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Qualcomm CIO thinks Oracle is a dinosaur
Business Insider reports Fjeldheim went on to say that Oracle is practically a dinosaur and that it and SAP should be scared of competitors like NetSuite. Oddly enough, the praise might have not been the best thing for NetSuite CEO Zach Nelson, who was also in attendance. -
SAP loses Versata appeal
According to Computerworld, Versata’s product was called Pricer, and the software was used by SAP customers as a "bolt-on" to its core ERP system. -
SAP stumbles in Asia
FinancialThe maker of expensive management software, SAP, is having some trouble making sales in Asia. -
HP chairman Ray Lane quits
Lane's hold on HP was really under question after Apotheker bravely lead the company to a major disaster. Lane was an enthusiastic supporter of Apotheker's daft idea to turn HP into SAP. -
Oracle blames sales teams for poor results
There are other figures within Oracle's bottom line which are not that great. Its hardware division, for example, is still pretty poor, and the outfit is facing greater competition in cloud or web-based software from the likes of IBM, SAP and Salesforce. -
HP director defends chairman from headhunters
After all anyone who worked for Oracle is worth keeping, they might be able to spot that an SAP clone was not what it claimed to be. -
HP waters down Autonomy allegations
Autonomy was bought by former HP CEO Léo Apotheker as part of his moves to turn HP into a bigger version of SAP. However in SAP the idea was always to sell expensive management software which no-one really knew what it did. In the case of Autonomy, neither did Apotheker. -
Cisco attempts to shift its goalposts
Speaking to press at the company's headquarters, Chambers said mobile devices and sensors connected to internet were impacting on major players such as Microsoft, IBM, SAP, Oracle and Cisco. -
Intel's Mooly Eden hints at copying Apple
There is one obvious downside to this cunning plan. Copying Apple when you are probably the least 'cool' company in the known universe, next, perhaps, to SAP, is problematic. Intel selling its own walled garden of delights is a bit like IBM selling sex toys. -
Automony was practically vapourware
The Autonomy buyout was the cunning plan of HP CEO Leo Apotheker who wanted to dump PCs and hardware and become a software company, like SAP. To Apotheker the Autonomy sale made a lot of sense. Autonomy looked like it was doing extremely well. -
US Airforce wasted a billion on ERP project
The project started in 2005, when Oracle won an $88.5 million software contract, beating SAP and other vendors. -
IBM surprised by lawsuit from APM
APM claims that IBM conned it out of money and breached its contract during an SAP software project. -
How Google, Qualcomm, SAP decide to invest
White Bull 2012For SAP Ventures', the company's Jorg Seivert said there is a range of elements to pick from, including within the company at SAP Labs. "For the most part, we look for opportunities like this event [White Bull] or connecting to other VPs that we're friends with," Seivert said. -
Oracle starts SAP appeal
Oracle is appealing a five-year long court case in a bid to get its rival, the esoteric business software maker SAP, pay millions more in copyright infringement. -
Dell hires HP exec to save its bottom line
Marius Haas worked for HP until 2011 when it hired Leo Apotheker as CEO. Apotheker wanted to turn the maker of expensive printer ink into SAP and dump its hardware business. -
SAP agrees to pay off Oracle
The expensive esoteric business software maker, SAP has finally agreed to put its spat with Oracle behind it. -
Francis Maude claims IT disasters will not be tolerated
Microsoft and SAP have already had £65 million and £3 million contract reductions negotiated this week, so it does seem that the government means business. How far the government is willing to push austerity onto big business global contractors will be interesting. -
SAP boss involved in children's toy bar-code scam
SAP vice-president Thomas Langenbach was apparently so miffed that no one understood what he did for a living that he branched out into bar-code crime.
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