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Combining SAP and BusinessObjectsPosted by Dennis Howlett in Irregular Enterprise on Oct 8, 2007 8:29 AM Subscribe Alerts3 comments: Henning Kagermann, CEO of SAP and John Schwartz, CEO of BusinessObjects today parried questions about SAPs proposed acquisition of BusinessObjects but as always we are left with open questions. The...[Read the rest]

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Five questions: SAP's acquisition of Business Objects: SAP took a rather big plunge with its $6.8 billion acquisition of Business Objects and left the business intelligence market much smaller than it was a day ago. Here... [Read the rest]; Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Oct 8, 2007 6:02 AM
SAP's acquiring Business Objects: 1st take: SAP's proposed acquisition of Business Objects is an interesting move on a number of fronts: It provides a fresh route to achieving the 100,000 customer target that Leo Apotheker has... [Read the rest]; Posted by Dennis Howlett in Irregular Enterprise on: Oct 7, 2007 6:57 PM
SAP's growth spurt: $6.8 billion for Business Objects: SAP took a page out of Oracle's grow-by-consolidation playbook in acquiring business intelligence leader Business Objects for $6.8 billion (42 Euros per share). SAP CEO Henning Kagermann positioned the acquisition... [Read the rest]; Posted by Dan Farber in Between the Lines on: Oct 7, 2007 4:32 PM
SAP's Peter Zencke: Inside Business ByDesign: Peter Zencke, a member of SAP’s Executive Board and head of R&D, spent the last fours years developing Business ByDesign, a new foundation for SAP's ERP software. I caught up... [Read the rest]; Posted by Dan Farber in Between the Lines on: Oct 2, 2007 4:10 PM
SAP's parallel approaches to ERP: During his presentation at SAP TechEd '07, Peter Zencke, a member of SAP's Executive Board and head of R&D, made it clear to the 6,000 SAP developers in attendance that... [Read the rest]; Posted by Dan Farber in Between the Lines on: Oct 2, 2007 12:34 PM
SAP's Business ByDesign go to market: One of the niggling questions about SAP's Business ByDesign is just how the heck it is going to reach the numbers it says it wants to achieve. 10,000 new customers... [Read the rest]; Posted by Dennis Howlett in Irregular Enterprise on: Oct 2, 2007 7:53 AM; 1 Comment
O'Reilly talks turning IT inside out and data lock-in at SAP TechEd: SAP's TechEd '07 got off to glitzy start in Las Vegas as the pied piper of Web 2.0 Tim O'Reilly told the crowd of about 6,000 NetWeaver, Java, ABAP, ERP... [Read the rest]; Posted by Dan Farber in Between the Lines on: Oct 1, 2007 7:37 PM
Will SAP Business ByDesign have AJAX goodness?: The most disappointing aspect of SAPs Business ByDesign launch was the boring interface and lack of AJAX. For several of us, this was an opportunity missed. At the time,... [Read the rest]; Posted by Dennis Howlett in Irregular Enterprise on: Oct 1, 2007 6:44 PM
NetSuite nightmares: One of the presumptions about SAPs entry to the mid-market on-demand scene with Business ByDesign is that NetSuite will benefit from the halo effect. I'm not so sure. Over the... [Read the rest]; Posted by Dennis Howlett in Irregular Enterprise on: Sep 27, 2007 10:32 AM; 30 Comments
Oracle vs SAP gets trial date: A judge has set a trial date for Oracle's corporate theft lawsuit against SAP: Feb. 9, 2009. The trial date was disclosed by SAP. SAP indicated that the company... [Read the rest]; Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Sep 26, 2007 6:48 AM
Business ByDesign: the partnering opportunity: As the excitement around Business ByDesign dies down, the questions start flowing. While at the event, Brian Sommer and Charlie Wood asked Leo Apotheker two of the most intriguing questions... [Read the rest]; Posted by Dennis Howlett in Irregular Enterprise on: Sep 21, 2007 8:48 AM
SAP's challenge to NetSuite, Workday and salesforce.com: This week SAP finally introduced its on demand Business ByDesign suite, aimed at the mid-market (companies with 100 to 500 employees) and starting at $149 per per month per user... [Read the rest]; Posted by Dan Farber in Between the Lines on: Sep 20, 2007 11:46 PM
SAP Business ByDesign: Competitive Advantage and the Dynamics of Enterprise Software: Can SAP's Business ByDesign drive competitive advantage for customers? And competitive positioning for the enterprise software market? [Read the rest]; Posted by Joshua Greenbaum in Enterprise Anti-matter on: Sep 20, 2007 11:50 AM
Business ByDesign: an Irregular verdict: After a long day and intense series of discussions with SAP executives, the Enterprise Irregulars parsed immediate impressions of Business ByDesign. The general mood was one of quiet approval... [Read the rest]; Posted by Dennis Howlett in Irregular Enterprise on: Sep 20, 2007 9:27 AM
SAP's 100,000 customers by 2010: 'aspirational': During the launch of Business ByDesign, SAP said that it expects to achieve a run rate of adding 10,000 BBD customers a year by 2010. This raised questions about whether... [Read the rest]; Posted by Dennis Howlett in Irregular Enterprise on: Sep 20, 2007 8:27 AM
SAP Business ByDesign: will it reduce project failures?: SAP's new Business ByDesign (formerly called A1S) software as a service (SaaS) offering represents a substantial departure from previous SAP products. What are the implications of Business ByDesign on deployment... [Read the rest]; Posted by Michael Krigsman in IT Project Failures on: Sep 19, 2007 9:05 PM
SAP Business ByDesign: the "feel good factor": At the SAP Business ByDesign launch event press conference, I submitted the following question via email: “Please describe the importance of the new user interface for this particular product. Was... [Read the rest]; Posted by Michael Krigsman in IT Project Failures on: Sep 19, 2007 10:12 AM; 2 Comments
SAP Business ByDesign: Why one customer bought: SAP Business ByDesign has been rolled out to a number of test customers. Several of these early adopters, including light airplane manufacturer, Stemme AG, were interviewed during the press conference... [Read the rest]; Posted by Michael Krigsman in IT Project Failures on: Sep 19, 2007 9:41 AM
SAP Business ByDesign: buzzwords don't matter: During the SAP Business ByDesign press conference, SAP used terms such as "mashup" in an apparent attempt to jump on the Enterprise 2.0 jargon bandwagon. Business ByDesign is an impressive... [Read the rest]; Posted by Michael Krigsman in IT Project Failures on: Sep 19, 2007 9:19 AM; 4 Comments
SAP Business ByDesign: first analysis: SAP's new A1S offering, formally called Business ByDesign, is intended for companies between 100-500 employees, which do not have deep vertical market software requirements. SAP believes this $15 billion market... [Read the rest]; Posted by Michael Krigsman in IT Project Failures on: Sep 19, 2007 9:02 AM
SAP rolls out SAP Business ByDesign: SAP rolled out SAP Business ByDesign, the software formerly known as A1S, Wednesday. The on-demand application targets the midmarket. SAP CEO Henning Kagermann introduced the product and outlined the software's... [Read the rest]; Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Sep 19, 2007 8:15 AM
SAP A1S: the big day: Today, SAP formally unveils A1S, code name for SAP's attempt to reinvent itself as an SME-friendly company. More than that, A1S represents SAP's opportunity to compete against smaller, more nimble... [Read the rest]; Posted by Michael Krigsman in IT Project Failures on: Sep 19, 2007 7:37 AM; 2 Comments
SAP's slow hand A1S play: On the one hand, SAP is readying itself for a volume play, looking to ramp up to 'thousands of customers.' On on the other hand, Henning Kagermann is not promising... [Read the rest]; Posted by Dennis Howlett in Irregular Enterprise on: Sep 19, 2007 6:19 AM; 9 Comments
SAP's A1S: love, not pricing, is key: SAP's announcement of A1S, it's software as a service (SaaS) product for small business, will take place tomorrow in New York City. Speculation is running high whether this product will... [Read the rest]; Posted by Michael Krigsman in IT Project Failures on: Sep 18, 2007 11:52 AM; 2 Comments
SAP's A1S pricing is the key: As Salesforce rebrands Apex and consolidates a bunch of other stuff to Force.com, SAP is gearing up for its A1S global launch here in New York tomorrow. A1S is SAPs... [Read the rest]; Posted by Dennis Howlett in Irregular Enterprise on: Sep 18, 2007 8:24 AM
Can SAP learn to speak SME with A1S?: SAP faces tough challenges as it prepares for the September 19 launch of A1S, code name for the company's new small business offering, to be delivered in the form of... [Read the rest]; Posted by Michael Krigsman in IT Project Failures on: Sep 17, 2007 8:26 PM
SAP license and price negotiation dynamics: ERP software represents a major financial and operational investment for any organization implementing such systems. Given the long-term impacts of an ERP purchase, license and pricing negotiations with an ERP... [Read the rest]; Posted by Michael Krigsman in IT Project Failures on: Sep 16, 2007 8:57 PM; 3 Comments
SAP's A1S and Salesforce.com's Force.com: Brinkmanship at Its Best: It's going to a hard week for Salesforce.com and Marc Benioff. If the Wall St. Journal's scoop is true (probably is, chances are it was "leaked" to the Journal by... [Read the rest]; Posted by Joshua Greenbaum in Enterprise Anti-matter on: Sep 14, 2007 11:03 AM; 5 Comments
SHORT QUOTE: SAP is "liquid concrete": The Economist quotes fellow ZDNet blogger and Enterprise Irregular, Josh Greenbaum, on the subject of SAP's forthcoming software as a service (SaaS) product, known as A1S: A broader question is... [Read the rest]; Posted by Michael Krigsman in IT Project Failures on: Sep 13, 2007 6:26 PM; 3 Comments
SAP's vox populi: Marilyn Pratt who runs SAP's business process expert section on the SAP developer network sent me a link to a video initiative SAP is trying out for its upcoming... [Read the rest]; Posted by Dennis Howlett in Irregular Enterprise on: Sep 13, 2007 7:35 AM