[ Articles with keyword 'context' ]
Open Source Joins the Mainstream
19.02.2009
“Open Source has joined the mainstream,” chairman Richard Seibt concluded when wrapping up the Open Source Meets Business conference, held at the end of January 2009 in Nuremberg, Germany. “We’re no longer referring to market shares that have grown. Instead, we’re talking about large and small enterprises working successfully with open source software,” said Seibt, who is also chairman of the Open Source Business Foundation.
New Software for SAP and IBM Customers
30.01.2009
Tough economic times call for fast and effective action—and reaction—at all levels in an organisation. SAP and IBM aim to give its customers an added edge with a new collaborative software called Alloy. Jointly developed by the two partners, Alloy integrates SAP Business Suite with IBM Lotus Notes.
More and more Customers use the SAP Enterprise Services Workplace
10.07.2008
Great success of the Enterprise Services Workplace (ES Workplace): The SAP platform for the rollout of the SAP Business Suite’s Enterprise Services Portfolio to partners and customers shows growing number of users – by July, the total numbers reached 1,000 page hits per day and the 5,000th registered user for the testing environment.
When the Shirt Calls the Doctor
14.05.2008
We already have sports shirts that measure the runner’s pulse. And you can buy skiing gloves with a built-in telephone, too. In future our clothing will become even more intelligent. Torsten Linz from the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration (IZM) in Berlin is one of the scientists already working on this. In an interview with SAP INFO online, the expert in integrating electronics into textiles explains what is technically possible and what challenges the researchers are currently working on.
IBM and SAP to Develop First Joint Software Product
21.01.2008
Before 7,000 customers and partners at the annual Lotusphere conference, IBM and SAP AG announced plans to deliver their first joint software product codenamed “Atlantic” that will integrate IBM Lotus Notes software with SAP Business Suite.
Controlling Fragmentation and Change
04.10.2007
Non-standard processes and changing business conditions are two major reasons why IT costs spiral out of control. A confluence of supply chain trends is shaping a future in which these issues will become increasingly common. Service-oriented architectures offer a way to deal with the challenges and improve supply chain performance.
Business Managers Court IT Colleagues
19.09.2007
What do business managers expect from information technology? A study by international market research institute IDC has looked into this question and found that high costs are not the main issue – just as long as the IT is effective. The idea that business managers must have considerable IT knowledge is also gaining ground.
Transforming Positioning Data into Real Life Action
25.07.2007
When trucks pull away from the loading dock, usually there‘s no way to verify the freight, to change the route, to optimize empty miles or to support proof of delivery processes – unless the driver is directly connected with the carrier‘s transportation backend systems. By combining RFID, GPS and Cell based technologies, ActiveSuite, powered by SAP NetWeaver, is directly linked to SAP Event Manager, giving retailers and carriers the opportunity to conduct their fleet in real-time.
Intelligent Assistant Helps with Picking
02.05.2007
“Multimodal Interaction in Context-Adaptive Systems” (MICA) fulfills the wish of many companies by helping even inexperienced warehouse employees handle picking orders quickly and without errors. With support from SAP Research, the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology (Fraunhofer FIT) developed the prototype of the intelligent assistant.
SAP Delivers New Solutions to Help CFOs Drive Business Performance
24.04.2007
SAP AG announced its newest solutions and initiatives to support the increasingly strategic role of the chief financial officer (CFO) in driving business performance in a world of accelerated change.
