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    1. Apple's iOS cited as the most popular mobile OS for enterprise

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      Apple’s iOS is the most popular mobile operating system for corporate environments, according to a new report from network security solutions provider Check Point Software in partnership with Dimensional Research. Approximately 89 percent of survey respondents own mobile devices (i.e. smartphones and/or tablets connecting to corporate networks), and iOS was found to be the most common mobile platform used to connect in business environments. (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Canada   Germany   Apple

    2. SAP's Q4 better than expected: HANA, mobile sales responsible

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      SAP's Q4 better than expected: HANA, mobile sales responsible SAP said its fourth quarter results will come in better than expected as new initiatives such as HANA—the company’s in-memory analytics system—and mobile software showed solid progress. The enterprise applications software giant said revenue in the fourth quarter will check in at euro 4.5 million. Wall Street was looking for euro 4.47 billion. Software revenue was up 16 percent in the fourth quarter compared to a year ago and software related service sales were up 14 percent. (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Bill McDermott   SAP   ZDNet

    3. Oracle CEO glosses over poor quarter by lashing out at competitors

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      Oracle’s hardware business is struggling, but that hasn’t stopped CEO Larry Ellison from talking trash. Oracle didn’t meet expectations when it revealed second fiscal quarter earnings on Tuesday afternoon. Thus, CEO Larry Ellison and company discussed a few other topics during the company’s quarterly conference call to detract from the negative news. (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Oracle   SAP

    4. What a Large Enterprise CIO Would Think of the SAP Cloud Position

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      SAP's Cloud Strategy has taken some big turns. But, will it be a boon for all businesses.

      The implication is that SAP is building and promoting cloud, HANA and mobile apps that connect to pre-existing application suites (e.g., BusinessOne, Business ByDesign and Enterprise Suite). They are not planning on materially re-working the Enterprise Suite code anytime soon.

      Bottom line: SAP cloud progress has been notable. BUT, the benefits will be uneven with mid-market buyers getting a better value experience in the short term.

      (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   SAP

    5. SAP delays launch of new community - provides no insights

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      SAP delays launch of new community network at the last minute. What happened is not clear but this is a major embarrassment (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   SAP

    6. SAP acquires SuccessFactors: a first take

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      SAP acquires SuccessFactors: a first take SAP's acquisition of SuccessFactors raises plenty of questions for the future. The good news is that buyers will at last see some genuine innovation from SAP that is available now and not a hyped pipe dream for the future. That should provide welcome relief to customers who see themselves being pulled away from their strategy of having a one stop shop approach to the transactional systems. (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   SAP

    7. Accenture launches new private cloud for SAP applications

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      Accenture launches new private cloud for SAP applications Accenture is rolling out a new private cloud solution based upon new SAP technologies. This private cloud is touted as one that can offer the same benefits as an off-premise to public cloud transfer, but with the level of data security and integrity found typically with on-premise legacy technologies. Accenture’s private cloud also rests on two key features to cloud computing in general: easy migration while lowering costs. This will be accomplished with the transparent migration of two SAP properties that will manage the infrastructure: the ERP software suite, which supports tailored business processes and operations, and the SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse component, which integrates data warehousing capabilities on a scalable platform. (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   San Francisco   SAP   Cisco

    8. SAP changes upgrade and maintenance policies

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      SAP changes upgrade and maintenance policies The new upgrade policy from SAP benefits customers while helping SAP battle increasingly strong market sentiment toward cloud computing. By releasing enhancement packs, SAP lets customers add capabilities to their systems on a modular basis, without forcing a significant upgrade implementation. The new upgrade policy gives customers new features on a predictable, quarterly basis. Extending maintenance for Business Suite is also beneficial for customers. When a vendor terminates the product maintenance period, customers must buy and implement an upgrade to continue receiving support. This forces some customers into an expensive upgrade simply to retain support, which is often essential on mission-critical software such as ERP. For this reason, support termination dates can be a contentious issue between vendors and customers. (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   SAP

    9. SAP certifies Amazon Web Services for core SAP ERP

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      SAP certifies Amazon Web Services for core SAP ERP SAP has certified its Rapid Deployment software as well as Business Objects for deployment on Amazon Web Services in a move aimed at lowering total cost of ownership and speeding up of SAP implementations. (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   New York   SAP

    10. SAP's McDermott: 'HANA pipeline 10 million Euros a week'

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      SAP's McDermott: 'HANA pipeline 10 million Euros a week' On HANA, McDermott said that the pipeline is in the ‘triple digit millions’ and that the pipeline is currently growing at a rate of €10 million per WEEK. He added that SAP is seeing the strongest demand in Japan though there is also strong demand in the US. From conversations I’ve had with colleagues, demand for HANA is across the board but with an emphasis on retail, CPG and utilities. (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Oracle   Bill McDermott   SAP

    11. SAP's John Wookey departs

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      SAP's John Wookey departs SAP's John Wookey---a high profile hire of three years ago---has left the company. Wookey, executive vice president in charge of development, led SAP's on demand efforts including the launch of Sales On-Demand (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   New York   SAP

    12. Sap's Hana roadmap: does it convince?

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      SAP is touting HANA as the next gen platform for delivering an amazing smorgasbord of apps. Is it ready to deliver? HANA is SAP’s take on the idea of in-memory technology for enterprise applications. In reality, the announcement was a selection of planned applications scheduled for release later this year. That’s not a roadmap. It’s a statement of intent. SAP has to do far better than that while at the same time providing its two million strong developer community a reason to listen. How well did it measure up? (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   Oracle   SAP

    13. SAP BusinessObjects 4.0 adds in-memory capabilities, iPad and Android support

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      The fourth version of SAP's BusinessObjects data analysis software, announced Wednesday, includes in-memory computing and support for mobile devices like the iPad. (Read Full Article)

      Comment Mentions:   New York   SAP   Philadelphia