Business & Technology Insights From Capgemini

Just 5 more days to go for the Capgemini Week of Innovation Networks 2017. In this podcast, Christopher Stancombe (@CJStancombe), Head of Automation and Industrialization, Capgemini and Raoul Mallart (@RMallart), CTO, Sigfox talk about #CWIN17 and how it will be 'the' place to discuss the hot topic of innovation. In this podcast, also discover Sigfox’s special approach of innovation, where trust between all collaborators in a company is a decisive factor for success. Christopher talks about the near future, in which AI and automation are going to be essential and will also lead to many disruptions and new opportunities. Join us for #CWIN17 by registering for an event near you: https://www.capgemini.com/events/capgemini-week-of-innovation-networks/

Boldness is one of the 7 Core Values of Capgemini. In this podcast, John Brahim, CEO of Capgemini's Insights & Data Global Practice and Marc Meigner, Strategic Alliances Director for Oracle EMEA(twitter.com/MMeignier)talk about the importance of architects in innovation projects, the customer-centric approach and the importance of being bold.

Innovation is not just a question of technology. Organizations are looking to innovate their customer relationships, products and services, and new business models that allows them to disrupt instead of being disrupted, says Jean Claude Viollier, AppsOne Global Sales Officer, Capgemini (@JCViollier). Riham Satti, Co-Founder & CEO, MeVitae (@rihamsatti) talks about how digital innovation such as machine learning impacts Human Resources in helping make more intelligent decisions. Brian Tessier, Global Supply Chain Innovation VP, Schneider Electric (@marrvvin) says CWIN provides a leap start to the next round of innovations. Modesty is the force multiplier for innovation, and one of the Capgemini Group’s 7 Core Values. Brian Tessier says that with new innovations, methods and techniques developing every day, it is important to do this with a sense of Modesty so as not to overlook new ideas. #CWIN17 will be held in 25 cities across the world from Sept 25 - 29, 2017. Register for an event near you:https://

Honesty is the best policy - an oft-repeated adage that holds true in every aspect of our lives, be it personal or professional. It is also one of the 7 Core Values of Capgemini. In this podcast, Ashwin Yardi (@ashwinyardi), COO- Capgemini India, Guillaume Allee (@guillaumeallee), Enterprise Architect - Airbus Defence and Space, and Natalie Cartwright (@finnforbanks), Co-Founder - Finn.ai explain how an organization can align this fundamental value with technology. To participate in the Capgemini Week of Innovation Networks, visit https://www.capgemini.com/events/capgemini-week-of-innovation-networks/ and follow #CWIN17 on Twitter.

With data at the heart of its transformation, digital manufacturing is revolutionizing the way industries function. Digital Manufacturing experts - Markus Rossman (@markus_rossmann), and Pascal Brosset discuss its impact on various industries, and how it has forced businesses to rethink their strategy. Music credit: www.bensound.com

Welcome to the CWIN podcast series! Our annual worldwide innovation event will be held this year from September 25 - 29, in more than 20 cities worldwide. This year, as we celebrate the Group's 50th anniversary, innovation will continue to be the fuel for everything that we do, along with our 7 Core Values. In the second podcast, Paul Hermelin, chairman and CEO of Capgemini, Ben Dwyer, the Global Head of Partnership at Rocketspace and Samuel Boury, CEO of Ubleam talk about team spirit. To know more about CWIN17, visit https://www.capgemini.com/events/week-of-innovation-networks/capgemini-week-of-innovation-networks

The third podcast on the topic of cloud native is here! Today we discuss the culture of innovation. We’ll chat about why there is a need to innovate, how a company of any size can go about becoming innovative and what that looks like in the end. We’ll have our usual news segment, hearing articles from the likes of Diginomica, Wall Street Journal and more around the necessity of innovating. You’ll hear some of our humble opinions on innovation as well! Finally we have our usual interview spot, this time we welcome Abby Kearns, Executive Director of the Cloud Foundry Foundation in for a chat on collaboration in the modern day. Check out our previous podcasts, the full reports and more on our website www.capgemini.com/cloudnative Get in touch and let us know your thoughts on any of the topics covered: Dan O’Riordan - https://twitter.com/danoriordan Rene Claudio - https://twitter.com/reneclaudi0 Links: Customer experience – the new innovation battleground - http://diginomica.com/2017/06/22/customer-experienc

Welcome to the CWIN podcast series! Our annual worldwide innovation event will be held this year from September 25 - 29, in more than 20 cities worldwide. This year, as we celebrate the Group's 50th anniversary, innovation will continue to be the fuel for everything that we do, along with our 7 Core Values. In the first podcast, Lanny Cohen, Capgemini Group CTO, Patrice Duboe, VP Innovation, CTO Office, Capgemini and Peter Wilson, IT Architecture Director, HMRC talk about Freedom. To know more about CWIN17, visithttp://www.capgemini.com/events/week-of-innovation-networks/capgemini-week-of-innovation-network

The second podcast on the topic of cloud native is here! Today we discuss the ever changing role of the CIO and how they can move towards a business leadership role. We’ll also have news from CIO.com and NextGov around the CIO, and the exciting news that our very own report has been published in Forbes (all links below). Finally we have our usual interview spot, this time very capably filled by Paul Miller, senior Analyst at Forrester, we’ll hear his thoughts on the CIO and the hurdles and challenges they have to work with. Check out our previous podcasts, the full reports and more on our website www.capgemini.com/cloudnative Links: Forbes: Capgemini: The Cloud Native age is now - https://www.forbes.com/sites/adrianbridgwater/2017/05/31/capgemini-the-cloud-native-age-is-now/#4dca90d67f02 Next Gov: FCC CIO TO LEAVE FOR FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND ROLE IN GOVERNMENT - http://www.nextgov.com/cio-briefing/2017/06/fcc-cio-leave-first-its-kind-role-government/138387/ CIO.com: How cloud computing can be a change agent in yo

Peter Hansen, Senior Security Consultant and Richard Starnes (@rrstarnes), Chief Security Strategist at Capgemini explain the challenges around GDPR and what organizations need to take into account when preparing for GDPR. Music credit: www.bensound.com

The distributed ledger technology, commonly known as ‘Blockchain’ has seen maximum adoption by the Financial Services sector such as banks. As we develop a deeper understanding of the technology, many more industries are experimenting with it. Our experts Alok Gupta (@AlokGuptaNYC) and Lars Boeing (@LarsInNewYork) discuss some use-cases and the challenges and opportunities that exist. Music credit: www.bensound.com

What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear the word ‘Blockchain’? Even though the technology is nearly 10 years old, it’s best known and most widespread use has been cryptocurrencies, such as BitCoin. However, Blockchain was not designed specifically for the Financial Services sector. In this podcast, our experts Subhajit Sarkar (@Zenscooby), Rahul Pandhare (@RahulPandhare2) and Neeraj Mathur from the CHROME Centre of Excellence, discuss the potential uses of blockchain for sectors such as logistics and supply chain and the value it can bring to customers. Music credit: www.bensound.com

In this, the inaugural episode of the Cloud Choice podcast Lisa Hirsch and Dan O’Riordan discuss the state of the market for Cloud Native Applications. This week’s show includes a discussion on the recent cyber-attack that affected millions globally including the NHS in the UK; a look at the brand-new research report launched by Capgemini this week, Cloud Native Comes of Age; and an interview with the godfather of Cloud Native applications, Pivotal's Principal Architect Matt Stine. https://www.capgemini.com/cloudnative Links: NHS News - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/12/nhs-hit-major-cyber-attack-hackers-demanding-ransom/ CIOs getting the cloud message, new research affirms – https://www.cloudcomputing-news.net/news/2017/may/16/cios-getting-cloud-message-new-research-affirms/ IDC: Global cloud IT infrastructure spend hit $32.6 billion in 2016 - https://www.cloudcomputing-news.net/news/2017/apr/10/idc-global-cloud-it-infrastructure-spend-hit-326-billion-2016/ More about Matt Stine - http://www.mat

With the introduction of their cognitive platform SAP Leonardo, SAP is making a play to move from being a traditional ‘system of records’ to a front-runner for digital innovation. So where does that leave S/4 HANA? It still remains the core of SAP, but they are now focusing on an ‘AI-first’ strategy. With blockchain being integrated into SAP Leonardo, tremendous opportunities exist in machine learning. Yet, questions still remain. Among them, whether SAP is ready to compete with IBM Bluemix. Frank Wammes interviews Alex Bulat after wrapping up Day 2 of Sapphire Now 2017. Frank Wammes (@fwammes) is CTO – Continental Europe, Capgemini. Alex Bulat (@alexbulat) is the European Head of the SAP Service Line, Capgemini. Music credit: www.bensound.com

With huge strategic investments in Azure, AWS, IBM Bluemix, the Platform Wars are heating up. What is the SAP gameplan? Guido Ter Riet talks to Frank Wammes after wrapping up Day 1 of the Sapphire Now 2017 Conference in Orlando, Florida. It was all about S/4 HANA, but with an emphasis on SAP Leonardo. SAP Leonardo is the orchestration layer to build apps on the HANA platform. With its cognitive capabilities, SAP Leonardo will enable companies to develop apps using latest technologies such as IoT, machine learning, Blockchain, etc. Stay tuned for more expert insights from Sapphire Now 2017. Frank Wammes (www.twitter.com/fwammes) is CTO – Continental Europe, Capgemini. Guido Ter Riet is Country Lead, SAP COE, Netherlands, Capgemini. Music credit: www.bensound.com

Oracle Procurement Cloud was successfully implemented at Capgemini in December 2016. It was the first Oracle Procurement Cloud implementation globally. Capgemini experts Jasper Oskam (jasper.oskam@capgemini.com) and Jeroen Sprangers (jeroen.sprangers@capgemini.com) were a part of the team that worked on this latest Cloud technology. In this podcast, they share their experience and discuss various benefits of implementing Cloud ERP as opposed to conventional on-premise ERP implementations such as eBusiness Suite. They have also written their experiences in detail in the form of a blog series. You can read their articles on Capgemini Oracle blogs: http://ow.ly/lqR830bKWVE Music credit: www.bensound.com

In this series we will walk through different cloud products and how SaaS and PaaS can be combined together and their use in different projects. In this podcast we discuss the Oracle Integration Cloud Service (ICS) platform, part of Oracle PaaS Cloud and focused on integrating cloud based applications. In this episode we get in detail on the usage of Adapters in ICS, how do they work, the current maturity level of the adapters and where we see the current opportunities for the platform. This episode features Johan Kemna (@jhkemna) Senior Oracle Fusion Middleware Consultant, Tomas Brouwers (@tomas_brouwers) Capgemini Integration and Business Process Specialist and Léon Smiers (@leonsmiers), Solution Architect in Capgemini and Oracle ACE. Music: www.bensound.com

In this series we will walk through different cloud products and how SaaS and PaaS can be combined together and their use in different projects. In this podcast we discuss the Oracle Mobile Cloud Services(MCS), part of Oracle PaaS Cloud and focused on delivering mobile integration in the Cloud. In this episode we provide an overview of MCS, what do developers need to know to get started and discuss a project with chatbot deployed as part of the MCS. This episode features Soham Dasgupta (@iamsoham), Capgemini Mobility Specialist and Léon Smiers (@leonsmiers), Solution Architect in Capgemini and Oracle ACE. Music: www.bensound.com

Ryan Briggs Capgemini Application Consultant talks about the new 1610 S/4HANA release which includes a range of additional and new content. These include: New best practises specifically to GB, such as configuration for GB content like pricing conditions. Standard config for Asset Management. Test scripts and master data to support them. Line of Business add-ons brought into the core like EWM and PP/DS. Fiori 2.0 the new award winning Fiori theme. Over 7000 new Fiori apps. 100s of new CDS views. New Retail specific industry solution and a new Project and Portfolio Solution. https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-briggs-6496b429

Oracle Policy Automation (OPA), a rules engine in the cloud, connecting to on-prem Siebel Interview with Joost Linssen (Twitter @joost_linssen) -What is OPA -What are the features (and what is a killer feature) -What is a typical use case for OPA -How to deal with versions of truth (time travelling) -How to deal with versions of truth (time travelling) -Project experience with OPA Leon’s twitter handle: @leonsmiers Joost’s twitter handle: @joost_linssen Music: www.bensound.com