As I was fighting jet lag and lying wide awake on my hotel bed in Bangalore yesterday night, I saw the news on twitter that SAP is going to buy Ariba for $4.3B. When IBM bought Emptoris earlier, there was always a question of who will buy Ariba – and my bet was on Oracle.Continue reading “SAP buys Ariba for $4.3B – rather pricey, but still a good deal”
Monthly Archives: May 2012
Some random thoughts on SAP’s cloud strategy
As I am flying to Bangalore, I have been thinking of SAP’s cloud strategy – or at least what I understood as their strategy – a fair bit. In general, they did not blow me away. However, I do think they have a lot of things done right. So here are some random thoughts forContinue reading “Some random thoughts on SAP’s cloud strategy”
SAPPHIRENOW 2012 Orlando, day 3 – HANA, Developers, Partnership – and one more thing !
Day 3 has been my favorite ever since Vishal and Hasso started keynoting on the last day of SAPPHIRE. So I was up bright and early, and got to the keynote area much before it started. Unlike last year, this time it was Hasso who started the Keynote. The first part of his session wasContinue reading “SAPPHIRENOW 2012 Orlando, day 3 – HANA, Developers, Partnership – and one more thing !”
And Vijay Says... 