SAP's vision underplays complexity of S/4HANA cloud migration, says Gartner Difficult decision did not end with RISE with SAP, analyst tells The Reg Databases10 Nov 2022 | 1
Microsoft squashes six security bugs already exploited in the wild Patch Tuesday Plus: Fixes from Intel, AMD, Citrix and more Patches09 Nov 2022 | 5
ServiceNow boss embarks on corporate trolling to get rise out of SAP Workflow biz ignores digital naysayers, avoids wider malaise in Q3 software spending SaaS27 Oct 2022 |
SAP struggles to exit Russia after sale of support unit stalled Datacenters, cloud services shut down but keep maintaining DBs for the nation's businesses Databases25 Oct 2022 | 5
Vodafone to move SAP S/4HANA ERP system to Google Cloud Spare a thought for the techies hauling on-prem mega-platform of one of world's biggest mobile companies to the fluffy stuff Databases17 Oct 2022 | 18
SAP's German-speaking heartlands still struggling with ERP vendor's cloud vision 'Customers will not – at least not in the short term – move exclusively to cloud scenarios' Databases14 Oct 2022 | 8
It’s Patch Tuesday and still no fix for ProxyNotShell Microsoft Exchange holes Patch Tuesday And for bonus points, there's a Windows flaw under active exploit Patches11 Oct 2022 | 21
SAP users see scattered clouds on the horizon User group's views are at odds with the software giant's direction Databases11 Oct 2022 | 1
UK govt launches multibillion procurement for tax agency application services First chunk of mega-frameworks go to market Applications11 Oct 2022 | 5
AWS, Microsoft, Google own 72% of Euro customer cloud spending Democratizing IT? The next biggest 3 in region are also US headquartered giants Off-Prem29 Sep 2022 | 5
Businesses can halve 'megavendor' software costs with third-party support COVID-19, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, growing inflation, and the threat of recession driving adoption Software23 Sep 2022 |
SAP user group questions value for money amid plans to increase support fees Unbundling of products, cloud shift, support for older ERP products make customers query inflation-based rise Applications15 Sep 2022 | 3
Microsoft fixes Windows security hole likely widely exploited by miscreants Patch Tuesday Plus: Nasty no-auth RCE in TCP/IP stack, Adobe flaws, and many more updates Patches13 Sep 2022 | 14
SAP to increase support fees in January to offset inflation costs Maintenance and software installation prices heading north for range of agreements Applications12 Sep 2022 | 3
SAP picks Airbus finance chief Dominik Asam for next CFO Set to take the controls next year as software giant executes tricky maneuver in the cloud SaaS31 Aug 2022 |
Analysts question pace of SAP users moving to S/4HANA CEO claims 60 percent of deployments are new buyers. It may all depend on how you define deployment Software22 Jul 2022 | 2
SAP lowers profit outlook due to cost of Russian withdrawal Sticker shock: Russia, Belarus withdraw to cost it more than initially thought. Applications21 Jul 2022 |
Hundreds of millions up for grabs as UK taxman set to stick with SAP ECC6.0 Updated Support for finance system ends in 2027, leaving questions for HMRC Databases19 Jul 2022 | 3
SAP unlikely to see most customers move from ECC before support ends But those who show willing in S/4HANA upgrade might see existing ERP support extended, says Gartner Databases08 Jul 2022 |
Rows, columns, and the search for a database that can do everything Analysis Snowflake last week promised analytics and transactions in the same system. For some it was déjà vu all over again Databases22 Jun 2022 | 6
UK's Post Office shells out for SAP software it thought it had 'Significantly under-licenced' but didn't factor in Customer Success Manager when dealing with reseller Applications21 Jun 2022 | 15
SAP attracts further criticism for Russia presence, despite promise to leave The software giant's 'orderly exit' appears to be ongoing Applications24 May 2022 | 11
What 'share of wallet' means and why it matters to SAP German software giant reprises old motifs at annual show Sapphire Databases12 May 2022 | 3
Microsoft closes Windows LSA hole under active attack Plus many more flaws. And Adobe, Android, SAP join the bug-squashing frenzy Patches11 May 2022 | 8
SAP to divest CRM education software in bid to streamline Area no longer a priority as cloud migration takes center stage, deal of around $1b in the offing, reports say Applications04 May 2022 |
SAP to take €130m hit on withdrawing tech support from Russia Outlook unaffected by decisions which followed pressure from Ukraine's vice prime minister Applications22 Apr 2022 | 5
Under pressure, SAP shuts down Russian operations On-prem software may remain albeit without support nor maintenance SaaS20 Apr 2022 | 33
SAP hits 50: Entrenched, spread out and fully middle-aged Feature Tech’s posterchild of German industrial success must face its failures as it succumbs to midlife angst Databases01 Apr 2022 | 21
SAP users struggling with data management for S/4HANA migration UK and Ireland survey reveals difficulties with housekeeping Databases30 Mar 2022 | 8
RISE with SAP struggles to gain purchase with German-speaking users Investment sentiment for S/4HANA drops off while public cloud hosting only two per cent of environments Databases24 Mar 2022 | 1
Oracle's compliance cops now include Java in license audits Paid-for subs introduced three years ago now getting attention from Big Red's management services team Software22 Mar 2022 | 31
SAP wins competition to replace own ageing system at UK council £7m Gloucestershire County Council deal the first for RISE with SAP in the UK public sector Databases22 Mar 2022 | 7
SAP community website leaks member data to savvy users Database dump accessible via the OData protocol, but software giant says it's working as intended Security18 Mar 2022 | 2
Northwest England councils in £31m SaaS HR system tender Procurement comes as Manchester City Council looks for SAP next steps Databases18 Mar 2022 | 5
SAP to repay $23.1m in water contracts settlement Tribunal finds evidence of 'irregularly concluded software, support agreements' Legal17 Mar 2022 | 2
Ukraine president namechecks software giants to end support in Russia Oracle states it is agreeing to request while SAP and Microsoft decline to comment Software14 Mar 2022 | 11
Standardizing limits to license hikes for minor software tweaks Toward a globally recognized standard for understanding business technology assets Software09 Mar 2022 | 3
Microsoft patches critical remote-code-exec hole in Exchange Server and others Patch Tuesday And Adobe, SAP, Intel, AMD, Cisco, Google join in Security09 Mar 2022 | 9
SAP continues to support Russian customers Oracle and Microsoft remain silent on involvement in existing installations Software07 Mar 2022 | 17
Oracle, SAP suspend business in Russia amid invasion As Moscow tries to retain IT talent with military exemption, a three-year tax suspension for biz SaaS02 Mar 2022 | 16
EU cuts off key Russian banks from SWIFT system State-owned Sberbank's software contracts under scrutiny Software02 Mar 2022 | 64
Skills shortage puts SAP projects on hold Business demand creates double whammy on recruitment pressure Databases21 Feb 2022 | 47
London university on hunt for £17m SAP ERP replacement Institution also relies on German vendor for data warehouse software PaaS + IaaS18 Feb 2022 | 19
English county council blasted for 'inept project management' in delayed SAP replacement Questions remain over whether Surrey's £3.2m budget increase will avoid further delay Databases10 Feb 2022 | 25
Microsoft manages a mere 51 security fixes for February update bundle Patch Tuesday Excitement this month can be found in SAP code, with critical Log4j repairs and a CISA warning Security09 Feb 2022 | 5
Western Australia Health taps SAP and Deloitte for AU$220m SaaS HR system over 10 years Now, don't do a Queensland Databases04 Feb 2022 | 9
Despite growth, questions remain over whether SAP can get customers off-prem fast enough to appease investors €500m cloud investments drag on profit Databases28 Jan 2022 | 12
ServiceNow CEO says mergers and acquisitions are off the table – too messy It's as if Bill McDermott's SAP tenure never happened SaaS27 Jan 2022 | 12
Team behind delayed ERP project was aware of problems but didn't inform Surrey County Council for months Move from SAP to Unit4 held up by comms 'issues' between supplier and authority Databases24 Jan 2022 | 25
And relax: No repeat car crash financials for SAP in 2021 as cloud services come good Let's not mention on-premise licences.... Databases15 Jan 2022 | 2
Oracle finance application customers more likely to leave for another vendor than SAP's – analyst Forrester research sheds new light on dynamic Larry Ellison says is going in Big Red's favour Databases14 Dec 2021 | 5
West Sussex County Council faces two-year delay to replace ageing SAP system for Oracle Project hits the buffers after 'increased understanding' of the product SaaS14 Dec 2021 | 23
UK and Ireland S/4HANA migrations accelerated during 2021 COVID-19 lockdowns, figures reveal User group survey shows concerns linger about support skills for upgrade Databases29 Nov 2021 | 2
SAP's Embedded Steampunk little use to those on anything but the most recent system Updated Effort to bring the ABAP programming language to S/4HANA cloud ERP system attracts criticism Databases22 Nov 2021 | 3
SAP patent not inventive enough to get legal protection, judge rules Teradata also sees wings clipped in ongoing battle with German ERP giant Legal16 Nov 2021 | 17
RISE with SAP? Never heard of it, say 30% of UK users While 11% plan to take up the package, lack of use cases keep numbers low Databases04 Nov 2021 | 3
SAP expects to rid car fleet of fossil fuel engines by 2030 – but still more than happy to take money from oil industry Promises to stop ordering combustion engine vehicles by 2025 Offbeat03 Nov 2021 | 19
Infosys awarded contract to replace East Sussex County Council's ageing ERP system Indian service provider tasked with getting authority from SAP R/3 to Oracle Fusion Databases02 Nov 2021 | 3
Soaring cloud division turns things around for SAP after annus horribilis that was 2020 Remember those car-crash results in Q3 a year ago? No repeat collision this time round Databases13 Oct 2021 | 2
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