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• Cloud won't do for critical applications, SAP says

  SAP does not expect mission-critical applications to move to the cloud in the near future, the company's chief technology officer said on Wednesday.

• SAP, HP to deepen ties around BI

  SAP and its long-time partner Hewlett-Packard will announce plans to more closely link their technologies for BI (business intelligence) and data warehousing.

• SAP, Salesforce.com make apps with Google Wave

  Google's Wave communication and collaboration platform is getting early interest from enterprise application vendors like Salesforce.com and SAP.

• New app deepens SAP ties to LinkedIn

  SAP and the business social-networking site LinkedIn have partnered on an application that will let users integrate their LinkedIn and SAP Community profiles.

• SAP offers 'free' CRM for ERP buyers

  SAP said this week that midsize companies that purchase the Business All-in-One suite or SAP ERP will also receive its CRM (customer relationship management) application.

• NTT Data buys up Extend Technologies

  Tokyo-based NTT Data has completed its acquisition of Australian SAP services and consulting business, Extend Technologies. NTT Data acquired a 51 per cent shareholding in Extend, establishing a presence for the company in the Oceania region for the first time.

• Oracle demands information from Rimini Street

  Oracle wants Rimini Street, provider of third-party support for enterprise applications, to reveal the details of its business model in connection with Oracle's ongoing intellectual-property litigation against rival SAP, according to documents filed last week in U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada.

• Forrester: SAP, others will make analytics acquisitions

  IBM's recently announced plans to buy SPSS, maker of specialized analytics software, will result in a wave of further consolidation in the space, according to a new Forrester Research report.

• SAP offers LinkedIn recruitment tools to channel partners

  SAP has inked a deal with LinkedIn that will provide the software vendor's channel partners with special tools and services for the popular business social-networking and careers site.

• 'Rigged' product demo in SAP suit goes missing

  A presale product demonstration software package that is key to Waste Management's rancorous lawsuit against SAP has gone missing and both sides are claiming the other should have it, according to documents filed in a U.S. District Court.

• SAP: BI tool will help create 'clear enterprises'

  Companies must achieve "clarity" to navigate out of the global recession and SAP intends to help them with its BI (business intelligence) and ERP (enterprise resource planning) software, co-CEO Leo Apotheker said during the opening keynote of SAP's Sapphire conference in Orlando Tuesday.

• SAP expands business-intelligence strategy

  SAP on Monday unveiled software for business intelligence and analytics, areas that are becoming integral to the strategy of the German enterprise applications company.

• SAP executive: Business ByDesign ramp up not imminent

  It's no accident that only a handful of sessions at SAP's upcoming Sapphire conference feature Business ByDesign, the company's entry into on-demand ERP (enterprise resource planning) software for the midmarket, according to a top company official.

• SAP first quarter earnings drop 16 per cent

  SAP reported first quarter net income down 16 per cent year on year, and revenue down 3 per cent, as customers remain reluctant to spend on new software.

• SAP first quarter earnings drop 16 percent

  SAP reported first quarter net income down 16 percent year on year, and revenue down 3 percent, as customers remain reluctant to spend on new software.