SAP launches on-demand business service
News Enterprise software giant SAP on Wednesday unveiled a mid-market on-demand service, Business ByDesign, putting it in competition with the on-demand offerings of Salesforce.com, NetSuite and Oracle. Business ByDesign will offer a range of on-demand...
[September 20, 2007, 15:02]
SAP waiting to build up steam for cloud
Blog German software maker SAP said it is delaying a full-scale launch of its first Saas product, Business ByDesign. At a company event in London on Thursday, executives said SAP won't release Business ByDesign until there are enough "referencing...
[September 11, 2009, 17:17]
Analysts: Delay to SAP's Saas rollout no surprise
News SAP's decision to delay the rollout for its Business ByDesign on-demand software should comes as no surprise but could prove a boon for software-as-a-service vendors, according to analysts. He said there are a few "wrinkles" to iron out with...
[May 2, 2008, 9:02]
SAP in SaaS strategy shift
News SAP has faced problems getting into the SaaS market, notably with delays to its Business ByDesign product, which is targeted at small and medium-sized businesses. He said the German company was doing a "terrible job" with Business ByDesign, and...
[June 12, 2009, 17:34]
NetSuite IPO: Shares hit double the forecast price
News In September, enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendor SAP announced that it was extending its own CRM offering for mid-market businesses with the introduction of a new product, Business ByDesign, which it hopes will compete successfully with the...
[December 20, 2007, 15:53]
Salesforce chief pans competitors' cloud efforts
News Speaking at Salesforce's Dreamforce user conference in San Francisco, Benioff questioned SAP's delayed software-as-a-service ERP project, Business ByDesign even inviting the German company to use Salesforce.com's own Force.com developer platform.
[November 5, 2008, 6:30]
SAP boosts SaaS offerings
News SAP has spruced up its software-as-a-service technology, Business ByDesign, by launching Feature Pack 2.0, as it looks to build its customer base. The Business ByDesign Enterprise Resource Planning software for mid-sized companies, is SAP's first...
[July 31, 2009, 8:38]
SAP denies reducing SaaS investment
News News reports circulated on the web last month that SAP had cut its investment in Business ByDesign this year by some €100m (£51m) and revised its rollout strategy for the on-demand product suite. But, while company executives acknowledged the...
[May 20, 2008, 8:47]
Salesforce attacks SAP over delayed SaaS rollout
News Business ByDesign is a complete suite. SAP acknowledged that it needed to spend additional time on its on-demand software offerings, following a recent move to delay the general launch of Business ByDesign.
[May 21, 2008, 9:46]
Businesses still wary of SaaS
News SAP launched its own Business ByDesign on-demand product this week but Rebecca Wetteman, vice president at analyst house Nucleus Research, questioned how different it is to SAP's traditional software delivery model, which she described as "painful...
[September 21, 2007, 13:15]
SaaS software-management tools target SMEs
News The potential of the SaaS delivery model has had a significant impact on vendor dynamics, driving Cisco to acquire WebEx, Yahoo to buy Zimbra, Google to purchase Postini, Dell to buy MessageOne and SAP to invest heavily in its Business ByDesign...
[March 4, 2008, 14:09]
Web 2.0 meets CRM: the perfect business application
Blog Comment Keep in mind, SAP is a powerhouse of an organization, and they are already spinning up a SaaS model in SAP ByDesign. Hi Ian, I think you're spot on. Once that solution blossoms and reaches out across industries, SAP may put the heat on Salesforce.com.
[October 31, 2008, 14:03]
