SAPPHIRE IN THE NEWS

Media coverage of SAPPHIRE 2008

• SAP CEOs Preach Networks, Collaboration and BPM (SearchSAP.com – May 7, 2008)
  CIOs riding onto the stage on Harleys and pallet trucks are not usually part of your typical SAPPHIRE, but Jim Haney of Harley Davidson and Esat Sezar of Coca-Cola enterprises rolled onto the stage here yesterday to illustrate the central theme of keynote addresses by SAP's co-CEOs Henning Kagermann and Léo Apotheker. See the full article



• News and Views from SAP's Sapphire Show and User Conference 2008 (CIO – May 7, 2008)
  SAP's annual SAPPHIRE show and ASUG user conference in Orlando, Fla., produced a lot of noteworthy announcements, events and discussions about SAP's product sets and future plans. See the full article



• SAP Exec: No Plans for Additional On-Demand ERP (IDG News Service – May 7, 2008)
  CEO Kagermann says SAP may make incremental moves in the SaaS direction with other SME products. See the full article



• SAP Chief Executive Kagermann Says Profitability Will Increase (Bloomberg – May 6, 2008)
  SAP AG said profitability will rise after reporting its steepest quarterly profit decline in almost six years last week. See the full article



• SAP sees 2nd Quarter US Business Climate like 1st Quarter (Reuters – May 6, 2008)
  SAP AG, the world's top maker of business management software maker, said on Tuesday it expects U.S. business conditions in the second quarter to be similar to the first three months of the year. See the full article



• Is Enterprise Software Recession-Proof? (ZDNet Blog – May 6, 2008)
  If you look at SAP's last quarter, and believe the formal and informal guidance they're making about the current quarter, and catch the buzz on the conference show floor, then the possibility that SAP, and much of the enterprise software market it represents, are relatively recession-proof starts gaining real credence. See the full article
  
  
• SAP, IBM Still Chummy After BI Acquisitions (IDG News Services – May 6, 2008)
  Executives from IBM and SAP said the two companies won't fall out even though they now compete head-on in the market for BI (business intelligence) software, with their respective purchases of Cognos and Business Objects. See the full article



• SAP Says Partners Will Play Key Role in SME Strategy (eChannelLine.com – May 6, 2008)
  Adoption of SAP's business software among mid-sized companies is growing, and channel partners will play a key role according to announcements made at SAPPHIRE 2008. See the full article



• Business Objects Brings BI to Business (SearchSAP.com – May 6, 2008)
  John Schwarz, CEO of SAP-owned Business Objects, agrees that BI has had a difficult time penetrating the executive suite. Now, however, Schwarz thinks it's time for the BI value proposition to be heard and acted upon by managers. See the full article



• SAP Sheds Light on New BPM Tools (PC World /IDG News Service – May 6, 2008)
  SAP is developing new business process management (BPM) tools under the code name "Galaxy" and will first release them in the third quarter, it announced Tuesday at its SAPPHIRE conference in Orlando. See the full article



• SAP Forms Global Services Partner Agreements with Infosys, Satyam (eChannelline.com – May 6, 2008)
  Infosys Technologies and Satyam Computers have both signed up to the SAP Global Service Partner Program, which is focused on enhancing value for customer investments in SAP solutions. The announcement was made during the SAPPHIRE 2008 conference in Orlando. See the full article



• SAP's Kagermann Reveals Plan To Bring SaaS To Large Companies (InformationWeek – May 5, 2008)
  SAP will announce Tuesday on-demand "components," due out next year, that integrate with a customer's existing ERP suite, Kagermann says. See the full article



• SAP Notes Growing Adoption Among SMEs in Q1 (PC World/IDG News Service – May 5, 2008)
  Roughly 75 percent of SAP's overall customer base is made up of small and midsize enterprises.The figure was boosted by a 28 percent rise in SME customers during the first quarter of this year, compared to the same period last year, SAP said. See the full article



• SAP CEO: Microsoft should buy Yahoo (C/Net News – May 5,2008)
  SAP CEO Henning Kagermann has some advice for how Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer should spend $45 to $50 billion. See the full article



• SAP Expands Scope of PartnerEdge Channel Program (Computer Reseller News – May 5, 2008)
  SAP is expanding its PartnerEdge partner program beyond traditional resellers to a wider ecosystem of ISVs and service companies such as systems integrators and consultants, the vendor announced Monday, the first day of its Sapphire 2008 customer conference in Orlando. See the full article



• SAP Teams With HP, IBM For Business Software Appliances (InformationWeek – May 5, 2008)
  SAP, as part of its effort to lure more midsize business customers, will introduce appliance-like systems pre-loaded with its ERP software, a database, and a Linux operating system, running on hardware from Hewlett-Packard or IBM. See the full article



• SAP and IBM Collaborate to Offer Integrated Business Systems Dedicated to Midsize Companies (SOA World Magazine – May 5, 2008)
  SAP revealed plans to further extend its fast-start program for SAP Business All-in-One solutions by expanding the strategic partnership with IBM that looks back on a long history of close collaboration in the areas of technology, channel and services. See the full article



• In Search of BusinessByDesign: the NetWeaver 7.1 Connection (ZDNet Blog – May 5, 2008)
  SAP CEO Henning Kagermann on Monday detailed another key thread in the Business ByDesign delay: Developers need to move the software as a service application to the company's NetWeaver 7.1 platform if it is going to meet its costs targets. See the full article



• SAP to Customize Business Software for Blackberry (Reuters, USA – May 2, 2008)
  Research in Motion Ltd and SAP AG announced a partnership to develop sales management software and other business programs for the Blackberry, seeking to expand the device beyond an e-mail and phone service. Click here for Reuters, USA

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