IDC recently estimated that SAP partners around the world are likely to earn $220 billion in revenue from the vendor’s Big Data and analytics solutions over the next five years.
SAP executives discuss co-CEO Snabe's departure, return to single CEO structure
SAP’s pending return to a single CEO structure is the right move at the right time, according to co-founder and Chairman Hasso Plattner.
SAP's Snabe to step down in 2014, McDermott to become sole CEO
SAP co-CEO Jim Hagemann Snabe will leave his post in May 2014 to become a member of the enterprise software vendor’s supervisory board, leaving Bill McDermott as sole CEO.
SAP posts growth but lowers outlook in main software business
SAP reported revenue growth in the second quarter driven by growth in cloud subscriptions and revenue from support and its HANA in-memory database.
Oracle’s Ellison spills beans on upcoming SAP HANA competitor and Database 12c plans
Oracle hasn’t even officially released its 12c database yet, but CEO Larry Ellison has already revealed plans for the version that will follow, 12.1c, which apparently will be Oracle’s most direct response yet to SAP’s HANA in-memory platform.
Many companies are negligent about SAP security, researchers say
SAP has significantly improved the security of its products over the past few years but many of its customers are negligent with their deployments, which exposes them to potential attacks that could cripple their businesses, according to security researchers.
SAP goes soppy at Sapphire
With approximately 80,000 people tuning in digitally around the world, SAP’s board of executives preached to a near 100,000 strong crowd in Florida — and the message could not have been clearer; it believes HANA is the future of business.
SAP training scheme boosted by Omani government partnership
SAP has partnered with Oman’s Information Technology Authority (ITA) in order to boost its Mawared graduate training programme in the sultanate.
IT department could disappear by the end of the decade, says Forrester
The IT department of 2020 could disappear as a separate entity and become embedded in departments throughout the entire organisation, according to analyst Forrester.
SAP to acquire e-commerce player hybris to target ‘consumer economy’
Enterprise software giant SAP has announced plans to acquire e-commerce player hybris in an attempt to further expand its reach …
SAP shakes up development organisation
SAP has abruptly reorganised its development strategy, with SuccessFactors CEO and cloud strategy chief Lars Dalgaard leaving the company and …
SAP CEO shuns Forrester’s criticisms that HANA cloud is a ‘half-baked business model’
SAP’s co-CEO, Jim Hagemann Snabe, has responded to analyst Forrester’s criticisms following the launch of HANA enterprise cloud, claiming that …
SAP attracts new customers with Suite on HANA – but not Oracle’s
SAP’s announcement earlier this year that it is making its widely used Business Suite applications available on its in-memory database …
Syria disappears from the Internet again
Internet traffic to and from Syria, a country engulfed by civil war, again came to a halt on Wednesday, according …
SAP launches Fiori, announces partnership with Google for Chrome published applications
SAP today announced the release of SAP Fiori, a set of 25 easy-to-use applications for the most frequently used transactions, …
SAP’s co-founder addresses the myths of HANA
Dr. Hasso Plattner, Chairman of Supervisory Board, SAP, blasted Internet myths surrounding the capabilities and availability of its HANA technology …
SAP offers general availability of HANA Business Suite as a database
SAP today announced the general availability of Business Suite as a database on HANA, as well as revealing that all …
SAP launches Afaria mobile management in the cloud
From today, SAP is offering its Afaria mobile management solution in the cloud, hosted on Amazon AWS, for only €1 …
‘Smart, speed, secure’ – SAP delivers opening Sapphire message
Co-CEO Bill McDermott raised the roof of the Orange County Convention Center in Florida today during the opening keynote of …
Embrace mobility or be left behind, says SAP
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region’s business leaders need to embrace enterprise mobility, or they risk suffering rapid …