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The Motley Fool
March 29, 2007
Tom Taulli |
SAP Gets Soggier Driving real change in a global company takes a charismatic leader with a clear strategy. Without Shai Agassi, things will only get murkier for SAP shareholders.   |
The Motley Fool
October 9, 2007
Tom Taulli |
SAP Goes Big The major business-software company jolts Wall Street with a transformative deal, agreeing to spend $6.8 billion for Business Objects. |
The Motley Fool
July 14, 2006
Tom Taulli |
SAP Gets Zapped SAP has always been conservative on guidance, but the company finally missed its numbers -- in a big way. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
September 20, 2007
Tom Taulli |
SAP Goes to the Mat With On-Demand The software giant is moving to the mid-market using some newfangled approaches. |
The Motley Fool
October 23, 2006
Tom Taulli |
SAP Still Not Serious About M&A Third-quarter results were much improved, but intense competition from Oracle clouds the picture. Investors, take note. |
InternetNews
October 8, 2007
Larry Barrett |
Shareholders, Analysts Pan SAP's Strategic About-Face SAP, which has long lauded the virtue of growing from within, took some heat Monday after paying $6.8 billion to acquire Business Objects. |
The Motley Fool
May 17, 2006
Tom Taulli |
SSA Global Wants Some Privacy Yesterday, the enterprise software provider announced that the company is selling out to privately-owned Infor in a cash deal for about $19.50 per share. It was only in May 2005 that SSA went public with an offering price of $11, and the current stock price is $19.08. |
InternetNews
March 2, 2007
Clint Boulton |
Will Oracle's BI Buy Stick it to SAP? Oracle's $3.3 billion bid for Hyperion Solutions is another sign of how hot the market for business intelligence software has become. |
InternetNews
July 26, 2010 |
Will SAP's Earnings Renew Investor Optimism? SAP has seen better days and now must find away to break out of its recent stupor to give investors some hope and perhaps regain a bit of its own swagger. |
InternetNews
November 18, 2009 |
SAP, Microsoft Gang Up on Oracle Microsoft on Wednesday announced that SAP will be the "preferred partner" for customers buying its budgeting, planning and forecasting applications, a move that's clearly intended to send a message to Oracle. |
InternetNews
October 18, 2007
Larry Barrett |
SAP Shows Solid Earnings, Firm Stance Against Oracle Strong license sales boosted SAP's profits, and it announced a sweet deal with retail giant Wal-Mart. |
The Motley Fool
May 16, 2007
Tom Taulli |
Oracle's M&A Machine Strikes Again After years of uneven growth, Agile Software teams up with a much bigger partner. |
The Motley Fool
January 27, 2005
Tom Taulli |
SAP Gears Up for Battle Oracle's Ellison has made SAP enemy No. 1. But SAP is fighting back the right way: by getting customers. Despite the strong performance, SAP's stock price slid $0.92 to $39.38. |
CFO
May 1, 2007
Karen M. Kroll |
Divining Oracle's Latest Gambit By snapping up Hyperion, Oracle intensifies its war with SAP, even as it pledges to play nice with others. |
CRM
December 1, 2007
Bailor & Lager |
A Shift in SAP's Growth Strategy: Buy Big to Get Bigger SAP's planned acquisition of analytics powerhouse Business Objects represents the largest in company history. |
InternetNews
January 30, 2008
Larry Barrett |
Chaos Abounds But SAP's Outlook Remains The Same SAP's 2008 sales forecast is identical to the guidance it offered a year ago. But a lot has changed in the interim. |
The Motley Fool
January 31, 2008
Tim Beyers |
SAP's Would-Be Jedi Master SAP shows growth in its Core Enterprise Applications, but the company pays heavily for that growth. |
The Motley Fool
July 30, 2007
Tom Taulli |
Lawson Rakes in More Dough The enterprise software operator continues to gain ground on Oracle and SAP. Investors, take note. |
CRM
December 1, 2007
Coreen Bailor |
SAP's Midmarket Design SAP Business ByDesign is the company's new on-demand midmarket product; much of its success hinges on SAP's channel strategy. |
The Motley Fool
October 7, 2008
Tim Beyers |
Oracle Isn't SAP Was this much of a sell-off warranted? |
InternetNews
February 20, 2007
Clint Boulton |
SAP Tabs Pilot For Analytics Flight SAP buys Pilot Software to fortify its applications portfolio. |
InternetNews
October 8, 2007
Erin Joyce |
SAP, Business Objects in $6.7B Merger Enterprise software giant SAP plans to acquire software firm Business Objects in a $6.7 billion deal, a move that vaults SAP ahead of the pack in the growing business intelligence space. |
The Motley Fool
September 19, 2007
Tom Taulli |
Business Objects Is Buyout Bait? The enterprise software company is again the subject of takeover rumors, after reports that they hired Goldman Sachs to field buyout overtures from five parties. |
Bank Technology News
June 1, 2008
Michael Dumiak |
SAP vs. Oracle: Silicon Sluggers While the blow-by-blow between SAP and Oracle can be parsed as attack-counterattack, analysts say what's going on in these transformations is more than meets the eye. |
InternetNews
September 19, 2007
Larry Barrett |
Competitors Await SAP's On-Demand Threat After spending nearly two years and about half a billion dollars to develop it, SAP's A1S product is ready for prime-time. |
CIO
August 25, 2014
Chris Kanaracus |
SAP's Simplicity Push Is Not So Simple SAP's challenge is to make good on its promise to reduce the complexity of its software and customer relations. |
InternetNews
February 2, 2006
David Needle |
SAP Plays On-Demand Field SAP's on-demand solution is for customer relationship management and builds on the company's mySAP CRM software, a more traditional on-premises software solution. |
InternetNews
September 15, 2010 |
SAP's New Analytics Apps Target Big Verticals SAP unwraps a set of 10 new SAP BusinessObjects business analytics applications. |
The Motley Fool
June 24, 2004
Tim Beyers |
Oracle's Bizarre Software Triangle Revelations in the Oracle-PeopleSoft trial continue to entertain. |
The Motley Fool
July 15, 2008
Mac Greer |
Fool Video: Taking Stock in iPhone Stocks So who might benefit from Apple's new 3G-enabled iPhone? What the iPhone might mean for Salesforce.com, SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, Nokia, and Research In Motion is discussed in this video. |
InternetNews
March 11, 2005
Michael Singer |
Oracle Woos, SAP Waits For Retek The two largest ERP software companies try to outbid each other in fight for retail software provider. |
InternetNews
September 20, 2007
Larry Barrett |
SAP's On-Demand Strategy Draws Tepid Reviews It's early in the game but Wall Street analysts and industry pundits say its Business By Demand service raises more questions than it answers. |
InternetNews
March 18, 2005
Michael Singer |
Oracle's Back to Its Bidding Ways The company challenges SAP's latest offer for Retek but this time without its CFO, Henry You. |
InternetNews
January 19, 2005
Clint Boulton |
SAP Buys PeopleSoft Support Provider Looking to capitalize on the uncertainty caused by Oracle's $10.3 billion acquisition of PeopleSoft, SAP AG acquired TomorrowNow, which provides maintenance and support for PeopleSoft and J.D. Edwards customers. |
The Motley Fool
July 6, 2007
Tom Taulli |
Score One for Oracle The battle continues among the software giants, as SAP makes a surprising admission. The main thing for investors to consider is that Oracle has a clear strategy for growth: buying up companies. |
The Motley Fool
November 24, 2010
Anders Bylund |
That's a Big One, Oracle As legal battles go, this one should be pretty short. SAP has been ordered to pay up $1.3 billion to Oracle. |
InternetNews
October 29, 2008
Richard Adhikari |
What's Behind SAP's Change in Outlook? Some hints from SAP on where it sees IT spending heading. |
BusinessWeek
April 4, 2005
Steve Hamm |
Larry, You Picked A Nasty Fight In taking on heavyweight SAP in the corporate applications software market, Oracle faces very long odds. |
InternetNews
September 19, 2005
Clint Boulton |
SAP Takes Triversity For Retail SAP's acquisition of retail software maker Triversity will give the company's retail arm a big boost against Oracle. |
InternetNews
August 23, 2007
Larry Barrett |
Who Will Win The SAP, Oracle Battle? While SAP and Oracle continue to slug it out for the lion's share of the estimated $30 billion-plus that companies spend for business applications and services each year, Salesforce.com's software-as-a-service model is propelling the company to record sales and earnings. |
InternetNews
August 29, 2007
Erin Joyce |
Oracle, SAP Spar Over Discovery The legal strategy is unfolding between enterprise software rivals Oracle and SAP over Oracle's lawsuit charging that SAP stole massive amounts of its intellectual property. |
The Motley Fool
March 1, 2005
Tom Taulli |
SAP Revs on the M&A Autobahn Europe's largest software company proves it can do deals, too announcing its purchase of Retek. On the news, Retek's stock surged 40%. This transaction is likely to not be the last M&A deal for the German giant. |
InternetNews
April 21, 2010 |
SAP Scoops Up TechniData As it looks to fend off Oracle and remain the leading business application vendor, SAP opens its wallet to buy TechniData, a German firm specializing in environmental, health and product-safety applications. |
The Motley Fool
March 23, 2007
Tom Taulli |
Oracle Releases the Hounds Oracle's lawsuit against SAP is just another small battle in its war for business applications. |
The Motley Fool
August 9, 2010
Anders Bylund |
Will Oracle Take SAP to the Cleaners? What's a few orders of magnitude between mortal enemies? |
InternetNews
September 21, 2007
Larry Barrett |
Oracle Shatters 1Q Estimates Another blockbuster earnings report from Oracle ratchets up the pressure on arch-rival SAP. |
InternetNews
November 4, 2010 |
Larry Ellison Set to Testify in SAP Case SAP has offered to pay Oracle $120 million to pay its legal fees; meanwhile Oracle subpoenas former SAP co-CEO Leo Apotheker to testify. |
InternetNews
March 16, 2010 |
SAP CEOs Share Plans for SaaS, Battling Oracle The pair of software executives talk up Business ByDesign and take a few shots at rivals. |
The Motley Fool
December 5, 2011
Evan Niu |
Ultimate Software Group Shares Popped: What You Need to Know Shares of software-as-a-service provider Ultimate Software Group popped by as much as 11% today before settling down to close out with a gain of 6% after cloud stocks got boosted by M&A activity. |
InternetNews
January 13, 2011 |
SAPs Surprises With Big Q4 Results SAP had a record fourth quarter in sales. |
