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SAP 'not reducing' SaaS investment
News Instead, software giant is now driving its software-as-a-service strategy at a "normal", rather than "accelerated" speed, says SAP Co-CEO Leo Apotheker.
Tags: Utility computing, Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Customer resource management (CRM), Sales force automation, SAP AG, Leo Apotheker, India, Investment, On-demand, software
Is SAP ready to provide SaaS?
News Not quite yet, analysts say, noting that even if it is, Asian businesses aren't ready to accept software-as-a-service as the new delivery platform.
Tags: Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Sales force automation, Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Customer resource management (CRM), Supply chain management (SCM), SAP AG, Business Process, client-server, software, Human Resources
SAP sees Asia-Pacific 'hot spot'
News Besides the United States, Asia-Pacific was the only region to exceed SAP's sales expectations last year, a senior company official said.
Tags: Business applications
SAP software revenue skids in first quarter
News What's unclear is how much SAP's software revenue slide is attributed to the economy versus pushback from customers annoyed with maintenance fees.
Tags: Sales/revenue, SAP AG, Leo Apotheker, IT Budget, KPI, CIO, software, Customer, revenue, information technology
SAP buys into carbon management
News The enterprise software giant buys Clear Standards, a software start-up that has developed a platform for managing and reporting a company's environmental footprint.
Tags: Green IT, Business development/management, SAP AG, Leo Apotheker, Carbon Emission, Tool, software company, Clear, software, financial
SAP CEO defends support price hike
News SAP co-CEO, Leo Apotheker, has hit back at criticism of the German business software giant's plans to change its support offering and price increase.
Tags: Software, Business applications, SAP AG, Leo Apotheker, software company, business software company, business software, London, Silicon.com, U.S.
SAP posts healthy results, but will shed 3,000 jobs
News Despite a good year and healthy fourth quarter, the German software company plans to cut staff in the tough economic climate.
Tags: Layoffs, Business applications, SAP AG, Business Objects, software company, Gartner Inc., auditing, business intelligence, software, job
SAP expands executive board
News German software maker SAP said Tuesday it has appointed global sales chief Leo Apotheker to its executive board.
Clouds on SAP's horizon
News The German software giant faces challenges ranging from Oracle's takeover of Sun Microsystems to problems with cloud computing.
Tags: Business development/management, Business applications, SAP AG, Sales, Sun Microsystems Inc., computer, software, CEO, Oracle Corp., revenue
SAP grows at expense of rivals
News A company official thanks Oracle for inadvertently helping SAP increase its revenues.
Tags: Enterprise resource planning (ERP)
SAP, Microsoft crank up Duet partnership
News The two companies outline plans for Duet 2.0 and Duet 3.0, new versions of their joint business applications project.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Business applications
SAP eyes midmarket for growth
News The company expects midsize businesses will make up 40 percent to 45 percent of its total software sales by 2010.
Tags: Business applications
SAP, Microsoft may war
News A new feud is in the making as both software makers put more energy into aiming business applications at small and midsized companies. But SAP has been down this road before.
SAP shuffles management roles
News German software giant says the changes will help it respond more quickly to customer demands.
Tags: Enterprise resource planning (ERP)
SAP, Siebel rivalry heats up
News SAP will spotlight new customer relationship management products as part of its effort to surpass Siebel Systems as the No. 1 vendor by next year.
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