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SAP trends strategy and ERP market share
- November 05, 2008
05 Nov'08
In SAP vs. Oracle war, promise of Fusion puts Oracle strategy on top, report says
SAP and Oracle swap spots in this year's Forrester strategy report, because while Oracle pushes on with Fusion, SAP continues to push customers onto a two-year-old ERP release.
- November 03, 2008
03 Nov'08
NetSuite targets SAP R/3 customers with discounted SaaS ERP offer
Trying to capitalize on anger over SAP support fee hikes, NetSuite offers SAP R/3 customers a guarantee to cut maintenance and support bills in half.
- October 29, 2008
29 Oct'08
SAP to cut spending but spare product development, help with SMB financing
An abrupt halt in SMB spending has SAP cutting millions in expenses, but it won't come at the expense of development, officials say. SAP will also help customers with financing.
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- October 21, 2008
21 Oct'08
SAP launches SAP partner product review site
SAP's recently launched EcoHub, a website aimed at matching customers with partner products reviewed by users, is bringing social networking to software selection.
- October 21, 2008
21 Oct'08
Oracle and SAP to talk settlement in TomorrowNow case
Could Oracle and SAP settle the TomorrowNow lawsuit? Oracle was ordered yesterday to put a number on the damages by February.
- October 15, 2008
15 Oct'08
SAP Enterprise Support users should push for added value, report says
While customers have been opposed to the increased SAP maintenance fees that come with SAP Enterprise Support, the offering comes with its share of advantages. Find out why customers should push for added value in SAP Enterprise Support.
- October 09, 2008
09 Oct'08
Oracle alleges SAP wanted to expand illegal TomorrowNow operation
Oracle's latest court filing alleges SAP was preparing to extend TomorrowNow Services to E-Business Suite customers and thinking about providing support for Hyperion and Retek customers.
- October 08, 2008
08 Oct'08
Oracle, SAP lawsuit may expand to Hyperion, Retek and the E-Business Suite
With no settlement yet, Oracle may seek more information from SAP on some of Oracle's other products.
- October 01, 2008
01 Oct'08
Finding value in SAP Enterprise Support
SAP support fee hikes have many SAP customers concerned. In this podcast, an SAP spokesman explains the basics of SAP Enterprise Support and why customers should come around.
- September 25, 2008
25 Sep'08
SAP maintenance fee increase prompts user groups worldwide to organize response
Heads of user groups worldwide will meet with SAP executives to voice their members' dissatisfaction with the SAP maintenance fee increase.
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- September 17, 2008
17 Sep'08
SAP asks for help with enterprise Web 2.0, other development challenges
How SAP's partnership with InnoCentive introduces development based on open innovation into SAP's model.
- September 15, 2008
15 Sep'08
SAP TechEd 2008 Las Vegas: SearchSAP.com Special Report
News from this year's SAP TechEd 2008 included a new certification in business process management and more direction on the future of Business Objects for SAP customers.
- September 01, 2008
01 Sep'08
OpenMFG defeats SAP in ERP upgrade
A garment company decided it had had enough of vendor bureaucracy, outdated software and system bugs. When it came time to upgrade, open source was one the mind of this IT pro.
- September 01, 2008
01 Sep'08
Customers upgrade to SAP ERP 6.0 for support, software consolidation
SAP customers are upgrading to SAP ERP 6.0 for systems support and software consolidation.
- September 01, 2008
01 Sep'08
SAP jobs present and future podcast, with David Foote
The SAP jobs market is hot, with some SAP skills paying more than the general market. This podcast with David Foote looks at the present and future of the SAP jobs market, including how it will be affected by SOA and outsourcing.