Tuesday, April 24, 2007
SAP Is Investigating Oracle's Charges Of Theft, CEO Kagermann Says -- SAP -- InformationWeek
SAP Is Investigating Oracle's Charges Of Theft, CEO Kagermann Says -- SAP -- InformationWeek: "SAP plans to respond to Oracle's lawsuit alleging corporate data theft next week, said SAP CEO Henning Kagermann in a sit-down interview with InformationWeek Tuesday. He also indicated SAP is doing its own investigation into the charges.
'We have policies in place to ensure obligations as management,' Kagermann said. 'Nevertheless, having policies is one thing, having them enforced is another thing. We have to have a complete picture.' The company plans to file a legal response next week; Kagermann wouldn't comment as to whether it's a countersuit.
In its March lawsuit, Oracle alleges that SAP employees pretended to be Oracle customers to log on to one of the company's Web sites and copy proprietary technical and customer-support data. Describing SAP's actions as 'corporate theft on a grand scale,' Oracle claims that SAP gathered the support documentation to provide cut-rate support for Oracle products, then shift those companies to SAP products. "
'We have policies in place to ensure obligations as management,' Kagermann said. 'Nevertheless, having policies is one thing, having them enforced is another thing. We have to have a complete picture.' The company plans to file a legal response next week; Kagermann wouldn't comment as to whether it's a countersuit.
In its March lawsuit, Oracle alleges that SAP employees pretended to be Oracle customers to log on to one of the company's Web sites and copy proprietary technical and customer-support data. Describing SAP's actions as 'corporate theft on a grand scale,' Oracle claims that SAP gathered the support documentation to provide cut-rate support for Oracle products, then shift those companies to SAP products. "
