May, 2012

What happens when SAP delivers too much for too little?

David Kang learned one thing during his recent deployment of SAP software. "Be careful what you wish for," Kang said at the SAP SapphireNow conference in Orlando. Kang is the chief financial officer for Landi Renzo US, the American subsidiary of the global company that engineers, installs,...

Sexy or not, here come new SAP mobile apps

ORLANDO, Fla. -- SAP took the development of its Sybase Unwired Platform (SUP) a step further today by unveiling a handful of new mobile applications at the kickoff of its annual SapphireNow conference.

Company officials said the new apps,...

What’s wrong with SAP BusinessObjects support?

A new survey by the U.K. and Ireland SAP User Group finds some mixed news for SAP.  The adoption rate for SAP BusinessObjects is on the rise - but a third of the entire user base isn't happy...

Some BI questions for SAP SapphireNow

We'll no doubt have a clearer idea of where SAP is taking its customers on a range of fronts by the time Van Halen hits the stage at the conclusion of this year's SapphireNow conference, from what mobile apps are in the offing, and where SAP is going with its cloud strategy, and a range of other...

SAP and Oracle get bloody over HANA and in-memory

Who needs pay-per-view boxing when you can watch two of the world's largest tech companies hold their own enterprise software version of Fight Club, with millions of dollars in future sales at stake? SAP, which has typically jabbed Oracle not by name but with thinly-veiled references in the...