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SuccessApps: Successfactors and Google Apps

Posted on August 14th, 2008 by Carel

Filed under HCM, SAP, Saas

Successfactors (SFSF) recently announced integration into Google Apps (GOOG). I think this is a very important announcement. See what Phil Wainewright has to say about this. Bringing the Web, especially Web 2.0 into the enterprise. SAP, take note.
Here is what Successfactors had to say about the integration.
The integration of SuccessFactors’ Performance and Talent Management suite [...]

What is SAP Business ByDesign?

Posted on May 6th, 2008 by Carel

Filed under SAP, Saas, Technology

SAP has its own TV channel and you can find numerous interesting videos on the SAP-TV website. I found this video describing SAP Business ByDesign. SAP released this video before the recent announcement that they are delaying the launch of Business ByDesign.   Also see SAP’s SAPPHIRE 2008 announcement that it will bring SaaS to large companies.

Blogs on SAP’s Business ByDesign

Posted on September 24th, 2007 by Carel

Filed under Business, SAP, Saas, Technology

My plan was to report in depth on SAP’s Business ByDesign product, however I decided to rather point you to a number of well crafted blogs summarizing the launch.

My friend Tom Otter provides an insider’s view.
Bob Warfield writes a great blogs on all things SaaS, and Web 2.0. His BbD summary is very good.
Jeff Nolan [...]

SAP’s A1S launced today and is called: SAP Business ByDesign

Posted on September 19th, 2007 by Carel

Filed under Business, SAP, Saas, Technology

SAP officially launched A1S today and it’s called: SAP Business ByDesign. It will cost $149 per user per month. A quick initial review of SAP BBD looks a lot like current self service scenarios and webdynpro transactions. I will do a more detailed review soon.

SAP’s on demand/SaaS ERP solution, codenamed A1S

Posted on August 25th, 2007 by Carel

Filed under SAP, Saas, Technology

My aim with this post is to summarize the information currently available on A1S. A1S has been in the works for at least 3 years and is SAP’s on demand or SaaS (Software as a service) ERP solution. According to ZDNet A1S is targeted to launch in 2008 and is part of SAP’s strategy to [...]

Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud – EC2

Posted on August 17th, 2007 by Carel

Filed under Business, Saas, Technology

Amazon and Google are launching some amazing services these days. Amazon’s services include: Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Simple Storage Service (S3) and now Flexible Payments Service. These services may be accessed via APIs (web services) and are used by developers to introduce new products and services. Amazon charges a small fee for [...]