Sunday, June 04, 2006
New Zealand's source for technology news on Stuff.co.nz: Upgrade to grow, SAP pleads
New Zealand's source for technology news on Stuff.co.nz: Upgrade to grow, SAP pleads: "NetWeaver is designed to provide a common language for business terms and processes as well as the technical tools to link software services, but will have to compete with widely used third party EAI products such as Microsoft BizTalk and IBM's WebSphere.
'The customer has a choice and the better product will win,' Mr Kagermann says.
SAP faces a challenge persuading customers to quickly adopt its new technical architecture and Mr Kagermann himself is no radical.
The company's conservative reputation has been reinforced in recent months by its lukewarm attitude toward selling its software as a service online, and by Mr Kagermann's own refusal to doff his cap to the blogging community.
Fielding a question, Mr Kagermann expressed concern about the consequences of information going 'too fast, directly from the brain to the Web', appealing for better 'quality control' among bloggers. Vintage SAP. "
'The customer has a choice and the better product will win,' Mr Kagermann says.
SAP faces a challenge persuading customers to quickly adopt its new technical architecture and Mr Kagermann himself is no radical.
The company's conservative reputation has been reinforced in recent months by its lukewarm attitude toward selling its software as a service online, and by Mr Kagermann's own refusal to doff his cap to the blogging community.
Fielding a question, Mr Kagermann expressed concern about the consequences of information going 'too fast, directly from the brain to the Web', appealing for better 'quality control' among bloggers. Vintage SAP. "
