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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Facebook meets SAP

Facebook is the undisputed number one social networking site. Now, Facebook users can analyze their profile with the free Friend Network Optimizer. But what exactly can the app do?


Facebook now has more than 500 million registered users, so it’s no wonder that a large number of apps are available for the site. Virtual pets can be adopted, farms can be run, and other social networks – such as Twitter – can be integrated. Another app – the Friend Network Optimizer from SAP – provides information about your network of friends and your own user behavior. You find out how active you and your contacts on Facebook are compared with the Facebook community in general.


To do this, the app works in a similar way to SAP Crystal Presentation Design, which is part of SAP Crystal solutions for business intelligence and can be downloaded free of charge from SAP.info until the end of the year. As the dashboard generator, its task is to extract information from raw data and to visualize it so that it looks good and is easy to understand.
Dashboard-Design "Friend Network Optimizer" (Screenshot: grasundsterne)
The Friend Network Optimizer works in a similar way by gathering profile information through a Facebook interface and presenting it to users in the style of SAP Crystal Presentation Design. To become familiar with business intelligence software away from the office, you just need to integrate the app into your own Facebook profile.
Read on to see examples and download the app... Facebook meets SAP

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

The Hackett Group Announces Second Quarter Results

MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Hackett Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:HCKT - News), a global strategic advisory and operations improvement consulting firm, today announced its financial results for the second quarter, which ended July 2, 2010.

-Q2 revenue of $53.7 million exceeds guidance with 15% sequential quarterly growth and 55% year over year growth

-Pro forma EPS of $0.08 at high end of guidance



  • -Board approves additional $5.0 million for Stock Repurchase Program

“We had an outstanding quarter with improved performance across all service groups,” stated Ted A. Fernandez, Chairman & CEO of The Hackett Group, Inc. “We feel that our offerings are well-aligned with the current economic recovery which requires organizations to stay highly focused on market conditions and strong operational execution.”

The Hackett Group Announces Second Quarter Results - Yahoo! Finance

SAP To Fight Oracle Damages Claim

Enterprise software vendor SAP has announced that it will defend its interests from a damage claim filed by Oracle.

Oracle claims that it should be paid "billions and billions" of dollars in damages for copyright infringement initiated by the SAP-owned TomorrowNow software servicing company.

SAP, instead, believes that Oracle is entitled to damages worth "tens of millions" of dollars.

SAP To Fight Oracle Damages Claim - ITProPortal.com

SAP's Sybase Unit Partners with HP on BI | CTO Edge

As part of an effort to make it easier for IT organizations to deploy Sybase analytics software on top of HP servers, SAP and HP today rolled out a reference architecture that customers can follow in order to optimize the performance of Sybase’s IQ software.

SAP's Sybase Unit Partners with HP on BI | CTO Edge