Archive for the ‘SAP’ Category

Benioff Sounds Off

December 4th, 2007 by | No Comments | Filed in BEAS, C, CAJ, CEOs, CRM, Company News, DB, Earnings, Executives, GE, Internet, MER, Mergers & Acquisitions, ORCL, SAP, SIT, Technology, software

In an interview, the outspoken CEO of Salesforce.com discusses customers, cash, and competitors—including his former boss at Oracle, Larry Ellison

Europe: The Risk from a U.S. Downdraft

November 29th, 2007 by | No Comments | Filed in AAPL, ALU, AZ, BMWG.DE, BULG.MI, Economics, Europe, FREG.DE, International, RBS, SAP, UBS, WMT

The euro zone grows increasingly concerned that it may not be immune to the fallout from slowing U.S. growth and the subprime mess

Ellison on Oracle’s Future

November 14th, 2007 by | No Comments | Filed in AAPL, BPSG, CEOs, CSCO, Company News, DELL, Executives, IBM, INTC, Investing, MS, Mergers & Acquisitions, ORCL, RHT, SAP, Technology, VMW, software

Announcements of an accelerated Fusion launch and new virtualization software—and no signs of the tech slump—pleased analysts

IBM, Cognos, and the End of Best of Breed

November 12th, 2007 by | No Comments | Filed in BEAS, BOBJ, COGN, IBM, MSFT, NCR, ORCL, SAP, SY, TDC, Technology

The software giant’s $5 billion acquisition of Cognos shows how difficult it is becoming for mid-size software companies to survive on their own

IBM, Cognos, and the End of Best-of-Breed

November 12th, 2007 by | No Comments | Filed in BEAS, BOBJ, COGN, Computers, FORR, IBM, Info Tech 100, MSFT, Mergers & Acquisitions, NCR, ORCL, SAP, SY, TDC, Technology

The software giant’s $5 billion acquisition of Cognos shows how difficult it is becoming for midsize software companies to survive on their own

Oracle Fusion Gets a New Boss

November 4th, 2007 by | No Comments | Filed in BEAS, C, CRM, Company News, Executives, Info Tech 100, Leadership, MS, MSFT, Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, ORCL, SAP, SKAB, Technology, software

Thomas Kurian is taking over the pivotal effort to make sense of the bevy of business software products acquired during CEO Ellison’s three-year spree

BEA or Ellison: Who Will Prevail?

October 29th, 2007 by | No Comments | Filed in BEAS, CS, Company News, Corporate Governance, Executives, IBM, IT, Investing, Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, ORCL, SAP, Technology, UBS, software

The middleware provider is holding out for a sweeter deal, but Oracle hasn’t made another offer and shareholder Carl Icahn is pushing hard for a sale

$200 Million for Electric Cars?

October 29th, 2007 by | No Comments | Filed in Autos, Autos - hybrids, Energy, Entrepreneurs, Executives, GM, ILCO, IT, Innovation, NSANY, RENA, SAP, Science, TM, Transportation, Venture Capital, software

Software industry hotshot Shai Agassi has a well-funded plan to shake up the auto industry with a new approach to the electric car

Investors Cool on SAP’s Upbeat Quarter

October 18th, 2007 by | No Comments | Filed in AAPL, BEAS, BOBJ, C, Earnings, Europe, International, ORCL, SAP, Technology, UBS, WMT, software

The software titan says its ‘07 sales growth will be the strongest in four years, but despite the good news its stock falls

Microsoft’s Office-Phone Foray

October 16th, 2007 by | No Comments | Filed in AV, BA, CSCO, DELL, ERIC, FORR, INTC, MSFT, NIPNY, NT, PG, RIMM, SAP, SKAB, Technology, Telecommunications, software

Bill Gates says today’s systems are like mainframes before PCs and software changed everything. Cisco agrees—and aims to win the race