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Rukhshaan
Product and Topic Expert
Product and Topic Expert
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Are you a great innovator? Can you envision the possibilities of new technologies and also successfully harness these technology capabilities to transform work and everyday life? Do you have a compelling SAP HANA story to share? Enter your story in the first ever SAP HANA Innovation Award competition for a chance to gain international recognition and acclaim!

What are the prizes?

Each category has prizes for first, second and third place

  • 1st Place $10,000 donation to charity + 4 Free SAP d-code show floor passes
  • 2nd Place $5,000 donation to charity  + 2 Free SAP d-code show floor passes
  • 3rd Place $2,000 donation to charity  + 1 Free SAP d-code show floor pass
  • All qualified entrants receive an SAP T-shirt
  • All qualified entries will  be promoted on innovation.saphana.com and via social media at #HANAStory

Note: The updated official rules has amended the prizes!

How to Enter?

  1. Create a video/write a blog post
  2. Highlight impact for workforce, partners, customers, society
  3. Submit entry innovation.saphana.com in one of 3 categories 
    • Trailblazer Innovator: Transforming business
    • Social Hero Innovator: Improving Lives, Addressing social needs
    • Big Data Innovator: Re-imagine business with Big Data
  1. Promote your entry #HANAStory

To  increase your chance of winning be sure to include the following in your submission

  • What key business, technical, and data challenges did your organization face and how did your solution help to resolve them?
  • What advanced data management challenges did you face? For example, what kind of volume, data types, real-time analysis requirements did you have to address?
  • What kind of business or social value does your solution  deliver? Consider both qualitative and quantitative measures
  • Highlight impact for workforce, partners, customers, society and identify the person
  • What specific features of HANA did you use and how did it impact your IT architecture?
  • Did the solution drive new way of working? How did you overcome resistance to change?

Timeline:

Who can enter?

  • Your SAP HANA powered solution is in production, go-live date is Jan 1, 2013  or later
  • You are a resident in one of 15 countries listed in Official Rules.

Your vote counts

Cast your votes between May 1 and May 23 as the ten entries with the most votes in each category will be selected as finalist. Make your choices using the following criteria:

  • The Human Impact of SAP HANA
  • Simplification of IT architecture and
  • Degree to which the Entry exemplifies the relevant Entry Category


How to vote for an entry?

  1. Visit the voting page
  2. Login or register to vote
  3. Select the category (Trailblazer, Social Hero, Big Data)
  4. Click on Vote (in the entry’s logo – see image below)


The Panel of judges will score each finalist using the score card to determine the first, second and third places for each

category

BONUS - New SAP HANA Innovation Award missions and badges on SCN!

Ready for SAP HANA Innovation Award

Just by bookmarking this blog, you can earn your first SAP HANA Innovation Award badge on SCN!


SAP HANA Innovation Story Contributor

Simply contribute a SAP HANA Innovation story and qualify (rules above) to earn this badge.

 

SAP HANA Innovation Award Finalist

Contribute a SAP HANA Innovation story and be selected as a finalist for the SAP HANA Innovation Award to earn this badge. 

 

SAP HANA Innovation Award Winner

Be selected as a finalist for the SAP HANA Innovation Award to earn this badge. Congratulations!


Follow the conversation #HANAStory

@rukso

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former_member183155
Active Contributor
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lets go ...

former_member182343
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This is really amazing...

former_member185194
Participant
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Good to Know..

Rajuyr
Participant
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Nice initiative...

Former Member
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Very Good initiative

former_member189153
Active Participant
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Useful info.

Former Member
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I'm already looking forward to the videos on the first three placings.

former_member188958
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That first graphic really should be updated to reflect the new prize rules.  If I read the rules correctly, the prize money now *must* be donated to a charity, it is no longer an optional preference.

Rukhshaan
Product and Topic Expert
Product and Topic Expert
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Thanks Bret for highlighting and you are correct the prize money is now a donation to charity. I updated the image to reflect the change

Former Member
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Great idea!

Especially with respect to the prizes in the form of charity :smile:

Karen Rodrigues

Former Member
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Muy buena idea

Former Member
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Nice initative...

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It will be very interesting to see what people actually achieves with HANA. :smile:

HemendraS
Participant
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Thanks for encouraging us, nice initiative.

former_member185199
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unfortunatly i have no chance to participate as i am in indonesia for the next Month

Former Member
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Excellent ℹ

Former Member
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Nice :wink:

sreehari_vpillai
Active Contributor
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OMG... I am in :smile:

Former Member
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Good to know!!!!!

Former Member
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good one !!

Former Member
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Great idea:)

sreenivas_pachva
Participant
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Let start

former_member212277
Participant
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Nice...!

former_member183289
Participant
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Hi,

This blog is very elaborate and nice competition.

Regards,

siva kumar.

former_member182455
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Nice one...!

Regards

srinivas

former_member189209
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Hi,

the great amazing

Thanking you

Regards

Mahesh

Former Member
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Nice document :smile:

Former Member
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Really Great

Cortex2k
Active Participant
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Great idea, but too bad that the innovative people/companies of Denmark are excluded.

Former Member
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Amazing idea, keep sharing

muhammad_umar2
Active Participant
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Wonderful

Former Member
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good to know

suman_sardar2
Active Contributor
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Great initiative!!!

former_member183289
Participant
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Hi Rukhshaan Omar,

Very nice idea and make scn members to learn more and more.

It will help to all the members.

Regards,

siva kumar.

navip
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Wonderful

naveen_chichili
Active Contributor
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Great initiative!!! lets start    

former_member228663
Participant
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Nice.....

KarthikCheers
Product and Topic Expert
Product and Topic Expert
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Good Initiative!

One Question from my side.

Can i write a blog on the use-case i want to solve with Hana or is it mandatory to have the solution in place, already to qualify for this competition ?

Former Member
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Great one !! Lets gear up....

Former Member
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This is really great !!! Great Initiative

Former Member
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Good Initiative

Former Member
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good

Former Member
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Nice Idea to have the success stories of HANA Solution to be shared with all It would be very interesting to go through all the submission made by the members.

Former Member
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nice idea

Former Member
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Dear rukhshaan.omar

Nice Information provided.

Regards,

Santosh Shivane

Rukhshaan
Product and Topic Expert
Product and Topic Expert
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Hallo everyone

Thank you all for your great participation and good feedback. The first entries have  been posted on the contest website and more to follow soon. Also remember your vote will be selecting the finalists so be sure to cast your vote as voting is open :smile: I updated the blog with how to vote and also now includes the panel of judges

Regards

Ruks

former_member191980
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Great Idea...

janos_mucsi-besze
Product and Topic Expert
Product and Topic Expert
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Let's go

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Very good !!!

former_member181999
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Good to know and an excited information. Thank you.