SAP B1

Oracle can't appeal the judge's decision to cut the $1.3 billion jury award in its suit against SAP to a mere $272 million unless it rejects the $272 million, the judge told Oracle last Friday. Oracle is trying to avoid the other option the judge gave it, which is a new trial. If Oracle rejects the $272 million, there would be a new trial and then it could appeal the judge's decision. The judge contends Oracle only proved actual damages of $272 million when SAP's now defunct TomorrowNow third-party maintenance subsidiary illegally downloaded reams of Oracle software. Reuters, which reported the decision, said the order did not indicate if Oracle could accept the $272 million and then appeal, but an IP lawyer the wire service talked to said probably not. If SAP appealed to the size of the judge's award Oracle might be able to try for the $1.3 billion. ... (more)

SAP Buys SuccessFactors for $3.4 Billion

SAP, which hasn't been able to get much cloud traction on its own, said Saturday that it's buying SuccessFactors and its web-based software for $3.4 billion. The $40-a-share cash offer amounts to a hungry 52% premium or 16.5 times SuccessFactors' $205.9 million revenue last year. Pretty sweet for a little 10-year-old company that's lost more than $40 million so far this year on revenue up 59%. Last year it lost $12.5 million. Its stock closed at $26.25 Friday although it's ranged between $19.46 and $40.44 in the last 52 weeks. The acquisition is indicative of the emerging trend ... (more)

SAP Business One on a Mac

So you want to run SAP Business One on a Mac? There are several ways you can do this, but first, it makes sense to think about the user experience you're going for. Do you want it to run in a separate window? Do you want users to have to manually start a separate set of proceses to get it to function? Do you only want to publish it to a few desktops, or do you want it to be portable? Orchestra decided that to have a truely exceptional user experience running SAP Business One on anything but a Windows PC, you have to consider the following: A seamless experience that allows use... (more)

SAP Business One Add-Ons Enhance ERP Functionality

SAP Business One is a business management and accounting platform for small and midsize companies. This software can be used out of the box, or can be customized, or most commonly can be enhanced through Add-On software certified by SAP.  Add-Ons are the applications built by third party olution providers that serve a specific function in SAP Business One. The end goal, of course, is to have a complete system that serves the needs of the end user with efficiency and effectiveness. Orchestra has selected an approach that we feel allows us to best represent the end user customer o... (more)

Jump-Start, Re-Start the PowerBuilder Ecosystem

One of the indicators that cause a technology to be categorized as legacy is the inability to find a ready supply of trained professionals to work with it. From the organizational viewpoint, a lack of HR supply increases software risk, decreases an organization's ability to make changes to the system and positions the system as a candidate for migration to another platform.  A recent CNN Money report titled "Why You Can't Find a Job" points out that "The ... issue is mismatch. Firms have jobs, but can't find appropriate workers. The workers want to work, but can't find appropria... (more)