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 Yesterday at SAPPHIRE 2013 the SAP mobility team announced a new SAP Afaria in the Cloud edition that will be available for approximately $1.12 per month per device (read press release). Some vendors charge by user, rather than by device, but SAP says they want to know exactly how man...May. 17, 2013 03:51 PM EDT |
 SAP, the third-largest software company in the world after Microsoft and
Oracle, says it’s moving all data into main memory and all systems to the
cloud.
The company’s newly announced HANA Cloud Platform is going to be
the foundation of its whole cloud po...May. 17, 2013 06:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,048 |
 New cloud-based service leverages applications and insights within Ariba Network to streamline and enhance settlement and reconciliation of business commerce.
Ariba, an SAP Company, and Discover Financial Services has unveiled Ariba Pay. The new service, to be offered by Ariba, is exp...May. 11, 2013 01:45 PM EDT Reads: 1,422 |
 SAP HANA promised to not just make databases dramatically faster like traditional business warehouse accelerator systems but instead speed up the front end, enabling companies to run arbitrary, complex queries on billions of records in a matter of seconds as opposed to hours. The vendo...Dec. 4, 2012 08:00 AM EST Reads: 3,286 |
 Learn how SAP Sybase SQL Anywhere, on-demand edition, helps independent software vendors (ISVs) easily manage multitenant data architectures while providing the data security, scalability, and cloud availability their end customers demand. The on-demand edition can be hosted in private...Oct. 28, 2012 02:15 PM EDT Reads: 3,524 |
 Oracle is appealing to get the whole $1.3 billion in damages a California jury awarded it last year in its copyright infringement case against rival SAP.
SAP admitted that its third-party maintenance subsidiary TomorrowNow illegally downloaded scads of software from Oracle’s servers....Sep. 5, 2012 08:30 AM EDT Reads: 3,130 |
| Overview of SAP User Experience Management by Knoa details the advantages, performance and functionality of one of the leading products in the user experience management space as presented to ASUG in June 2012 Aug. 13, 2012 09:30 AM EDT Reads: 2,972 |
 Oracle has managed to squeeze a few more bucks out of SAP for its admitted copyright infringement a few years ago.
Oracle won a handsome $1.3 billion from a jury in 2010, but the judge thought that was over the top and cut it down to $272 million. Instead Oracle opted for a new trial...Aug. 7, 2012 07:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,903 |
 A few month ago I appeared on the SAP Innovation Show, to evangelise about Mobile. You can still check out the on-demand here and also check out what my colleagues... Adrian Simpson, Chief Technology Officer, SAP UK & Ireland as well as Timo Elliott, Innovation Evangelist, SAP... say a...Jul. 30, 2012 03:05 PM EDT Reads: 2,119 |
 IT departments are struggling to adapt to new economic realities and a rapidly changing technology environment that includes fundamental shifts in mobile, social, and cloud computing technologies.
The lingering effects of the downturn marked by flat-to-negative IT budgets are forcing ...Jul. 21, 2012 02:00 PM EDT Reads: 3,026 |
 SAP on Tuesday announced its intention to buy Ariba for $4.3 billion, a 19 percent premium on Ariba's market capitalization.
The move comes soon after SAP's SuccessFactors February buy and shows that SAP is quickly and aggressively acquiring its way to a full cloud business services c...May. 24, 2012 08:00 AM EDT Reads: 4,097 |
 The consolidation fairy has struck again.
SAP said late Tuesday that SAP America will be buying Ariba for about
$4.3 billion, paying $45 a share, a 20% premium, for a company that had
revenues of $443.9 million last year, up 38.5%.
Ariba also reportedly has $196 million in the ...May. 23, 2012 12:30 AM EDT Reads: 2,199 |
 Knoa Software, a provider of end-user experience and performance management software, on Thursday announced the availability of Knoa Experience and Performance Manager (EPM) version 7.0. The new version supports SAP® enterprise software, including the SAP NetWeaver Portal, the SAP Cus...May. 17, 2012 04:34 PM EDT Reads: 1,303 |
 In an article I read this morning, "Luis Cesar Verdi, President of SAP Brazil, told Computerworld UK that Brazil currently has 1.5 million end users ...May. 15, 2012 05:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,923 |
 "We’re giving customers running SAP solutions an easy, low-risk way to take advantage of all the benefits of the cloud in a way that fits seamlessly into their existing IT environments,” said Kevin Jones, vice president, Dell Services, as Dell Services announced the first offers in its...May. 14, 2012 06:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,093 |
 Oracle wants at least $776.7 million in damages from SAP when the pair returns to court July 18 to retry Oracle’s copyright infringement case against its German rival and SAP’s now defunct third-party maintenance subsidiary TomorrowNow.
A jury last year awarded Oracle a record $1.3 b...May. 4, 2012 08:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,519 |
 You're just a few clicks away from the first edition of The Innovation Show, from SAP.
This brand new, 30-minute online show on May 3rd 2012 at 1400Hrs London time will update you on the latest technologies and IT innovations that are impacting your business. Innovation is anything bu...May. 1, 2012 12:06 PM EDT Reads: 2,266 |
 SAP, a database neophyte, means to throw a nominal $492 million at its Hana database analytics appliance to prove that it’s a database contender – at least in-memory Big Data databases – and make Larry Ellison eat his words.
During Oracle’s last earnings call Larry said SAP must be o...Apr. 16, 2012 07:30 AM EDT Reads: 3,270 |
 German giant SAP said Tuesday, after getting back from the long weekend, that it’s going to buy privately held Chicago-based Syclo, a long-established company with a mobile enterprise application platform called Agentry and packaged ERP and CRM apps.
Terms weren’t disclosed. The deal...Apr. 16, 2012 07:00 AM EDT Reads: 4,138 |
 My first thought when I received the news that SAP is acquiring Syclo, was, "Smart move SAP!" I respect the fact that SAP is willing to double down on enterprise mobility. I also respect the fact that SAP is willing to brave the inevitable criticism for having bought the same solution...Apr. 11, 2012 04:00 AM EDT Reads: 3,319 |
 At Mobile World Congress last week in Barcelona, I had the great fortune to interview...Raj Nathan, EVP and CMO, Sybase, an SAP company. As Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Worldwide Marketing and Business Solutions Operations, Dr. Raj Nathan is responsible for a...Mar. 14, 2012 05:15 AM EDT Reads: 2,721 |
 At Mobile World Congress last week in Barcelona, I had the great fortune to interview... Hari Subramanyam, Global Rollout Manager, RDS Mobile Solutions Assembly & Packaging, SAP. In this interview I find out... What SAP offers for customers to get started with mobile solutions. What is...Mar. 10, 2012 08:00 AM EST Reads: 3,028 |
 At Mobile World Congress last week in Barcelona, I had the great fortune to interview... John Sims, President, Sybase 365. In this interview I find out... What the biggest challenges is to Sybase 365 operator customers todayMar. 9, 2012 08:22 AM EST Reads: 2,018 |
 At Mobile World Congress last week in Barcelona, I had the great fortune to interview... Jason Yotopoulos, Head of Research, SAP. In this interview I find out... What is SAP Research’s vision of enterprise computing in the future. What is the concept of Business WebMar. 9, 2012 07:29 AM EST Reads: 1,995 |
 At Mobile World Congress last week in Barcelona, I had the great fortune to interview... William Dudley, Group Director, Product Management, Operator Services, Sybase 365. Sybase 365 addresses three core markets (1) Operator Services, (2) Enterprise Services and (3) Mobile Commerce. Bi...Mar. 9, 2012 07:02 AM EST Reads: 1,805 |
 At Mobile World Congress last week in Barcelona, I had the great fortune to interview... Matthew Talbot, Senior Vice President, Mobile Commerce, Sybase 365. Sybase 365 addresses three core markets (1) Operator Services, (2) Enterprise Services and (3) Mobile Commerce. Matthew is respon...Mar. 9, 2012 06:35 AM EST Reads: 1,903 |
 At Mobile World Congress last week in Barcelona, I had the great fortune to interview... Sanjay Poonen, President and Corporate Officer, SAP Global Solutions and Go-to-Market. Sanjay J. Poonen is President of Global Solutions and Go-to-Market for SAP AG, responsible for SAP’s entire po...Mar. 8, 2012 11:32 AM EST Reads: 1,995 |
 At Mobile World Congress last week in Barcelona, I had the great fortune to interview... David Brutman, Senior Director, Developer Marketing, SAP. David Brutman leads the Developer Program at SAP Marketing. Previously, he held product positions at SAP as a Developer, Product Manager, a...Mar. 8, 2012 11:27 AM EST Reads: 1,727 |
 At Mobile World Congress last week in Barcelona, I had the great fortune to interview... Howard Stevens, Senior Vice President, Global Messaging Solutions, Sybase 365. Sybase 365 addresses three core markets (1) Operator Services, (2) Enterprise Services and (3) Mobile Commerce. Howard...Mar. 8, 2012 07:46 AM EST Reads: 1,717 |
 At Mobile World Congress last week in Barcelona, I had the great fortune to interview... James Naftel, Senior Product Manager, SAP. James Naftel is an Afaria Product Manager at Sybase, an SAP company. In this position, James drives product strategy for Afaria, Sybase’s market leading m...Mar. 7, 2012 12:03 PM EST Reads: 1,773 |
 At Mobile World Congress last week in Barcelona, I had the great fortune to interview... Dr. Josep M. Picas, CIO, Hospital de St. Pau Barcelona. Dr. Josep M. Picas. M.D, at the University of Barcelona. Diploma at the ESADE Business School of Barcelona. He is the President of the Europe...Mar. 6, 2012 11:23 AM EST Reads: 2,447 |
 At Mobile World Congress last week in Barcelona, I had the great fortune to interview Oliver Bussmann, CIO at SAP and BC Cho, Head of Global Enterprise Business Team, Mobile Communications - Samsung Electronics. In this interview I find out... What Oliver Bussmann thought the main tren...Mar. 5, 2012 09:55 AM EST Reads: 1,802 |
 At Mobile World Congress last week in Barcelona, I had the great fortune to interview... Jose Antonio Perea Yustres, Head of Innovation and Mobility, Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) - Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) is the national statistics institute for Spain. Affili...Mar. 5, 2012 08:44 AM EST Reads: 2,074 |
 At Mobile World Congress last week in Barcelona, I had the great fortune to interview... Nick Brown, SVP, Solution Management, at SAP. Nick Brown is senior vice president (SVP) of strategy for SAP’s mobile applications. In this role, he is responsible for driving strategic market devel...Mar. 5, 2012 08:23 AM EST Reads: 2,566 |
 Oracle’s copyright infringement case against SAP and TomorrowNow, its defunct third-party maintenance arm acknowledged to have ripped off petabytes of Oracle IP, will be retried starting June 18 the court ordered Tuesday. Oracle is fighting to retain the unprecedented $1.3 billion dama...Mar. 5, 2012 08:00 AM EST Reads: 2,996 |
 I am attending the SAPinsider Mobile2012 event in Las Vegas this week, and have had the honor of meeting and speaking with many people involved in SAP enterprise mobility. These people were SAP partners and SAP employees. One of the distinct impressions I got was that most ...Feb. 29, 2012 09:54 AM EST Reads: 2,269 |
 As predictably as the sun rising in the east, Oracle Monday rejected the slashed $272 million award for damages that the presiding federal court judge decided it should get from SAP for its admitted copyright infringement rather than the $1.3 billion the jury awarded Oracle in late 201...Feb. 8, 2012 08:30 AM EST Reads: 3,481 |
 Oracle can’t appeal the judge’s decision to cut the $1.3 billion jury award in its suit against SAP to a mere $272 million unless it rejects the $272 million, the judge told Oracle last Friday. Oracle is trying to avoid the other option the judge gave it, which is a new trial. If Oracl...Jan. 15, 2012 04:00 PM EST Reads: 3,005 |
 HP is expanding its Big Data analytics appliance alliance with SAP, moving SAP’s HANA in-memory database widgetry to its BladeSystem.
Used to query multiple types of SAP and non-SAP data sources in near-real-time or batch, HANA hasn’t been on blades before – unless you count Hitachi’...Dec. 19, 2011 08:30 AM EST Reads: 5,810 |
 SAP, which hasn’t been able to get much cloud traction on its own, said Saturday that it’s buying SuccessFactors and its web-based software for $3.4 billion.
The $40-a-share cash offer amounts to a hungry 52% premium or 16.5 times SuccessFactors’ $205.9 million revenue last year.
P...Dec. 6, 2011 08:00 AM EST Reads: 3,483 |
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