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• SAP upgrades on-demand CRM

  SAP has announced that its hosted CRM product will now include service-level capabilities.

• Fonterra puts SAP project on ice

  Dairy giant Fonterra has put on hold a major IT project, citing more pressing business priorities.

• SAP launches Enterprise Search application

  At its recent conference in Las Vegas, SAP unwrapped its Enterprise Search application, which is designed to help customers conduct specific secure queries of structured and unstructured data held in both SAP and non-SAP software.

• Customisation to drive next Salesforce release

  Salesforce.com is starting to provide some details about the next version of its hosted CRM (customer relationship management) software, including the product's primary focus, which will be customisation.

• Latest SAP buy puts it ahead in compliance game

  With the acquisition of Virsa, SAP hopes to move ahead in the governance, risk-management and compliance (GRC) field.

• SAP buys Praxis to fill CRM gap in Business One

  SAP will add new e-commerce and web-based CRM functionality to its Business One applications suite for small to medium-sized customers via its acquisition of CRM vendor Praxis.

• SAP trading app updated

  SAP has unveiled a new version of its Global Trade Services software, which company officials say can better help customers navigate through the tangle of international trading laws and procedures.

• SSA buyout creates third-largest ERP

  The ERP sector has experienced another round of consolidation, with Infor buying SSA Global Technologies for US$1.4 billion (NZ$2.23 billion).

• SAP promises interface will make apps easier for users

  Project Muse, SAP’s forthcoming GUI (graphical user interface), will roll out across its high-end applications over the next 18 months.

• NetWeaver dominates SAP conference

  Since its introduction three years ago, SAP has been steadily promoting its NetWeaver technology stack as a pervasive part of its applications, despite user confusion over exactly what it is, and fears that it’s a proprietary technology.

• SAP to launch investment fund

  To accelerate development of applications running on its NetWeaver integration platform, SAP has launched a US$125 million (NZ$200 million) venture fund to invest in software development companies.

• Microsoft, SAP to ship link in June

  Next month, sometime rivals SAP and Microsoft will start shipping a jointly developed product that links SAP's business applications with Microsoft's Office desktop software.

• We're not daunted by Oracle, SAP tech head says

  SAP is undaunted by Oracle’s moves in the application space, says Shai Agassi, president of the company’s product and technology group.

• Space agency's ERP project faces hurdles

  A major upgrade to the core financial systems of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has caused turbulence for end users and the agency’s inspector general.

• Deloitte consortium wins Kiwi Saver contract

  A consortium headed by Deloitte is expected to win a multi-million-dollar contract at Inland Revenue to provide technology for the Government’s Kiwi Saver scheme. The other consortium partners are SAP and EDS.