Thursday, January 26, 2006
SCM TechPlanet
SCM TechPlanet: "New customer wins, acquisitions and staff expansion to support its expanding solution sets, and buy-in from key sectors for its Enterprise Services Architecture strategy helped SAP outperform expectations for the financial year and post 18% growth in software revenues for 2005.
Other Highlights
+ Enhanced spread of 12 new partner-developed business management applications for small and midsize enterprises (SMEs), based on SAP Business One.
+ Tie-up with Siemens Financial Services to offer new financial services to meet cash-flow requirements of customers and cover costs of software, hardware, internal and external implementation services and maintenance during project installation for SAP solutions.
+ �Safe passage� programmes for customers contemplating switching CRM platforms ahead of Siebel�s pending acquisition by Oracle Corp.
The company�s guidance for the year for software growth had been in the 12 to 14 percent range. "
Other Highlights
+ Enhanced spread of 12 new partner-developed business management applications for small and midsize enterprises (SMEs), based on SAP Business One.
+ Tie-up with Siemens Financial Services to offer new financial services to meet cash-flow requirements of customers and cover costs of software, hardware, internal and external implementation services and maintenance during project installation for SAP solutions.
+ �Safe passage� programmes for customers contemplating switching CRM platforms ahead of Siebel�s pending acquisition by Oracle Corp.
The company�s guidance for the year for software growth had been in the 12 to 14 percent range. "
