t apply. From that perspective you&#8217;d have to say the timing of the Business Objects acquisition was nigh on perfect. Now is a time for getting things done, not agonising over architectures and the need to support every possible international jurisdiction.  <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The new package consists of a software solution designed to help public sector organizations make the best use of economic stimulus funds by delivering transparency into spending, accountability and performance evaluation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What is a bit surprising is that SAP evidently hasn&#8217;t realised it has a new umbrella marketing campaign for this kind of stuff yet. Where IBM has Smart Planet SAP has <a href=\"http:\/\/clearnewworld.com\/index.aspx\">Clear New World<\/a>. But guys- no one is going to join the dots for you (well except me, I guess). Where are the branding and marketing police when you really need them? If it was me I would be pitching this as the first app of the Clear New World.<\/p>\n<p>The new app should hopefully bring some much needed <em>clarity<\/em> to spending in local government through the Stimulus. Well somebody has to track this stuff. Frankly I&#8217;d like to see the tracker as a cloud-based application that concerned citizens could also query. That really would be a clear new world.<\/p>\n<p>disclosure: IBM is a client. SAP is a client of Greenmonk services and will very likely shortly jump on the RedMonk train again in short order.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier today I twittered about some interesting news from SAP. SAP releases app for public sector reporting to American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to track stimulus $ http:\/\/bit.ly\/10vTQY Something that struck me very clearly reading the release was that this compliance application was being led by Business Objects, rather than SAP Classic. 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