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Hasso Plattner stepping down signals another turning point at SAP

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We were very lucky and in the right place at the right time,” Hopp said in a 2015 interview with NWZ. The technology formed the basis for the new ERP product generation S/4HANA, launched in 2015. Our startup phase lasted about 10 to 15 years.” After the IPO in 1988, Hopp and Plattner shared power at SAP by mutual agreement.

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Appeal court overturns $1.6bn mainframe software ‘poaching’ ruling against IBM

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The Master Licensing Agreement (MLA) and an Outsourcing Attachment that governed the business relationship between IBM and BMC were amended in 2013 and 2015. In 2015, AT&T began a plan to migrate from BMC software to IBM software in its mainframe environment. AT&T wanted to replace BMC’s products in order to reduce costs.

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Used by only a few nerds, Facebook kills PGP-encrypted emails

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In 2015, as part of the wave of encrypting all the things on the internet, encouraged by the Edward Snowden revelations, Facebook announced that it would allow users to receive encrypted emails from the company. Even at the time, this was a feature for the paranoid users. By turning on the feature, all emails sent […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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15 Questions to Ask Your Team Before 2015

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.” I’m all for a 2015 fast start. 15 Questions to Ask Your Team Before 2015. Here are 15 questions to get your team thinking and talking before 2015. Here are 15 questions to get your team thinking and talking before 2015. When you reflect on 2014… Where have you had the biggest business impact?

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Ex-Uber CSO Joe Sullivan on why he ‘had to get over’ shock data breach conviction

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Before joining Uber as chief security officer in 2015, Joe Sullivan served for two years as a federal prosecutor with the United States Department of Justice, where he specialized in computer hacking and IP issues. He worked on a number of high-profile cases, from the first case in the U.S.

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Cloud-native cybersecurity startup Aqua Security raises $60M and remains a unicorn

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Founded in 2015, Tel Aviv- and Boston-based Aqua Security claims customers such as PayPal, Netflix and Samsung, which use the Aqua platform […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved.

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Yieldstreet to acquire real estate investment platform Cadre

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Founded in 2015, Yieldstreet gives people a way to invest in areas like real estate, marine/shipping, legal finance, commercial loans and […] © 2023 TechCrunch. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. All rights reserved. For personal use only.