Databases SAP dives deeper into Iceberg with Dremio acquisition ERP giant previously leaned on Databricks for integration
Security The never-ending supply chain attacks worm into SAP npm packages, other dev tools Mini Shai-Hulud caught spreading credential-stealing malware
AI + ML SAP user group slams 'uncertainty' in ERP giant's API policy Concerns over new rules might stop customers from adopting innovations – including AI – that connect to SAP systems
Databases AI clause in new SAP API policy has partners worried over lock-in Expert says it could push customers and partners to work with undocumented APIs
Databases Britain's biggest nuclear site skips competition, hands SAP £33M to start ERP switch Sellafield says sticking with German giant is only way off legacy ECC before support runs dry
Databases SAP looking to pull more external data into its AI platform with Reltio acquisition Merger positioned to boost appeal of ERP giant's Business Data Cloud
Databases SAP already shifting focus from ERP migration disaster in pursuit of AI-driven growth New commercial models planned after cloud transition falls €2B behind target
Databases SAP's grand cloud escape plan €2B short of the runway Strategy launched after 2020 share price crash is 24% behind target
Databases West Sussex's Oracle rollout pushed back again as costs balloon 15 times Already five years late, project delayed another six months after price tag swells from £2.6M to £41M
Databases SAP writes $480M check to finally end IP legal spat with Teradata A joint venture from 2008 led to years of claims and counter-claims between the data whizzkids
SaaS Half of German-speaking SAP users set to blow past 2027 ECC support deadline Most DSAG members willing to pay a premium to stay on legacy platform until 2030
Databases Mondelēz picks Celonis as process backbone for SAP overhaul Snack giant opts for vendor-neutral process mining as it shifts from ECC to S/4HANA
Databases Quebec vehicles agency spent C$245M over budget on SAP ERP it wasn't sure it needed Probe says SAAQ misled government and botched rollout caused province-wide disruption
Databases UK council digs deeper into capital assets to keep Oracle project afloat West Sussex plans to triple use of property sales as ERP budget blows past original estimates
Databases Most SAP migrations bust budgets and project timelines, research finds As 2027 ECC support cliff looms, half choose not to re-engineer processes in critical ERP upgrade
Databases SAP refuses to budge on renewal discounts despite cloud growth slowdown Drop in customers' cloud conversion rate causes share price to plunge 22% – steepest decline since 2020
Databases Birmingham City Council's Oracle ERP fiasco now £144M and still not working Five years after its planned go-live, the system remains incomplete as costs balloon more than sevenfold
Databases SAP scores £275M award from UK tax collector – sans competition System handling £800B must be SaaS and sovereign. Only German vendor fits the bill, says HMRC
Databases ERP isn't dead yet – but most execs are planning the wake 7 out of 10 C-suite cats reckon software category's best days are behind it, but can't agree what's next
PaaS + IaaS Airbus to migrate critical apps to a sovereign Euro cloud Tech exec admits not dead cert it'll find the right solution
Databases Airbus exec: Most CIOs in Europe will not finish SAP ECC6 migration by 2030 Aerospace giant faces 'massive work' to move legacy ERP systems to S/4HANA as support deadline looms
Databases SAP users in the dark about vendor's plan for data analytics February product launch fails to register, with concerns remaining about integration
Databases UK SAP users say they're baffled by Business Suite reboot licensing maze Pricing complexity makes justifying migrations an uphill battle
On-Prem Asda's 'self-inflicted' SAP mess after Walmart divorce stalls financial revival Overbudget Project Future will continue to cause problems into Q2 next year, chairman admits
Databases Dorset Council ditching customized SAP for £14M Oracle overhaul Authority follows Birmingham and West Sussex, which both suffered disastrous transitions
Databases Employee trust in SAP board dips amid ongoing restructure German mega vendor responds to latest in-house survey
Off-Prem Microsoft-SAP pact aims to keep Euro cloud running in a crisis Vendors set up sovereign fallback so customers aren't stranded by foreign interference
Databases SAP's migration narrative suddenly looks messy as Kingfisher goes off-script B&Q owner resists the S/4HANA push, betting it can innovate around legacy ERP, but questions remain
SaaS SAP portal outage raises questions over vendor's cloud readiness Disruption left customers unable to track support cases, upgrades, or patching work
Databases Retail giant Kingfisher rejects SAP ERP upgrade plan 'Don't just give me a price list or licensing module that spikes cost by 20x, show me the value,' says CTO
Databases Two-fifths of SAP Americas users yet to ditch legacy ERP S/4HANA migration? Many still worried about business process change
Databases SAP says some customers are dragging their feet on contract sign-offs Share price dips as cloud sales outlook disappoints amid slow US public sector bookings
Databases SAP users still wrestling with business case for S/4HANA A decade later, ERP giant struggles to convince legacy customers to upgrade
Cybersecurity Month Frightful Patch Tuesday gives admins a scare with 175+ Microsoft CVEs, 3 under attack Plus: Adobe, SAP, Ivanti offer treats, not tricks
Databases Unwary SAP private cloud users face 10% renewal hikes, warns Gartner On-prem discounts drying up as ERP giant sends 'mixed signals' on pricing
Applications Britain's biggest nuclear site looks set to outlast SAP support again Sellafield considers using legacy ECC software beyond extended 2030 cut-off
Software Russia-backed Indian oil company loses bid to force SAP support as sanctions bite Delhi High Court denies urgent relief after vendor halts services citing EU rules
Software EU probes SAP over alleged software support stranglehold While EC suspects vendor's practices stifle competition, it argues it is in line with industry standards
SaaS SAP's 'simplified' licensing leaves users more confused Business Suite nostalgia unlikely to ease customers' public cloud journey
Databases User group says SAP's licensing models make cloud migration harder DSAG criticizes separate regimes for public, private cloud, says users need more time to upgrade in uncertain times
PaaS + IaaS Users in SAP's heartland call for greater license transparency DSAG players grappling with cloud migration want more consistency with commercial models
Patches Critical, make-me-super-user SAP S/4HANA bug under active exploitation 9.9-rated flaw on the loose, so patch now
PaaS + IaaS SAP splashes €20B on Euro sovereign cloud push German giant takes aim at US hyperscaler dominance as some EU customers fret amid Trump 2.0 rhetoric
AI + ML Enterprise software giants weaponize AI to kill discounts and deepen lock-in Oracle, SAP, Salesforce et al are tightening the screws, Forrester warns
Applications SAP warns of 'extended approvals' for spending in manufacturing, US public sector Vendor sees 'slight deceleration' in cloud backlog as it offers mixed results
Databases More license upheaval to come after SAP kills RISE with SAP products, users warn Intro of package for cloud ERP is creating challenges, and more changes likely next year
Patches Microsoft enjoys first Patch Tuesday of 2025 with no active exploits Sure, 130 fixes were sent out, but bask in the security goodness
Software Microsoft developer ported vector database coded in SAP’s ABAP to the ZX Spectrum The mighty Z80 processor ran the code at astounding speed, proving retro-tech got a lot of things right
Public Sector Bank of England expands data and cloud framework by £26.7 million after revising data strategy Dependent on SAP and Oracle, UK central bank wants to modernize in the cloud, refresh data strategy
PaaS + IaaS SAP ECC 6.0 lives to fight another decade under Rimini Street Third-party provider pledges to support legacy ERP until 2040
Patches Microsoft warns of 66 flaws to fix for this Patch Tuesday, and two are under active attack Stealthy Falcon swoops on WebDAV and Redmond's even patching IE!
On-Prem Europe's cloud datacenter ambition 'completely crazy' says SAP CEO Christian Klein sees little benefit from trying to compete with the dominant hyperscalers
Databases SAP users grapple with 50% premium for industry-standard service levels Vendor's AI-infused pitch at Sapphire marred by backlash over support costs
Databases Users find RISE with SAP service levels below industry standard Gartner also says customers say ERP vendor's internal processes cause delays
Patches Emergency patch for potential SAP zero-day that could grant full system control German software giant paywalls details, but experts piece together the clues
Databases Only 3,000 staff jump from SAP after 10,000 earmarked to be pushed CFO says 'a cushion of several thousand employees we can play with' is a good thing in uncertain times
Databases Interest in SAP cloud migration triples in its biz heartland User group chairman warns, however, that ERP giant's pace is not feasible for every org
Databases SAP legacy ERP customers still in no rush to adopt latest platform Even looming support deadline isn't tempting ECC users to haul themselves over to S/4HANA, say analysts
Databases Celonis slaps SAP with lawsuit claiming it's gatekeeping customer data Process mining specialist accuses the ERP giant of rigging game with fees, restrictions, and a closed ecosystem
Databases Ex-SAP CTO walks away with €7.1M payout after scandal Criminal probe understood to have ended following settlement over 'inconsiderate' behavior
Databases UK electrical utility seeks partner for £81M SAP overhaul as support deadline closes in Integrations with third-party software await chosen provider
Applications Users await the fine print on SAP Business Suite reboot Cloud-based revival should come with 'a corresponding discount scale,' customers say
Databases SAP snared in revenue trap unless it extends legacy ERP support User can still push for perpetual licenses despite vendor's craving for subscription deals
Databases Why SAP may be mulling 2030 end of maintenance for legacy ERP Users' sluggish migration of critical apps mean current deadline not workable, says analyst
PaaS + IaaS SAP extends support deadline for getting off legacy software – in very special circumstances Qualifying orgs may get 2033 extension, just don’t call it a U-turn
On-Prem Asda tech divorce from Walmart delays cut-over for 55 stores Supermarket taking 'pragmatic approach' to 'Europe's largest IT transformation program'
Patches Microsoft fixes under-attack privilege-escalation holes in Hyper-V Plus: Excel hell, angst for Adobe fans, and life's too Snort for Cisco
Databases Stumbling ERP project racks up sales losses greater than budget South African retailer struggles with SAP implementation, says it is making improvements
Off-Prem AWS now renting monster HPE servers, even in clusters of 7,680-vCPUs and 128TB Heir to Superdome goes cloudy for those who run large in-memory databases and apps that need them
Databases SAP says GenAI will help solve legacy migration skills shortage As 2027 support deadline looms, German vendor puts faith in on-trend tech to help SIs do more with less
Public Sector Europe's largest local authority settles on ERP budget 5x original estimate Schools taken out of scope, but £108M plan still dwarfs initial £20M
PaaS + IaaS SAP legacy ERP users wise to ignore offer of single leap to the cloud Multi-stage journey preferred in high-risk switch, says user group chair
On-Prem Asda hits the brakes on tech tweaks to avoid festive fiasco Stability essential ahead of Christmas trading amid ongoing Walmart divorce
Databases UK tax collector inks £366M in ERP deals to get systems into cloud SAP and Deloitte winners in transition from legacy software to SaaS, which includes housing and transport ministries
On-Prem Asda security chief replaced, retailer sheds jobs during Walmart tech divorce British grocer's workers called back to office as clock ticks for contractors
Databases How Apollo Tyres modernized its database in the cloud Find out how to transform your business with AWS and RISE with SAP
Databases Users struggle with recipe when moving enterprise apps to the cloud From meatballs and spaghetti to lasagna – same ingredients, different structure, says analyst
Databases How industry giants build AI applications Find out how to unlock business potential with AWS and RISE with SAP
Databases UK authority struggles to RISE with SAP, throws another £9M at project Gloucestershire continues with legacy system as SaaS replacement delayed by more than a year
Databases Inexorable march of progress at SAP threatens to leave users behind AI hardly a hot topic with some customers calling for more innovation on-prem
Databases Get more licenses for less with SAP price tiering, advise experts German ERP vendor entices users to cloud, but be aware of how the system works, ITAM experts warn
PaaS + IaaS SAP promises developer 'fusion teams' in cloud low-code environment But projects must be completed in old desktop IDE
Security Microsoft issues 117 patches – some for flaws already under attack Plus: SAP re-patches a failed patch for critical-rated flaw
Databases SAP offers different way to move SQL Server-based software to the cloud Just don’t call it an alternative to RISE with SAP
Databases Mega supermarket spots stock discrepancy of tens of millions amid ERP system migration Britain's Asda admits tech divorce from ex-owner Walmart is still overrunning
Databases SAP support auto-renewal gotcha: Do nothing now, pay for another year Single digit price hikes suspected for UK and Europe and double digit mooted for everywhere else
Databases Prosecutors confirm probe into SAP CTO amid allegations of sexual harassment Jürgen Müller agreed to step down from his role at the end of September
Databases Sainsbury's bags a ticket to RISE with SAP, hoping not to trip like Asda UK's second largest retailer set to move ERP to the cloud with AWS, Accenture, and the German software gaint
Databases RISE with SAP sinking year on year Gartner: ERP giant’s flagship cloud-and-upgrade package falls as a ratio of total sales with support deadline looming
Databases SAP CTO bows out over 'incident' at company shindig Board member offers apology for 'inappropriate' behavior
Databases Enterprise SAP users split between on-prem and cloud as migration challenges loom This is despite the German vendor's preferred upgrade path
Black Hat and DEF CON SAP Core AI bugs allowed access to internal network servers, say researchers Wiz infoseccers able to promote themselves from humble customer to full-blown admin
Databases Cold comfort to teachers who got paid late, but ERP software rollout had 'unrealistic' timeline
Public Sector Techies at Europe's biggest council have 8 weeks to pull finance reports from Oracle system
Databases SAP CEO push for cloud-only 'innovation' shatters users' trust in German-speaking heartlands
Spotlight on Databases SAP's in-and-out burger Qualtrics sold to Silver Lake and Canadian pension funds
