By: Balaji

Balaji — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:26:38 +0000

SAP will be dominating even after 2008

By: Atman Nouiouat

Atman Nouiouat — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:21:22 +0000

I don’t see why Ray Wang speculates that Oracle’s and IBM’s Middleware are superior to Netweaver? If you get Websphere/Fusion you’ll spend considerable time, cost, and efforts integrating them with Business Apps. NW is ready to be integrated with the largest portfolio of Business Processes, namely SAP Business Suite.
I don’t think it makes sense for SAP to acquire BEA, SAP already have a competitive J2EE implementation, they just came up with their own JVM which I expect to make SAP NW App Server (J2ee) more robust. I see SAP acquiring Bus Objects not for their technology but rather for their customer base which will allow SAP to become more competitive in the BI/reporting world, but more importantly introduce prior B.O customers to SAP Business Apps portofolio which might help SAP sell more Software. I see SAP acquiring small players in the IT support space. For example providers of IT Management Simplication tools. Don’t trust me on the last comment, I’m a techy not a market researcher!
Atman N.

Comments on: What SAP customers/users should watch for in 2008 — Part 2

By: Balaji

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