Five Minute Briefing - SAP
April 24, 2014
Published in conjunction with the Independent SAP Technical User Group (formerly the International Sybase User Group), this monthly publication contains news, market research, insight for the SAP user community, as well as ISUG-TECH news and information.
News Flashes
BackOffice Associates' HiT Software division has announced that DBMoto version 8.2 includes support for SAP Sybase IQ, and support for Oracle Database 12c as a multitenant database with one or many pluggable databases;
The Dell PowerEdge R920 server, the company's highest performing server, has achieved certification for SAP HANA, and initial SAP workload testing shows a world record 4-socket Linux benchmark.
SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud now offers applications such as SAP Business Suite, the SAP Business Warehouse application and the SAP HANA platform on a subscription model. New subscription offerings not only emphasize the company's commitment but also increase the choice and simplicity for customers to deploy HANA, according to SAP.
With its acquisition of Fieldglass, which provides a cloud-based Vendor Management System (VMS) solution, SAP is addressing a growing need for flexible workforce management. Citing industry estimates that contingent labor and statement-of-work services is a $3.3 trillion market on a fast upward trajectory, SAP says that companies are increasingly moving to variable operating models that enable them to scale their infrastructure, talent and expertise up and down to accommodate changes in business requirements.
ISUG-Tech News and Information
ISUG-TECH is offering a new Gold membership option available to corporations and organizations: Enterprise Unlimited. This third option enables a company to include all of its employees in the group membership at the Gold membership level and enjoy the benefits available to Gold members.