By R "Ray" Wang on April 5, 2010
Rimini Street Counter Suit Focuses On Ensuring Customer Rights To Third Party Maintenance (3PM)
On March 29th, 2010, Rimini Street sued Oracle for “counterclaims alleging copyright misuse, defamation, disparagement, trade libel, and unfair competition”. The lawsuit was filed as a counter to Oracle’s February 26th, 2010 suit of Rimini Street for Intellectual Property (IP) theft. While […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on March 22, 2010
Title: SAUG Summit 2010 Location: Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre Darling Harbour, Sydney Link out: Click here Start Date: 2010-08-03 End Date: 2010-08-05 Description: Learn: Collaborate: Innovate The SAUG Summit is the largest SAP event in the Asia-Pacific region and 2010 promises to be no different. This gathering for SAP professionals attracts a wide range […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on February 22, 2010
Apps Users Seek Third Party Maintenance For Cost, Value, and Service Updated surveys from inquiries, client conversations, and user group meetings show a 113.8% increase in interest in third party maintenance (3PM) services from Q3 2009 to Q1 2010 (see Figure 1). Key factors stem from (see Figure 2.): Continuing cost pressures. Budgets continue to […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on February 11, 2010
New Changes Hint At Hasso’s Priorities In a not surprising update, SAP makes changes to Executive Board and management. Here are the changes: Gerhard Oswald becomes COO. Gerhard has experiences in support, consulting, education, custom development, and quality.Gerhard’s contract has been extended till December 31, 2011.Point of View (POV): Gerhard’s been a long-timer at SAP […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on November 30, 2009
DSAG project team and project leader departure could signal disagreement with methodology not SUGEN
SAP embarked on an ambitious program to prove value in its Enterprise Support fee hike last year. As planned, SAP should announce the results for the first set of SUGEN KPI’s in early December. However, two key SUGEN KPI project sponsors […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on November 25, 2009
Building Innovation With And Around Your SAP Environment Keynote summary: Pace of change continues to increase in market forces, work dynamics, business models, and pace of technology adoption. Innovation is essential in this market. There’s a tonne of innovation at SAP. Management and politics keep it from coming out. Users need to tap into innovations […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on November 24, 2009
SAP users in UK and Ireland remain equally skeptical about SAP
(Photos by R Wang & Insider Associates, LLC. Copyright © 2009 All rights reserved.)
The SAP user group hosted its annual event. Conversations with 37 clients reflect the following broad trends in the UK and Ireland:
SAP users remain skeptical about benefits promised by SAP […]
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