CTOvision

AUGUST 16, 2016

The Company's businesses include cloud and on-premise software, hardware and services. From: GeekWire - Reality check: Despite copious 'cloud' rhetoric, little software is being offered as a service (computermagazine.com). This table shows why Microsoft is in unique position to lead cloud computing market (mspoweruser.com).

Oracle 150

Oracle Enterprise Enterprise Hardware 150

CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 7, 2023

IDC forecasts the growth rate of enterprise applications software sales will pick up in 2024, and remain steady through 2027, despite a dip this year as a result of CIOs continuing to pull back on spending due to economic headwinds. Software sales grew 9.8% Software sales grew 9.8% through 2027.

Applications 52

Applications Enterprise Enterprise Study 52

CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 24, 2022

Microsoft has begun migrating its internal SAP systems to S/4HANA under the RISE with SAP umbrella. Microsoft has run SAP internally since at least 1995; Amazon.com is reported to have turned to SAP for its finances in 2008, while Google parent Alphabet replaced some of its Oracle financial systems with SAP in April 2021.

SAP 124

SAP Microsoft System Applications 124

CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 14, 2023

SAP will hold firm on expiration of ECC support Though customers may be looking for an extension, we expect SAP will not extend the expiration of mainstream maintenance for SAP Business Suite 7 core applications beyond 2027. SAP has already extended the deadline once — in 2020, it extended support from 2025 to the end of 2027.

SAP 52

SAP Strategy Cloud Licensing 52