The Best-Run Businesses Run SAP

As the big dog in enterprise applications and a relative newbie to platforms, SAP hasn’t always been the most responsive to smaller developers. But in mobility, it’s taking pains to change that. The Sybase Unwired Platform has generated a fair amount of interest this past year from enterprise developers. But to be honest, there’s been frustration, too. (more…)

SAP today announced that its vibrant partner ecosystem is delivering innovative apps built on Sybase Unwired Platform. More than 100 mobile apps, the majority of which are partner-built, will be showcased at SAPPHIRE NOW + SAP TechEd. Read the newsbyte.

SAP and Sybase today announced  the latest release of Sybase Unwired Platform. The 2.1 release will enrich the mobile application development experience through significant enhancements to its software development kit (SDK) and new developer resources for the more than 2 million members of SAP Community Network. Read what select partners have to say: (more…)

SAP InnoJam kicked off to a great start yesterday. Plenty of debates, ideas and Angry Birds were tossed about before teams dispersed and hunkered down to begin a 30 hour marathon to create a gamified application prototype that could be used in the real world. As I strolled into the InnoJam space this morning to see how things were progressing, I was pleasantly surprised. (more…)

Hey developers – what seems like a more financially-rewarding bet: A) Building an iPhone consumer app that will, if you are lucky, generate the average of 20 cents per paid and free download?* Or B) building an enterprise app for the iPhone aimed at a hugely profitable industry (think oil and gas, or banking) with millions of employees where the going rate could be $10 per app or more? (more…)

SAP today launched SAP NetWeaver Gateway technology, an open, standards-based framework for extending the reach of its business software to an exponentially larger number of users, developers and environments. SAP NetWeaver Gateway enables customers to free up their SAP applications from the confines of the desktop and access them from any environment, tool or device. In addition, the technology enables developers to create new applications using the development tools of their choice. Read the press release.

In chess, good players fight for control of the center of the board, knowing that a positional advantage will eventually translate into a material advantage, and then checkmate. Tech vendors play the same way, battling over the ecosystem of partners and developers, knowing that it will translate to paying customers – and victory – in the endgame.

That explains the importance of Tuesday’s announcement that Sybase Unwired Platform now supports the Web. (more…)

SAP and Sybase today announced a series of new mobile apps built on Sybase Unwired Platform aimed at mobilizing business processes and business information across key industries including manufacturing, consumer products, utilities, high tech, oil and gas, and retail. Read the press release.

SAP and Sybase continue to deliver on their commitment to make mobile the new desktop with the release of the next-generation Sybase Unwired Platform 2.0 and the unveiling of an enhanced version of their software development kit (SDK), which is planned to be generally available within the next few months. Read the press release.

Accenture and SAP today announced their plans to jointly develop and manage the deployment of new enterprise mobility solutions leveraging Sybase Unwired Platform coupled with Accenture Mobility Services enterprise mobility offerings. Development efforts will initially focus on three industries ??oil and gas, utilities and consumer products, with plans to expand into other industries. Read the press release.