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H1N1: SAP shuts down all India offices; asks employees to work from home
Swathi Moorthy •The company has asked the employees to work from home starting 20 February until further notice.
Two Bengaluru SAP employees test positive for swine flu; company temporarily closes India offices for 'extensive sanitation'
•SAP has said two of its employees in Bengaluru have tested positive for H1N1 virus (swine flu) and as a precautionary measure, it has closed offices in Bengaluru, Gurugram and Mumbai for extensive sanitisation.
Global SCM Software Market Touched $7.7 Bn In 2011: Gartner
Fp Archives •It was the second year of double-digit growth for the SCM software market as supply chain investments kept their priority status and moved forward, despite caution from IT budget decision makers.
Capgemini to buy Altran for 3.6 bn euros; combined company to have annual revenues of 17 bn euros
•Capgemini said it would offer 14 euros per Altran share in cash, representing a 22% premium over Altran’s Monday closing price of 11.47 euros.
Data protection law is the need of the hour to protect privacy in the era of AI
Sameer Sachdeva •There is a dire need of a regulator and legal safety net to protect user’s data
Researchers say about 50,000 companies are vulnerable to 'business critical' hacks
•Security firm Onapsis says that 90 percent of affected SAP systems have not been properly protected
SAP, Microsoft and Adobe announce data alliance for their Open Data Initiative
•The partners announced the Open Data Initiative at a Microsoft conference in Orlando, Florida.
Research on agrarian distress is inadequate; we need some proper indicator, says Ramesh Chand of NITI Aayog
Seetha •Most researchers are arriving at this conclusion of agrarian distress by citing farmers suicides. We are just using this emotional indicator, says Ramesh Chand of NITI Aayog
Vishal Sikka denies Teradata's IP theft charges, terms allegations as 'baseless and outrageous'
•Cloud-based data and analytics firm Teradata has filed a complaint in a US court against German firm SAP alleging trade secret misappropriation, copyright infringement and antitrust violations and also named Vishal Sikka as being aware of the situation
Cloud firm Teradata files IP theft suit against SAP, alleges former CTO Vishal Sikka was in the know
•Sikka is considered to be the force behind SAP's analytics platform, HANA that had helped the company strengthen its position in the global market