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Resellers association to move seat close to SAP headquarters
One of the world’s largest communities of SAP resellers is moving its main office close to the headquarters of the business software group in Walldorf, Germany. UnitedVARs, which has 20 core partner...
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VW chooses SAP for new CRM software
Volkswagen Group has chosen SAP to reorganize its customer relationship managenemt software, industry insiders say. SAP, the world’s largest maker of business software, will provide CRM software for...
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McLaren signs new contract with SAP
Sports cars generate large amounts of performance data that need to be analyzed (Photo: McLaren) McLaren will use SAP software to better handle data flows, optimize its infrastructure and improve...
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SAP to acquire Cloud services provider Ariba
SAP's Ariba acquisition is set to boost the German group's Cloud-based offering (Photo: SAP) SAP plans to acquire US-based Cloud services provider Ariba for about 4.3 billion dlrs. The German business...
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Germany’s Trumpf opts for Pool4tool supplier portal
Trumpf headquarters in Ditzingen, southern Germany, manages all group processes (Photo: Trumpf) German machine-tool maker Trumpf has chosen the Pool4tool portal to improve its management of supplier...
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Booz study: IT services, system integration losing in importance
Microsoft is the highest ranked company in a Booz analysis of the best-performing global IT providers (Photo: Microsoft) Software providers and internet companies are the best performers in the global...
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Few German companies have a business-intelligence plan – Raad Research
Businesses take business intelligence seriously but most don't have a strategy for it (Photo: Wikimedia/Kingfish) German companies have a strong interest in business intelligence, but few have a...
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Increased ERP competition seen for SAP, Oracle and Microsoft
SAP may face new competition soon (Photo: SAP) Despite their dominant market share in ERP systems, the top three software providers are facing new competion that may erode their strong positions....
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HP to host AVL’s SAP applications in the cloud
AVL will depend on HP for the management of its SAP application infrastructure (Photo: AVL) HP will host AVL’s SAP applications in a new hybrid cloud-based infrastructure. The US-based IT group said it...
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SAP Automotive Forum – Leipzig
SAP will focus on car connectivity and new IT opportunities for the car industry when it hosts its 13th annual Automotive Forum June 12 and 13 in Leipzig. The German business software maker plans a...
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At BMW, a new central archive for financial records
(Photo: KGS) BMW has reorganized its financial records, bringing all data together in one central archive that can be accessed directly from the company’s SAP systems. KGS Software, a provider of SAP...
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SAP’s new CIO to run SAP HANA
Goerke will have a dual role at SAP (Photo: SAP) SAP has appointed Bjoern Goerke as its new CIO effective immediately. The German business software group said Goerke will also head its SAP HANA...
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SAP Automotive Forum – Leipzig
SAP will hold its 14th annual Automotive Forum in Leipzig July 1 and 2. The focus of the two-day event is on speeding up time-to-market, increasing customer focus, improving business models to boost...
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SAP invests in Africa
SAP executive Enslin says now is the time to invest in Africa (Photo: SAP) SAP plans to invest as much as 500 million dlrs in Africa through 2020 in a bid to help the continent accelerate growth in...
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IBM, SAP to cooperate on cloud-based business services
SAP will use IBM data centers to offer business services to its customers (Photo: IBM) IBM will start offering SAP infrastructure services to companies as part of a new strategic partnership between...
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Bosch, SAP to join forces for IoT
Bosch and SAP want to speed up manufacturing and logistics processes (Photo: SAP) Bosch and SAP plan to jointly develop cloud-based technologies to speed up manufacturing and logistics processes. The...
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ZF opts for SAP software for HR, finance, purchasing
Following its acquisition of TRW in 2015, ZF needs an integrated IT system landscape (Photo: ZF) SAP said ZF Friedrichshafen will adopt a range of software products to streamline human resources,...
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In battle for ERP supremacy, Oracle wants to benefit from SAP’s problems
(Image: Sabina Vogel, companies) German business software giant SAP and its US based competitor Oracle are locked in a fierce head-to-head competition. SAP has had the edge for a while. Now the...
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Investment in old-school IT will end at Hella
Willing says he is planning “significant steps to improve workflow systems at Hella. (Photo: Claus Dick) German lighting and electronics specialist Hella wants to become an agile business partner to...
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AGCO harvests more value from IT
Like automotive firms, agricultural equipment maker AGCO is planting the seeds of transformation, implementing a common global IT infrastructure, more digital manufacturing processes and an agile...
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