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  • SAP reveals HANA in-memory database offerings for SMBs

    SAP on Tuesday announced the first products based on its HANA in-memory database aimed at small and medium-sized businesses, including a new Edge edition of the software as well as HANA-powered analytics for the Business One ERP (enterprise resource planning) suite.

  • SAP plans ERP software for HANA in-memory database

    SAP plans to roll out support for the ERP module within its flagship Business Suite product family on the HANA in-memory database platform in the fourth quarter of this year, according to executive board member and technology chief Vishal Sikka.

  • Computacenter helps Jaguar supplier deploy IBM SAN

    Unipart Logistics, a supply chain service company that delivers parts for Jaguar cars, has been working with Computacenter to implement a new storage solution for the company enterprise resource planning (ERP) system.

  • SAP plans reinvention for HANA

    SAP executives provided new details about the company's plan to make the HANA in-memory database the focus of a sweeping reinvention of its software architecture during an event in Boston on Tuesday.

  • SAP boosts cloud offering with $3.4bn SuccessFactors deal

    SAP is paying $3.4 billion (£2.2 billion) cash for SuccessFactors, a provider of cloud-based human capital management tools.

  • SAP's HANA dubbed 'the biggest thing since the PC'

    IT consultancy Bluefin Solutions has claimed that SAP?s in-memory database, HANA, could cause the biggest paradigm shift since the introduction of IBM's original PC in the 1980s.

  • Centrica implements new HR system using SAP Ramp-Up programme

    Utility company Centrica, which owns British Gas, is implementing SAP?s ERP Enhancement Package 5 through the company?s Ramp-Up programme, in a move that will enable it to offer a more efficient, functional HR system.

  • SAP HANA makes big 'data analytics more accessible'

    SAP's new high performance analytics appliance (HANA) allows IT departments to spend less time on the plumbing and more time on tasks that will provide tangible business benefits, according to Timo Elliott, Business Intelligence evangelist at SAP.

  • Zuora Receives £36m For European Expansion

    US-based subscription commerce and billing company Zuora, touted as the Salesforce.com for back office systems, has received $36 million in its latest funding round led by Index Ventures, to drive its expansion into Europe.

  • Accenture launches private cloud service for SAP customers

    SAP customers seeking to move from traditional deployments to a private cloud architecture have a new option from Accenture, the companies announced yesterday during the Sapphire conference in Madrid.

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  • The year the landscape for enterprise software changed forever

    It's a stretch to call 2011 a truly transformative year for enterprise software, given all the old warts that remain, from large-scale IT project failures to creaky legacy systems that will take years and great expense to replace with the latest-and-greatest.

  • The solution to legacy application woes

    Legacy applications are one of the most difficult issues to face within IT. A rip-and-replace approach is expensive and thus difficult to justify; plus, it tends to interrupt operations. Meanwhile, the ageing software lingers in accounting's ledgers, overstays its welcome in sales and causes poor network performance throughout the organisation.

  • 10 identity management metrics that matter

    Within the IT security community, identity and access management (IAM) initiatives are considered high value, but are notoriously problematic to deploy. Yet despite IAM's complexity, it represents 30% or more of the total information security budget of most large institutions, according to IDC.

  • TiVo chooses virtualisation for agile provisioning

    TiVo found a way to create a more agile provisioning method and offer developers cloned databases with which they could test code without worrying about blowing up their joint test environment.

  • The worst cliches in IT management

    Now that another season of NFL games has come to an end and our national summer pastime is about to begin, it's time to swap one set of cliches for another. Sports broadcasting is replete with cliches?nice, comfortable, familiar, predictable phrases that connect current sports fans with previous and future generations of sports enthusiasts.

  • Facebook and Twitter pose a security threat for enterprise

    Companies that communicate with customers via Facebook and Twitter must protect sensitive data, SugarCRM official notes at JasperSoft conference.

  • IT shifting to the cloud, despite the risk

    There is a cloud services panoply emerging that is challenging such things as in-house ERP module deployments, or the need for consulting services to solve data integration problems.

  • Will web servers find a role in the enterprise?

    An emerging class of extremely low-power servers is helping Internet companies and hosting providers to slash their energy bills, and proponents say they could have a role in the enterprise as well.

  • Three major Microsoft SharePoint challenges

    Enterprise adoption of SharePoint is rapidly on the rise: A new survey from document management company Global 360 reveals that 90 percent of the survey's 886 respondents currently use SharePoint, with 8 percent using SharePoint 2010.

  • Top 5 ways to cut your storage needs

    With the economy still shaky and the need for storage exploding, almost every storage vendor claims it can reduce the amount of data you must store. Trimming your data footprint not only cuts costs for hardware, software, power and data centre space, but also eases the strain on networks and backup windows.

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