(Updated)The Real Mobile News from the SAP Influencer Summit
Here is some of the mobile roadmap information for Sybase and SAP that came out of this week's SAP Influencer Summit.
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Diarmuid Mallon
Diarmuid Mallon is the Lead, Global Marketing Solutions & Programs – Mobile, which includes the SAP Mobile Services division and SAP Mobile solutions. He has worked in the mobile industry since 1996. Follow him here at UberMobile and @diarmuidmallon.
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