SAP plans to move its applications to its own Sybase-powered database platform and mix in a heavy dose of HANA in-memory technology. The game plan: Push long-time database partner Oracle out of the ...

SAP has announced it has certified its products on Oracle Database 12c. “More than two-thirds of all SAP customers run their SAP applications on the Oracle Database today. There is a strong overlap,” ...

In an enterprise technology world featuring too much hot air and not enough world-class technology, SAP has done an excellent job spreading the idea that its 5-year-old HANA database delivers ...

SAP won’t support the initial release, 12.1.0.1, but will certify version 12.1.0.2, according to a road map document posted on SAP’s website. This is being done to “allow more generous overlap” with ...

Doug Henschen had a fun piece on Information Week about the latest round in the war of words bubbling up over SAP HANA v Oracle Exalytics. I'm not going to dive into the technical 'he said/she said' ...

German business software maker SAP AG has agreed to buy Sybase Inc. in a $5.8 billion deal that ratchets up SAP's rivalry with database leader Oracle Corp. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...

Anyone investing in an SAP ERP solution running on Oracle Linux is clearly serious about ensuring that their critical line of business systems run smoothly, predictably, and efficiently. It should go ...

In this episode of eSpeaks, Jennifer Margles, Director of Product Management at BMC Software, discusses the transition from traditional job scheduling to the era of the autonomous enterprise. eSpeaks’ ...

While Oracle attempts to discount the threat of its main competitor, SAP has taken the lead in a critical area of growth. Our two biggest competitors in the last two decades have been IBM and SAP, and ...