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SAPCTO Juergen Mueller will step down from SAP’s executive board at the end of September. “I I recognize my behavior at that moment did not reflect our values at SAP. I wish the team continued success,” Mueller said in a statement issued by SAP on Tuesday.
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billion company has 11,000 employees and a presence in more than 100 different countries, and has already picked its broadest AI providers — Microsoft, SAP and Salesforce. Insight has a partner contract management team that looks closely at vendor agreements. “If Beyond that, most vendors are still falling short.
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