Tag: Software industry
Herbert Diess has maneuvered himself and Volkswagen into a dead end
Herbert Diess The 63-year-old initiated many projects at the car manufacturer, but he rarely implemented them until the end. (Photo: Bloomberg) In retrospect, the sacking of ex-Volkswagen boss Herbert Diess,…
ID models are finally getting new software
Volkswagen ID.3 In the future, the electric model will no longer have to go to the workshop for software updates. (Photo: Reuters) Dusseldorf Volkswagen is making progress with the software…
Where boss Christian Klein sees opportunities for new growth
SAP boss Klein The manager has aligned the software manufacturer to cloud computing. (Photo: Bert Bostelmann / picture folio for Handelsblatt) Dusseldorf Despite the economic uncertainty, SAP is doing good…
Russia withdrawal burdens business: SAP lowers profit forecast
SAP boss Klein The manager has aligned the software manufacturer to cloud computing. (Photo: Bert Bostelmann / picture folio for Handelsblatt) Walldorf Despite the withdrawal from Russia and the economic…
IBM with a clear increase in sales – but a strong dollar is a burden
IBM The tech group is faced with growing risks in the currency markets. (Photo: Reuters) Armonk The computer group IBM significantly increased sales in the second quarter thanks to strong…
Netflix about to launch advertising subscription – Microsoft becomes a partner
Dusseldorf Netflix’s plans for an ad-supported subscription option are becoming concrete. The streaming service has now chosen Microsoft as its technology and sales partner. The software giant has all the…
Data storage: Technology giants are building “sovereign” cloud services
Dusseldorf If data is stored in the cloud, it is often unclear where exactly it is located – storage space, processor power and application software are often distributed somewhere over…
VW, BMW, Mercedes: Software development overwhelms car manufacturers
Dusseldorf, Munich It should be a liberation. Volkswagen wanted to counter the headlines with a major software update for the electric ID models. Group boss Herbert Diess has been criticized…
The car boss of the future is a programmer
programmer at work In car companies, business economists and mechanical engineers without programming knowledge set the tone. (Photo: action press) For decades, the board members of German car companies had…
SAP and Bosch rely on SCM
Hanover Pictures of overcrowded container ports, such as those seen in Los Angeles or Shanghai, have not been uncommon since the outbreak of the corona pandemic. Again and again, unforeseeable…
100,000 euros for IT developers quite normal? Companies have to set an upper limit for salaries
Coders at work Wages will continue to rise. (Photo: unsplash) Provocative question: do we need an upper limit for IT salaries? Provocative answer: yes. And that has little to do…
Microsoft, Amazon & Apple raise salaries for IT professionals
Google campus near San Francisco In the hotspot of the tech industry, the lack of IT staff is striking. (Photo: Bloomberg) Dusseldorf, San Francisco Jan Becker is upset. The German…
Microsoft, Amazon & Apple raise salaries for IT professionals
Google campus near San Francisco In the hotspot of the tech industry, the lack of IT staff is striking. (Photo: Bloomberg) Dusseldorf, San Francisco Jan Becker is upset. The German…
Ex-boss Bill McDermott makes SAP competition
Dusseldorf First Frankfurt, then Munich: Bill McDermott is following old paths. The boss of the cloud specialist Service Now, who headed SAP for almost ten years, is back on the…
Personio expands portfolio with Back Technologies
Founder of Personio and Back Technologies James Lafa from Back, Hanno Renner from Personio and Christian Eggert from Back want to integrate their software even more closely in the future.…
SAP shareholders vote again for supervisory board chairman Hasso Plattner
Dusseldorf When the question comes up again, for the third or fourth time, Hasso Plattner wheezes into his microphone. The topic annoys him, that can be felt on Wednesday: “What…
Software group increases salaries for IT specialists sharply
Satya Nadella “Today we are investing in each and every one of you for the long term,” announces the Microsoft boss. (Photo: imago/Hindustan Times) Dusseldorf On Monday morning, Microsoft boss…
Expensive infrastructure and ample stock options: Shareholders criticize SAP
SAP in the balance sheet check The price hasn’t moved for years and has been around 30 percent down since the beginning of the year. Dusseldorf On the occasion of…
Why partnerships are becoming so important for SAP
SAP boss Klein Partnerships should make the SAP products better. (Photo: Bert Bostelmann / picture folio for Handelsblatt) Dusseldorf A warehouse navigation system, a QR code scanner, a list of…
SAP share: Analysts see potential
SAP logo SAP shareholders need patience right now. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf So far, the year has gone badly for SAP shareholders. The software manufacturer is successfully expanding its business with…