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Title: SAP digs in as Oracle revs up

Author: Bednarz, Ann Article Type: Product Analysis
Source: Network World, v22 n19 p25(2) Publication Date: May 16, 2005
  ISSN: 0887-7661
URL of Publication: http://www.nwfusion.com

Oracle and SAP are intensifying their rivalry over customers' information technology budgets. SAP currently has a larger market share but Oracle is determined to shift that balance. SAP is planning to announce a service-oriented design called Enterprise Services Architecture (ESA), a multi-year project demanding incremental enhancements. First planned in 2003, ESA is based on the NetWeaver integration platform, which first shipped in 2004. If NetWeaver performs as expected, it will gain SAP much-needed credibility as a platform vendor and will lead the company into the burgeoning business applications and infrastructure markets. SAP has also entered joint ventures with Microsoft Corp. and IBM, applying the latter's DB2 database to SAP applications. In a project code-named Mendocino with Microsoft, SAP seeks to connect Microsoft Office with its mySAP business applications, further leveraging ESA plans. Industry observers place Oracle's market share of enterprise reference planning software at 19% with SAP at 43%. Some feel Oracle has a reputation for failing to develop or market resources for its business applications. Although Oracle has acquired Retek, J. D. Edwards, and PeopleSoft, assimilating these holdings may give SAP time to further establish its dominance in the banking, public sector, insurance and retail industries.

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SAP AG

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SAP NetWeaver

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