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SAP confident of SaaS and cloud uptake
Khidr Suleman, V3.co.uk, Thursday 29 July 2010 at 00:15:00 Almost two-thirds of customers plan to invest in SAP's on-demand technology Nearly two-thirds of SAP customers will use the firm's software-as-a-service (SaaS) products in the future, according to a survey by the UK & Ireland SAP User Group....
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SAP confident of SaaS and cloud uptake
Khidr Suleman, V3.co.uk, Thursday 29 July 2010 at 00:15:00 Almost two-thirds of customers plan to invest in SAP's on-demand technology Nearly two-thirds of SAP customers will use the firm's software-as-a-service (SaaS) products in the future, according to a survey by the UK & Ireland SAP User Group....
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SAP reports revenue up 12%, earnings up 15%
SAP reported a 15% year-on-year rise in earnings for the second quarter, on revenue up 12%. It forecast that underlying revenue growth in its core business of software and software-related services will accelerate following completion of its acquisition of Sybase.
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SAP extends $5.8B Sybase bid; cites EU review
SAP said today that it has extended its $5.8 billion bid for Sybase while it awaits approval under European merger regulations.
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EU anticompetition complaint lodged against SAP
Versata Software lodged a complaint against SAP with the European Commission on Tuesday, claiming that the vendor illegally blocked it from selling its pricing software to SAP customers.
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Oracle taps top attorney Boies for SAP suit
Oracle has brought in the big guns to assist in its intellectual-property lawsuit against rival applications vendor SAP, hiring attorney David Boies, well-known for his high-profile role prosecuting the U.S. government's landmark antitrust case against Microsoft.
From Computerworld ERP/Supply Chain News
SAP seeks to raise awareness of BusinessObjects
Khidr Suleman, V3.co.uk, Monday 14 June 2010 at 00:15:00 New charter designed to increase customer participation The SAP UK & Ireland User Group (UKIUG) is to work on a new charter designed to increase awareness of the company's BusinessObjects portfolio....
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Oracle, SAP working together on Exadata support
Frequent rivals Oracle and SAP are behaving more like "frenemies" when it comes to Oracle's Exadata database machine, high-profile mudslinging notwithstanding.
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SAP reveals part of private cloud strategy
SAP discloses some details of its strategy for private cloud computing Wednesday at the Sapphire conference in Orlando.
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SAP, Waste Management settle lawsuit
The rancorous lawsuit between SAP and Waste Management has been settled, with the software vendor making an undisclosed, one-time cash payment to the trash hauler, according to court documents and a regulatory filing.
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