What a Large Enterprise CIO Would Think of the SAP Cloud Position
SAP's Cloud Strategy has taken some big turns. But, will it be a boon for all businesses?
SAP's Cloud Strategy has taken some big turns. But, will it be a boon for all businesses?
In-Core/Memory Resident database technology is being used by SAP and Workday. How different are the two vendors' approaches?
Last week I attended Microsoft's Convergence conference in Copenhagen. This is where Microsoft's business application customers tip up to hear what's new and get their annual infusion of feel goodness.
Congratulations to SAP for a great quarter as reported by Larry Dignan. Having seen Henning Kagermann's restrained performance at TechEd, I wondered whether the company had blown up for this reporting period.
During his presentation at SAP TechEd '07, Peter Zencke, a member of SAP's Executive Board and head of R&D, made it clear to the 6,000 SAP developers in attendance that the forthcoming Business ByDesign ERP suite for the mid-market is technological milestone for the company. "We put everything into one, NetWeaver end-to-end," he said regarding Business ByDesign.
Interview: Harry Debes, CEO, Lawson Software on the future for ERP
Software as a service is gaining ground, but CIOs still face tough choices over which applications to use it for and which supplier to select
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison says software as a service and the small business markets are interesting, but not terribly profitable. In other words, Ellison largely dismissed SAP's Business ByDesign.
Can SAP's Business ByDesign drive competitive advantage for customers? And competitive positioning for the enterprise software market?
News analysis: Cutting through the SaaS hype...