Ed, Wonder how the company has grown so large? Your not the only one that I have heard the same.
John Sent from my iPhone > On May 5, 2016, at 9:05 PM, Ed Wiser <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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/> > _______________________________________________ > 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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