{"id":851,"date":"2010-05-02T22:22:06","date_gmt":"2010-05-02T22:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pixelbase.co.uk\/?p=851"},"modified":"2014-10-09T10:14:52","modified_gmt":"2014-10-09T10:14:52","slug":"this-week-in-sap-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pixelbase.co.uk\/?p=851","title":{"rendered":"This Week in SAP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been the week when SAP announced its quarterly (Q1) results, so let&#8217;s get straight down to the nitty gritty, the numbers and figures, the fact &amp; fiction.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SAP announced its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sap.com\/about\/investor\/press.epx?pressid=13141\">Q1 2010 results<\/a> (guess you saw that one coming!). Obviously there have been several views and opinions about this. JP Morgan upgraded the SAP share and was <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.barrons.com\/techtraderdaily\/2010\/04\/30\/sap-jp-morgan-turns-bullish-sees-recovery-in-progress\/?mod=yahoobarrons\">rather bullish<\/a>, Informationweek is<a href=\"http:\/\/www.informationweek.com\/news\/software\/erp\/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=224700098&amp;pgno=2&amp;queryText=&amp;isPrev=\"> a little bit more to my liking<\/a>, talking about Snabe&#8217;s \u00a0same-old, same-old SaaS &#8220;mantra&#8221; during the result call. Interestingly enough, the latter then link to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.informationweek.com\/news\/global-cio\/interviews\/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=224700078&amp;pgno=1&amp;queryText=&amp;isPrev=\">Global CIO&#8217;s interview with McDermott<\/a>, which hails McDermott as the one who gives SAP a new image and perspective. Germany&#8217;s Silicon.de sees troubles over low investments fade away as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.silicon.de\/mittelstand\/0,39038986,41531197,00\/sap+waechst+zweistellig.htm\">SAP reports double digit growth (in german)<\/a> for english translation click <a href=\"http:\/\/translate.google.com\/translate?js=y&amp;prev=_t&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;layout=1&amp;eotf=1&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.silicon.de%2Fmittelstand%2F0%2C39038986%2C41531197%2C00%2Fsap%2Bwaechst%2Bzweistellig.htm&amp;sl=de&amp;tl=en\">here<\/a>. Let&#8217;s round this off with 2 more distinctive insights: Helmut Guembel is<a href=\"http:\/\/hgumbel.wordpress.com\/2010\/04\/28\/sap-2010q1-the-maintenance-compromise-pays\/\"> cautiously hissing the recovery flag<\/a>, saying it looks as if &#8220;customers are glad to get back to their old agendas&#8221;. Guembel also sets his sights and hopes towards Sapphire, where he expects a &#8220;new vision &#8211; one that is meaty&#8221;. <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.zdnet.com\/Howlett\/?p=1999&amp;tag=content;col2\">ZDNet&#8217;s Dennis Howlett sees the growth and decline as a bit of a &#8220;mixed bag&#8221;<\/a> and specifically points out the 18% decline in training revenue. Dennis is also in eager anticipation for Sapphire 2010.<\/li>\n<li>after all these figures something a little more light-hearted: CIO&#8217;s Thomas Wailgum with the <a href=\"http:\/\/advice.cio.com\/thomas_wailgum\/10183\/oracle_sun_top_10_rejected_marketing_slogans?source=rss_Thomas_Wailgum-s_blog\">&#8220;Top 10 Rejected Marketing Slogans&#8221;<\/a> for Sun &amp; Oracle.<\/li>\n<li>what a difference 11 weeks can make (can they?): <a href=\"http:\/\/www.informationweek.com\/news\/global-cio\/interviews\/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=224700286&amp;cid=RSSfeed_IWK_ALL\">Global CIO&#8217;s Bob Evans sees SAP &#8220;to have made significant progress&#8221;<\/a> with its turnaround. Wow.<\/li>\n<li>Computerwoche writes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.computerwoche.de\/software\/erp\/1935164\/\">&#8220;Bye Bye R\/3&#8221; <\/a>in its article (english version <a href=\"http:\/\/translate.google.com\/translate?js=y&amp;prev=_t&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;layout=1&amp;eotf=1&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.computerwoche.de%2Fsoftware%2Ferp%2F1935164%2F&amp;sl=de&amp;tl=en\">here<\/a>) about the shrinking number of R\/3 installation base (19%). Interestingly, Computerwoche tried to establish if these remaining, predominantly SME based installs would be interested in 3rd party maintenance once an SAP Netweaver\/ERP upgrade had gone live. However, since a large number of these SMEs are lead or closely-linked to larger concerns, there will most likely be a someone else to pick up the bill.<\/li>\n<li>The next big thing in enterprise software &#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cio.com\/article\/592078\/Ex_SAP_CEO_Talks_About_the_Next_Big_Thing_in_IT?source=rss_enterprise_resource_planning_erp\">according to Leo Apotheker<\/a> on CIO.com- is inter-company process optimization. Is it just me or do we hear more from the ex-SAP CEO now that he is with SCM Vendor GT Nexus?<\/li>\n<li>Mark Finnern talks Rugby shirts in this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.erpexecutive.com\/2010\/04\/sap-mentor-initiative\/\">interview<\/a> with the leader of the SAP Mentor initiative on ERPExecutive.com<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>and nothing from the Twitterverse this week&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been the week when SAP announced its quarterly (Q1) results, so let&#8217;s get straight down to the nitty gritty, the numbers and figures, the fact &amp; fiction. SAP announced its Q1 2010 results (guess you saw that one coming!). Obviously there have been several views and opinions about this. 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