INTERVIEW
SAP chief developer heads for the 'clouds'
http://utilitycomputing.itworld.com/4594/070309sap/page_1.html
In search of new markets and customers, SAP AG is developing a new breed
of hosted, on-demand products and looking at ways to make its complex
business software easier to use. In this interview, Vishal Sikka, SAP's
chief software architect, discusses one of the company's first on-demand
offerings, its software-as-a-service philosophy, search functionalities
in enterprise software, Web service standards and more.
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