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SAP co-CEO Bill McDermott explains its five-market focus

Posted April 19, 2012 - 8:54 pm

If you think SAP equals ERP, Bill McDermott would like a few minutes to set you straight about the 2012 version of the software giant, which he claims is in the midst of "an intellectual renewal." McDermott has been co-CEO -- along with Jim Hagemann Snabe -- of SAP since 2010 and has helped broaden the company's strategy beyond traditional applications and analytics to the cloud, mobile, Big Data and a bet-the-business focus on real-time computing with the HANA in-memory database at the forefront. Insider (registration required)
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Fast, easy ERP, here's how to get it

Posted March 18, 2012 - 7:27 am

How one drug company managed to roll out a new SAP-based ERP system in 120 days by using a pre-fab solution and forgoing customization
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SAP's HANA in-memory database will gain ability to run ERP this year

Posted January 25, 2012 - 6:29 pm

SAP plans to roll out support for the ERP module within its flagship Business Suite product family on the HANA in-memory database platform in the fourth quarter of this year, executive board member and technology chief Vishal Sikka said in an interview Wednesday.
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No. 10 tech story of 2011: The cloud rises

Posted December 23, 2011 - 5:05 pm

It was a year of growth and consolidation in the cloud industry, security concerns be damned.
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How to cut better deals with SAP

Posted December 5, 2011 - 10:22 pm

Analysts and users offer tips on how to get the best contract terms from SAP as the year draws to a close.
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SAP pays $3.4 billion for cloud vendor SuccessFactors

Posted December 3, 2011 - 2:27 pm

SAP America said Saturday that it is paying $3.4 billion in cash to acquire SuccessFactors, a provider of cloud-based human capital management tools.
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Cloud increases licensing complexity, warns SAP user group

Posted November 22, 2011 - 3:02 pm

The move to cloud computing is creating headaches for SAP users, who are struggling to get their heads around the complex licensing structure that a hybrid environment entails.
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10 ways to beat SAP at the bargaining table

Posted November 14, 2011 - 4:33 pm

It's crunch time for SAP customers and salespeople around the world, as many new software deals and contract renewals get hammered out in the fourth quarter in time to be booked before the end of the company's fiscal year.
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HP's dangerously dysfunctional board is the real problem

Posted September 22, 2011 - 11:36 am

Leo Apotheker may be the wrong person to run HP, but the company's real problem is in the board room.
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Oracle likely to appeal rejection of $1.3B SAP verdict

Posted September 2, 2011 - 5:42 pm

Oracle Corp. and SAP AG are standing by their legal positions in the wake of a federal judge's stunning rejection of the $1.3-billion copyright-infringement verdict that a jury gave Oracle against SAP last November. Oracle indicated that it will appeal to try to restore the original award amount.
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Judge's decision to overturn $1.3 billion verdict against SAP should infuriate Larry Ellison!

Posted September 1, 2011 - 4:33 pm

A federal judge has overturned a $1.3 billion verdict against SAP AG in the case brought by Oracle.
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Judge overturns Oracle's $1.3B award against SAP

Posted September 1, 2011 - 2:43 pm

SAP has been granted a new trial in the corporate theft lawsuit Oracle brought against it.
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SAP, Rent-a-Center in battle over millions in fees

Posted July 28, 2011 - 2:19 pm

SAP and Rent-a-Center are locked in a legal battle over whether the rent-to-own chain owes the vendor about US$9 million in fees for excess use of its Business Objects analytics software.
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SAP users not readily adopting BusinessObjects, user group finds

Posted July 26, 2011 - 4:10 am

The UK & Ireland SAP User Group has found that a very low number of SAP users are using software from BusinessObjects, in spite of the German vendor buying the business intelligence company in 2007.
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SAP joins OpenJDK Java project

Posted July 15, 2011 - 8:46 am

The apps vendor joins IBM and Apple in backing the Oracle-led initiative to produce an open source Java implementation
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SAP Business One gets new hosted, subscription model

Posted July 5, 2011 - 1:35 pm

SAP's Business One suite for small businesses will now be available in a new subscription-based, hosted offering through SAP partners, the company announced Tuesday.
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SAP rolling out new analytics for SMBs

Posted June 14, 2011 - 8:09 am

SAP will soon roll out Crystal Server 2011 and Business Objects Edge 4.0, a pair of new BI (business intelligence) products aimed at small and medium-sized companies, the company announced Tuesday.
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JD Wetherspoon serves up SAP ERP

Posted May 19, 2011 - 7:05 am

Pub chain JD Wetherspoon is implementing an enterprise resource planning system from SAP.
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Vodafone in final stages of global SAP ERP rollout

Posted May 19, 2011 - 4:12 am

Vodafone has announced it is in the final stages of a global SAP enterprise resource planning system rollout.
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SAP certifies software to run on Amazon

Posted May 18, 2011 - 8:09 am

Users of SAP's BusinessObjects and Rapid Deployment products are now able to run the applications from Amazon's cloud, marking the first time SAP has worked to make its software available on a public cloud service.
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SAP goes after Oracle's database with ASE

Posted May 17, 2011 - 10:47 am

SAP will finish porting its ERP (enterprise resource planning) application to the Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) database later this year, giving customers now running Oracle and other platforms a lower-cost alternative, the company announced Tuesday during the Sapphire conference in Orlando.
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SAP revs up mobile application strategy

Posted May 17, 2011 - 9:43 am

SAP is giving its ongoing push into mobile applications an extra shove with a series of new products aimed at verticals such as utilities, energy, retail and manufacturing, the company announced Tuesday during the Sapphire Now conference in Orlando.
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SAP revamps performance management suite

Posted May 16, 2011 - 8:42 am

SAP is preparing to release a major revamp of its software for EPM (enterprise performance management), a subset of BI (business intelligence) that focuses on areas such as budgeting, planning and compliance, the company announced Monday in conjunction with the annual Sapphire conference in Orlando.
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SAP has some explaining to do at Sapphire

Posted May 9, 2011 - 8:00 am

While SAP has spent the past year spinning a vision for on-premises, on-demand and on-device computing, its upcoming Sapphire conference is an opportunity for the vendor to lay out some important specifics on these plans for the thousands expected to attend.
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SAP Q1 revenue up, but profits growth slow

Posted April 28, 2011 - 2:38 am

SAP’s first quarter revenue is up 21 percent, but profit growth was slower at 4 percent
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