21.12.2009
Business application software is being implemented in many areas of industry and the public sector, not least by SAP partners Implico, TDS, and Steeb. SAP.info reports on this week’s latest developments.
27.10.2009
SAP AG announced its preliminary financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2009.
28.04.2009
Intelligent measurement procedures are changing utility companies’ conventional business model. With SAP Advanced Metering Infrastructure Integration for Utilities, these companies can implement a framework that supports intelligent technology for meters and other forms of measurement.
13.03.2009
In the United States, small and midsize enterprises live on the razor’s edge when it comes to complying with the growing maze of local and state tax laws. On-demand tax calculation engine scaled for SMEs using the SAP Business ByDesign solution.
25.02.2009
Shrinking IT budgets characterized the DSAG investment survey 2009, which also revealed SAP ERP 6.0 as the preferred enterprise software application, a special focus on SAP enhancement packages, and planned investments in SAP Solution Manager and the SAP NetWeaver technology platform.
04.12.2008
In response to increased demand for its consultants in the Asia Pacific Japan region, SAP is supporting the training of IT employees with enhanced and cost-effective e-learning products.
13.08.2008
Payment reminders and lost cash discounts were the negative consequences of decentralized invoice processing at Linde Gas Germany, one of Europe’s leading gas suppliers. The companies that belong to the Linde Group receive more than 140,000 invoices every year, most of which used to be processed locally. The problem: They would sometimes remain unprocessed for weeks, and Linde headquarters in Pullach, southern Germany, had no overview of which liabilities had been paid and which were still outstanding. However, since implementing a standardized SAP workflow, Linde can now process incoming invoices centrally, quickly, transparently, and cost-effectively.
18.06.2008
Major software vendors and their channel partners have seen the future and are shifting their focus to align with market forecasts for the coming year. As emerging technologies and economic trends converge, many providers are gearing up to ride the next-generation software-as-a-service (SaaS) wave into the growing small and midsize enterprise (SME) market. Industry veterans have seen the first wave of hosted services rise – only to fall flat, however. Is the new surge of optimism justified? Business analyst Raymond Boggs, vice president of IDC’s Small Business/Medium Business and Home Office Research, explains the critical factors that will determine whether this promising trend will return significant market gains.
05.02.2008
The new partnership of NTT Data and itelligence AG creates powerful synergies between the Japanese and German corporations. Completed on January 2008, the fusion is helping both businesses dismantle old barriers to new markets in Asia, Europe and North America.
05.09.2007
Computer-supported speech recognition has finally arrived in production facilities and warehouses. More and more logistics processes are using speech as an interface between employees and back-end systems. Verbal human-machine communication offers significant advantages over paper documents – especially in the picking process. Pick-by-voice technology has established itself in the last five years and has replaced paper lists.