SAP culls 3,000 jobs from CRM business and its results weren't even that bad 'Targeted restructuring' could have been worse, analyst points out Software26 Jan 2023 | 4
City council cans ERP project, keeps details of replacement supplier secret New system 'commercially sensitive' but set to go live in October Government Tech Week23 Jan 2023 | 22
Brit civil service claims there's enough money for mammoth ERP refresh project Business case and competition said to be helping to close the shortfall Government Tech Week18 Jan 2023 | 21
University still living in the Nineties seeks help with move to SAP S/4HANA Tens of millions up for grabs as institution needs to dump legacy code Databases17 Jan 2023 | 36
NASA overspent $15m on Oracle software because it was afraid an audit could cost more Houston, we have a problem: Millions wasted on license penalties Software13 Jan 2023 | 40
$20m SAP ECC replacement project delayed because UK university unsure what it wants After 10 month’s deliberation, abandons current competition as ERP support deadline looms Databases03 Jan 2023 | 12
When ERP projects go bad: Surrey County Council's £30m ditch SAP effort delayed again Existing hold ups already cost millions as UK authority fails to put a price on latest setback Databases19 Dec 2022 | 14
Don't expect another SAP support deadline extension, user group warns German software giant unlikely to repeat 2020's concession to users pressure Databases13 Dec 2022 | 2
SAP still struggling to convert ECC customers to S/4HANA, says Gartner Latest platform software has not been licensed by two-thirds of legacy users, despite strong growth Databases06 Dec 2022 | 7
Low code is no replacement for software development, say German-speaking SAP users Updated 'It remains to be seen to what degree of process depth the offer will prove itself in practice' SaaS25 Nov 2022 | 39
SAP renames developer platform and bundles it with S/4HANA TechEd But users still need to wait years for business benefits of migration from older systems Databases17 Nov 2022 |
SAP injects more low code into ERP platform for non-coding biz types Following AppGyver and Ruum, Build potentially takes pressure off devs’ create-this-feature-now list Databases15 Nov 2022 | 2
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 | 30
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 | 14
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 | 11
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