Thursday, December 14, 2006
Enterprise Systems | SAP: Once-and-Future Analytic Powerhouse?
Enterprise Systems SAP: Once-and-Future Analytic Powerhouse?: "Enterprise resource planning (ERP) giant SAP AG probably isn’t the first name that comes to mind when you think of business analytics, but—if SAP officials have their way—it soon will be. After all, they argue, SAP generates and (to a degree) 'owns' much of the data that third-party analytic tools mine for information. That gives it priority-of-place (i.e. first dibs) if nothing else.
Nor is SAP a slouch in the analytics market, officials contend, citing the company’s ongoing analytics push (http://esj.com/business_intelligence/article.aspx?t=y&EditorialsID=7537) and its surging growth in International Data Corp.’s recent business analytic market surveys. For the record, SAP grew its analytic business by 21.1 percent in 2004 and by 15 percent in 2005. That gave it the third-fastest growth rate in both years, behind only Microsoft and Cognos Inc. (in 2004), Microsoft and Business Objects SA (in 2005). "
Nor is SAP a slouch in the analytics market, officials contend, citing the company’s ongoing analytics push (http://esj.com/business_intelligence/article.aspx?t=y&EditorialsID=7537) and its surging growth in International Data Corp.’s recent business analytic market surveys. For the record, SAP grew its analytic business by 21.1 percent in 2004 and by 15 percent in 2005. That gave it the third-fastest growth rate in both years, behind only Microsoft and Cognos Inc. (in 2004), Microsoft and Business Objects SA (in 2005). "
