Real Cases – Ugur Candan

The Pragmatist’s Guide to Enterprise AI in SAP World

Posted on 01/03/202601/03/2026 by Ugur

Here is a simple, catchy summary of “The Pragmatist’s Guide to Enterprise AI”: A must read document in PDF format: https://ugurcandan.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Enterprise-AI-Guide.pdf Are you tired of flashy AI pilots that never actually improve your bottom line? “The Pragmatist’s Guide to Enterprise AI” tackles the biggest roadblock in business AI today: the massive chasm between a cool demo and scalable production.As companies shifted from monolithic ERPs to fragmented “best-in-class” applications, their data became siloed. To fix this,…

SAP TechEd 2025 session on “Extending SAP Joule with Joule Studio”

Posted on 07/02/202615/03/2026 by Ugur

How Innovation Changes Even The Fighter Design?

Posted on 25/01/202625/01/2026 by Ugur

It is not about “if we could design it” or “if we have already designed it” or “if china or USA would first design it”. I am not an expert on 6th generation air fighters. My comment is simple. Looking at the pace of technology progress should we have it already designed by now? We have self driving Taxi’s all around the planet. Not yet very popular but still we have them as a dominant…

How Innovation Kills Mega Projects -Example XB-70 Valkyrie 12 Billion USD Project

Posted on 11/01/202611/01/2026 by Ugur

Here are the key project details of the XB-70 Valkyrie, one of the most ambitious aircraft programs of the Cold War: Original (1960s) Dollars Total program cost: $1.5 billion (USD) Adjusted for Inflation (Today’s Dollars)$12–14 billion USD (depending on inflation index used)This makes the XB-70 one of the most expensive experimental aircraft programs ever, especially considering: No production aircraftOnly one prototype survived Prototypes & Fate A must watch detail video below. XB-70A #1 (AV-1) First…

David Simons – We owe him a credit for Simons BASIC in Commadore 64

Posted on 16/07/202528/09/2025 by Ugur

As personal computers go, the Commodore 64 appears to be a commercial “hit”. It is a reasonably powerful machine with plenty of memory and unique graphic and sound features. Its quick acceptance by consumers should not be a surprise, since it is a bargain. (In December, 1982, the 64 sold for $595 and there was almost no discounting of prices.) In fact, the complaint about the 64 has often been that its power is difficult…

Nassim Nicholas Talep and Harry Markowitz Two most read papers about portfolio management

Posted on 06/01/202506/01/2025 by Ugur

Nassim Nicholas Talep “Statistical Consequences of Fat Tails” Published in 2020. A recent read compared to Markowitz “Portfolio Selection” published in “The Journal of Finance”, Vol. 7, No. 1. (Mar., 1952), pp. 77-91. Both of them are must reads. Markowitz passed away on 2023. I wonder if those two guys ever meet each other. If they ever did I wonder if they discussed their own approaches. I will search for it and let you know…

Statistical Consequences of Fat Tails: Real World Preasymptotics

Posted on 22/12/202415/07/2025 by Ugur

Some take aways from Nassim Taleb “Statistical Consequences of fat tails” book. A must read for a next generation thinker.

a Note From Time – From life of Denzel Washington

Posted on 30/03/202430/08/2024 by Ugur

I was 20 years old I was at my lowest point and then one day. And I remember the exact day March 27 1975. I was helping my mother in a beauty shop my mother owned a beauty shop up in Mount Vernon. And there’s there was this older woman who was considered one of the elders in the town and I didn’t know her personally but I was looking in the mirror and every…

Some new videos to Understand What is happening around us?

Posted on 19/11/202324/11/2023 by Ugur

I have created two videos in the last few months… First one is created to give you a feeling of Worlds money markets. Second one is about a new perspective on Industry 4.0. I hope you can enjoy them…

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