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Barb Darrow Mar 6, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Getting to fighting weight

SAP to trim jobs and redeploy resources

Enterprise software giant SAP could cut up to 2,200 jobs (three percent of its 74,000 employees) in a move to rebalance employment around…

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Cloud & Infrastructure, Technology
Barb Darrow Feb 4, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Rebooting ERP

Not a shocker: SAP puts HANA at center of new biz apps push

When you hear from SAP these days, the software giant always leads with HANA, its in-memory database. HANA is to SAP what…

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Cloud & Infrastructure, Data Infrastructure, AI & Analytics, Technology
Barb Darrow Jan 20, 2015 (Jun 11, 2020) -- So what else is new?

SAP’s lower profit guidance blamed on “tough” cloud transition

SAP, like its enterprise software competitors, has been talking cloud for years, putting a ton of effort into promoting HANA as a…

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Cloud & Infrastructure, Technology
Barb Darrow Dec 9, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- New cloud SVP makes his pitch

Oracle humbly suggests that you try its cloud

Oracle, which was late to cloud, nonetheless has arrived in time for mission-critical apps to make the cloud leap, according to the company’s new…

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Cloud & Infrastructure
Barb Darrow Dec 3, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Mmmm, thin mints online.

Girl Scouts are mum on tech underpinning of Digital Cookie push

Details are slim but Accenture, Hybris are implementation partners on the Girl Scouts' new Digital Cookie e-commerce effort.…

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Cloud & Infrastructure
Barb Darrow Sep 3, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog Post

Expense this? Concur Technologies said to be on the block

Concur Technologies, which fields SaaS-based expense report and travel management for businesses, is for sale, according to Bloomberg News.…

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Technology
Barb Darrow Jul 22, 2014 (Jun 11, 2020) -- Blog Post

SAP throws in with the OpenStack crowd

Business applications giant SAP is now an official sponsor of the OpenStack Foundation. Not sure what took it so long.…

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Cloud & Infrastructure, Technology
Barb Darrow May 19, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Microsoft claims SAP enterprise apps for Azure

Availability of SAP's portfolio on Azure should bolster Microsoft's contention that Azure is an option for running enterprise applications…

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Cloud & Infrastructure, Europe, Technology
Barb Darrow May 5, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

SAP exec behind HANA quits in a hurry

Dr. Vishal Sikka, credited with building the HANA real-time analytics franchise, is leaving the company for personal reasons, SAP said Sunday.…

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Cloud & Infrastructure, Data Infrastructure, AI & Analytics, Europe, Technology
Barb Darrow Apr 2, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Salesforce.com president, formerly of Oracle, instead targets SAP: You’re going down

Keith Block said Salesforce.com will focus on six verticals -- by organic development, partnering, or acquisition -- to help surpass SAP as top dog.…

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Cloud & Infrastructure
Barb Darrow Jan 22, 2014 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

Zenefits snags $15M plus Lars Dalgaard for its board

SuccessFactors' founder and former CEO brings lots of human resources know-how to upstart Zenefits, which has a new $15M in Series A funding under its belt.…

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Cloud & Infrastructure
Derrick Harris Dec 14, 2013 (Jun 10, 2020) -- Blog Post

5 predictions on the future of databases (from a guy who knows databases)

Michael Stonebraker has helped create a lot of database systems and has lots of thoughts about where the industry is headed. Oracle, SAP, NoSQL, NewSQL -- they all have a place if they play their cards right, but some might have a harder time than others.…

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Cloud & Infrastructure, Data Infrastructure, AI & Analytics
Barb Darrow Dec 12, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Avon slams the brakes on SAP deployment, proving once again that enterprise software is hard

No kidding. ERP and enterprise applications are very complicated. Even new implementations have to tie into all that old stuff. Here's one more reminder.…

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Cloud & Infrastructure, Technology
David Meyer Oct 21, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

SAP’s shift to cloud may just be paying off

The German enterprise software company's latest results show a drop in traditional licensing income, but a healthy uptick in cloud revenue that would be even stronger if it weren't for pesky currency issues.…

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Cloud & Infrastructure, Europe, Technology
David Meyer Oct 17, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

In enterprise mobile security, perhaps it’s best to treat all devices as BYOD

According to AirWatch chairman Alan Dabbiere, who spoke at our Mobilize conference on Thursday, the integration of mobile devices into employees' personal lives makes BYOD-style policies a no-brainer.…

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Mobile
Barb Darrow Oct 2, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Rolling in dough: SAP Ventures launches new $650M fund

The VC arm of the enterprise software giant now has $1.4 billion under management. It claims both independence from its parent company -- while also preserving tight ties to it.…

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Cloud & Infrastructure, Data Infrastructure, AI & Analytics, Technology
Barb Darrow Sep 25, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Oracle, the leader in relational databases, is playing catchup everywhere else

Oracle leads the league in relational databases but it's far from clear that the company can replicate its success in non-relational and in-memory categories. That's why Larry Ellison's no-show matters.…

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Cloud & Infrastructure, Data Infrastructure, AI & Analytics, Technology
Barb Darrow Sep 10, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Virtustream lands $40M from SAP to build out its enterprise cloud

Already partners in the cloud, SAP and Virtustream tighten ties with SAP's big investment.…

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Cloud & Infrastructure
Stacey Higginbotham Sep 3, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Podcast: Are you ready for some (Internet of Things) Football? A data driven party?

Wearables are already deeply embedded in the sports world, so in this week's podcast I talk to an SAP expert about what we can learn about data derived from wearables from the NFL and the NBA.…

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Data Infrastructure, AI & Analytics, Mobile, Technology
Barb Darrow Aug 6, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

VMware brain gain? SAP vet Sanjay Poonen enters to head up end-user computing

Note to self: Revolving doors work both ways. After several key executive exits, VMware installs Sanjay Poonen to head up its desktop virtualization and other end-user computing efforts.…

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Cloud & Infrastructure, Technology
Irfan Khan, Guest Contributor Aug 3, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

Big data is healthcare’s biggest threat – and also its likely savior

The one-two punch of new regulations and requirements to store vast new amounts of data are squeezing the healthcare industry. But a few crucial signs suggest the prognosis for achieving better yet cheaper care is good.…

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Data Infrastructure, AI & Analytics, Technology
Barb Darrow Jul 21, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

SAP taps marketing whiz McDermott as sole CEO

Proposed SAP moves would put Bill McDermott in charge and move more techie Jim Hagemann Snabe onto the supervisory board.…

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Cloud & Infrastructure, Data Infrastructure, AI & Analytics, Europe, Technology
Barb Darrow Jun 9, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

The week in cloud: Oracle and Dell make strange bedfellows; NSA spygate fallout

Dell and Oracle deal takes coopetition to a new level, shows Oracle hardware vulnerability; will NSA spygate controversy impact cloud adoption?…

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Cloud & Infrastructure, Technology
Barb Darrow Jun 5, 2013 (Jun 9, 2020) -- Blog Post

SAP strikes again, buying hybris to boost e-commerce push

And we're off to the races again as SAP buys hybris, a Swiss e-commerce specialist, to expand its reach into a $37 billion market.…

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Cloud & Infrastructure, Technology

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