Thursday, May 16, 2019

SAP Takes Fan Engagement to the Next Level at the New Event Rider Masters Season

Eventing fans all over the world were ready as the famous Event Rider Masters (ERM) series 2019 kicked off this past weekend at the legendary Chatsworth House in Great Britain.

As a proven fan magnet, with a sizzling livestream broadcast to more than 4 million regular viewers in over 100 countries, the 2019 series will see yet a new level of commentary and insights based on SAP technology.



Winner Predictions and Storytelling


Using the latest SAP Predictive Analytics technology, SAP and ERM joint data science partner EquiRatings has designed a new statistical model that calculates the likely outcomes of the ERM events before and during every competition. After each phase, it simulates every combination’s score at that event 10,000 times, exploring every plausible result that could emerge. As a world’s first, the new Eventing Prediction Centre will be available at www.eventridermasters.com. It enables ERM fans to follow the simulations and to vote on their predicted top-three riders allowing for an “ERM Fan Trend.”

Event Rider Masters Fan League


Also new for this year is the first ERM Fan League, developed with SAP equestrian partner Black Horse One and offering fans the chance to compete for top positions on the leaderboard and amazing prizes. League points can be collected by using the Spectator Judging app for dressage and show jumping, by building prediction blocks with the EquiRatings Stacks app across all three phases of the competition, by donating online to the series’ official charity, and by engaging with ERM’s social media platforms.

Charity Integration with SAPBerry


SAP and the ERM are also increasing their support for the Willberry Wonder Pony Charity, making it the official ERM charity. The global equestrian campaign was started by young event rider Hannah Francis, who sadly passed away from cancer in 2016. The campaign funds cancer research and grants equestrian-based wishes for seriously ill people. Support activities at ERM include a new online donation functionality in the Spectator Judging app leading to extra scores for the ERM Fan League, and ERM riders wearing personalized “Berry” mascot to increase the visibility across all channels.

Live Tracking


Additionally, sensor-based rider data from the cross-country courses — powered and visualized via SAP Equestrian Analytics — will be provided for all fans to follow the athletes live via the ERM website and real-time television graphics.

Friday, April 5, 2019

Data Protection and Security in the New Digital World


In this full-day seminar, SAP executives and industry leaders will explain how you can leverage your current security infrastructure to detect adversaries within your environment. We’ll explore the challenges of forensic readiness, key components, and logs you should be collecting. You’ll also review a sample scenario and figure out how to crack the case. Through that and other examples, you’ll gain insight into threat activity across 4,400 companies.

In the second half of the session, you’ll learn how customers are adopting holistic approaches to secure hybrid landscapes using security offerings from SAP. SAP experts will share the latest security features for SAP HANA and will explain how advanced security capabilities can help you keep control of critical business data.

This year’s event will address the security aspects in building an intelligent enterprise including:

  • Going beyond the traditional “protect the four walls” security approach
  • How to leverage your current security infrastructure to detect adversaries within your environment
  • Explore the challenges for forensic readiness, key components and logs you should be collecting
  • Insight into threat activity across thousands of companies
  • Learn how customers are adopting Get the latest security features of SAP HANA and learn how advanced security capabilities can help you keep control of critical business data

Please join me, our peers and industry leaders for what will be an insightful and productive event. Through this seminar, we have a great opportunity to lay the security foundation before we immerse ourselves into the full SAPPHIRENOW conference experience.