In a recent announcement, SAP disclosed they were acquiring e-commerce software company, hybris, in the third quarter for an undisclosed amount. Though owned by SAP, hybris will operate as an independent business unit.

There seems to be an increase in crazy and torrential weather as of late. Of course, we always worry about the safety of the people in the area at the time it hits, but the after effects of storms and other disruptions affect more than the directly involved area. Disruptions can damage a company’s supply […]

A recent survey of 335 senior executives, in five industries, including Aerospace and Defense, Automotive, Conglomerates, Engineering and Industrial Products, and Metals, found that global manufacturers are putting their supply chain in the center of their business strategy. KPMG’s fourth annual Global Manufacturing Outlook survey report found that only 49% had visibility in their supply […]

In the first update since 2010 and version 12, SAP recently released Sybase SQL Anywhere 16. Beyond the debated reasons why they skipped numbers 13 through 15, there are some pretty cool features of Anywhere 16. It not only includes the most popular elements of version 12 (and some not as popular ones), but added […]

Chrome and Android users are in luck! SAP and Google have partnered to further develop SAP Fiori applications on Google-based platforms. Fiori is designed for application design for business enterprise-level security. Google’s vice president of enterprise, Amit Singh, announced the new partnership which will integrate SAP HANA big analytics into Google platforms.

With the increasing demand on logistics managers to produce faster and better customer service, while also keeping their costs down, many are turning to SaaS (Software as a Service) technologies. It is becoming less expensive to implement a Transportation Management System (TMS) into a supply chain, but it is still a rather large investment.

There has been a lot of talk about “re-shoring” jobs back to America after the surge of off-shoring in the last couple of decades. With all this discussion and movement toward moving back domestic jobs, how can a company be sure it is the right decision? Is it even economically safe for companies be re-shoring?

Today, SAP announced a new mobile service powered by SAP HANA. Consumer Insight 365 is a pilot program of a new cloud-based mobile service to help brands understand and analyze huge amounts anonymized and aggregated data that they collect. By using this information, this will help companies create a better relationship with their mobile customers.

Yesterday at Sapphire Now, SAP revealed new developments in SAP HANA, the in-memory platform, for release with Service Pack 6 (SP6). Besides real-time operations, the newly developed features include Smart Data access and more cloud employment options.

Just last Friday, SAP introduced several new features for their BusinessObjects Design studio 1.1. These new upgrades and features help to increase the user’s ability to effortlessly create interactive applications.