Henning Kagermann
Henning Kagermann
Henning Kagermannis a German physicist and businessman. He was the former chairman of the Executive Board and Chief Executive Officer of SAP AG...
expect healthy looking overall pipeline sales second software stronger third
Looking forward, our overall pipeline is healthy and we expect stronger software sales in the second and third quarters,
certain decided employees hire india number starting
India is starting to get expensive. We've decided to hire only a certain number of employees there and then to look around for other locations.
buy certain growth mostly opportunity organic
We see a lot of opportunity for growth -- mostly organic but we will make fill-in acquisitions if we need to buy in certain expertise.
continued europe exceeded gain market solid
Europe was solid as anticipated, and the U.S. exceeded our expectations and we continued to gain market share,
committed competition continue executing faster fierce invest moving resources satisfied strengthen
While we are satisfied with the numbers, we are committed to moving even faster and executing even more effectively, ... Competition for Web-based products, particularly in the U.S., has been fierce and we will continue to invest considerable resources to strengthen the mySAP.com momentum.
applicable type
Everything that is applicable to consumption can be there for this type of on-demand model.
respect
You have to respect that there is a law.
against background confident current earlier grow percent profits provisions sales star
Against this background we are confident of our earlier expectations that we will be able to grow pre-tax profits for the current year, excluding provisions for the STAR program, by 30 percent to 35 percent and sales by around 40 percent.
against extended gained lead marked peer performance quarter record share software strong third
The third quarter marked another strong performance for SAP. We had record third-quarter software revenues, we gained share against our peer group, and we extended our lead in the U.S.
against extended gained group lead marked peer performance quarter record share software strong third
The third quarter marked another strong performance for SAP, ... We had record third-quarter software revenues, we gained share against our peer group and we extended our lead in the U.S.
close expect five
I would expect that in five years from now we would come close to that coverage,
china obviously property protection reason
One reason we don't have so much development in China is obviously that protection of intellectual property is not like in other countries.
One-third of this is stand-alone, where no other applications come in.
foot hurt time
Luckily, I hurt my foot so I had time to go over the proofs.