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M2M: A tactical take on managing ‘big data’? Oracle, SAP and Salesforce take note

It took Isilon, EMC's big data storage division, three months of development and a price tag in the "high five figures" to integrate its own internal Salesforce.com customer service application with Axeda's machine-to-machine (M2M) application. But it's been worth it, according to Jason DePardo,...

Is SAP leaving ERP behind?

In-memory! Cloud! Mobile! There's no question what the dominant themes were at last week's Sapphire conference. They were writ large across the Orange County Convention Center and repeated...

SAP’s cloud chief slams Business ByDesign approach, poses cloud alternative

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April 12, 2012  2:52 PM

Can SAP keep its promises of database dominance?

Posted by: Barney Beal
HANA, in-memory, SAP

You can say this for SAP: It doesn't lack confidence. Its track record of living up to lofty promises, however, is a bit spotty. The company basically laid it all out on the table this week when it proclaimed its intention

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December 5, 2011  7:24 PM

Is the business applications market coming down to Salesforce, Oracle and SAP?

Posted by: Barney Beal
buy vs. build, Oracle, SaaS software, Salesforce, SAP

Recent events suggest that Oracle, SAP and Salesforce.com will soon be all that's left of the enterprise software vendors - at least when it comes to the cloud. An examination of recent announcements from the three demonstrates that the business applications giants are investing heavily in the...

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