The Best-Run Businesses Run SAP

WALLDORF — SAP today announced it has been named the overall market share leader in the worldwide enterprise resource planning (ERP) market. (more…)

As I put this blog together, asking team members and social media experts for their valuable input and advice, I was reminded of a critical theme that holds true for just about any industry: the whole can be greater than the sum of its parts when the strengths brought to the table are leveraged appropriately. (more…)

SAP today announced two new offerings that will deliver the benefits of SAP HANA to SMEs. With analytics powered by SAP HANA for SAP Business One and SAP HANA, Edge edition, SMEs will be able to leverage powerful in-memory technology from SAP. Read the press release.

SAP today announced the accelerated delivery of business innovations for SAP Business Suite software along a clear road map. SAP will introduce the software enhancements without disruption on a quarterly schedule in areas where customers can benefit most, including mobility, in-memory computing technology and cloud computing. Customers will be able to determine the speed of innovation based on their needs — without major upgrade efforts.

• Read the press release.
• Watch a video, “SAP Business Suite Innovation Road Map.”

Swagelok Company, a privately held global developer and provider of fluid systems solutions, has chosen SAP to spearhead a transformation of its business systems software. With a tradition of delivering high-quality products and services, Swagelok will implement SAP software to increase efficiencies in business processes and further collaborate with key customers and suppliers. Read the newsbyte.

SAP continues to execute on its vision to deliver a new reality for enterprise software by introducing a new solution based on the foundation of SAP In-Memory Computing technology. The SAP ERP rapid-deployment solution for operational reporting with SAP In-Memory Appliance software (SAP HANA) will provide companies with a real-time view of key insights from the enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution. Read the newsbyte.

SAP continues to execute on its vision to deliver a new reality for enterprise software by introducing a new solution based on the foundation of SAP In-Memory Computing technology. The SAP ERP rapid-deployment solution for operational reporting with SAP In-Memory Appliance software (SAP HANA) will provide companies with a real-time view of key insights from the enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution. Read the newsbyte.

SAP and Sybase today announced plans to make SAP ERP the first SAP Business Suite application running on Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) — the same high-performance relational database management system (DBMS) that powers Wall Street. In combining SAP applications with Sybase technology, along with harmonized customer services and support, the companies aim to offer organizations worldwide a new database option for running SAP applications and accessing critical information, powering significant efficiency gains and cost reductions. Read the press release.

In an effort to make military units more agile, SAP and Systematic today announced that SAP will resell Systematic’s SitaWare C2 solution as the SAP Defense Command and Control application by Systematic. The SAP product portfolio is now extended by a command and control (C2) solution that is mission-proven, easy to deploy and interoperable with installed logistics support systems. Read the press release.

Do people really need more disruption in their lives? Definitely not, and that’s one of the key messages SAP Executive Board Member Vishal Sikka hit upon during his opening keynote at the SAP Run Better tour in Boston. Sikka cleverly used in-memory computing technology and SAP In-Memory Appliance (SAP HANA) – both considered “disruptive” technologies in the IT world – to make his point. In case you haven’t heard, the lightning-fast processing speed of in-memory technology enables users to make more informed business decisions virtually on the fly. There’s hardly anything disruptive about that and Sikka drove this point home nicely with a smattering of high-level anecdotes, technical demos and yes, real customer proof points. (more…)