On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 7:12 AM, Richard Hirsch <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hi Martin, > > Thanks for contacting us regarding a collaboration. > > I think it would great to collaborate on a SAP-related use case. We > already have a series of ABAP bots that create ESME messages based on > certain activities (check-out of development components, etc.) What > about looking an an older use case with xRPM integration that we > talked about in a blog (http://blog.esme.us/esme-bots/). > > We would be glad to help you in setting up an environment and we could > also look at using our Stax test environment to integrate with the SAP > systems on the university. > > What about this idea. The Stax test installation is the microblogging > environment. An ESME bot sits in your university's network and listens > to the message flow in this environment (using our new API). When > messages with a certain tag are delivered, your bot then reformats > these messages and then they are posted to the SAP system. A response > message is then posted to the Stax user saying that the operation was > a success / failure. > > I think the next steps would be to further refine this idea (or > another idea) so that a developer could develop a quick prototype. > I am very keen on collaboration. The whole Actions thing was a bit of brain-vomit on my part that happened over a 24 hour period. Other folks, notably Vassil, have fleshed out and improved Actions over time. However, I'd be very interested in enhancing what can be done with Actions... I think they, along with real-time information flow, distinguish ESME from most other micromessaging platforms. > > Thoughts? > > D. > > > > On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Martin Böhringer > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi ESME community > > > > You discussed our suggestion for a joint project with #ubimic > > (http://ubimic.org) last week and I wanted to get back to you with our > > thoughts on possible collaboration scenarios. > > > > First, I should tell you about #ubimic. We are a group of university > > researchers interested in microblogging from different points of view > > (computer science, information systems, organizational science). Together > we > > think that microblogging has great potential when it comes to integrating > > normal users and things like sensors, machines and software. We are > > experimenting with different microblogging tools and scenarios. For > example > > we have a current project where we use a little factory built with LEGO > to > > simulate how sensors (RFID) could participate in microblogging. > > > > For us, two things are really cool with ESME: > > - the "action" / "ESME bots" functionality > > - the ESME community with its background in enterprise applications (SAP) > > > > Therefore, I could think of different levels of collaboration: > > a) loosely coupled collaboration; we share information and include each > > other in publications (ESME could have a place as associated partner of > > #ubimic if you're interested) > > b) shared work on a SAP use case: it would be really cool, if we could > > define a concrete use cases of tweeting SAP systems. For example tweeting > > Purchase Requisition or Open Items. What would be benefits (easy access, > > easy possibility to retweet and enrich with hashtags, ...) and what would > be > > problems (rights management!, implementation costs)? What's with the > other > > way round (create actions in the SAP system via microblogging postings)? > We > > could write a joint blog posting for each use case (or maybe even a > > publication/white paper). > > c) implement a SAP use case: that would be perfect. We have running SAP > > systems at the university and I could try to get a student for the > > implementation work. However, I have no knowledge of ESME and I am sure > that > > your system has much more to offer (actions, ESME bots)... so I would > need > > someone who supports us here. > > > > Let me know what you think! > > > > Btw: just to let you know in advance: we are working on a study on > > enterprise microblogging tools. We might come back to you in a view days > in > > order to get some information on ESME (we have a standardized > > questionnaire)... > > > > Cheers > > Martin > > > > --- > > Dipl.-Wirt.-Inf. Martin Böhringer > > Technische Universität Chemnitz, Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, > > Professur Wirtschaftsinformatik II > > > > Web: http://tu-chemnitz.de/wirtschaft/wi2 > > Email: [email protected] > > Xing: http://xing.com/profile/Martin_Boehringer > > Twitter: http://twitter.com/boehr > > > > > > > > > -- Lift, the simply functional web framework http://liftweb.net Beginning Scala http://www.apress.com/book/view/1430219890 Follow me: http://twitter.com/dpp Surf the harmonics
