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Article | 14/11/2012 Air Force scraps massive ERP project after racking up $1 billion in costs
The U.S. Air Force has decided to scrap a major ERP (enterprise resource planning) software project after spending US$1 billion, concluding that finis...
Article | 9/11/2012 Manufacturer sues IBM over SAP project 'disaster'
IBM has been slapped with a multimillion dollar lawsuit by chemical products manufacturer, Avantor Performance Materials, which alleges that IBM lied ...
Article | 5/11/2012 Workday rolls out more features for large companies, aims at SAP and Oracle
Workday on Monday unveiled a new set of enhancements to its cloud-based ERP (enterprise resource planning) software aimed at winning business from lar...
Article | 24/10/2012 SAP reports strong third quarter, revises 2012 outlook
SAP reported Wednesday double-digit revenue growth in the third quarter, benefiting from a strong performance in the Americas and double-digit growth ...
Article | 22/10/2012 How to make an SAP enhancement pack upgrade 'silent'
Several years ago, SAP introduced enhancement packs, which were supposed to provide a much easier and less painful way to upgrade its ERP (enterprise ...
Article | 21/12/2011 SAP, Google gearing up Google Apps, Business ByDesign integration
SAP and Google executives on Tuesday provided a preview of the companies' plans to tie their respective cloud-based business applications together, bu...
Article | 15/12/2011 University accuses Oracle of extortion, lies, 'rigged' demo in lawsuit
New details have emerged in Montclair State University's lawsuit against Oracle in connection with a troubled ERP (enterprise resource planning) proje...
Article | 14/12/2011 SAP spells out vision for HANA-driven software architecture
SAP executives provided new details about the company's plan to make the HANA in-memory database the focus of a sweeping reinvention of its software a...
Article | 8/12/2011 Auditor: Big Aussie SAP project behind schedule, over budget
A major SAP ERP (enterprise resource planning) software project being conducted by the New South Wales Department of Education and Communities has hit...
Article | 4/12/2011 SAP pays $3.4 billion for cloud vendor SuccessFactors
SAP America said Saturday that it is paying US$3.4 billion in cash to acquire SuccessFactors, a provider of cloud-based human capital management tools...
Article | 30/11/2011 Customer sues Epicor after ERP software project attempt ends in 'big mess'
A would-be Epicor customer is taking the ERP (enterprise resource planning) vendor to court over a "big mess" of a software project that it says ended...
Article | 29/11/2011 3M, Infor in legal battle over millions in software fees
In a case that hinges on interpretations of software contract language and the respective rights of customers and vendors when it comes to third-party...
Article | 23/11/2011 Software vendor says partnership with SAP led to stolen trade secrets
Former SAP partner Wellogix is accusing the vendor of stealing its trade secrets and swindling it out of lucrative software projects, according to a l...
Article | 22/11/2011 Key executives leave Lawson Software after Infor acquisition
Three key Lawson Software executives have left the company in recent weeks, just several months following Infor's acquisition of the company and the r...
Article | 19/11/2011 Site tracks 'love,' 'hate' of SAP, Oracle and other software vendors
Enterprise software vendors have been rushing to build or buy "sentiment analysis" technologies that can analyze the tone of what people are saying ab...