We use SAP at work. The most horrible piece of software crap I have ever been forced to use. 😀
Sent from my iPhone > On May 5, 2016, at 8:34 PM, John Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thought you folks might like to see this…it’s really a big deal, now Apple > has Cisco, IBM, and SAP….the latter is most likely going to be the most > beneficial. > > As far as the performance of the Pro, it’s outstanding. I needed the > fingerprint use for ApplePay (for on line payments by the end of the year) > and access to a brokerage account…I traded in an older iPad and purchased the > 12 inch Pro. > > REALLY fast, like being on a laptop. The split screen is great for my use > and in our residence the demarcation for all the mechanical and technical > equipment is in the lowest level in the furtherest corner in the house. > Nothing, be it a laptop or any of the iPads or iPhones are barely usable in > the top floor on the opposite end of the house, video streaming is completely > out of the question. > > No longer, the Pro has almost full bars connectivity, and I stream a video > off YouTube every morning as I am getting ready for the day. No hesitation, > no buffering…FINALLY. > > John > > > Apple and SAP to Develop IPhone, IPad Apps for Businesses > Aaron Ricadela > May 5, 2016 — 2:30 PM EDT > > > > Apple Inc. and SAP SE are joining up to deliver software for iPhones and > iPads, opening a new avenue for Apple to reach businesses at a time when > sales of its mobile devices have tapered. > > SAP will develop hundreds of apps specifically designed for Apple’s iOS > operating system for doctors, industrial field technicians and retailers. The > two companies will release a software development kit by the end of the year > to let SAP customers and consultants write native apps for Apple devices that > take advantage of features such as location and touch sign-in. The deal has > the potential to attract millions of software developers and sell millions of > devices, Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook and SAP CEO Bill McDermott > said in an interview. > > “I think back to 2008 when we opened the App Store for consumers,” Cook said. > “This is sort of the equivalent of that for the enterprise space. Enterprise > has not really taken advantage of all the great things that happen with > mobility.” > > The agreement, which the two CEOs sealed last October, would give Apple > access to tens of thousands of companies that run SAP’s business software and > some 2.5 million developers who customize its programs, which manage > operations including accounting, manufacturing, sales and human resources. > > Apple two years ago teamed with International Business Machines Corp. to > create dozens of iOS apps for industries including energy, health care and > air travel. Last year, the Cupertino, California-based company inked an > agreement with Cisco Systems Inc. that makes it easier for white-collar > workers to take calls and videoconferences from iPads and iPhones. In > September, Apple introduced the iPad Pro, a tablet for business users with a > bigger screen and a stylus. > As of last October, Apple’s 12-month sales to large businesses had increased > 40 percent to $25 billion from the year earlier, Cook said. > > New Markets > > Getting access to customers of big IT suppliers including SAP, IBM and Cisco > could help Apple at a time when its era of blockbuster growth has come to an > end, as the consumer market becomes saturated. Apple’s fiscal second-quarter > sales fell 13 percent as it sold 10 million fewer iPhones and iPad sales > continued to slide. Cook has said the smartphone market isn’t growing, and > Apple shares have lost more than a quarter of their value in the past year. > > “This is all about transforming the way people work,” Cook said. SAP’s > platform and the new development kit “really unleashes millions of people > writing apps for iOS -- we think we can do that in a major way.” > > The agreement also illustrates a shift in how businesses roll out software. > Protracted projects have yielded to shorter ones that make new functions > available more quickly to workers. That means SAP is succumbing to the same > forces that have stung software sales at Oracle Corp. and IBM. The German > company’s software license sales fell 13 percent in its most recent quarter > and McDermott said it’s taking longer to sign deals. > > McDermott said he can see millions of device sales happening as a result of > the agreement, which will serve as a counterweight to rival Salesforce.com > Inc.’s programming tools. > > ‘Better Idea’ > > “Where they were getting traction was Force.com and that became a > billion-dollar business for them,” he said of his competitor. “That’s a great > strategy until someone else comes along with a better idea.” > > McDermott has long advocated Apple devices as a showcase for SAP’s software > -- he once got a phone call from Steve Jobs after ordering 4,000 iPads for > SAP’s sales staff in 2010 before the tablet’s introduction. > > SAP’s new wave of i-applications will be written in Apple’s Swift language, > promising faster response times and better access to underlying iOS > technologies as the apps connect to SAP systems in companies’ data centers. > The software development kit for outside programmers will also let them build > native iOS apps in Swift that talk to SAP’s S/4 Hana software suite and pull > information from its Hana database. > > SAP is also setting up technology training centers for customers and partners > in Palo Alto, California; Bangalore, India; and at its Walldorf, Germany, > headquarters. > > “Two things stop people from enjoying mobility benefits: They worry about > security or they worry about integrating with their back end systems,” Cook > said. SAP’s and Apple’s strengths can address that, he said. > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: [email protected] > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
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