The IT industry's best kept secret is out -- SAP is still up for grabs despite spurning its first suitor, Microsoft.
German software giant SAP today said it would shut down its TomorrowNow subsidiary, following damaging legal action with arch-rival Oracle.
SAP co-CEO, Leo Apotheker, has hit back at criticism of the German business software giant's plans to change its support offering and increase prices.
SAP and Microsoft on Tuesday announced plans to form a joint lab in Germany in an effort to tie the SAP Business Suite more closely with Microsoft's SQL Server 2005.
German software giant SAP is going to auction its subsidiary, TomorrowNow, only two years after acquiring the company.
The IT industry's best kept secret is out -- SAP is still up for grabs despite spurning its first suitor, Microsoft.
Increasing competitive pressure from SAP and the entry of Microsoft into the business applications market spurred Oracle to launch its hostile bid for PeopleSoft last year, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison testified on Wednesday.
The rivalry is nothing new, but Ellison's acquisition strategy is infusing it with new vigour -- and may redefine an industry.
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