SUSE and its Partner Ecosystem have teamed up to provide you with a number of exciting session at SAP SAPPHIRE  NOW & ASUG Annual Conference 2018. Choose between sessions in the SUSE Mini Theatre, SAP Theater 2 or Partner Theater Session.

Don’t miss to visit the SUSE booth #859 with our co-exhibiting partners Datavard, IHT, Micro Focus, Protera, Rev-Trac and SEP

Tuesday, June 5th

SUSE Theater Presentation Booth #859

10:45 a.m.

TOPIC: Get a clean path to SAP HANA in the cloud

SPEAKER: Matthias Eckermann, Director PM SUSE Linux Enterprise

11:15 a.m.

TOPIC: Choosing the right HPE infrastructure for SAP HANA

SPEAKER: David Dichmann, Senior Product Manager, SAP HANA Solutions

PARTNER: HPE

11:45 a.m.

TOPIC: SAP Data Hub – Powerful data-driven processing for the distributed Digital Enterprise

SPEAKER: Daniel Rutschmann, Sr. Director, SAP Data Hub GTM

PARTNER: SAP

12:15 p.m.

TOPIC: Agile for SAP – Can it really work?

SPEAKER: Chris Drake; Rev-Trac Product Manager

PARTNER: Rev-Trac (Revelation Software Concepts)

01:15 p.m.

TOPIC: Intel Persistent Memory and SAP HANA 2 SPS03

SPEAKER: Ranga Madhanagopal, Industry Technology Specialist

PARTNER: Intel

01:45 p.m.

TOPIC: Achieve Low TCO and Enterprise Resiliency for SAP Data Hub and SAP HANA

SPEAKER: Gereon Vey, Lead Architect, SAP Solutions Development

PARTNER: Lenovo

02:15 p.m.

TOPIC: Become Agile, Optimized and Digital with SAP Cloud Platform

SPEAKER: Dan Lahl, VP Product Marketing

PARTNER: SAP

02:45 p.m.

TOPIC: How Huawei enables a SAP HANA powered fully connected intelligent world.

SPEAKER: Jarno van de Burgwal, SAP Channel Development Manager

PARTNER: Huawei

03:15 p.m.

TOPIC: Transition to SAP S/4HANA: Landscape Essentials

SPEAKER: Naveen Kumar GM, Cloud Architect, TCS SAP Practice

PARTNER: Tata Consulting Services (TCS)

15:45

TOPIC: Moving to Linux? Upgrade, Convert & Migrate in a Single Step

SPEAKER: Marek Sukiennik, Director

PARTNER: SNP

Partner Theater Presentation

10:50 a.m.

Alibaba Cloud Booth #133

Topic: SUSE in the Public Cloud

SUSE Speaker: Peter Schinagl, Senior Technical Architect

11:00 a.m.

Huawei Booth #1304

Topic: An Overview of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP & HANA

SUSE Speaker: Mike Nelson, Partner Executive

01:00 p.m.

Lenovo Booth #558

Topic: SUSE Eco-system for SAP Data Hub on Lenovo

SUSE Speaker: Jose Betancourt, Global Alliance Director

02:00 p.m.

Fujitsu Booth #650

Topic: SAP HANA Solutions with SUSE & Fujitsu

SUSE Speaker: Gokhan Cetinkaya, Technical Sales Specialist

02:00 p.m.

Alibaba Cloud Booth #1133

Topic: Why SUSE for SAP in the Public Cloud

SUSE Speaker: Peter Schinagl

02:30 p.m.

Intel Booth #140

Topic: Expand your Data Flow with SAP Data Hub and SUSE.

SUSE Speaker: Jose Betancourt, Global Alliance Director

03:00 p.m.

AWS Booth #642

Topic: Using SLES to Protect Mission Critical SAP Applications in the Cloud

Speaker: Markus Guertler, Technical Alliance Manager (SUSE), Stefan Schneider, Partner Solution Architect (AWS)

03:30 p.m.

Microsoft Booth #358

Topic: Simplified Deployment of Azure Infrastructure for SAP Applications

SUSE Speaker: Peter Schinagl, Global Technical Architect

Wednesday, June 6th

SUSE Theater Presentation Booth #859

10:45 a.m.

TOPIC: Achieve near Zero Downtime with SLES on Primeflex for SAP HANA

SPEAKER: Stephan Labonte, Senior Pre-Sales Engineer

Partner: Fujitsu

11:15 a.m.

TOPIC: SAP Quality and Security Assurance Solutions for Global Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

SPEAKER: Lorie A. Schenck, Product Manager for SAP Quality and Security Assurance Solutions by Micro Focus

PARTNER: Micro Focus

11:45 a.m.

TOPIC: SUSE, IBM and SAP – a Winning Combination

SPEAKER: John Wise, IBM Business Development SAP HANA on IBM Power Systems, Global Markets

PARTNER: IBM

12:15 p.m.

TOPIC: SAP HANA – A Transformative journey for Business and Technology

SPEAKER: Atul Kapoor is Practice Head for SAP CoE at Infosys

PARTNER: Infosys

12:45 p.m.

TOPIC: Design and Project Simplicity for Success

SPEAKER: Jason Whitfield, Business Analytics and IT Architect

PARTNER: Hitachi

01:45 p.m.

TOPIC: Using SLES to protecting mission critical SAP applications in the Cloud

SPEAKER: Stefan Schneider, Partner Solution Architect

PARTNER: AWS

02:15 p.m.

TOPIC: Your Migration to SAP® HANA Made Easy

SPEAKER: Tomas Kovac, Senior Consultant

PARTNER: Datavard

02:45 p.m.

TOPIC: Cisco Innovation that Maximizes SAP Value

SPEAKER: Rajiv Thomas, SAP Cisco UCS Portfolio

PARTNER: CISCO

03:45 p.m.

TOPIC: Best Practices for Securing & Hardening SAP HANA with SUSE

SPEAKER: Matt Lonstine, Director of Delivery

PARTNER: Symmetry

04:15 p.m.

TOPIC: The Journey to the Cloud for SAP Customers, Approach to Success and Case Studies

SPEAKER: Eamonn O’Neill, CTO and Co-Founder

PARTNER: Lemongrass

04:45 p.m.

TOPIC: Reliable Data Protection and Bare Metal Recover for SAP HANA on SUSE SES

SPEAKER: Christian Ruoff, Head of Business Development SEP AG

PARTNER: SEP

Partner Theater Presentation

10:50 a.m.

Alibaba Cloud Booth #1133

Topic: SUSE in the Public Cloud

SUSE Speaker: Peter Schinagl, Global Technical Architect

02:10 p.m.

Alibaba Cloud Booth #1133

Topic: Why SUSE for SAP in the Public Cloud

SUSE Speaker: Peter Schinagl, Global Technical Architect

04:30 p.m.

Cisco Booth #558

Topic: SUSE & Cisco: The Tested & Validated Platform of Choice for SAP HANA

Speaker: Mike Nelson, Partner Executive

Partner: Cisco

 

SAP Theater Presentation

05:00 p.m.

SAP Theater 2

Topic: Exploring the Anatomy of a Large-Scale SAP S/4HANA System Infrastructure

SUSE Speaker: Chase Crum, Architect; Rodolfo Bejarano, Technical Sales Specialist

 

Thursday, June 7th

SUSE Theater Presentation Booth #859

10:45 a.m.

TOPIC: Mitigating Risk & Migration Planning when moving to SAP HANA

SPEAKER: Jan Beyen SAP Delivery Manager

PARTNER: Realtech

11:15 a.m.

TOPIC: An Agile Start-Up Implements S/4HANA In 14 Weeks

SPEAKER: Jon Friesen, Chief Technologist

PARTNER: Monocle

11:45 a.m.

TOPIC: SUSE and SAP Deployment Automation on Azure

SPEAKER: Ross Sponholtz, Principal Program Manager, Microsoft Azure Customer Advisory Team

PARTNER: Microsoft

12:15 p.m.

TOPIC: Wipro’s Safety monitoring for mine workers

SPEAKER: Sreedhara Padmanabhuni, SAP Practice Lead NA; Susmit Mitra, SAP Practice lead

PARTNER: WIPRO

12:45 p.m.

TOPIC: Driving Business Efficiency with SAP Leonardo and Dell Technologies

SPEAKER: Divyesh Vaidya

PARTNER: Dell

01:15 p.m.

TOPIC: NetApp, SUSE and SAP – A Powerful Partnership for Your Digital Transformation Journey

SPEAKER: Mike McNamara, Sr. Manager SAP Marketing

PARTNER: NetApp

01:45 p.m.

TOPIC: Insight Briefing from the Trenches for SAP on Azure Deployments

SPEAKER: Bryan McCutchan, Managing Partner and Troy Shane, Partner

PARTNER: IHT

02:15 p.m.

TOPIC: Towards Zero Downtime for SAP HANA on premise and cloud

SPEAKER: Markus Guertler, Technical Alliance Manager at SUSE

02:45 p.m.

TOPIC: How to Improve SAP Hana for Large Environments using Scale-Out Hardware

SPEAKER: Ike Nassi, Founder, CTO

PARTNER: TidalScale

03:15 p.m.

TOPIC: Optimize Your Digital Transformation Journey – Learn How to Migrate to SAP HANA, and S/4HANA on SUSE

SPEAKER: Patrick Osterhaus – President and CTO

PARTNER: Protera

03:45 p.m.

TOPIC: Supermicro SAP APPLIANCE and SUSE

SPEAKER: Abdel Boukachabine, SAP Solutions Lead at Supermicro

PARTNER: Supermicro

Partner Theater Presentation

10:30 a.m.

HPE Booth #158

Topic: SAP Customers are succeeding with HPE and SUSE

SUSE Speaker: Mike Nelson, Partner Executive

01:00 p.m.

Dell Booth #343

Topic: Reducing Risk in your SAP implementation, do what SAP did

SUSE Speaker: Shane Madigan, Global Sales Director

 

SAP Theater Presentation

02:30 p.m.

SAP Theater 2

Topic: Accelerate Innovation with SAP Cloud Platform and Open Source

SUSE Speaker: Thomas Di Giacomo, CTO; Dirk Oppenkowski, Global Alliance Director