WALLDORF, Germany – July 30, 2008 – SAP AG today announced that it has been named the worldwide market share leader based on total software revenue for business solutions in the customer relationship management (CRM), enterprise resource planning (ERP) and supply chain management (SCM) markets, according to 2007 market share reports published by renowned independent [...]

Social networks allow people to reach beyond the usual barriers. They let individuals connect with others to create innovative new technologies, consider new solutions to old problems, and help build vibrant, expansive online communities. Despite well-understood interest in social networks, when Mark Yolton published the blog, Why Social Networks Matter Now back in October, I was surprised a [...]

Last time we compiled our must-have Firefox extensions, it was two years (and one browser version) ago. Our new list keeps some, tosses others, and remains our go-to, Grandmaster list of the best Firefox add-ons

1) Don’t run your business out of the checkbook Particularly in an economic downturn where as was discussed above – cash might seem adequate for a season as the firm’s slow down in sales liquidates receivables and inventory that will not be replaced in the short term. Get your business model restructured to the new [...]

TORONTO – December 11, 2008 – — SAP Canada Inc., a subsidiary of (NYSE:SAP), today announced that Home Trust Company of Toronto, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Home Capital Group Inc., will implement SAP® solutions to transform its core banking processes and increase agility to deliver enhanced products and services on an integrated platform to support [...]

To maximize profitability, companies must know the true cost of making and delivering their products and services. Traditional cost accounting, devised in a simpler era, does not satisfy that need. Then, direct costs (chiefly materials and labor) were a large percentage of total costs, so the inability to determine indirect cost allocations was not an [...]

SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) today announced success of the SAP® Business All-in-One fast-start program with long-time strategic ally HP in providing mid-sized companies added value to their business management processes. The collaboration provides customers the SAP Business All-in-One solution on HP hardware, enabling them to gain access to leading business applications on an optimized platform. [...]

This was stated by Eng. Essa Al Maidour, Assistant Director General of Dubai Municipality for Planning and Building Affairs, in his opening speech at a seminar, organized by Dubai Municipality on Sunday to discuss Dubai’s vision of green buildings, its legal framework and the road map for the city’s regulations in this regard. Al Maidour [...]

Companies have historically taken a functional approach to customer relationship management (CRM), to address immediate business pains. Challenged to manage its sales pipeline and forecasts, for example, an organization’s sales department might implement a sales force automation (SFA) application. The same company’s support department, however, might select a call center application from a different vendor to better manage incoming calls and [...]

Business Intelligence (BI) is a sound investment for any IT manager to make, especially during an economic downturn. With budgets becoming tighter and demands from executives to see immediate results from IT implementations increasing, this paper outlines the benefits an organization can expect to see from a BI solution and its impact on a company.