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SAP cloud revenue to reach ~€20B by 2017

Hagemann-Snabe reckoned any change would hit the company’s revenue for 2015 but it would have reclaimed any losses by 2017, such is growth in demand. He’s reported to have predicted cloud would lead to sales of more than 20bn Euro by that date. Greater focus on cloud comes after SAP reported a five per cent drop in sales of its bread-and-butter on premises software business by five per cent to €975m ($1.

SAP cloud revenue to reach ~€20B by 2017

Hagemann-Snabe reckoned any change would hit the company’s revenue for 2015 but it would have reclaimed any losses by 2017, such is growth in demand. He’s reported to have predicted cloud would lead to sales of more than 20bn Euro by that date. Greater focus on cloud comes after SAP reported a five per cent drop in sales of its bread-and-butter on premises software business by five per cent to €975m ($1.

Savings from working at home

An employer can save more than $11,000 per employee when that person works from home even half the time, according to FlexJobs. Meanwhile, a typical telecommuter saves anywhere from $2,000 to $7,000 a year on expenses like transportation and clothing. Savings from working at home

Savings from working at home

An employer can save more than $11,000 per employee when that person works from home even half the time, according to FlexJobs. Meanwhile, a typical telecommuter saves anywhere from $2,000 to $7,000 a year on expenses like transportation and clothing. Savings from working at home

Savings from working at home

An employer can save more than $11,000 per employee when that person works from home even half the time, according to FlexJobs. Meanwhile, a typical telecommuter saves anywhere from $2,000 to $7,000 a year on expenses like transportation and clothing. Savings from working at home

The never ending game of "Business Alignment"

On top of that, the second issue is that there’s this new technology base, and a new application set…I call this a different circus with different clowns. And you’ve got CIOs who have done a good job of getting us this far at the tail end of a maturity curve. Their challenge is whether these buttoned down, slack eliminating, control oriented IT leaderships and providers can morph into a very different type of role.

The never ending game of "Business Alignment"

On top of that, the second issue is that there’s this new technology base, and a new application set…I call this a different circus with different clowns. And you’ve got CIOs who have done a good job of getting us this far at the tail end of a maturity curve. Their challenge is whether these buttoned down, slack eliminating, control oriented IT leaderships and providers can morph into a very different type of role.

The never ending game of "Business Alignment"

On top of that, the second issue is that there’s this new technology base, and a new application set…I call this a different circus with different clowns. And you’ve got CIOs who have done a good job of getting us this far at the tail end of a maturity curve. Their challenge is whether these buttoned down, slack eliminating, control oriented IT leaderships and providers can morph into a very different type of role.

Things were different back in 2003, but developers still were kingmakers

From Rachel Chalmer’s 2003, coverage of Novell buying “SuSE” (451 client access required): Historically, Novell’s Achilles’ heel has been its inability to keep its independent developer community happy. Some fled NetWare for OS/2, which IBM botched in its turn. Meanwhile, Microsoft was happy to embrace and pamper NetWare and OS/2 burn victims as independent software vendors for Windows. Now developers are asking themselves whether Novell has learned its lesson, or whether it’s about to make the same mistake again.

Things were different back in 2003, but developers still were kingmakers

From Rachel Chalmer’s 2003, coverage of Novell buying “SuSE” (451 client access required): Historically, Novell’s Achilles’ heel has been its inability to keep its independent developer community happy. Some fled NetWare for OS/2, which IBM botched in its turn. Meanwhile, Microsoft was happy to embrace and pamper NetWare and OS/2 burn victims as independent software vendors for Windows. Now developers are asking themselves whether Novell has learned its lesson, or whether it’s about to make the same mistake again.