The IT industry's best kept secret is out -- SAP is still up for grabs despite spurning its first suitor, Microsoft.
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SAP has unveiled more details of its attack on the mid-market, touting the virtues of its soon to be released, all-in-one suite the A1S.
SAP has no plans to join Oracle and get involved in the megamerger game.
German software giant SAP joined many others in making Hewitt's Best Employer in ANZ list for 2006/2007. Much of the kudos goes to Geraldine McBride who spent four years leading SAP ANZ before her promotion to Asia-Pacific chief this January.
The IT industry's best kept secret is out -- SAP is still up for grabs despite spurning its first suitor, Microsoft.
The market-leading maker of business applications is turning to smaller firms and Web services to expand its software portfolio.
After its top-secret merger talks with SAP were revealed, Microsoft's motivation for the deal was quickly identified: its interest in the German company was sparked by growth limits in the business software market.
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