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SAP Enables Finance Leaders To Run Best-in-Class Close and Reporting Processes
SAP AG today announced new innovations to its line-of-business finance offerings that aim to improve processes used to conduct the financial close and external reporting. Enhancements to the SAP® Disclosure Management application and SAP® Financial Closing cockpit are intended to deliver increased process efficiency, greater accuracy as well as savings in cost and time. Increased … Continue reading “SAP Enables Finance Leaders To Run Best-in-Class Close and Reporting Processes”
In 2011 Worldwide Supply Chain Management Software Market Grew 12.3 Percent
The worldwide supply chain management (SCM) software market totaled $7.7 billion in 2011, a 12.3 percent increase from 2010, according to Gartner, Inc. It was the second year of double-digit growth for the SCM software market as supply chain investments kept their priority status and moved forward, despite caution from IT budget decision makers. “Despite … Continue reading “In 2011 Worldwide Supply Chain Management Software Market Grew 12.3 Percent”
SAP is Taking Seriously Mobile and Cloud Perspectives
No one can accuse SAP of sitting on its laurels. At the recent Sapphire Conference held in Orlando, Florida, the enterprise software company debuted a whole slew of mobility applications as well as a plan to play hardball with leading cloud platforms. SAP’s hard push of these new technologies underscores the fact that both Bring … Continue reading “SAP is Taking Seriously Mobile and Cloud Perspectives”
For University of Kentucky, SAP’s HANA is “Disruptive”
The University of Kentucky says it has reshaped its business intelligence (BI) capability as a result of adopting SAP’s in-memory system, HANA. Vince Kellen, the university CIO, calls it a “disruptive technology,” and for this institution at least, that appears true. Analysts are more restrained in their assessments of HANA, in part, because of a … Continue reading “For University of Kentucky, SAP’s HANA is “Disruptive””
SAP has made its HANA developer license free to all comers
On the last keynote of the last day of SAPPHIRE Now, executive board member Vishal Sikka took to the stage talking HANA, partners and extreme applications. Having been privy to the possibility of a developer related announcement it seemed to take forever before Sikka uttered the magic words: “HANA developer licenses are now free for … Continue reading “SAP has made its HANA developer license free to all comers”