UPDATED: Oracle asked a judge to ensure that SAP doesn’t destroy evidence pertaining to the suit it filed against SAP in March for “massive” theft.Oracle said it filed the motion “to ensure that SAP is preserving the critical electronic records…
SAP announced today that its supervisory board has accepted the resignation of chief software architect Shai Agassi, who said he is leaving in order to devote himself to environmental issues.Agassi’s resignation is effective April 1, but he will continue to…
Analysis: The lawsuit that Oracle filed against its rival in the enterprise software market yesterday is going to get even worse. When all is said and done, SAP’s conduct, if proved true, could cost it hundreds of millions of dollars…
NetSuite, which makes business management software offered as a service , has rolled out a set of tools to support a new vertical strategy. The San Mateo, Calif.-based company unveiled SuiteFlex, a new application development platform that allows programmers to…
SAP may be feeling the heat.The world’s largest vendor of ERP software was quick to deprecate Apex, the new programming environment announced by Salesforce.com this week.Apex is a Java-like programming environment that will allow developers to customize applications running on…
IBM further cemented its relationship to long-time partner SAP with today’s announcement of a $40 million investment by Big Blue. Specifically, IBM said it plans to spend the money over the next five years to test, enable and support SAP…
If the thought of signing up for a Web-based application suite leaves you feeling a little isolated, you’re not alone. When you commit to running your business with an on-demand service, it’s understandable that you might feel more secure with…
SAP wants more independent software vendors (ISVs) to build applications on NetWeaver. The $125 million venture fund it announced should help lure them in.The company already has 1,000 ISVs building applications on its proprietary NetWeaver platform, with more than 1,500…
SAP threw another blow at the body of rival software vendor Oracle, announcing that is offering technical support and a conversion roadmap for customers running Siebel software. On the eve of its Sapphire user conference beginning tomorrow in Orlando, Fla.,…
Article of courtesy of SmallBusinessComputing.com There’s no denying that many small businesses are turning into true believers when it comes to Web-based applications (aka, on-demand, software-as-a-service, ASP-delivered software and hosted applications). While myriad hosted products exist offering everything from collaboration…