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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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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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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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Apotheker era off to inauspicious start at HP

Posted February 23, 2011 - 3:13 pm

What began as a promising year for shareholders of Hewlett-Packard quickly unraveled after Tuesday's market close, when the company reported disappointing fiscal first-quarter PC sales and an equally disappointing revenue forecast for the year.
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SAP reports lower fourth-quarter earnings

Posted January 26, 2011 - 5:11 pm

Nearly two weeks after reporting strong fourth-quarter revenue growth, business software giant SAP AG got around to reporting its quarterly profit on Wednesday. The results weren't nearly so impressive, thanks to the intellectual-property theft lawsuit it lost to rival Oracle Corp.
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SAP shares soar on strong fourth-quarter revenues

Posted January 13, 2011 - 7:21 pm

Shares of Germany-based SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) soared Thursday after the company released preliminary fourth-quarter results showing a 27 percent increase in revenue from software and software-related services.
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SAP should accept Oracle verdict and move on (but it won't)

Posted November 26, 2010 - 11:48 am

The $1.3 billion in damages assessed Tuesday by a federal jury against German business software vendor SAP for stealing intellectual property from database giant Oracle could be reduced by the presiding judge, Phyllis Hamilton, who still has to formally affirm the verdict.
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$1.3 billion damage award a clear victory for Oracle

Posted November 23, 2010 - 8:18 pm

Members of Oracle's legal team embraced each other as the verdict was read, which is a pretty good indication of how they felt about the amount.
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Oracle, SAP suit goes to jury with no one's dignity intact

Posted November 23, 2010 - 11:42 am

From Ellison's pre-trial rants to former SAP CEO Apotheker's runner to avoid subpoenas, Oracle/SAP trial showed the worst of internecine software wars.
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Evidence phase of Oracle-SAP trial ends

Posted November 19, 2010 - 5:30 pm

It looks like Hewlett-Packard chief executive Leo Apotheker won't have to conduct Monday's earnings conference call from his special underground bunker.
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Saying 'sorry' can be hard

Posted November 16, 2010 - 6:18 pm

As the trial to determine how much SAP owes Oracle for copyright infringement enters third week, the German company's co-chief executive apologizes.
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Can a bounty hunter be far behind?

Posted November 8, 2010 - 5:49 pm

This is really getting bizarre, which of course means it's really getting entertaining. Reuters reports that database giant Oracle has hired private detectives to find Leo Apotheker, the new chief executive of Hewlett-Packard.
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Ellison to speak (and speak and speak) at Oracle/SAP trial

Posted November 8, 2010 - 3:33 pm

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison is scheduled to speak this week at the copyright infringement trial Oracle lodged against SAP.
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Is Leo Apotheker on the lam?

Posted November 4, 2010 - 11:53 am

Have you seen this man? Apotheker is MIA, his whereabouts a mystery, at least to the outside world. And Oracle is unable to subpoena him.
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Oracle accepts $120M to drop the juicy part of SAP suit

Posted November 2, 2010 - 7:07 pm

After all the screaming and name-calling in the weeks leading up to the trial, Oracle just settled the juiciest sounding of the charges for $120 million in lawyer fees.
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Oracle-SAP trial begins, Apotheker to testify

Posted November 2, 2010 - 3:57 pm

The real question surrounding the Oracle-SAP copyright infringement trial isn't how much SAP will owe the database giant, but what ingenious methods Hewlett Packard chief executive Leo Apotheker has been using to sneak into work since court proceedings began Monday in Oakland, Calif.
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Oracle-SAP (now Google) mud-match explained, without all the screaming

Posted October 29, 2010 - 11:17 am

Despite all the fog and noise, Oracle appears to have a good case against SAP.
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Why can't Larry Ellison just shut up?

Posted October 27, 2010 - 3:59 pm

The intellectual-theft case brought by Oracle Corp. against business software giant SAP AG goes to trial in a federal court next week, but Oracle founder and CEO Larry Ellison just can't contain his petulance until then.
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Ellison's ego overshadows apparently legitimate case against SAP

Posted October 27, 2010 - 3:47 pm

Except for the egos, the Oracle/SAP lawsuit that goes to trial Monday would be a story about IP theft between software giants that aren't supposed to behave that way.
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SAP shares sink on Q3 earnings report

Posted October 27, 2010 - 12:51 pm

Shares of business software giant SAP AG took a big hit in early trading Wednesday after the German company reported third-quarter results that showed a 12 percent increase in net earnings but failed to match analysts' forecasts.
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ByDesign Upgrade Means SAP is Serious About SaaS

Posted May 20, 2010 - 10:07 am

If you're doing an ERP software selection between Oracle and SAP, you really need to look at ByDesign.
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Why would SAP buy Sybase? Hint: It's not for the database.

Posted May 13, 2010 - 6:54 pm

I have to admit that when I heard that SAP announced their proposed acquisition of Sybase, my first reaction was: "Why?" followed by "Sybase is still around?" It turns out Sybase has been very busy in the mobility world these last few years.
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In-memory Databases Do Not Excuse Fat, Bloated Applications

Posted May 7, 2010 - 9:23 am

Hasso Plattner, SAP's CEO, is going to push for increased adoption and use of in-memory databases. He states that using in-memory databases will create a revolution in new applications, especially in the area of business analytics. But, with new developments in faster technology comes application bloat, as the developers no longer have to work around speed limitations. The challenge is to increase usable functionality (as Plattner is suggesting) without also introducing fat, bloated code. Give us performance, but please, don't give us bloat!
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Third Party Software Support: Yes or No?

Posted May 5, 2010 - 10:08 am

Software maintenance from SAP and Oracle range from 18-22% of the license fee per year, which means that you effectively re-buy the software every four to five years. A company that is happy with their version and who does not want to upgrade, or who expects to phase out the package in several years, could see third party support as a good bargain.
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Information Security Must Underlie ERP

Posted April 13, 2010 - 4:30 pm

One of the presentations at The Black Hat conference in Barcelona this week discusses a "backdoor" to SAP. Security goes beyond backdoors, though -- you need to have a full-blown Information Security strategy in place to guard against Bad Hats.
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