SAP CEO McDermott talks Oracle, Hana and life in Germany

July 17, 2014

SAP CEO Bill McDermott is going on two months as the first American to hold the company’s top job, and has been quick to make his mark with a pledge to simplify the company’s software, operations and interactions with customers.He spoke to IDG News Service briefly on Thursday after SAP reported its second-quarter earnings announcement. The following is an edited transcript of that conversation.IDG News Service: SAP wants customers to migrate to your Hana in-memory computing platform. Many now run Oracle’s database. What does the arrival of Oracle’s in-memory option for its database mean for your hopes for Hana, particularly given SAP is a big reseller of the Oracle database?To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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