Oracle vs. SAP: Who Has the Better ERP Apps Strategy?
Forrester Research last stacked up the application strategies of ERP heavyweights SAP and Oracle in 2006. At the time, SAP's star, in their opinion, was shining much brighter than Oracle's. Much has changed since then. Now, as 2008 comes to a close, Forrester analysts John Rymer, Paul Hamerman and Ray Wang have done another comprehensive analysis of the fierce competitors' application strategies.
SAP confirms Wookey hiring, signals new on-demand push
SAP on Tuesday confirmed that it has hired former Oracle applications executive John Wookey, and said he will be charged with organizing SAP's various on-demand offerings for large enterprises under a single strategy.
Oracle buys IP from Tacit to boost Beehive platform
Seeking to beef up the capabilities of its recently launched Beehive collaboration platform, Oracle said Monday it has bought the intellectual property of Tacit Software and hired all of its software engineers.
Should enterprises reconsider the cloud?
Over time, as Amazon.com, Google, HP, IBM, and Microsoft all have cloud offerings, they may become commodities with enterprise-level security, service levels, and compliance requirements baked in and proven -- at least that's the bet the major enterprise providers are taking by making their technology available over Amazon.com.
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