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SaaS may not live up to 'recession-proof' tag
Insight commentary In theory, software-as-a-service vendors such as Salesforce.com and NetSuite should thrive in a downturn, but in practice things may prove a little tougher.
Monday, November 17 2008 05:49 AM
Tags: Software-as-a-service (SaaS), NetSuite Inc., SAP AG, SuccessFactors Inc., ERP, Amazon.com Inc., Facebook, revenue, analyst, Software-as-a-service
A '30-year headstart' connecting people
Insight newsmaker SAP's Asia-Pacific and Japan CEO on attracting talent and why the ERP giant can stand unfazed in light of new Web 2.0 entrants to the market.
Monday, April 28 2008 07:20 PM
Tags: Recruiting, Professional Development, Personnel management, Web 2.0, SAP AG, Google Inc., India, Business Process, Japan, CEO
Why SOA is the 'perestroika of IT'
Insight newsmaker Independent middleware can help businesses escape the grip of 'monopolistic' software makers, and that will help the SOA provider grow, says Software AG CEO Karl-Heinz Streibich.
Sunday, November 30 2008 07:17 PM
Tags: Innovation, Business applications, Infrastructure/architecture management, IT Governance, Mainframe, SAP AG, SOA, Business, Software AG, BPM
Oracle amends SAP TomorrowNow suit
News Oracle broadens allegations against rival SAP and third-party outsourcing maintenance and support company TomorrowNow.
Tuesday, July 29 2008 10:49 AM
Tags: Lawsuits, Legal, Software, Business applications, SAP AG, TomorrowNow, intellectual property, PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp., shareholder
Sad saga of GSIS and IBM
Blogs The pitiful battle between pension firm GSIS and tech giant IBM is nothing short of tragic. But, it's something that c...
Sunday, September 06 2009 11:26 AM
Seeing into the future with IT
Insight newsmaker Chakib Bouhdary, SAP chief value officer, on how the economic downturn is changing CEOs' decisions and technology choices in business today.
Monday, August 31 2009 07:07 PM
Tags: Data warehousing/business intelligence, Leadership, SAP AG, Asia, Chinese company, CEO, China, finance, acquisition, Brazil
How will you use Google Wave?
News Google's Wave collaboration platform is already attracting attention from businesses, according to one of the key architects of the service.
Thursday, October 29 2009 11:09 AM
Tags: Web 2.0, Google Inc., SAP AG, TechEd, software, Web 2.0, Vienna, IM, decision-making, collaboration
Google Wave ready for wider testing
News Google's Internet communications concept project is ready for wider use, which will test the stability and scalability of one of the company's most important projects.
Wednesday, September 30 2009 09:59 AM
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Web 2.0, SAP AG, Web Application, Environment, I/O, IM, collaboration, Google Apps, Web Developer
US-CERT warns of SAP vulnerability
News The flaw in the graphical user interface for SAP ERP, reported by U.S.-CERT, has been labeled "highly critical" by Secunia.
Wednesday, November 12 2008 07:46 AM
Tags: Business applications, Security, SAP AG, GUI, ActiveX Control, Vulnerability, IT Professional, ERP, Flaw, Secunia
All SAP apps to be native on BlackBerry
News RIM and SAP have announced a 'co-innovation' partnership that will see all the latter's apps made natively available on the BlackBerry, starting with CRM.
Monday, May 05 2008 10:59 AM
Tags: BlackBerry, Customer resource management (CRM), RIM BlackBerry, SAP AG, Security, Mobile, Research In Motion Ltd., phone, software, partnership
RIM reveals BlackBerry roadmap
News Mobile company lays out business plans for Blackberry with "prosumers" in its sight.
Thursday, May 15 2008 09:12 AM
Tags: Business plans, Mobile, BlackBerry, Customer resource management (CRM), RIM BlackBerry, SAP AG, Small And Medium Enterprise, Research In Motion Ltd., phone, CIO
Oracle ordered to name settlement price in SAP lawsuit
News U.S. federal judge orders Oracle to give a specific dollar amount in lawsuit over handling of third-party data for ex-Oracle customers who switched over to its archrival.
Wednesday, October 22 2008 11:19 AM
Tags: Business applications, Legal, Lawsuits, SAP AG, Conference, Lawsuit, Judge, News.com, Oracle Corp., litigation
SAS chief dismisses Teradata merger speculation
News Hardware barriers effectively block any union with Teradata, Dr Jim Goodnight has said, adding that he is losing no sleep over rival business-intelligence "mega-vendors".
Wednesday, November 05 2008 09:57 AM
Tags: Data warehousing/business intelligence, Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., SAS Institute, SAP AG, business intelligence, Hardware, barrier, Teradata, alliance
Keeping up with fashion
News case study Sri Lankan garment manufacturing giant, Brandix, embarked on a full scale ERP implementation to keep up with the fast-changing demands of customers.
Tuesday, December 16 2008 07:13 PM
Tags: Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Customer resource management (CRM), SAP AG, CRM, Manufacturing, Lawson Software Inc., ERP, ERP system, Brandix, Lalith Withana
SAP brings e-certification to S'pore
News Software vendor sets up its first eAcademy in Singapore to offer SAP certification via e-learning, with plans to roll out initiative in other parts of Southeast Asia.
Wednesday, July 09 2008 06:03 PM
Tags: Certification, Enterprise resource planning (ERP), IT training, SAP AG, India, Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, ERP, software






