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RSS SAP in newsSAP delays support price hike for customers
News SAP has delayed price rises for its customers following a slip in the timing of a user benchmarking scheme. Earlier this year SAP users ordered the software company to meet a new set of key performance... [02 Dec 2009]
IT skills shortage squashed by recession?
News This was followed by web services/SOA (.Net, J2EE etc); and ERP (SAP, Oracle etc) - which bumped IT management (systems, storage, network) into fourth place. The icy winds of economic gloom have put paid to talk of a... [25 Nov 2009]
Users tell SAP "we need to talk more"
News SAP needs to better communicate with customers about the products in its portfolio as well as the technology it's developing. That's according to customers attending the SAP UK and Ireland... [25 Nov 2009]
Salesforce.com plans social networking for business
News Chatter can also be linked to the 135,000 applications built on the Salesforce.com Force.com platform, while developers can also build apps that link it to business applications that don't run on Force.com such as Google Apps and... [19 Nov 2009]
Why the UK will never create a Google, Microsoft or Oracle
News But does the world need another SAP, Siebel or Oracle? That's the sobering conclusion of the silicon.com CIO Jury which voted 10 to two against, when asked whether the UK could create a global software business to rival... [03 Nov 2009]
How will you use Google Wave? Recruiting, decision-making, dealing with complaints
News Google is a company whose products usually start by capturing the imagination of consumers and then business gets interested but we have already had an enormous amount of interest [from companies]," Rasmussen told the... [28 Oct 2009]
Barclays CIO finds a new home with SAP
News Don Trotta has left his role as CIO with Barclays and taken a new position with SAP. Trotta has been appointed the ERP company's SVP and global head of financial services, responsible for product strategy, development... [22 Oct 2009]
Google Wave opens doors to 100,000 newbies
News A few companies, such as SAP and Salesforce.com, have already started playing around with the technology but Google is seeking feedback from other organisations on how Wave might work within their environment. [30 Sep 2009]
SAP on the hunt for more Business ByDesign guinea pigs
News SAP is holding back on a full-scale launch of its software-as-a-service technology, Business ByDesign, until it has more guinea pigs using it. The Business ByDesign enterprise resource planning (ERP) software for... [10 Sep 2009]
IBM wins five-year BP contract to keep SAP apps slick
News IBM maintains it won the largest chunk of the contract and appears to be responsible for SAP maintenance across BP, as well as the company's integrated services desk. BP CIO Dana Deasy said in a statement that IBM was... [27 Aug 2009]
SAP reveals software-as-a-service makeover
News SAP has spruced up its software-as-a-service technology, Business ByDesign by launching Feature Pack 2.0 (FP 2.0), as it looks to build its customer base. The Business ByDesign Enterprise Resource Planning software for... [30 Jul 2009]
SAP puts its services to the test
News Business software provider SAP 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. The introduction of the... [07 Jul 2009]
Diageo drinks to $35m outsourcing deals
News The first contract, worth $7m, will see CSC design and install a new supply chain management system for the company, based on SAP. Drinks giant Diageo has signed two outsourcing contracts worth $35m with services company... [18 Jun 2009]
Recession-hit retailers fight back with online charm offensive
News According to a survey carried out by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and software vendor SAP, around half (51 per cent) of respondents are looking at new channels to market - such as transactional websites - as a way... [20 May 2009]
Data predictions made easier in the cloud
News SPSS already has technology embedded with the likes of HP, Oracle and SAP (with Business Objects) and this approach is also likely to continue according to the company's CEO. Predictive analytics software maker SPSS... [14 May 2009]
