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- IBM software chief doesn't see any fall out from SAP CEO change
- IBM makes more money on SAP integrations than SAP makes in selling that software... by Tom Foremski
- Tags: SAP AG, Steve Mills, IBM Corp., Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2010-02-09
- News to know: Server wars; Windows 7; GMail; China hacker arrests; SAP
- Server wars and a Google announcement top today's headlines by Sam Diaz
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Gmail, Dana Blankenhorn, Andrew Nusca, Mary Jo Foley, SAP AG, Server, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Data Centers, Tablets, Cloud Computing, Operating Systems, Software, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Notebooks & Tablets, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2010-02-09
- Can SAP rebuild trust and innovation?
- SAP chairman Hasso Plattner started with contrition and signaled that product development will lead the rebound in the company. Plattner's task: Rebuild employee and customer trust. by Larry Dignan
- Tags: Innovation, SAP AG, Leo Apotheker, Dennis Howlett, Product Development, Strategy, Product Marketing, Leadership, Research & Development, Business Operations, Management, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2010-02-08
- SAP: Hasso Plattner back at the helm. Job no.1: rebuild trust
- After the weekend's news of Leo Apotheker's abrupt departure and the re-establishment of co-CEO's in Jim Snabe and Bill McDermott, SAP hosted a webcast on the situation with Hasso Plattner talking as chairman of the supervisory board. He started off straight talking and continued in that vein as far as...
- Tags: SAP AG, Leo, Team Management, Human Capital Management, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2010-02-08
- News to know: SAP; Facebook Mobile; Google ad; Kindle; Macworld 2010
- SAP's new leadership and Google's Super Bowl commercial top today's headlinees. by Sam Diaz
- Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Advertisement, Mobile, Mary Jo Foley, SAP AG, Matthew Miller, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Linux, Web Browsers, E-books & E-Readers, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2010-02-08
- SAP: the challenges ahead
- It's started. Speculation around whether SAP ex-CEO Leo Apotheker jumped or was pushed, a trawl through past failures, an implied writing off of SAP because its strategy seems muddled and as for SaaS? Pfft. This is what SAP insiders are telling me. The...
- Tags: SAP AG, Vinnie Mirchandani, Consulting Operation, Vishal Sikka, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Middleware, Strategy, Emerging Technologies, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2010-02-07
- SAP: New leadership, same old story?
- SAP CEO Leo Apotheker has resigned and two of his former lieutenants have become co-CEOs. Are these two executive the answer or does SAP need some outside intervention? by Larry Dignan
- Tags: Leadership, SAP AG, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Strategy, Sales, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2010-02-07
- SAP changes leaders: Time for innovation
- Bloggers and Twitters alike are buzzing today with news that enterprise giant, SAP, announced a leadership change. It's now time for customer-friendly SAP actions and product innovation. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Innovation, Board, Leader, SAP AG, Léo Apotheker, Jim Hagemann Snabe, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2010-02-07
- SAP: Apotheker gone, co-CEO's appointed
- In a tightly worded press release, SAP has announced that Leo Apotheker has resigned as CEO with immediate effect: "The SAP Executive Board, in agreement with the SAP Supervisory Board, has appointed two Co-CEOs: Bill McDermott, head of field organization and Jim Hagemann Snabe, head of product development, both...
- Tags: Board, SAP AG, Leo, Corporate Governance, Product Development, Sales Strategy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Research & Development, Sales, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2010-02-07
- NetSuite’s Revenue in light of the bigger ERP revenue question
- Earnings reports and channel checks suggest SaaS vendors are making in-roads in the ERP space. On-premise vendors may be at risk although the effect of acquisitions makes it hard to ascertain within their financial statements. by Brian Sommer
- Tags: Revenue, Software-as-a-service, Oracle Corp., NetSuite Inc., SAP AG, ERP, Software Revenue, Software As A Service (SaaS), Sales Strategy, Managed Hosting, Operational Accounting, Cloud Computing, Sales Force Management, Emerging Technologies, Sales, Finance, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2010-02-06
- NetSuite hits record earnings
- Having had a dreadful start to 2009, NetSuite announced record earning for the fourth quarter and year ended 31st December, 2009. From the release: "Total revenue for the year was $166.5 million, a year-over-year increase of 9%. Total revenue for the fourth quarter was $43.0 million. Revenue from...
- Tags: Revenue, NetSuite Inc., Zach Nelson, SAP AG, Earnings, GAAP, Operational Accounting, Financial Accounting, Finance, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2010-02-04
- SAP's 12Sprints joins the social enterprise bandwagon
- I spent some time this morning working with SAP's new 12Sprints collaboration service, which was announced earlier this week. Available free in open beta immediately, it's a cloud-based service that's a cross between Basecamp and Google Wave and is ostensibly designed for team collaboration. Not incidentally, 12Sprints is...
- Tags: Social Computing, SAP AG, Social Software, Tool, 12Sprints, 12Sprint, Social Networking, Collaboration, Groupware, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Enterprise Software, Software, Dion Hinchcliffe
- Blog posts 2010-02-04
- SAP earnings: Conditions improve, but uncertainty remains
- SAP said it expects to return to revenue growth and deliver stronger profit margins in 2010 amid a gradual economic recovery. The company also said sales were rebounding in the U.S. and added that its on-demand Business ByDesign suite will be ready for volume deployments in mid-2010. ...
- Tags: Revenue, SAP AG, Earnings, Operational Accounting, Tools & Techniques, Managed Hosting, Finance, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2010-01-27
- Oracle sues Rimini Street, alleges 'massive theft'; Is third party support dead?
- Oracle has filed a lawsuit against Rimini Street, a third party support provider, alleging "massive theft of Oracle’s software and related support materials through an illegal business model." Rimini said it will fight back. by Larry Dignan
- Tags: Software, Oracle Corp., SAP AG, Rimini Street, Tools & Techniques, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2010-01-26
- SAP: Voice of the Customer
- Last week I was in Belgium meeting some smaller SAP customers. The idea was to get them talking on camera about their early experiences with SAP products. This is the first one I produced. It is about ECOVER, an ecological cleaning products business with presence in...
- Tags: Voice, SAP AG, Corporate Communications, Public Relations, Sales Force Management, Sales Strategy, Marketing, Sales, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2010-01-22
- SAPs maintenance cost sleight of hand
- Last Thursday's announcement that SAP has modified its customer support offerings came just as I was boarding a plane. While I was able to hear most of the analyst call, I didn't have time to think it all through until now. At first glance you'd be forgiven...
- Tags: Customer, SAP AG, Ray Wang, David Dobrin, COLA, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Finance, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2010-01-18
- News to know: Intel, Microsoft; Verizon; SAP
- Intel's earnings, Microsoft, Verizon Wireless and SAP are among Friday's headliners. by Larry Dignan
- Tags: Verizon Communications Inc., SAP AG, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Pricing Strategy, Intel Corp., Motorola Inc., Pricing, Marketing Research, Microsoft Windows, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2010-01-15
- SAP shuffles management, maintenance decks; Analysts question 2010 prospects
- SAP reshuffled its management team and said that it will bring back pricing tiers to customers. First, the pricing tiers. In 2008, SAP said it would move customers to more full-featured but pricier enterprise support packages. That move raised a series of hackles. Now it appears SAP...
- Tags: SAP AG, Corporate Governance, Pricing, Operational Accounting, Marketing Research, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Marketing, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2010-01-14
- Blogger relations at SAP
- Blogging with Spread the WordBlogging can take the info beyond the print mediaOneAccess-UserManager for SAPSAP Certified-Powered by Netweaverhttp://www.softsquare.biz/oneaccess/
- Tags: Blogging, Media, SAP AG, Blogger
- Discussion threads 2010-01-14
- CRM as an enabler to building a customer-centric enterprise
- Discover the process support issues to watch out for when creating customer-centric enterprise strategies. Examine the consequences of IT and CRM purchase decisions and learn how to adapt your CRM to provide a superior customer experience.
- Tags: SAP AG, CRM, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2010-01-14
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