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• Oracle nemesis Rimini Street fires another salvo

  Oracle's ongoing lawsuit against Rimini Street has not deterred the latter company from announcing another addition to its lineup of lower-cost support options for Oracle's software.

• Queensland Motorways moves to free-flow tolling system

  Queensland Motorways has moved from an e-toll system to a free-flow project two years prior to its planned delivery date, in a project described as a ‘redefinition’ of the organisation.

• Benioff tops tech CEO 'approval ratings'

  Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff currently has a 90 per cent approval rating from his employees, beating out rival and Oracle CEO Larry Ellison as well as SAP co-CEOs Jim Hagemann Snabe and Bill McDermott, according to figures from careers website Glassdoor.com

• Accenture, SAP execs talk analytic trends

  While business analytics tools are becoming cheaper and easier to use, organisations are still facing the underlying problem of understanding the data sources that feed these systems, said an executive with professional services firm Accenture PLC.

• Local Sybase offices wait for global green light

  A month after SAP finalised the $US5.8 billion acquisition of mobility and data warehousing company Sybase, local offices are waiting for the proverbial green light to begin integration.

• Third-Party Software Maintenance: 5 Things to Know

  Big savings come with trade-offs. Jeff Rishel, vice president of IT for Graham Packaging, says the company's support-related expenses have dropped substantially since turning to Rimini Street for software maintenance. And service quality has improved. Rimini, one of the few companies supporting applications from ERP giants SAP and Oracle, will keep your systems humming and supply tax updates and bug fixes. But upgrades still require vendor support.

• Rumored SAP-Red Hat merger seen as a long shot

  Rumors swirled once again this week regarding a possible takeover of Red Hat, this time by SAP, but a number of industry observers said Thursday that the prospect is unlikely at best.

• County will rip and replace ailing SAP system

  Officials in Marin County, California, decided on Tuesday to replace the county's ailing SAP ERP (enterprise resource planning) system, an option that would cost less than trying to fix widespread problems with the software, according to officials.

• SAP execs outline plans for Sybase

  SAP executives today outlined the company's strategy for the recently acquired Sybase, which includes the creation of a mobile platform that can run on-premises or in the cloud, connects to every application and is compatible with "all major" mobile operating systems and devices.

• SAP, Sybase lay out tech road maps

  SAP and Sybase officials gathered in Boston on Thursday to reveal how they plan to bring together their respective technologies in the areas of mobility, analytics and enterprise information management.

• Forrester: Open-source BI has pros and cons

  A new Forrester Research report finds that while a number of open-source BI (business intelligence) offerings are providing many of the capabilities enterprises require, certain shortcomings remain.

• SAP admission of liability highlights Oracle third-party support issues

  SAP AG's admission of some liability in a lawsuit brought against it by Oracle Corp. over third-party support services will likely speed resolution of the dispute between the two companies.

• SAP warms to open source

  Although not traditionally known for its contributions to the open-source community, the German-based SAP is adopting more open-source software, as well as contributing more of its own code back into the community, company officials said in an interview.

• SAP adding iGoogle-like layer to its portal

  SAP is sprucing up its NetWeaver portal with an upcoming add-on, Enterprise Workspaces, which will provide an iGoogle-like way for users to work with content.

• SAP reports revenue up 12 percent, earnings up 15 percent

  SAP reported a 15 percent year-on-year rise in earnings for the second quarter, on revenue up 12 percent. It forecast that underlying revenue growth in its core business of software and software-related services will accelerate following completion of its acquisition of Sybase.