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SAP Launches User-Friendly Fiori Apps By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published May 15, 2013 The new ERP apps take design cues from Apple and Google. Tags: Fiori, HTML 5, enterprise software, SAP, ERP, mobile apps, apps HP: We Didn't Try to Sell Autonomy to SAP By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published May 14, 2013 The PC maker is disputing media reports that it tried to sell off the troubled Autonomy software group. Tags: HP, Autonomy, software, SAP SAP Customers Are Spending 25% Too Much, Says HCL By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published May 09, 2013 A survey finds that many global enterprises are running several instances of the software. Tags: survey, enterprise software, hcl technologies, SAP SAP Announces HANA Enterprise Cloud By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published May 08, 2013 The world's third largest software vendor will offer an SaaS version of its in-memory database. Tags: In-memory database, software, enterprise applications, cloud computing, SAP, HANA SAP Financials Fail to Meet Analyst Expectations By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published April 19, 2013 Still, the enterprise software firm seems to be doing better than many of its competitors. Tags: enterprise software, earnings, analyst, cloud computing, HANA, SAP, quarterly financials, revenue Employees Rank Mark Zuckerberg as the World's Best Boss By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published March 15, 2013 SAP's Bill McDermott and Jim Hagemann Snabe tied Zuckerberg with 99 percent approval ratings. Tags: Glassdoor, CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, SAP, Facebook SAP Reports Strong Software Sales, But Profits Disappoint By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published January 15, 2013 The company's stock slid following the report. Tags: software, Cloud, Enterprise, SAP, quarterly financials, HANA, profits, earnings SAP Now Runs on HANA By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published January 11, 2013 According to the company, running SAP's ERP software on the HANA database instead of Oracle can dramatically speed performance. Tags: Oracle, ERP software, enterprise software, SAP, database, Microsoft, HANA, IBM Manufacturer Sues IBM over ERP Software By Cynthia Harvey | Article Published November 12, 2012 Avantor Performance Materials says its experience with IBM was a 'disaster.' Tags: ERP, IBM, software, lawsuit, SAP SAP Cuts Spending as Profit Forecast Falls Short By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published August 07, 2012 The enterprise software vendor says income is on track to reach 95 percent of the company's annual goal. Tags: enterprise software, earnings, SAP SAP Agrees to Pay Oracle $306 Million in TomorrowNow Case By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published August 03, 2012 One of the tech industry's longest-running lawsuits is finally coming to a close. Tags: Oracle, software, lawsuit, TomorrowNow, settlement, SAP EMC, Cisco, and SAP HANA -- And Oracle Collateral Damage By Rob Enderle | Article Published July 30, 2012 Recent moves in the big data sector, and a potentially tough climate for Oracle. Tags: Oracle, HANA, big data, Cisco, SAP, EMC SAP Issues Preliminary Q2 Results, Says Software Revenue up 26% By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published July 12, 2012 Profits were up 7 percent for the enterprise software maker. Tags: SAP, revenue, earnings, enterprise software Security Researcher Urges IT to Keep Up With SAP Patches By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published May 25, 2012 Ninety-five percent of SAP deployments tested were vulnerable to espionage, sabotage and fraud. Tags: patches, SAP, security vulnerabilities, enterprise software SAP Revenue Rises 11% in First Quarter, But Margin Shrinks By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published April 16, 2012 The enterprise software vendor expects revenue to rise 15 to 20 percent in the second quarter. Tags: enterprise software, earnings, revenue, SAP Oracle to Court: Let's Try SAP Again By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published February 07, 2012 Oracle has opted for a re-trial of its case against SAP's TomorrowNow rather than accept a reduced monetary judgement. Tags: Oracle, SAP, lawsuit SAP's Strong Revenues Suggest Enterprise Software Momentum into 2012 By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published January 25, 2012 The company's quarterly revenue rose 11 percent year-over-year. Tags: SAP, earnings, enterprise software 10 ways to beat SAP at the bargaining table By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published November 15, 2011 Experts say these techniques could help enterprises negotiate more favorable terms with their software vendors, including SAP. Tags: contracts, SAP SAP Promotes Custom BI App Sharing By Vangie Beal | Article Published September 29, 2011 In an effort to build awareness and implementation of its business intelligence offerings, SAP is touting custom-coded apps built on its BI platform. Tags: business intelligence software, SAP, BI software SAP Snaps Up Social Networking Firm Crossgate By Vangie Beal | Article Published September 21, 2011 Social networking is no longer confirmed to Facebook. Tags: social networking, SAP SAP Touts Two HANA In-Memory Analytics Apps By Paul Shread | Article Published September 14, 2011 SAP boosts its in-memory analytics offering with two additional HANA applications. Tags: analytics, SAP, business intelligence, In-Memory Enterprise Software Sales Surged to $245 billion in 2010 By Stuart J. Johnston | Article Published May 06, 2011 IBM, Microsoft, Oracle and SAP were the big winnners, with a rising tide lifting most boats. Tags: Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, SAP, enterprise software SAP Goes 'Social' with Cloud-Based StreamWork By Vangie Beal | Article Published May 05, 2011 The StreamWork application will facilitate collabaration among all SAP business applications. Tags: cloud management tools, social networking, Cloud, ERP, SAP ERP Merger: Infor, Lawson Alliance Creates New ERP Titan By Paul Shread | Article Published April 27, 2011 The newly formed competitor will be the third largest ERP company behind market leaders SAP and Oracle. Tags: ERP, Enterprise IT, enterprise resource planning, SAP, Oracle SAP Unveils Enhanced Business ByDesign Platform By David Needle | Article Published February 08, 2011 The enterprise software vendor touts the enhancements as enabling a larger number of partners to offer customizations to the platform. Tags: SAP, mobile devices, cloud computing, on demand, on demand CRM SAP Offers $120M to Oracle in TomorrowNow Case By David Needle | Article Published November 04, 2010 Oracle CEO Larry Ellison set to testify Monday. Tags: HP, SAP, TomorrowNow, Larry Ellison, Oracle HP Defends CEO Hire, Blasts Hurd -- Again By David Needle | Article Published October 12, 2010 Ray Lane, HP's newly-appointed chairman, defends Léo Apotheker against charges he was involved in the TomorrowNow scandal. Tags: Oracle, Larry Ellison, Hurd, SAP, Storage Cloud Computing: Small, Big Players Cooperate By Jeffrey Kaplan | Article Published October 06, 2010 Legacy software vendors are inking cloud computing contracts with a new generation of nimble, web-oriented service providers. Tags: SaaS, SAP, Cloud, AWS, cloud computing HP Board Names Apotheker Next CEO By Kenneth Corbin | Article Published September 30, 2010 Following the hasty departure of Mark Hurd, computing giant Hewlett-Packard names former SAP boss Léo Apotheker as its next president and CEO. Tags: Oracle, CEO, SAP, HP, Mark Hurd SAP Releases Carbon Impact OnDemand SaaS App By David Needle | Article Published September 22, 2010 The enterprise software giant said Carbon Impact on Demand is its first native cloud application and much more than a feel good, save the environment tool. Tags: SaaS, carbon footprint, SAP, supply chain management, cloud computing SAP Unveils Business Analytics Apps Aimed at Industry Verticals By Thor Olavsrud | Article Published September 15, 2010 The enterprise software giant seeks to give companies an anywhere, anytime X-Ray view of their business with a host of new business analytics applications. Tags: business intelligence, business analytics software, business intelligence software, business analytics, SAP Sybase Taps HP for BI Reference Architecture By David Needle | Article Published August 10, 2010 In a partnership with HP, Sybase says its Sybase IQ 15 business intelligence software is now available as a reference architecture for HP ProLiant DL785 servers. Tags: SAP, data warehouse, business intelligence, business intelligence software, Oracle Google Wave Partner SAP Says StreamWork Still On Track By David Needle | Article Published August 09, 2010 SAP says the demise of Wave won't deter development of its Streamwork collaboration tool. Tags: collaboration, collaboration software, Google Wave, SAP, IT asset management Pssst! Hot Rumors in Data Storage By Drew Robb | Article Published August 06, 2010 IBM or Oracle to buy EMC? Microsoft to buy SAP? What is chattering class speculating about? Tags: IBM, EMC, SAP, data storage, mergers and acquisitions SAP: Private Clouds Have a Role in the Enterprise By David Needle | Article Published July 29, 2010 Executives from Citrix, SAP and IBM debate the role of cloud computing in the enterprise. Tags: cloud computing, Amazon, SAP, private cloud, Citrix Will Sun Shine Through in Oracle's 4Q? By Larry Barrett | Article Published June 24, 2010 Oracle is expected to post impressive sales and earnings for the fourth quarter after the bell Thursday, but analysts are most curious to see how much the Sun Microsystems acquisition contributed to its success. Tags: earnings, software, Oracle, SAP, Sun HP Offers SAP 'Migration-in-a-Box' Services By Andy Patrizio | Article Published May 18, 2010 HP is still ripping at Sun's installed base, offering a package solution designed to entice SAP customers to migrate from Sun hardware to HP's. Tags: SAP, ERP, Oracle, infrastructure, HP SAP Acquires Sybase for $5.8 Billion By Larry Barrett | Article Published May 12, 2010 The German software giant makes a huge play in the database software arena with the $5.8 billion acquisition of Sybase. Tags: Oracle, software, Sybase, SAP, database SAP Picks Up TechniData for Health, Safety Enterprise Apps By Larry Barrett | Article Published April 21, 2010 After years of mostly sitting on the sidelines watching archrival Oracle shop away, SAP steps up and acquires the maker of product and environmental safety enterprise applications. Tags: TechniData, sustainability, Oracle, SAP, apps Oracle Adds Healthcare Software Maker Phase Forward By Larry Barrett | Article Published April 19, 2010 The software giant improved makes yet another key purchase, snapping up Phase Forward, a leading developer of drug data management applications. Tags: Phase Forward, IBM, SaaS, SAP, Oracle SAP Debuts Cloud-Based Collaboration Apps By Larry Barrett | Article Published March 30, 2010 StreamWork is designed to help businesses share, access and manage their content online from the cloud. Tags: cloud computing, SAP, unified communications, collaboration, StreamWork Rimini Street Fires Back at Oracle By Larry Barrett | Article Published March 29, 2010 Third-party software support provider's countersuit accuses Oracle of copyright misuse, defamation, disparagement and unfair competition. Tags: database, Oracle, lawsuit, Rimini Street, SAP Oracle Delivers Strong 3Q Earnings, Sales (Update) By Larry Barrett | Article Published March 26, 2010 The software giant produces yet another solid quarter and says the Sun Microsystems acquisition is already paying dividends. Tags: software, Oracle, Sun Microsystems, earnings, SAP SAP's Co-CEO's Talk Strategy, Oracle and On-Demand By David Needle | Article Published March 16, 2010 The first broad release of Business ByDesign is set for July and SAP's co-CEOs say they are confident the enterprise software company is on the right track. Tags: Oracle, SaaS, SaaS Contract, Java, SAP SAP Shakes Up Board Following CEO's Ouster By Larry Barrett | Article Published February 11, 2010 Less than a week after replacing CEO Leo Apotheker with a pair of co-CEOs, the German software company announces a number of changes to its supervisory board and names a new COO. Tags: Hasso Plattner, Oracle, SAP, SaaS, enterprise software Oracle Snaps Up SOA Specialist AmberPoint By Larry Barrett | Article Published February 08, 2010 The acquisition-happy software juggernaut adds another piece to its ever-expanding software portfolio, picking up the privately held maker of service-oriented architecture (SOA) management applications. Tags: Sun Microsystems, SOA, AmberPoint, Oracle, SAP Oracle Takes a Page From IBM By Larry Barrett | Article Published January 27, 2010 With the $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems finally completed, Oracle details its ambitious plan to bring completely integrated and engineered systems to the enterprise much the way IBM did in the 1960s. Tags: IBM, Storage, SAP, Sun Microsystems, Oracle Microsoft and SAP Voice Concerns on Oracle/Sun Deal By - Reuters | Article Published December 11, 2009 Microsoft and SAP will express doubts about the Oracle/Sun deal to EU regulators, voicing concerns that it would eliminate a top competitor. Tags: acquisition, Microsoft, takeover, Sun Microsystems, SAP SAP Launches Sustainability Management App By Larry Barrett | Article Published December 10, 2009 Software giant's new sustainability management application simplifies data collection and analysis to help companies meet environmental and social standards. Tags: business intelligence, SAP, Enterprise, network, optimization SAP, Microsoft Partner Against Oracle By Larry Barrett | Article Published November 19, 2009 SAP will be Microsoft's "preferred partner" for customers buying its budgeting, planning and forecasting applications a shot across the bow of Oracle. Tags: Europe, SAP, Enterprise, partner, acquisition What's Driving SaaS Adoption? By Larry Marion | Article Published October 13, 2009 Hint: it has to do with cost. Plus: the optimum value may come from a combination of SaaS and on-premise, especially for large companies. Tags: services, SAP, Enterprise, SaaS, on-demand Can Social Media Help Discover Customer Preferences? By Rob Enderle | Article Published July 16, 2009 A 15-year-old writes a report about online media that shocks the financial industry. Why were his comments so surprising? Tags: IT, SAP, Facebook, media, music Enterprise Software Touts User Friendliness By Alex Goldman | Article Published July 06, 2009 If software apps for corporations were easier to use, adoption and sales might increase. Tags: search, SAP, software, marketing Tech Firms: Bottom Line vs. Moving Forward By - Reuters | Article Published May 22, 2009 As cutbacks continue, tech firms are running out of places to save pennies, given that they must continue to innovate. Tags: media, software, SAP, wireless Is Microsoft Borrowing Money for Acquisitions? By Stuart J. Johnston | Article Published May 13, 2009 As Microsoft issued issued $3.75 billion of private debt, industry observers wondered if it was intended to purchase SAP or other tech firms. Tags: Windows, Yahoo, SAP, marketing, Microsoft SAP Snaps Up Green Accounting Firm By Alex Goldman | Article Published May 13, 2009 SAP acquired Clear Standards, a vendor of carbon consumption tracking software. Tags: datacenter, SAP, marketing SAP Acquisition a "Rumor," Microsoft says By - Reuters | Article Published May 12, 2009 Microsoft head Steve Ballmer dispelled speculation about a purchase of SAP. Tags: IBM, Microsoft, SAP, software Netsuite May Enter Large Enterprise Market By - Reuters | Article Published April 14, 2009 Bolstered by its success in the small- to mid-sized business market, Netsuite may now start to take on giants like Oracle and SAP. Tags: NetSuite, SAP, software, Larry Ellison, Oracle SAP and IBM Partner for Virtualization By Alex Goldman | Article Published March 10, 2009 Big Blue gets tapped by SAP to help it move forward in lowering datacenter costs. Tags: IBM, virtualization, SAP, workloads, Intel IT Job Search: The 30 Best IT Job Sites By James Maguire | Article Published February 10, 2009 The best IT job sites are helpful, but do you know the formula for getting the most from them? Tags: IT job, Yahoo, SAP, IT Jobs/Salary, IT management job 15 Minutes of Fame: Enterprise Software and The Casual User Revolution By Joshua Greenbaum | Article Published February 09, 2009 In the future most IT staffers will no longer associate a vendors name with the software they use, upsetting a long held status quo. Tags: services, Oracle, consumer, SAP, software Social Networks Among Trends in CRM for 2009 By Richard Adhikari | Article Published January 05, 2009 Business value and getting more bang for the buck will be important. Tags: Oracle, IBM, Microsoft, SAP, networking Red Hat Backs Jaspersoft's Open Source BI By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published December 10, 2008 A new round of financing is set to bolster the open source startup as it competes against the big players in business intelligence. Tags: Red Hat, marketing, SAP, Linux, open source A VC Talks About Tech in the Age of Gloom By James Maguire | Article Published October 14, 2008 A venture capitalist reveals what sector remains hot even in this pessimistic period and describes the lessons tech firms have learned over the last boom and bust cycle. Tags: SAP, advertising, software, open source, cloud computing Oracle and SAP Keep Hammering Each Other By Richard Adhikari | Article Published October 12, 2008 Are the vendors locked in a death dance? Or a war of attrition? Tags: support, SAP, software, Oracle, servers Google Follies: So You're a 'Customer'? Think Again By Joshua Greenbaum | Article Published October 07, 2008 If youre using a free service, youre not a customer, youre the sales prospect. Tags: Google, Amazon, SAP, services, Yahoo Big IT Decisions for the Small-Minded By Steve Andriole | Article Published October 06, 2008 The tech world is distracted with petty squabbling like PCs vs. Macs when larger issues need attention. Tags: browsers, SAP, Vista, Oracle, management The Next Wave in Collaborative Software By Richard Adhikari | Article Published September 08, 2008 New applications leverage Web 2.0 technologies to provide a totally new experience. Tags: SAP, Oracle, Salesforce.com, SaaS, e-Mail SAP to Innovate Heavily in SMB On-Demand Suite By Richard Adhikari | Article Published August 28, 2008 Business intelligence to pervade enterprise software giant's forthcoming products. Tags: SAP, software, management, SMB, CRM More Profits, But At What Cost? By Chris Nerney | Article Published August 25, 2008 More Profits, But At What Cost? Tags: Greenbaum, Oracle, shareholders, stock price, SAP Microsoft Loads Up .NET, Visual Studio By Andy Patrizio | Article Published August 14, 2008 Redmond calls the updates "service packs" but they included a wide array of new features -- not just fixes. Tags: services, security, SAP, IBM, Sarbanes-Oxley Oracle Fuses BI, Performance Management By Richard Adhikari | Article Published July 21, 2008 UPDATED: Oracle's integration of PeopleSoft and Hyperion aims to help businesses manage costs. Tags: Oracle, spectrum, marketing, SAP, middleware SaaS Overcoming Common Customer Concerns By Jeffrey Kaplan | Article Published June 24, 2008 A recent survey finds rising adoption of Software as a Service by corporate users. Tags: Microsoft, Salesforce.com, Google, SAP, broadband Five-Year Plan Bears Fruit for SAP By Richard Adhikari | Article Published June 20, 2008 Software projects in the works with VMware and others. Tags: VMware, CA, Sarbanes-Oxley, SAP, SOA SAP Is Wooing the BlackBerry CRM Crowd By Richard Adhikari | Article Published May 08, 2008 Software giant will natively integrate its business apps into RIMM's BlackBerry. Tags: SAP, management, video, e-Mail, Blackberry |