SAP, which hasn't been able to get much cloud traction on its own, said
Saturday that it's buying SuccessFactors and its web-based software for $3.4
billion.
The $40-a-share cash offer amounts to a hungry 52% premium or 16.5 times
SuccessFactors' $205.9 million revenue last year.
Pretty sweet for a little 10-year-old company that's lost more than $40
million so far this year on revenue up 59%. Last year it lost $12.5 million.
Its stock closed at $26.25 Friday although it's ranged between $19.46 and
$40.44 in the last 52 weeks.
The acquisition is indicative of the emerging trend to the cloud and SAP's
great rival Oracle, which used to be pretty snooty about the cloud, is
feeling the same pressures. In October it said it would put some of its
traditional programs in the cloud and then, as a catch-up, agreed to pay $1.4
billion for online CRM house RightNow Technologi... (more)
The new Remote Support Platform (RSP) for SAP Business One is a great tool to
keep your system running smoothly. As a part of Orchestra's preventative
maintenance methodology, we are promoting the use of this new tool and
believe it's the perfect compliment to our system of support for clients.
The RSP remotely monitors the health of your SAP Business One system and is
even able to apply fixes to the database that have been identified as issues.
If anything happens on the backend of your system, the error or issue is
communicated to Orchestra allowing us to proactively address a s... (more)
Mobile middleware is more than synchronizing databases and providing basic
application integration. It needs to include support for business process
extensions, and it must provide a set of features and functions that support
lightweight, "Instant Value" or "Mobile Micro-Apps" smartphone
applications.
There are many features and functions that are needed by mobile workers that
are not easily supported by smartphone operating systems like iPhone or
BlackBerry. Often the data set is large and the software application is an
ERP. The mobile user does not need access to the full ERP... (more)
SAP Business One Journal
SAP Business One Journal launched today on Ulitzer by Brad Windecker, founder
and CEO of Orchestra LLC.
Brad is the CEO and co-founder of Orchestra LLC, an IT firm dedicated to
small and mid-size companies. THe company helps businesses solve problems
through the use of innovative technology, such as leading business management
software and open source website development, as well as through process
redesign.
The SAP Business One topic at Ulitzer is a place for articles, stories, and
more related to SAP Business One.
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Windows 7 is compatible with SAP Business One 2007 and SAP Business One 8.8
Now that windows 7 has been released and all signs are pointing towards a
migration away from windows XP and Vista, a number of questions arise for
business users.
Do all my other applications I depend on work on Windows 7?
Will the performance of my applications be affected?
For everyone running SAP Business One, we can answer both of these critical
questions.
Does SAP Business One run in Windows 7? YES
Does SAP Business One performance improve with Windows 7? YES
There are also many new features of Win... (more)
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