05.11.2009
When SAP acquired Business Objects in early 2008, it was one of the most successful large acquisitions in software history. John Schwarz, former CEO of Business Objects and now member of the SAP Executive Board, gives his insights into postintegration successes and strategies.
16.03.2009
During the “IT Perspectives 2009″ podium discussion, organized by Fink & Fuchs Public Relations in Munich, Germany, Volker Schmid did not hesitate when asked about the three IT areas in which companies should invest: “First, you have to standardize, then standardize, and then standardize again, and finally industrialize the infrastructure.”
10.02.2009
The German federal government is leading the way through the economic and financial crisis by promoting groundbreaking research into the latest IT mega trend, the Internet of Things. By forming ADiWa – an alliance for the digital flow of goods – Germany’s leading software companies plan to make this trend accessible to enterprises and customers. SAP is coordinating and conducting research with partners from the business and academic worlds to optimize business processes by making them completely digital.
26.11.2008
The Fränkischer Tag media group and newspaper publisher is in the midst of modernization. Customer relations are crucial to its advertising and subscription sales, and the company has found the ideal software to help realize its new marketing structure: SAP Customer Relationship Management 2007.
03.11.2008
The German-speaking SAP User Group, the Globalization Steering Committee, and SAP Globalization Services hosted the SAP Globalization Symposium in Salzburg, Austria, in October 2008. Representatives and experts from around the world came together to exchange ideas about current and future approaches to global business.
30.04.2008
Analysts such as Gartner are not the only ones who think business intelligence will help ensure companies’ success in the future. SAP’s acquisition of Business Objects is also opening up new opportunities for SAP customers in this segment.
15.08.2007
Marc Prensky is the founder and CEO of Games2train and Corporate Gameware LLC. The author of “Digital Game-Based Learning” is a noted authority in the training and learning field. Prensky speaks extensively to education policy-making groups, associations, and corporations in the U.S., Europe, and Japan. In an interview with SAP INFO online he focuses on how to integrate young professionals with their innovative skills into existing company structures and how to leverage their “work as play” attitude in training.
27.06.2007
Guerlain-Canada delivers beauty every day. Their sales associates are top-notch, their product defines perfume, and the history of Guerlain embodies families, lovers, royalty, and broken hearts. When Guerlain-Canada’s products weren’t getting to luxury boutiques and high-end department stores fast enough, they turned to SAP Business One.
22.11.2006
Thanks to the new ARIS SmartPath industry solution for Transport & Logistics, IDS Scheer is now offering a completely process-oriented solution based on mySAP All-in-One to small and medium sized overland freight carrying enterprises.
19.07.2006
At the start of February 2006, Google took the German website from car manufacturer BMW from its results of searches. An increase in “doorway” pages which redirect everyone to the actual BMW site had enabled the car manufacturer to climb its way to the top of the hit list. Tips and tricks like doorway pages and other manipulations can be obtained from organizations such as the SEO (Search Engine Optimization) Chat. In conversation with SAP INFO online, SEO-Chat owner Jonathan Caputo explains why SEO is not simply working against the search engine providers, but also very much in their interest.