[ Articles with keyword 'funding' ]
The Future at Your Fingertips
28.09.2009
With the “SoKNOS Dialog” project, SAP aims to inject new momentum into the field of security research. Starting in November 2009, the project will take a closer look at how IT can be put to good use during major disasters.
Turning the Silver Challenge into a Golden Opportunity
01.08.2007
According to the European Commission, older people should be getting more benefits from the digital age. By 2013 the Commission plans to invest one billion Euros in researching and piloting digital technologies that make the lives of older citizens easier. Frans de Bruïne, the Commission director responsible for the initiative explains to SAP INFO online the advantages of the initiative for the IT industry and social security systems.
Austria – A Shining Example
04.10.2006
In January 2004, all 21 universities in Austria simultaneously implemented SAP R/3 for their accounting systems. It was a successful project which served as an example for others. Now, the public universities in Slovakia are also adopting the SAP standard to enable them to manage their finances transparently in future.
The Race to Growth (Part 2)
14.06.2006
The world’s two biggest developing countries are taking different paths to economic prosperity. Which is the better one?
SAP Establishes $125 Million Global SAP NetWeaver Fund
17.05.2006
SAP AG announced the launch of a $125 million global fund to accelerate the ecosystem of independent software vendors (ISVs) building next-generation composite applications on the SAP NetWeaver platform. With more than 1,500 “Powered by SAP NetWeaver” solutions and more than 1,000 ISVs actively developing on the SAP NetWeaver platform, the SAP NetWeaver Fund will focus on strategic investments in select companies committed to becoming part of the SAP ecosystem and building innovative solutions based on enterprise service-oriented architecture (enterprise SOA).
First World R&D Intensity Close to Stagnation?
20.02.2006
As the latest statistics show that the emerging economies within Asia are spending more and more on research and development, experts in the US and in Europe are becoming more vocal in their opinions that the First World could lose its technological edge.
Siemens Business Services Signs Major SAP Deal for Slovakian Universities
15.09.2005
Siemens Business Services will implement and maintain the corporate software SAP at Slovakian universities. The system will help the Slovakian Ministry of Education and the universities to better control their economic management and their budgetary requirements for the future.
The Chinese IT Market Still Has Much Potential
25.10.2004
After earning a doctorate at the Technical University of Graz, Austria, Situ Wei studied at Tsinghua University in Beijing before joining product development at Siemens Mobile Network Group in Vienna. Today he leads the research and development center of the mobile networks business area at Siemens Limited China as its general manager. SAP INFO online spoke with him about current developments in the Chinese IT market.
“Digital Information Will Never Survive by Accident”
02.08.2004
Our society is becoming more and more dependent on digital information and communication technologies. Although, from a technical perspective, everyone can read a book from the 16th century, only few are able to access 15-year old data stored on diskette. In conversation with SAP INFO online, Neil Beagrie, British Library and Joint Information Systems Committee Partnership Manager at the British Library, explains the issue of whether and how the knowledge of the 21st century can be preserved as part of our cultural inheritance for future generations.
Austria’s 21 Universities Gain Financial Autonomy with SAP
29.06.2004
The Austrian Ministry for Education, Science and Culture is standardizing financial management processes across all of Austria’s universities on SAP software in a strategic move to support each institution’s evolution into operational autonomy. SAP installations went live simultaneously at all 21 Austrian universities on January 5, 2004. The announcement was made at EUNIS 2004, the 10th International Conference of European University Information Systems, being held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, June 29 – July 2.
