Mark Testoni, president and CEO of SAP National Security Services, has observed espionage methods being used in cyberspace are somewhat similar to tactics that spies use in the physical world, Defense Systems reported Thursday. He told Defense Systems in an interview that many hacking groups target the private sector and he believes the U.S. should […] More

SAP has introduced a new version of a set of tools intended to help companies manage, share and access data from mobile devices and remote locations. The company said Wednesday SAP SQL Anywhere version 17 is designed to allow information collected from remote workplaces and satellite offices to be synchronized with the SAP HANA database […] More

Steve Risseeuw heads SAP‘s work with the Defense Department and its component agencies as a vice president at the technology services contractor. The 15-year information technology industry veteran started his current VP role in 2013 after three years of leadership over the company’s Army account and is also an eight-year veteran of Oracle, where he […] More

SAP National Security Services is working with the U.S. government to utilize big data and cloud computing technologies to support national security operations, two company executives said in an article published Wednesday on GovCloud. SAP NS2’s Carmen Krueger, senior vice president and general manager of cloud operations, and Hunter Downey, cloud solutions director, told author Kevin Jackson in an […] More

Hitachi Data Systems has agreed to combine its Hitachi Unified Compute Platform storage and server tool with the SAP Hana in-memory database management system to help users speed up processing of big data and reduce the need for upgrades of infrastructure systems. The company said Tuesday it designed the Hitachi UCP tool for SAP Hana with […] More

Teresa Bozzelli leads Sapient‘s U.S. public sector arm — Sapient Government Services — as president and brings a 20-year background in technology and strategy to her role at the company. Her career includes time at IDC Government Insights, an organization she founded and served as chief operating officer for, and as a vice president at Booz Allen […] More

An SRA International and SAP NS2 alliance helped the U.S. Department of Agriculture build an integrated platform for managing the agency’s local and oversees food and nutrition programs. USDA’s Web Based Supply Chain Management system is based on SAP technology and works to help agency users order, purchase and track commodities for school lunch initiatives […] More

SAP and its U.S. subsidiary SAP National Security Services have developed a new managed cloud package for U.S. federal agencies to host government and custom applications and operations. SAP said Thursday it worked with agencies to develop a portfolio that combines cloud, hosted and on-premise functions to meet particular agency needs and regulatory or security requirements. The company designed the cloud offering to comply with the National Institute […] More

The Bavarian state police agency in Germany plans to adopt SAP technology to help manage operations that oversee a 41,000-strong workforce dedicated to road safety maintenance and security, crime prevention and response, and other police work. SAP said Sept. 9 that Polizei Bayern has chosen the company to build a platform with the SAP Investigation Management […] More

NTT DATA will deliver and implement an SAP data analysis and reporting platform for the transportation agency of New South Wales, Australia, under a $1.13 million contract, CRN reported Thursday. Transport for NSW chose NTT DATA to deploy the SAP Business Warehouse software for the agency’s enterprise resource planning system project, according to the report by […] More

SAP and iMED Solutions have partnered to offer managed cloud computing services to healthcare organizations in the Middle East and North Africa. iMED Solutions will deploy, maintain and host cloud-based health IT systems for clients in the MENA region as an SAP partner, SAP said Tuesday. “With our managed cloud services we give solution providers […] More

SAP plans to transition its data centers and facilities to having 100-percent renewable energy-powered infrastructures in 2014 as part of company efforts to reduce carbon emissions amid its cloud business push. The software conglomerate also targets its 2000 levels of greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, the company said Monday. Peter Graf, chief sustainability officer at SAP, […] More