Gallery: SAP, Google put business on the map

By Andy Smith July 27, 2011, 11:20 PM PDT

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Gallery: SAP, Google put business on the map

ntSAP and Google are expanding their partnership to take large data sets and integrate them into Google Maps, Earth, Docs and other products. SAP’s goal is to help managers visualize big data better by streaming information into Google Maps. For more, read Larry Dignan’s blog.

ntThe SAP and Google collaboration will make u201cbig datau201d more presentable with interactive map, satellite, street-level and even floor-level views from Google.

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ntCustomers to layer the data visualization and exploration capabilities of business analytics from SAP on top of the interactive mapping and satellite capabilities in Google Maps and Google Earth.

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ntThrough this collaboration, SAP is going to add a number of new APIs such as Google Earth, StreetView, Geocoding, Elevation and Directions to give its customers access to real-time data for the first time.

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ntThe SAP, Google Maps combination will work on mobile, integrating with iPad applications such as SAP BusinessObjects Explorer.

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ntWith SAP BusinessObjects Explorer, customers will be able to see their businesses in a geospatial context to understand the u201cwhereu201d and the u201cwhenu201d of their information, as well as global, regional and local trends and how they are impacted by different scenarios.

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ntThe SAP and Google collaboration is available in SAP StreamWork and is in the planning stages for the 4.1 releases of BI and EIM solutions.

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