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'Microsoft, SAP just don't get cloud computing'
News Speaking at Salesforce's Dreamforce user conference in San Francisco, Benioff questioned SAP's delayed software as a service ERP project, Business ByDesign even inviting the German company to use the Force.com developer... [04 Nov 2008]
Artificial intelligence to join phishing fight in 2009
News US security company Symantec, German research organisation Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, ISP Tiscali and their partners have pooled their expertise on machine learning, image recognition, text extraction and security to build... [13 Oct 2008]
Oyster card security vulnerabilities uncovered
News Jacobs told ZDNet.co.uk that the security of the cards had been further undermined by the publication of the doctoral thesis of Henryk Plötz, a German researcher who publicised Mifare vulnerabilities with fellow... [08 Oct 2008]
SAP sales drop as credit crunch looms large
News German software maker SAP warned its sales had abruptly dropped off in the last two weeks of September as companies cut back on computer-related spending due to the widening financial crisis. The announcement on Monday... [07 Oct 2008]
Microsoft turns to Europe to fight the Google might
News Aside from Fast, recent European acquisitions by Microsoft include UK-based mapping specialist Multimap and German-based price comparison site Ciao. Microsoft will set up a Search Technology Centre designed to help its... [06 Oct 2008]
Nokia Xpress steams in with iPhone killer
News While LG and Samsung were quick to play their touchscreen phone cards after the release of the first iPhone, Nokia has been holding its hand close. That is, until now. On Thursday, the Finnish company announced the Nokia 5800 Xpress... [03 Oct 2008]
Sony Ericsson developer comp open for apps
News Sony Ericsson announced its third annual Content Awards last week. Developers are invited to submit content and applications for use on Sony Ericsson devices. The company released a free SDK two weeks ago. [22 Sep 2008]
Unilever right on track with SAP
News Unilever's global rollout of SAP technology is on track with around three-quarters of the business now live on software from the German software giant. In the summary of its second quarter results, Unilever confirmed the... [01 Aug 2008]
SAP CEO defends support price hike
News SAP co-CEO, Léo Apotheker, has hit back at criticism of the German business software giant's plans to change its support offering and price increase. In response to a question from silicon.com at SAP's quarterly results,... [29 Jul 2008]
SAP users air support gripes
News The German software giant announced on 16 July that it plans to move all customers onto its Enterprise Support programme by 1 January 2009, discontinuing the less comprehensive Standard Support.silicon.com Classics [25 Jul 2008]
UK worst in Europe for green IT
News Germany is rated as having the greenest IT, with only 30 per cent of German IT execs believing their company could do more on environmental issues. UK businesses are the worst in Europe for embracing green IT say tech... [08 Jul 2008]
Nationwide hands network reins to BT
News Back in March, Nationwide signed a multimillion pound deal with SAP to use the German software giant's banking platform as part of its £300m Voyager business transformation project. Nationwide Building Society has signed... [30 Jun 2008]
Publishers demand up to €49m from Google
News Google has already lost earlier rounds of a court dispute with Copiepresse, which has argued Google had violated copyright law by failing to secure permission before using headlines and snippets of Belgian French- and... [28 May 2008]
Royal Mail on target to save £300m with SAP
News Royal Mail already runs its business applications on an SAP backbone and so the decision to use technology from the German business software giant for the procurement project was an obvious one. Royal Mail is on course... [22 May 2008]
Calls to lift UK Segway ban
News But transport minister Lord Bassam of Brighton said there is still a question mark over the safety of the devices on public roads and that a German police force had discovered seven major, serious incidents involving the... [20 May 2008]
