The companies are finally delivering CRM and workflow tools for iPhones, Windows Mobile devices and more
Sybase and SAP on Tuesday released the long-awaited first fruits of the mobile partnership they announced about a year ago.
Analyst: The global Business Suite 7 rollout could serve as a test case for private clouds
SAP has seen its share of executive upheaval and customer discontent in recent months, but a newly inked agreement with global conglomerate 3M is giving it reason to celebrate.
Heads of state and heads of enterprise see a need for more students of engineering and math
It was Léo Apotheker whose name appeared on the invitation to the opening ceremony of the Cebit trade show -- but his successor, co-CEO Bill McDermott, appeared on stage.
John Schwarz, seen by some as a potential future CEO, is out of the company
The high-profile shakeup at SAP's top executive levels continued Thursday with the announcement that executive board member John Schwarz, viewed by some observers as a potential future CEO at the company, has resigned.
SAP will return to a co-CEO structure led by Bill McDermott and Jim Hagemann Snabe
Leo Apotheker has resigned as CEO of German ERP giant SAP, the company disclosed on Sunday. The decision was by mutual agreement with SAP's supervisory board, and is effective immediately.
The move follows Informatica's acquisition of Initiate's rival Siperian
IBM announced Wednesday that it plans to buy MDM (master data management) vendor Initiate Systems. Terms of the deal, which is scheduled to close in the first quarter, were not disclosed.
Oracle will be able to pursue damages based on 'hypothetical' software licenses
Oracle has won a battle regarding the way damages can be calculated in its intellectual property lawsuit against SAP, according to a ruling filed Jan. 28 in US District Court for the Northern District of California.
But SAP sees a return to growth and improved profitability in 2010
SAP reported a 9 percent year-on-year fall in revenue for the fourth quarter of 2009, with net income dropping 12 percent from its record level a year earlier. But the company sees a return to growth and improvements in operating income this year, it said Wednesday.
Customers will once again have a choice of support tiers
SAP said Thursday that it would once again offer customers a choice of application support tiers, in a stunning reversal of a decision that had rankled many customers worldwide.
New state government contracts aim to save NSW money and gain services, according to tender documents
The NSW Government is shutting down its old contract system and tendering for ERP service providers to join a new panel under different terms.
The company plans a big push for sustainability products for the upcoming year
Organizations seeking ways to conserve energy and profit from being green may find the true gains won’t come from "greening" their data centers, but rather by maximizing the efficiency of their supply chains, said Peter Graf, the chief sustainability officer for SAP.
Executive: But developers won't be forced into a single programming method
SAP is hoping to build a platform of third-party SaaS (software-as-a-service) applications to complement its own emerging wave of offerings.
Research division is on the hunt for new collaboration partners to drive next-generation Internet applications
Software vendor, SAP, has big plans for the Federal Government’s $43 billion National Broadband Network (NBN) and has begun researching how to take advantage of the impending infrastructure.
User groups need more convincing that Enterprise Support has real value
SAP's attempt to convince users that its Enterprise Support service provides enough value to justify a higher price tag may drag on well into 2010.
Constellation is a 'virtual war room' set for release next year
SAP is planning to release a "virtual war room" decision-making tool dubbed Constellation, which could be a potential rival to Google's heralded Wave collaboration platform.
