July 25, 2008 || New community geared to customer requirements Virtualization Boosts Efficiency
"Virtualization continues to offer great infrastructure agility and cost containment benefits. But taking the technology to the next level will require a well-defined implementation road map and partners who can apply this potential to customers’ business process challenges," explains John Humphreys, program vice president of analyst IDC’s Enterprise Platform Group. "The enterprise virtualization community is a great first step toward bringing the IT community together to deliver on these promises." more
July 22, 2008 || State-of-the-art technologies made in Japan New SAP Co-Innovation Lab Tokyo Opens Doors
SAP Co-Innovation Lab Tokyo opened its doors on July 16. Like its western-hemisphere counterpart in Palo Alto, which opened in 2007, the new facility serves as a playground for state-of-the-art technologies and products from SAP and various partner and customer organizations. The goal: to develop solutions with practical and valuable applications for business. more
July 07, 2008 || Business Objects Business Objects: The New Face of BI for SAP
"The new face of BI for SAP" – this adage sums up the leading role Business Objects applications will play as the business intelligence front-end of SAP applications. Business Objects’ suite of BI solutions will be the go-to solutions for reporting, analysis, and dashboard capabilities for SAP customers looking for a fuller, more enhanced suite of BI solutions. In addition, Business Objects brings a number of information management solutions to help customers build out a trusted data foundation. more
July 02, 2008 || Former "stepchild" seizes the market Demands on Open Source Software Grow
Whether for private users, small and midsize businesses, major corporations, or public institutions, Open Source software has in the past years become a reliable alternative to commercial solutions. And not just because it is less expensive. Businesses are becoming increasingly convinced of the quality of this free software. And while the Linux operating system has been dominating the Open Source scene for the last decade, new and advanced products are continuously establishing themselves in the market. more
