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Source: SearchSAP.com For years, companies paid little attention to mobile device management platforms like Sybase Afaria, according to analysts. After all, there wasn’t much of a need for them, given that mobile enterprise computing was in its early stages. Link to article

Source: eWeek.com In 2010, Apple sold 15 million iPad units. Now, the company is selling the iPad 2, and around the United States, the device is practically impossible to find. Even those who order the tablet online need to wait weeks for it to arrive at their homes. But it’s a much different story on [...]

Source:  InformationWeek.com InformationWeek’s Dough Henschen says it’s time for companies to take the next step in their strategy for mobilizing enterprise applications. But, what Henschen is talking about is more than e-mail access, instant messaging, and personal contact management. According to Henschen, a mobile apps strategy is about connecting employees and customers with core systems [...]

Source: cxotoday.com, India Ninety percent of IT managers (surveyed) are planning to implement new mobile applications this year, highlighted a recent survey released by Sybase, an SAP company and an enterprise and mobile software provider. The survey which was conducted by Kelton Research also stated that nearly one in two IT managers believe that successfully [...]

Source:  USA Today The iPad tablet computer has been tested or deployed at 80% of Fortune 100 companies, according to Apple. And now the company is boosting its sales support for businesses to address that growing demand. Link to article

Source:  ASUG.com October 26, 2010 …The Americas’ SAP Users’ Group (ASUG), the world’s largest community of SAP professionals, has announced the creation of a new ASUG Strategic Special Interest Group (SIG) to represent and respond to the needs and interests of users of the SAP® BusinessObjects™ solution portfolio within ASUG’s membership… Link to Press Release

SINGAPORE: The use of analytical software to make better business decisions appears to be on the rise. Observers said the Asia Pacific ex-Japan market for business analytics is set to hit US$2 billion in 2030, growing 6.5 per cent each year. And they said such data processing is fuelling a new form of computing using [...]

Source: ZD Net, USA / Internet – January 31, 2010 …Blogger Brian Sommers cites one CIO who this December spoke about the hundreds of millions of dollars his company spent standardizing on SAP software… What this firm freed up in working capital the first year of its shared services operation was a form factor more [...]

Pat Hume, senior vice president of SAP’s Global SME Channel, detailed a number of initiatives and changes to SAP’s channel partner approach, most notably the company’s goal to have 100 percent of new SME business to go through the channel. While Oracle made it clear last week that it is placing its bets on a [...]