Hardware
Lenovo announces broad range of enterprise servers
The new offerings include new four and eight socket X6 systems, Lenovo Flex System X6 Compute Nodes, and both Lenovo X6 and joint Lenovo-EMC solutions optimized for SAP HANA.
SAP
Cloud
SAP Anywhere SMB front office suite to debut in China market
SAP is describing SAP as a new type of product, which allows SMBs to manage front office applications using real time analytics, and which has been built and priced specifically for this market.
Software
SAP strengthens BI tools for both enterprise and SMB
The enterprise tool, SAP Predictive Analysis 2.0, now integrates Predictive Analysis and SAP’s InfiniteInsight solution, and SAP thinks it will offer a strong partner play.
Big Data
SAP reinvents Business Suite with HANA in biggest launch in company history
SAP Business Suite is reinvented in SAP S/4HANA, where the S stands for Simple and the 4 for the fourth generation.
Cloud
Something for every partner in pre-PEX launches, VMware says
On the eve of its partner conference, VMware introduces major new releases of vSphere and vSAN, outlines its vision for virtual networking across clouds.
Cloud
SAP Business One 9.1 goes into general availability
While this is a minor release of Business One, it contains some interesting upgrades, especially for those who use it on HANA rather than SQL.
Cloud
SAP pledges commitment to smaller firms at SME Summit
Mississauga-based Lynch Fluid Controls was one of the SMEs selected by SAP to talk about their business and use of SAP solutions at the SAP event.
Channel Programs
SAP announces new, extended SME initiatives
SAP makes an SME financing pilot permanent, makes HANA cheaper by enabling it to run on E5 servers, and lets SMEs list on SAP Ariba for free.
Cloud
SAP shifting Business ByDesign model to be more partner driven
Last year rumours surfaced that SAP was shutting Business ByDesign down, but instead it has moved it to the HANA platform, given it its own general manager, and changed its go-to-market model to better leverage partners.
Cloud
Enterprise mobility solution provider KidoZen sees channel momentum
KidoZen, a very young startup with a mobile app platform which facilitates the development of enterprise mobility solutions, is seeing customer acceptance as it goes against well-known brands like IBM and SAP.
Cloud
SAP Canada opens first Canadian data centre in Markham
SAP’s new strategic investment in Canada is part of a strategy to help its Canadian channel partners significantly grow their cloud business
Cloud
SAP creates new division to serve smaller firms
SAP detaches SMBs from SMEs in a new organization which will give their on-prem focused VAR partners new opportunities with hybrid and cloud solutions.
Cloud
OpenText launches corporate sharing based on SAP HANA
OpenText introduces DropBox competitor, brings its Archive products over to SAP’s in-memory database.
Channel Programs
SAP ramps up partner enablement, training
A new portal and a subscription-based training system lead SAP’s expanded efforts to get partners up-to-date.
Channel Programs
SAP: Cloud takes emphasis off direct/indirect mix
SAP channel chief says that as business moves to the cloud, his company is less focused on direct/resale mix of its business, once a key metric.
Channel Programs
SAP channel chief on board with simplicity push
SAP’s move towards simplification will play well for its channel and SME business, Kevin Gilroy says
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SAP targets simplicity
SAP, once known for the complexity of deploying its ERP products, seeks to make things easier in its products and its processes.
Channel Programs
New Global Partner Operations organization to strengthen channel role: SAP
Rodolpho Cardenuto to lead new Global Partner Operations for SAP under co-CEO Bill McDermott.
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EMC buys enterprise flash startup DSSD
EMC’s latest purchase will help it get to all-flash arrays in the hundreds of terabytes, focusing on Big Data apps like Hadoop and SAP HANA.
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EMC refreshes data protection for software-defined environments
EMC refreshes its Data Domain operating system, introduces a new release of VPLEX.