SAP AG clarified this week a new path to mySAP.com for its R/3 installed base at its Sapphire 2000 user conference in Berlin, extending maintenance support for the R/3 suite and offering an additional pricing option.
As SAP kicks off its Sapphire user conference in Berlin this week, industry sources confirmed that the software giant will be announcing a reselling agreement with Commerce One that fills out SAP's e-commerce, business-to-business offerings. Sources also said negotiations for this deal have been underway for months.
As SAP kicks off its Sapphire user conference in Berlin this week, industry sources confirmed that the software giant will be announcing a reselling agreement with Commerce One that fills out SAP's e-commerce, business-to-business offerings. Sources also said negotiations for this deal have been underway for months.
Middle-tier ERP (enterprise resource planning) provider J.D. Edwards & Co. said yesterday it will cut its global workforce by 800 as part of a reinvention of itself as an e-business. The company also has decided against providing hosting services for business-to-business trading exchanges as some of its competitors are doing.
Webmethods, a business-to-business trading exchange application integration specialist, said Monday it will acquire EAI (enterprise application integration) player Active Software in a $1.3 billion deal expected to close during the third quarter of this year.
With Sun Microsystems in mind and Oracle at its side, Compaq Computer has launched its high-end, RISC-based server line, the AlphaServer GS, strengthening its hand in the race to be the Web server hardware provider for the e-business economy.
Backers of Internet-based trading exchanges will have to think twice about the issues of price-fixing and industry monopolies as they forge ahead to claim territory in the New Economy.
In keeping with its single-source product strategy, Oracle Corp. this week debuts marketing elements of the CRM (customer relationship management) component of the Oracle 11i E-Business ERP (enterprise resource planning) suite.
With Sun Microsystems Inc. in mind and Oracle Corp. at its side, Compaq Computer Corp. here Tuesday launched its high-end, RISC-based server line, the AlphaServer GS, strengthening its hand in the race to be the Web-server hardware provider for the e-business economy.
For those on the verge of breaking with the past and either starting or joining a business-to-business trading exchange, there's a lot more to consider than Web connections to buyers and sellers.
As more Internet business-to-business trading exchanges come online, there will be a wider selection from which buy-and sell-side participants may choose. Consequently, building and maintaining business relationships will become a major concern for all involved.
Although SAP AG put an end to the speculation about its much-anticipated call center's CRM (customer relationship management) direction with the news last week that the company will resell the Clarify eFrontOffice software with mySAP.com, many questions about the wider impact of this move remain unanswered.
Major vendors, including PeopleSoft, Sun Microsystems, Netscape Communications, and Oracle have jumped into the e-procurement game, courting businesses seeking online buying's promise of cost savings and more efficient supply chains.
SAP AG yesterday put an end to speculation about its much-anticipated CRM (customer relationship management) direction, announcing plans to resell Clarify eFrontOffice through its own mySAP.com.
Promising a fully functional financial management system in five days, Oracle Corp. debuted its Oracle FastForward OnLine Financials-RPM program for Oracle Financials at the Oracle Application Users Group conference in Philadelphia last week.