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Celonis sues SAP for anti-competitive data access practices

CIO Business Intelligence

German process mining specialist Celonis has filed a lawsuit against ERP giant SAP. The Munich-based startup accuses SAP of abusing its market power and harming competition, and thereby negatively impacting customers, according to the 61-page indictment filed by Celonis in San Francisco District Court on March 13.

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SAP ups AI factor in its SuccessFactors HCM suite

CIO Business Intelligence

The launch by SAP of new AI capabilities in its SuccessFactors HCM (human capital management) suite Monday is a case of “better late to the party than never,” according to an analyst with Info-Tech Research Group. Or because SAP missed the boat on this trend and is now playing catchup to Workday?”

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SAP to give on-prem customers three-year reprieve — with a catch

CIO Business Intelligence

The clock is ticking for many SAP customers. The standard maintenance for SAP ERP and Business Suite is set to expire at the end of 2027. After that, SAP user companies would have the option to purchase the more expensive extended maintenance for an additional three years. S/4HANA migration postponed until 2033?

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SAP adoption surges in Europe as enterprises embrace cloud

CIO Business Intelligence

Enterprises in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland are accelerating their transition to cloud-based ERP solutions, with SAP playing a key role in their digital transformation strategies. However, there is a notable decline in organizations maintaining a stable SAP budget, with only 23% keeping spending unchanged compared to 32% in 2024.

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SAP patches severe vulnerabilities in NetWeaver and Commerce apps

CIO Business Intelligence

SAP has patched high-severity vulnerabilities in its Commerce and NetWeaver enterprise software packages. The updates came as part of 25 security patches released on Tuesday for the latest edition of SAPs monthly patch release cycle. The vulnerability scores 8.8 on the CVSS scale, well toward the critical end of the spectrum.

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A strategic approach to legacy platform modernization: Minimizing risk while maximizing value

CIO Business Intelligence

Legacy platforms meaning IT applications and platforms that businesses implemented decades ago, and which still power production workloads are what you might call the third rail of IT estates. Compatibility issues : Migrating to a newer platform could break compatibility between legacy technologies and other applications or services.

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SAP, Salesforce lead $356 billion enterprise applications market: IDC

CIO Business Intelligence

The market for enterprise applications grew 12% in 2023, to $356 billion, with the top 5 vendors — SAP, Salesforce, Oracle, Microsoft and Intuit — commanding a 21.2% IDC attributed the market growth to the adoption of AI and generative AI integrated into enterprise applications. With just 0.2% With just 0.2%

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