The Global SAP Co-Innovation Lab Network
The Global SAP Co-Innovation Lab (COIL) Network facilitates project-based co-innovation with its members. COIL enhances the capabilities of SAP's partner and customer ecosystem through an integrated network of world-wide expertise, and best-in-class technologies and platforms. As part of SAP Research, COIL is able to connect the innovation of today with the future. Joint achievements are ultimately packaged and showcased on a broad scale in COIL facilities, events, SAP Community Network, and more. Get started now and take a tour to explore what's in it for you:
Thanks especially to our sponsoring partners, without whom COIL could not have been established. A warm welcome to our new sponsors F5 and VMware.
In 2011, the SAP Co-Innovation Lab and the Sybase Mobility Unit kicked off the Partner Delivered Mobile Application (Padma) program, an initiative to provide SAP partners with tools, training, and support for developing mobile apps on the Sybase Unwired Platform (SUP). Focussing on heavyweight mobile apps in wave1 of the program, the second wave now finished with a clear focus on delivering lightweight apps.
Partners AkaaRa, Arteria, Bosch and Cognizant delivered apps for various industries. Read more about the initiative as well as the Padma Wave 2 apps in the latest edition of SAP Info.
19 Jan 2012
David Cruickshank with the SAP Co-Innovation Lab hosts Scott Allen, Intel, Christine Puccio, RedHat, Whye Seng Hum, SAP Business Intelligence and Joydeep Das, Sybase at TechEd Live in Las Vegas. The panel discusses a large scale BI 4 implementation co-innovation project examining the correlation between performance and energy efficiency. While still an active project, the panel offers viewers some insights into the project and the type of tacit knowledge being exchanged adding value to the overall quality of the project and the effort to obtain meaningful and useful results. Have a look at the TechEd Live recording.
Beginning of 2011, COIL and the SAP mobility unit jointly launched "Partner-delivered Mobile Applications" (Padma). In this program, partners were invited to build high-impact mobile solutions on the latest SAP Mobility Platform in close collaboration with SAP and Sybase experts, who enabled and coached the project teams.
Now, the first solution out of the Padma program made it to SAP EcoHub: Arteria's solution for mobile sales force automation.
06 Oct 2011
COIL TV
This video features a panel discussion at SAPPHIRE 2011 in Orlando with mobile partners AkaaRa, Arteria and SIGGA on their achievements in COIL's Padma initiative.
COIL TV offers direct insight into COIL around the world giving you first glance insights into projects, engagements and events.
25 Mar 2010
SAP NetWeaver Gateway is a new technology enabling consumption of SAP Business Suite through any device or environment. COIL members Asian Paints, one of the world's leading manufacturers of paints, and AkaaRa Consulting, a strong player in the area of mobility, built an innovative Social CRM solution that integrates Twitter and Facebook with SAP CRM through SAP NetWeaver Gateway. Watch this video from SAPPHIRE 2011 in Orlando to see a live demo of this solution and hear the customer testimonial by Manish Choksi, Chief of Corporate Strategy and CIO of Asian Paints. .
20 May 2011
