https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed German software giant SAP said Tuesday it would slash around 3,000 jobs as it launches a mammoth cost-cutting programme against a background of stagnant profits. https://www.thelocal.de/20190129/german-software-giant-sap-to-slash-3000-jobs Tue, 29 Jan 2019 12:13:35 +0100 german-software-giant-sap-to-slash-3000-jobs German software giant SAP has agreed to pay US rival Oracle more than €288 million to settle a long-running copyright battle, it said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20141114/german-sap-ordered-to-pay-288m-to-rivals Fri, 14 Nov 2014 16:15:00 +0100 german-sap-ordered-to-pay-288m-to-rivals US appeals court on Friday ruled that Oracle be given a choice between $356.7 million or a new trial for its copyright lawsuit against German rival SAP. https://www.thelocal.de/20140830/appeals-court-ups-stakes-in-oracle-sap-copyright-fight Sat, 30 Aug 2014 11:35:00 +0200 appeals-court-ups-stakes-in-oracle-sap-copyright-fight When German software giant SAP said last month it plans to employ hundreds of autistic people as IT experts, the news was welcomed especially at a small Berlin computer consulting firm. https://www.thelocal.de/20130602/50053 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 12:25:00 +0200 50053 German tech company SAP said on Tuesday it wants to hire hundreds of people with autism to work as software testers and programmers. The search has, it said, begun for people “who think differently from others.” https://www.thelocal.de/20130521/49819 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:26:00 +0200 49819 It was like King Kong versus Godzilla - two of the world's richest men have got into a billionaire brawl over whether Bill Gates tried to dupe SAP founder Hasso Plattner into giving away half his fortune. https://www.thelocal.de/20130221/48103 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:04:00 +0100 48103 One of Germany's wealthiest men, SAP founder Hasso Plattner, has promised to give away half of his €5-billion fortune to good causes. The pledge makes him the first German to join a initiative started by Warren Buffett and Bill Gates. https://www.thelocal.de/20130220/48077 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:54:00 +0100 48077 German software giant SAP is hoping to improve its position in cloud computing with the acquisition of US web-based software company SuccessFactors. https://www.thelocal.de/20111204/39299 Sun, 04 Dec 2011 13:35:00 +0100 39299 German software maker SAP is taking steps into the electric car market. The company is developing programs to manage emission-free corporate fleets and will add electric vehicles to its own group of company cars. https://www.thelocal.de/20110114/32435 Fri, 14 Jan 2011 15:49:00 +0100 32435 A US jury has ordered German software giant SAP to pay US rival Oracle $1.3 billion in damages in a record-setting copyright infringement award. https://www.thelocal.de/20101124/31367 Wed, 24 Nov 2010 08:55:00 +0100 31367 SAP, the professional software giant, posted on Wednesday a third quarter net profit of €501 million ($690 million), a gain of 12 percent from the same period a year earlier. https://www.thelocal.de/20101027/30775 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 12:33:00 +0200 30775 German business software titan SAP announced late on Wednesday that it has agreed to buy California-based Sybase for $5.8 billion (€4.6 billion). https://www.thelocal.de/20100513/27169 Thu, 13 May 2010 12:07:00 +0200 27169 Shares in German-based SAP, the world's largest professional software group, slumped Monday after the company said Leo Apotheker would step down as chief executive officer to be replaced by two company insiders. https://www.thelocal.de/20100208/25123 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:24:00 +0100 25123 A man accused of trying to blackmail German billionaire Dietmar Hopp for more than €5 million was handed a prison sentence of almost four years on Wednesday by a Heidelberg district court. https://www.thelocal.de/20091209/23825 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:31:00 +0100 23825 A man accused of trying to blackmail billionaire Dietmar Hopp for more than €5 million will face court this week, after a classic Hollywood-style sting conducted in top secret. https://www.thelocal.de/20091206/23751 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 10:52:00 +0100 23751 With an eye towards possible acquisitions, Europe’s biggest software firm SAP is on the verge of a substantial “wave of growth,” company CEO Léo Apotheker said on Tuesday in Berlin. https://www.thelocal.de/20091117/23339 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:25:00 +0100 23339 German professional software giant SAP posted a 16-percent drop in first quarter profit on Wednesday, where analysts had expected a slight increase. https://www.thelocal.de/20090429/18967 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:52:00 +0200 18967 Germany’s largest software company SAP said on Wednesday it was expecting a difficult year in 2009 and would cut some 3,000 jobs. https://www.thelocal.de/20090128/17049 Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:16:00 +0100 17049 The world leader in business software, German IT giant SAP, said Monday that it had dropped its 2008 financial targets because of the uncertain economic environment. https://www.thelocal.de/20081028/15179 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:07:00 +0100 15179 US business software giant Oracle is claiming that it has new proof that its German rival SAP looted its software libraries for competitive advantage. https://www.thelocal.de/20080729/13349 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:06:00 +0200 13349