16.09.2009
The market research institute Infas questioned managers from 59 German companies with more than 3,000 employees on the subject of IT change projects.
18.06.2009
Chargeback management – or special pricing allowances (SPAs) as it is better known in the electrical distribution industry – is a big part of any wholesale distributor’s profit model. Summit Electric Supply, a U.S. $385 million electrical distributor based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, leveraged SAP and its best practices to increase its claims by 118 percent. It also got a return on investment in less than six months.
15.05.2009
Outdated software was one of the issues addressed by SAP co-founder and visionary Hasso Plattner in his keynote at SAPPHIRE 2009 in Orlando. Plattner made the case for a new concept in data storage.
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.
09.09.2008
Stanford University and the Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) have announced a research partnership in which they will investigate innovation processes. The joint research program is planned to run for eight years with a total budget of $16 million (approximately €10.7 million).
13.08.2008
SAP Research is the global technology research unit of SAP, with over 400 scientists, researchers, doctoral candidates, and students working in 14 research centers on five continents. The group contributes significantly to SAP’s product portfolio and extends its leading position in the market.
27.02.2008
Users heard the newest information about SAP software first hand at the Technology Days conference, sponsored by the German-speaking SAP users’ group (DSAG), held in Dresden on February 19 and 20. The conference focused on the SAP Solution Manager application management solution and the SAP NetWeaver technology platform.
28.11.2007
SAP today announced significant growth in its ecosystem across India, which is the location for the final event in the SAP TechEd ‘07 series. Over the past year, Indian customers and partners have more than doubled their membership and activities within SAP communities of innovation, showing India as a driving force in the SAP ecosystem.
07.11.2007
SAP announced significant growth in its ecosystem across the Asia-Pacific region, as new members join SAP communities to share best practices and explore the business benefits of enterprise service-oriented architecture (enterprise SOA).
28.08.2007
SAP AG today announced significant successes in the fast-growing Indian market that are helping the company better execute its vision for 2010. In the space of just one year, SAP has doubled the number of Indian customers to 2,000, highlighting a level of growth unprecedented for the company around the globe.