30 January 2008
By Peter Sayer, IDG News Service
SAP reported a 10 percent rise in revenue for the fourth quarter, but earnings fell 6 percent compared to a year earlier, dragged down in part by the cost of launching Business ByDesign, a new offering for the mid-market, the company said this week. Read more...
08 March 2005
By Carol Sliwa, Computerworld
IT managers are now running key applications and databases on Linux-based systems as open-source software penetrates deeper into corporates. Read more...
21 January 2007
By Dennis Byron
Enterprises want choices. They want choices when it comes to parts suppliers, transport providers, and professional services organizations. They want options when it comes to hiring and contracting out. They want back-ups to their back-ups to make sure they can meet their goals. So, not surprisingly, when it comes to business process management (BPM) software, they want choice. They want their BPM product to provide choice at least two ways: freestanding from other packaged software offerings and loosely coupled relative to the technology stack. These users tend to be larger enterprises with complex service and/or product lineups, often in services industries. To be clear, there are also many enterprises that are happy to choose a BPM product totally linked to much of the other software they have installed. Read more...