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SAP Sweetens Hana Deal With Free Sybase Database
The most obvious sign of this admission is a dual-database deal whereby SAP is including the Sybase ASE transactional database -- meaning it's a free add-on -- when customers license SAP Business Suite Powered by Hana. SAP executives explained the offer in a follow-up interview with InformationWeek last week. "Customers could choose to deploy ASE or Hana in whatever mix of configurations they want," explained Prakash Darji, SAP's global VP for data warehouse solutions & SAP Hana platform.
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SAP improves SRM interface
SAP has released an add-on for the SAP Supplier Relationship Management (SAP SRM) application designed to make its user interface more user-friendly. The add-on, which will be demoed at SAPPHIRE NOW + SAP TechEd in Madrid, gives the SAP SRM application the familiar look and feel of an online shopping web page to allow casual procurement users to create purchase requests from catalogues with little or no training. Features that have been added include type-ahead search terms, browse by category, filtering, detailed product information and ratings enables users to search across internal and external catalogues to quickly find the products and services they need to order. Companies can customise the user interface to their specific branding and procurement processes.
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Top ten outsourcing tips - Raconteur - Raconteur
As companies look to scale back expensive in-house operations, outsourcing is once again appearing as an attractive option for businesses, large and small. But there are many pitfalls along the way. Nick Martindale speaks to executives from ten companies with experience of putting outsourcing projects into action Ensuring the full range of activities for the process being outsourced is covered by an appropriate business agreement is essential, says Anoop Sagoo, Accenture’s business
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Analyzing the Human Procurement Capital: SAP and Ariba
In reading how the business and trade press has covered the SAP bid for Ariba, one thing we've read over and over is the perception that the deal is a win to bring more "cloud talent" into SAP. We think this is rubbish. What's needed inside SAP is not more cloud talent (and the Ariba team comes from enterprise software DNA), at least in the procurement space. What's needed is a network and procurement-savvy mindset that can expand on the capabilities of their own team members.
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6 Steps to Sourcing Excellence
Even with the increased emphasis on cost control that has come out of the recession, maverick or unauthorized spending is still a problem for most organizations, sometimes costing millions. This article shares six steps to help procurement organizations maximise savings and profits; including obtaining executive sponsorship and collaborating with key stakeholders
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SAP Releases cloud based procurement add-on
SAP has a new OnDemand Analytic Application that helps Procurement Organizations have reliable data for their Spend Analyses to better decide. The Business Objects Data Enrichment and Classification OnDemand is part of the Analytic Applications portfolio for SAP Procurement. The solution is a cloud-based, network application that combines spend data with global content and services to improve data reliability for strategic sourcing and spend analytics. The combination of robust information and powerful analytics allows businesses to be smarter about their procurement decisions, enabling them to anticipate supplier risks, assess actions and evaluate potential responses and outcomes. (Read Full Article)
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SAP’s OnDemand Offerings
You may be well-acquainted with SAP Business ByDesign and SAP StreamWork, but have you heard of Career OnDemand or Supplier Relationship OnDemand? We take a look at SAP's portfolio of on-demand software.
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Procurement in SAP Business Suite 7 Innovations 2010
An overview of the new features and functions that will be coming soon to our on-premise Procurement customers in SRM 7.0 Enhancement Pack 1 and ECC 6.0 Enhancement Pack 5.
In this Business Suite release, we strengthened our central purchasing hub to support the orchestration of local and central procurement, we further advanced the integration between SRM and ERP to expand ERP e-procurement functionality, and we improved supplier collaboration and procurement processes outside the company boundaries.
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SAP Revs Up Mobile Application Strategy
SAP is giving its ongoing push into mobile applications an extra shove with a series of new products aimed at verticals such as utilities, energy, retail and manufacturing, the company announced Tuesday during the Sapphire Now conference in Orlando. (Read Full Article)
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SAP announces new Rapid Deployment applications
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SAP is rolling out 15 new Rapid Deployment applications as a follow-up to the original software for CRM, supply chain and manufacturing unveiled last fall. SAP is expanding its newly created line of SAP Rapid Deployment software, which it says gives customers the ability to buy cheaper, slimmed-down versions of its more complicated Business Suite applications and can be deployed in a few months. The new applications are designed to be “one slice or a chunk” of larger enterprise applications but address a certain function or specific need, according to Jeff Winter, vice president of Rapid Deployment Solutions marketing for SAP. (Read Full Article)
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