Where does SAP HANA take us and how to benefit?
There is no doubt that SAP HANA is a central piece of SAP’s developing product architecture. According to PAC’s latest survey, SAP users are aware of this fact and are already expressing a lot of...
View ArticleFast growth makes HCL an increasingly serious player in Europe
PAC spent time last week speaking with HCL’s senior management about its business and prospects, particularly in Europe. HCL is one of the biggest India-based IT services providers, but some way behind...
View ArticleSAP Business Suite on HANA: Somewhere between R/4 and an enhancement package
SAP’s announcement of the availability of SAP HANA as a database for its SAP Business Suite was not unexpected, and yet it is true that the vendor has introduced a major advance to the core system,...
View ArticleOracle spends a Packet on Acme
Oracle made an unexpected, creative and strategic move yesterday with its purchase of Acme Packet for $1.7bn. Acme Packet is a US-based “global provider of session border control technology:” It...
View ArticleThe EC’s new security strategy: Opportunity and challenge for e-security...
The latest output from the European Commission on e-security makes for interesting reading for software and services providers. Entitled Cybersecurity Strategy of the European Union: An Open, Safe and...
View ArticleAtos building an edge in the PaaS services market
Atos is coordinating an interesting PaaS-related, EU-funded R&D project focused on Cloud interoperability, governance and open standards. “Cloud4SOA” is creating a middleware framework for...
View ArticleWANdisco looks to a Big Data Future
One of the most interesting Big Data software companies I’ve met for some time is WANdisco – which I found a little surprising for a company that’s not from California, but from Sheffield, England....
View ArticleSoftware AG acquires PaaS specialist LongJump
Software AG announced yesterday it has acquired native PaaS vendor LongJump for an undisclosed sum. LongJump is one of the ‘oldest’ PaaS vendors, being on the market since 2003. The company has only 19...
View ArticleAppfog & Appsecute snatched in June PaaS acquisitions
Looking retrospectively at June, we’ve seen two acquisitions in the PaaS space: CenturyLink (through Savvis) bought Appfog, one of the most prominent native PaaS vendors in the marketplace. Appfog was...
View ArticleDaily Rates in Manufacturing: Growth in CRM, BI, Cloud, Mobility and...
An update of PAC’s daily rates and prices database shows above average growth rates in the German manufacturing industry compared to other industries, with growth rates in selected IT topics above 3.0%...
View Article
