• SAP revamps performance management suite

  SAP is preparing to release a major revamp of its software for EPM (enterprise performance management), a subset of BI (business intelligence) that focuses on areas such as budgeting, planning and compliance, the company announced Monday in conjunction with the annual Sapphire conference in Orlando.

• SAP preps 'huge' BI upgrade

  SAP is gearing up to launch Business Objects 4.0, its biggest BI (business intelligence) release in roughly three years, later this month at an event in New York.

• SAP in another exec reshuffle

  Three SAP vice presidents and a head of services are leaving the company, as part of a major management reshuffle, it is understood.

• Can Oracle pull off Sun portals merger without a hitch?

  Oracle is preparing to launch a major migration of portals that serve customers and technologies gained through its acquisition of Sun Microsystems.

• Business Objects updates metadata manager

  Business Objects has released Metadata Management XI 3.0, its product for collecting and managing "data about data" within a company.

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