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SAP’s Bill McDermott offers growth clues

Are there acquisitions in SAP's future? SAP's Bill McDermott told SearchSAP.com last week that "...there are many ways that we can grow with our existing accounts." The president and CEO of SAP global...

Most popular SAP skills

The topic of SAP skills has been a hot issue of late. For those interested in this topic, the U.K.'s ITjobswatch provides a list of the most popular SAP skills and other data that will be very...

The end of IT

Everyone knows about the bottom-up pressure on in-house IT -- namely, that IT outsourcing has made it cheaper and more efficient to move basic functions such as maintenance and testing outside the four walls of the enterprise. After ten years, this can't be called a trend anymore; for enterprises,...

SAP Argentina: A hot opportunity

One of IT's most frequently asked questions is, "How can I turn SAP knowledge into money?" The answer to this question typically involves becoming a consultant or systems integrator employee. However, SAP itself offers a limited number of employment opportunities for everyone from developers to...

SAP and Microsoft in talks?

Yesterday, rumors surfaced that Microsoft was in talks to acquire SAP. The news bumped SAP’s shares up, and notched Microsoft’s down. Of course, in 2004, the antitrust case...

The skinny on SAP SRM 2007

There has been something of a slow burn recently on a couple good blogs about SAP SRM 6.0....

How will SAP’s BO acquisition impact SAP BI consulting?

In this two-part guest column, veteran SAP expert Jon Reed sounds off on the recently announced Business Objects acquisition.

Coming back from TechEd Las Vegas, we were all taken by surprise...

SAP’s BO acquisition impact on SAP BI consulting, part two

In the first part of this column, guest expert Jon Reed expressed confidence in the future job prospects of SAP BI professionals. But what does our other expert...

RFID rising — and drawing fire

RFID, radio frequency identification, is one of those topics that come and go in the news. Unless you're working with supply chains on a daily basis, RFID may not be at the top of your IT watch list. Well, there are some forces in motion right now that may have an impact on just how pervasive RFID...