Surrey County Council faces £700k additional SAP support fees as £30m Unit4 ERP set to miss go-live target Which doesn't help when there's a £47.1m hole in the budget SaaS07 Oct 2021 | 14
Former SAP leader's lawsuit claims she was canned for pushing corporate diversity Company says 34.7% women in their workforce is pretty dang good Legal04 Oct 2021 | 41
Yikes, tough crowd: Only 30% of German-speaking users are happy with SAP's cloud push Updated Licensing, integration and security remain challenges, says DSAG survey Databases20 Sep 2021 | 3
SAP 'investigating' after viral video allegedly shows anti-mask employee coughing on shoppers Updated COVIDiot caught on film harassing others for following pandemic precautions Bootnotes08 Sep 2021 | 64
Dobler effect: Spinnaker Support snaps up rival database consultant Sets sights on third party support and managed services for Oracle, SAP and Microsoft Databases06 Sep 2021 | 1
Get ready to make processes fit the software when shifting to SAP's cloud, users told Business teams might want to look at their operating models post-pandemic, user groups suggest SaaS04 Aug 2021 | 23
Leeds City Council swallows the Gartner glossary and orders up 'post-modern' ERP in £44m SAP replacement When do we get avant-garde ERP? Databases03 Aug 2021 | 9
Google picked as yet another 'strategic partner' for SAP's RISE, Microsoft still lingers on the scene German software giant's relationships are anything but exclusive PaaS + IaaS30 Jul 2021 | 1
SAP's home crowd fails to RISE to the bait with lift-and-shift-to-the-cloud offer German-speaking user group takes dismal view of scheme's value Applications23 Jul 2021 | 6
How does SAP know business travel is back? Its expenses software unit is still breathing Want to dust off that flash luggage set? We Concur, says German giant Databases21 Jul 2021 |
SAP uses Scalpel to carve shape of post-Brexit UK ambitions Multinational software peddler decides suburban Feltenham just doesn't have the je ne sais quoi it needs Databases19 Jul 2021 | 8
What follows Patch Tuesday? Exploit Wednesday. Grab this bumper batch of security updates from Microsoft Four flaws already being abused in the wild to compromise victims Security14 Jul 2021 | 16
SAP founder's charity foundation withdraws from joint venture with software giant Questions all got a bit too much, although nothing legally wrong with the holding Databases01 Jul 2021 |
Snowflake agrees it's good to share... on its platform, while Databricks opts for a more vendor-neutral approach Enterprise newcomer has its work cut out in the data marketplace field Storage10 Jun 2021 |
Extra urgency in June's Patch Tuesday: Microsoft warns six more bugs are being exploited Patch Tuesday Adobe, Intel, SAP, Android emit vulnerability fixes, too Security09 Jun 2021 | 1
SAP's RISE 'yet to prove its worth in practice...' Key German user group offers giant a progress 'reality check' Sapphire Now Analysts say S/4HANA upgrades remain sluggish, and users want to see things RISE shine before committing Applications04 Jun 2021 | 7
SAP pushes supply chain solution at COVID-hit market as Sapphire Now bash begins Sapphire Now Analyst: 'They need to blow up the obsolete Ariba engine first' Databases03 Jun 2021 |
Lack of clarity on RISE: Transformation, implementation and data management all roles for partners. 'So, what's SAP doing?' Sapphire Now As Sapphire Now kicks off, users, SIs and analysts see unanswered questions Off-Prem03 Jun 2021 | 2
SAP co-founder's charitable arm made investments in a joint venture with the software giant Foundation is 'passive investor' alongside private equity firm Dediq, firm says Databases12 May 2021 | 5
Stuck in R/3verse: East Sussex County Council struggles to move forward with £25m SAP replacement Hardware supporting ageing system is mired in performance issues Databases04 May 2021 | 14
SAP to pay $8m in non-prosecution agreement with US authorities over Iran sanction violations 'We accept full responsibility for past conduct,' says German software giant Legal30 Apr 2021 | 7
Qualtrics posts revenue, subscription rise after leaving SAP's bosom Plus: UiPath and Teradata give investors reason for cheer. Yes, plenty of the wrong people happy on a Thursday in lockdown On-Prem22 Apr 2021 | 1
Global pharma firm GSK opens Pandora's Box of its SAP system to find 28,000 variations on a process Why can't business users just stick to the script? Software20 Apr 2021 | 10
SAP's operating profits might be down but cloud-fixated ERP biz thinks things are looking up enough to hike full-year guidance Shrugs off 21% slump – that's just infra shift, share awards Databases14 Apr 2021 | 2
SAP: It takes exploit devs about 72 hours to turn one of our security patches into a weapon against customers So please don't delay in applying updates, says, well, everyone Security06 Apr 2021 | 17
Another SAP in the face for Oracle: Alphabet soups up financial software by moving off Big Red systems Nothing to do with THAT court case or lack of Oracle certification on GCP. Nope. Definitely not Applications06 Apr 2021 | 17
Oracle dangles new cloud lift-and-shift service in the wake of SAP RISE It's all about driving down costs on OCI... so it can compete with AWS, claims analyst PaaS + IaaS31 Mar 2021 | 1
SAP community suggestions for on-prem database canned as app giant looks cloudwards We've taken your comments on board but... Databases26 Mar 2021 | 8
The first rule of ERP? Don't talk about ERP: App-maker IFS reckons market has moved on 'It's something that we, as an industry, invented' but all customers wanted were end-to-end business processes Databases11 Mar 2021 | 6
SAP boss Christian Klein's pay cheque is considerably lighter after 2020 woes wiped €28bn off company's value Here's what you could have won Databases09 Mar 2021 | 9
SAP tells investors it plans to make €5bn RISE up into its clouds with lift and shift push You may be interested in tech, but backers want to know about revenue 'multipliers' SaaS02 Mar 2021 | 4
Stop us if you've heard this one before: Microsoft to lure users with industry-specific solutions in the cloud Redmond taking a leaf out of the enterprise app makers' book SaaS25 Feb 2021 | 6
How many low-code products does an enterprise software biz need? Ask SAP, it's just swallowed another one AppGyver disappears inside juggernaut's attempts to nurture more modern image Software12 Feb 2021 | 5
UK bus and rail giant FirstGroup looks to replace decade-old Cyborg system in £8m HR and payroll contract Plus a mangle of other applications on track to be switched for cloud platform SaaS05 Feb 2021 | 6
SAP's lift-and-shift-to-the-cloud plan will need more than CGI to convince users it has a clear vision for ERP Analysis At the end of the day, biz customers will buy the product they want Software29 Jan 2021 | 8
SAP: Come to the cloud with us, we promise there's total accountability and lower TCO with lift-and-shift ERP package SaaS pick 'n' mix might appeal more than standard processes for S/4HANA upgrade, though SaaS28 Jan 2021 | 10
UK government's cloud ERP strategy seems to be in stasis following top civil servant's move to COVID-19 task force Updated Or maybe it's that no one wants to touch this complex SaaS migration SaaS25 Jan 2021 | 5
Back to the office with you: 'Perhaps 5 days is too much family time' – Workday CEO Zoom is great for status update meetings, says big cheese, but as for inspiring a workforce... Legal18 Jan 2021 | 158
SAP offers mixed preliminary results at the 'top end' of its downwardly revised outlook Uphill battle shifting business applications to the cloud laid bare Software15 Jan 2021 | 1
Teasing HANA database upgrade, SAP leaves crowd wondering if software giant has lost its innovation mojo Great to know they 'remain committed' Databases14 Jan 2021 | 3
Expect to work between Christmas and New Year as Brexit uncertainty continues, UK SAP users told T minus 23 days and there will very likely be last minute export/import changes Software09 Dec 2020 | 25
SAP hits back at interlopers with its own twist on workflow, low-code and RPA tech Wenn Sie sie nicht schlagen können, schließen Sie sich ihnen an Software08 Dec 2020 |
SAP's strength is the basics: Not RPA or AI, but 'consistent' data models that make sense for actual business processes Comment However, this same nitty-gritty ERP stuff is not cloud-ready, and that's the big vendor's weakness SaaS08 Dec 2020 | 7
You can forget your fancy ERP customisations because that's not how it works in the cloud, SAP's Oliver Betz tells users But that's where German software giant wants its on-prem customers to go SaaS09 Nov 2020 | 43
Amid pandemic and economic uncertainty, enterprises find they've lost the will to migrate to SAP's S4/HANA Third of customers stalling upgrades, says UK and Ireland user group data Software05 Nov 2020 | 10
Congrats, HCL, on your £1.5m contract to upgrade a county council's ERP system to SAP S4/HANA within a year And good luck – you're gonna need it Software05 Nov 2020 | 12
We'll get you later: SAP CEO promises help for customers in 'financial distress' Just don't leave. Plus: Cloud subscription model is 'increasing customer lifetime revenue' Software03 Nov 2020 | 7
After figuring out that hope is not a strategy, SAP has a new one: We're gonna shift on-prem customers to the cloud! And they're gonna like it On-Prem28 Oct 2020 | 30
SAP stock price crashes 23%, €28bn wiped out as firm warns of Klein(er) revenues, profits ahead due to COVID-19 SAP: Look into the cloud, look around the cloud... you're under. Market: Nope Software26 Oct 2020 | 10
German-speaking SAP user survey sees S4/HANA upgrade projects either sink or swim as coronavirus cuts into revenue 'Train has left the station' for more than half, while 43% delayed indefinitely Software13 Oct 2020 | 1
All at sea: SAP was barely out of the port when it sank its 'social responsibility' voyage Push to buy from 'purposeful suppliers' coincides with launch of yachting app Bootnotes06 Oct 2020 | 21
Consultant leading Surrey County Council's £30m jump to new ERP system will bag £177,000 as £83m cuts bite local citizens Go-live date of 1 December 2021 or authority incurs the full cost of SAP support and maintenance for 2022 Software06 Oct 2020 | 16
SAP swallows Emarsys whole in quest for customer-facing software... with a personal touch Meanwhile, similar buy Qualtrics continues to enjoy quasi-independence Software02 Oct 2020 |
SAP S/4HANA rollout at Queensland Health went so well that hospitals bent over backwards to avoid using it Updated Leading to AU$540m in late invoice payments Software28 Sep 2020 | 18
One does not simply walk into supply chain software – but Microsoft is giving it a shot Ignite New features announced for Dynamics 365, but is it enough in 'notoriously tricky' market? Software23 Sep 2020 |
Customers defecting to Oracle? Not according to our research, says SAP chief number cruncher Must be Larry trash talking again Software09 Sep 2020 | 6
Enjoyed the US Labor Day weekend? Because it's September 2020 and Exchange Server can be pwned via email Don't be so smug, Mac users, you're open to an InDesign project file OSes08 Sep 2020 | 7
East Sussex County Council dodges SAP S/4HANA upgrade bullet, sets aside £25m for a 10-year SaaS ERP deal The provider of that cloud to be chosen by December Software27 Aug 2020 | 8
SAP blogger reveals top tips for keeping clients happy: Don’t swear, remember to write a pithy subject line, and TURN OFF CAPS LOCK Did you know email can reach almost anyone in the world instantly and is great for marketers? Huge if true Software17 Aug 2020 | 26
If you haven't yet patched this critical hole in SAP NetWeaver Application Server, today is not your day Full details of security vuln plus proof-of-concept exploits revealed Security12 Aug 2020 | 4
We spent way too long on this Microsoft, Intel, Adobe, SAP, Red Hat Patch Tuesday article. Just click on it, pretend to read it, apply updates Patch Tuesday Please, thanks, good show, cheers, ta OSes11 Aug 2020 | 17
SAP takes a punch to its software licensing revenue but Ellison's promise of customer exodus to Oracle seemingly fails to materialise Nothing to say, Larry? Makes a change SaaS27 Jul 2020 | 1