SAP AG
SAP's software powers many enterprises, but the company is in transition with new co-CEOs and a software as a service suite called Business ByDesign that targets the mid-market. SAP's software developer network is viewed as a powerful community that can deliver answers quickly. SAP is also betting heavily on business intelligence via its acquisition of BusinessObjects.
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Ever read a book that annoys, inspires, frightens and compels you to rethink what you thought you knew? The New Technology Elite does that - it you allow it.
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UNIT4, a company you've likely never heard of is changing the way it does business. Customers are delighted and they have a solid third party business analytics solutions strategy. This is one to...
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Is it just cost advantage that drives tech companies to China? It is a fraction of the whole story.
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Q4 2011 was another record year for NetSuite. What does 2012 look like? if the company delivers on its forecast then NetSuite will be nudging $300 million in revenue
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How may people really understand what SAP is doing with HANA? Probably a lot more than we might give credit. But technology is not the story here. It's about the business.
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SAP launches HANA analytics for SMEs
The bet is that small and midsized companies are going to need to crunch unstructured data just like large outfits do.
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SAP: avoid wearing The Wrong Trousers
How may people really understand what SAP is doing with HANA? Probably a lot more than we might give credit. But technology is not the story here. It's about the business.
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Why is SAP bullish about 2012?
SAP's 2012 outlook is extraordinarily bullish when set against a tough economic outlook. What do they know that others seem to be missing? It's more about what they are doing.
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SAP sets 2012 outlook with SuccessFactors in fold
The company's new growth engines---HANA and mobile---are delivering solid results and may set the stage for SAP in future years.
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How good were SAP's 2011 results?
Were SAP's Q4 2011 results as good as the company said? The devil is in the detail but there are plenty of questions to be asked today.
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Why this Well-Known Biotech Firm Deploys 17,000 iPads and iPhones
Enterprises at the AppNation conference detailed the ups and downs of deploying apps to both employees and customers.
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SAP's Q4 better than expected: HANA, mobile sales touted
SAP touted its HANA software, which delivered 2011 revenue of euro 160 million, well ahead of the company's goal of euro 100 million.
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SAP CIO's Ambitious Mobile Plans for 2012
'SAP Runs SAP' is a fitting mantra for the German enterprise software maker, which has big targets for boosting its mobile usage internally in 2012.
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CRM Watchlist 2012 Winners 1B - The Big Guns Again
We covered salesforce.com and Microsoft in CRM Watchlist 2012 Winners Part 1A. Now we move on to SAP and Oracle.  Hah. Lets roll. SAP SAP certainly deserves to be a winner in the CRM 2012...
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What might SAP learn from Apple?
I imagine many colleagues reading that title will gasp. Stick with me. What follows is a highly simplified assessment that may or may not come true. Before proceeding, why pen this piece? Why not...
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CRM Watchlist 2012 Winners Pt 1A - The Big Guns
This is it. The first of what will be seven or eight posts on the CRM Watchlist 2012 Winners. Â I have to say that is was the toughest year yet - because I was tougher on how they were picked and...
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SAP runs VMware to provision private clouds that support complex and critical training applications
In this specific cloud, typically we have between a couple of hundred and a couple of thousand VMs running. Overall, at SAP we're running more than 20,000 virtual machines (VMs). And, in fact, I...
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SAP Taking Action to Ensure No Mobile Developer Left Behind
As the big dog in enterprise applications and a relative newbie to platforms, SAP hasn't always been the most responsive to smaller developers. But in mobility, it's taking pains to change that.
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Salesforce snubs SAP with Rypple flip
Salesforce taking a swipe at SAP by acquiring Rypple? Lots of things to speculate upon.
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SAP Influencer Summit: a qualified success
SAP Influencer Summit 2011 - an interesting time with few surprises but some useful nuggets
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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?
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SAP: We have 17.5 Million Mobile Users [Influencer Summit Recap, Slides]
At the SAP Influencer Summit on Tuesday, the company touted its mobile milestones and achievements for 2011, while promising major upgrades and improvements to its mobile software. Below are a...
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SAP Influencer Summit Preview: the 'Force Multiplier' Effect on Mobile
SuccessFactors will no doubt be the star of tomorrow's SAP Influencer Summit. The future is always more fun to talk about. But if you want to hear about victories in the last 12 months, may I...
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More HR Tech: SuccessFactors, Jobs2Web & SAP
In the first of many updates on several HR software firms, Brian looks at two recently acquired firms (SuccessFactors and Jobs2Web) that he met at the recent HR Technology show.
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SAP Community Network delay: an alternative view
Why did the SAP community network launch get delayed. I attempt to answer some of the questions.
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