Dr. Vishal Sikka is a member of the Executive Board of SAP AG and heads the technology and innovation areas. His responsibilities include the SAP technology platform and products, including database, application platform and middleware, collaboration, business analytics, and search. He is also responsible for the development of new products and new business areas, including the SAP research, incubation, and new products organizations. In addition, Sikka is the chief technology officer (CTO) of SAP, a role he has held since 2007 when he was appointed the company's first-ever CTO. Sikka is the author of "Timeless Software," which underpins the SAP architecture and innovation strategy.
Sikka holds a doctorate from Stanford University in computer science, and his background includes work in artificial intelligence, automated reasoning, programming languages and models, and data management and search systems.
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Global CIO: SAP Confronts The Real-Time Culture Wars
(Information Week – August 20, 2010)
SAP hopes to help companies overcome the technology challenges of real-time business.
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Interview with SAP CTO Vishal Sikka: Reflecting on the SAP-Sybase Event (JonERP.com – August 20, 2010)
SAP Executive Board member Vishal Sikka addresses and summarizes the SAP and Sybase road map.
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SAP, Sybase Set to Outline Merged Tech Plan (Computerworld – August 19, 2010)
SAP and Sybase officials reveal their plans for bringing together their respective technologies in the areas of mobility, analytics, and enterprise information management.
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SAP Unveils Three Technology Innovations at SAPPHIRE 2010
(ComputerWeekly – May 19, 2010)
Vishal Sikka discusses three SAP products that can help meet enterprise demands for greater reach and real-time computing capability.
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SAP Bets Big on Mobile with Sybase Acquisition (InfoWorld – May 13, 2010)
SAP will use Sybase's technology to let workers access their SAP business and analytics applications from all major mobile device platforms.
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Living in the Layers (October 4, 2011)
In this post, Vishal Sikka talks about driving the renewal of enterprise landscapes – especially at a time when we keep seeing re-assembly and re-packaging of existing layers into new bundles that seem to promise lower-cost integrated systems, but in fact add to the clutter.
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An Ongoing Renewal (August 29, 2011)
As SAP TEchEd 2011 approaches, Executive Board member Vishal Sikka discusses the inevitability of change and the technology-driven renewal underway worldwide and in the IT industry
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The Customers Said It Best (May 24, 2011)
In this blog post, Vishal Sikka discusses his recent SAPPHIRE NOW keynote address in which he focused on SAP In-Memory Appliance software (SAP HANA).
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The New Reality (May 10, 2011)
In this video blog, Vishal Sikka talks about the new reality of in-memory computing and a new class of applications that SAP recently announced.
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SAPPHIRE NOW Keynote
(May 18, 2010)
Vishal Sikka and Hasso Platner share their perspectives on why innovation and transformation are driving today's growth and the focus of business executives everywhere. Log-in required
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