Monday, October 16, 2006
InfoWorld Nederland
InfoWorld Nederland: "SAP's main rival, Oracle Corp., is also looking to shore up its relationships with its channel partners. Oracle is due to make a number of major announcements later this month at its OpenWorld conference in San Francisco aimed at both enhancing and adding to its current partner tools and training.
SAP and Oracle butted heads last month when Oracle's executives, while announcing a strong financial quarter, chose to indulge in some SAP bashing. Whether SAP returns the favor will become clear Thursday when the company expects to release its fiscal 2006 third-quarter financial results.
Oracle's management had seized on SAP's July announcement of lower-than-expected sales during its second quarter as proof that SAP's growth had stalled. SAP countered that the results were a slight blip and not any indication of a major issue with its overall performance which has remained strong."
SAP and Oracle butted heads last month when Oracle's executives, while announcing a strong financial quarter, chose to indulge in some SAP bashing. Whether SAP returns the favor will become clear Thursday when the company expects to release its fiscal 2006 third-quarter financial results.
Oracle's management had seized on SAP's July announcement of lower-than-expected sales during its second quarter as proof that SAP's growth had stalled. SAP countered that the results were a slight blip and not any indication of a major issue with its overall performance which has remained strong."
