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Lani Spund is SAP's worst nightmare.
A German retailer plans to open a store that will feature "smart shelves" for inventory management and a scale that can identify different types of produce.
Government continues to shun colossal outsourcing contracts in favour of selective sourcing, while businesses display growing confidence in software-as-a-service -- however sustained skills shortages have plagued deployments, sparking interest in offshore options.
The open-source movement has already rewritten the rules for how software is licensed and used. Now the computer services market is changing to keep up.
Does SAP have what it takes to succeed in the on-demand space?
Software maker Retek emerged from relative obscurity this week after Oracle began a wrestling match with archrival SAP for ownership of the company. So what's so hot about retail IT?
The open-source movement has already rewritten the rules for how software is licensed and used. Now the computer services market is changing to keep up.
The Oracle antitrust trial isn't the only thing that's throwing PeopleSoft off track these days, according to financial analysts.
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CSI Tracing, Ballmer hunting and Bobcats -- Club Builder
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Australian Govt funds IT start-ups
Google should come clean on datacentres
US shows what OPEL could have been
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