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Philippine govt dumps IBM, heads to Oracle-HP
News Country's pension agency ditches IBM and starts migration to system running Oracle database and HP servers, ending months of tensed relationship with Big Blue.
Tags: Database management, Databases, Service level management, Local Government, Database, SAP AG, Oracle Corp., CTO, Service level management, Databases
Software AG carves new BPM space
News IDS Scheer acquisition gives German software vendor size and tools to lead market combining business process automation and measurement, say company execs.
Tags: Business applications, Software engineering/development, Software integration, IDS Scheer, SAP AG, SOA, Business applications, Software AG, Business Process, BPM
Banyan Tree invests $1M in talent management
News Singapore hotels and resorts operator employs SAP in bid to better nurture and manage talent pool of over 10,000 staff, according to company executives.
Tags: Business development/management, Personnel management, Recruiting, Banyan Systems, Database, SAP AG, Talent Management, Human Resources Inc., Training, Bangkok
SAP rolls out third upgrade package
News The ERP giant has announced a third software "enhancement" package which allows users to add-on modules for free.
Tags: Enterprise resource planning (ERP)
SAP: Days of the database are numbered
News Demand for cloud computing and faster access to data will lead to a future where companies don't need a database, says top SAP executive.
Tags: Databases, Cloud computing, Data Management, Database, SAP AG, Berlin, Vienna, Cloud computing, data management, top executive
SAP sets pace on 'flexible' software pricing
News German software maker blazing new trails by letting customers pay for licenses over longer stretches. Microsoft, Oracle and Adobe aren't far behind.
Tags: Business applications, Software licensing, Subscription Deal, SAP AG, software, Information Technology, revenue, Business applications, software company, Sales
IBM vs. SAS: Battle over data analysis software
News Amid heightened competition to sell data analysis software, closely held SAS Institute says it will fend off threats from rivals IBM, SAP and Oracle.
Tags: Data warehousing/business intelligence, IBM Corp., SAS Institute, SAP AG, Accenture Ltd., software, revenue, software company, Sales, Oracle Corp.
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.
Tags: Web 2.0, Google Inc., SAP AG, TechEd, software, Web 2.0, Vienna, IM, decision-making, collaboration
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...
SAP user benchmark tests get underway
News The business software provider and its European users have launched a benchmarking scheme to measure the performance of its services, a precursor to proposed increases in prices for support.
Tags: Investor relations, Best strategies, Server platforms, SAP AG, CPU, Europe, KPI, business software company, performance, benchmarking
HP-3Com merger heats up Cisco competition
News update Hewlett-Packard's 3Com acquisition will give serious boost to its datacenter credentials and challenge networking rival Cisco Systems, notes analyst.
Tags: Data centers, Data Management, Networking technology, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP ProCurve, enterprise networking, Ovum, Retek Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., network
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.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Web 2.0, SAP AG, Web Application, Environment, I/O, IM, collaboration, Google Apps, Web Developer
BI paves the way for ERP
News Business intelligence adoption provides SAP an inroad to sell its main enterprise resource planning product to companies in Asia-Pacific region, says executive.
Tags: Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Data warehousing/business intelligence, SAP AG, Asia, Business Objects, Asia-Pacific, Gartner Inc., ERP, Japan, CIO
Oracle's Q1: 'We grew faster than SAP'
News Oracle misses analysts' earnings and revenue estimates for the first quarter, but pointed to worldwide growth in its applications business that surpassed competitor SAP.
Tags: Software-as-a-service (SaaS), SAP AG, Sun Microsystems Inc., Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Earnings, data warehouse, Wall Street, Oracle Corp., analyst, acquisition
Comfort, trust give Office edge over Google
News Microsoft will only offer hosted productivity suite next year, but Office has user familiarity, trust and resources that Google may not match, say analysts.
Tags: Microsoft Office, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Microsoft Office, Social Networking, Google Inc., Security, Social Networking Feature, Microsoft Corp., Web Application, Software-as-a-service (SaaS)
