<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel rdf:about="http://www.vnunet.com/"><title>The most recent articles from VNU Business Publications</title><link>http://www.vnunet.com/</link><description>The most recent articles from VNU Business Publications (Generated on Tuesday 7 October 2008 at 12:30:57)</description><dc:publisher xmlns:i18n="http://apache.org/cocoon/i18n/2.1">VNU Business Publications LTD, London UK</dc:publisher><dc:rights>Copyright © 1994-2008 VNU Business Publications LTD, London UK</dc:rights><dc:creator xmlns:i18n="http://apache.org/cocoon/i18n/2.1">http://www.vnunet.com/</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-10-07T12:30:57.323Z</dc:date><image xmlns:i18n="http://apache.org/cocoon/i18n/2.1" rdf:resource="http://www.vnunet.com/images/rss/vnu_logo.gif"/><items><rdf:Seq><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2227572/users-protest-against-sap"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2227359/sap-customers-face-bi-4256632"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.computing.co.uk/vnunet/news/2227050/hcl-threatens-infosys-bid-axon"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2224666/infosys-expands-sap-abilities"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2167269/sap-rollout-helps-cut-council"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2165540/british-gas-business-gets"/></rdf:Seq></items></channel><image rdf:about="http://www.vnunet.com/images/rss/vnu_logo.gif"><title>The most recent articles from VNU Business Publications</title><url>http://www.vnunet.com/images/rss/vnu_logo.gif</url><link>http://www.vnunet.com/</link></image><item rdf:about="http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2227572/users-protest-against-sap"><title>SAP users disrupt conference over support costs</title><guid>http://www.vnunet.com/2227572</guid><description>&lt;a href="http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2227572/users-protest-against-sap"&gt;&lt;img style="border:px solid black;float:right;" align="right" src="http://ivory.vnunet.com/images/corporate-logos/sap-headquarters/medium.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;Rosalie Marshall, &lt;a href="http://www.computing.co.uk/"&gt;Computing&lt;/a&gt;, Monday 6 October 2008 at 14:12:00&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;


Software maker refuses to budge as spat with user group turns nasty


&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;SAP's World Tour 2008 event in London last week gave customers another opportunity to voice concerns about the mandatory rise in support costs they will pay from January next year....</description><link xmlns:i18n="http://apache.org/cocoon/i18n/2.1">http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2227572/users-protest-against-sap</link><dc:description>&lt;a href="http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2227572/users-protest-against-sap"&gt;&lt;img style="border:px solid black;float:right;" align="right" src="http://ivory.vnunet.com/images/corporate-logos/sap-headquarters/medium.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;Rosalie Marshall, &lt;a href="http://www.computing.co.uk/"&gt;Computing&lt;/a&gt;, Monday 6 October 2008 at 14:12:00&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;


Software maker refuses to budge as spat with user group turns nasty


&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;SAP's World Tour 2008 event in London last week gave customers another opportunity to voice concerns about the mandatory rise in support costs they will pay from January next year....</dc:description><dc:publisher xmlns:i18n="http://apache.org/cocoon/i18n/2.1">VNU Business Publications LTD, London UK</dc:publisher><dc:rights>Copyright © 1994-2008 VNU Business Publications LTD, London UK</dc:rights><dc:creator xmlns:i18n="http://apache.org/cocoon/i18n/2.1">Rosalie Marshall</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-10-06T14:12:00.000Z</dc:date><dc:subject>News</dc:subject><category>it-management</category></item><item rdf:about="http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2227359/sap-customers-face-bi-4256632"><title>SAP customers to face BI disruption </title><guid>http://www.vnunet.com/2227359</guid><description>&lt;a href="http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2227359/sap-customers-face-bi-4256632"&gt;&lt;img style="border:px solid black;float:right;" align="right" src="http://ivory.vnunet.com/images/corporate-logos/sap-headquarters/medium.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;Rosalie Marshall, &lt;a href="http://www.computing.co.uk/"&gt;Computing&lt;/a&gt;, Wednesday 1 October 2008 at 15:32:00&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;


NetWeaver business intelligence apps to be phased out


&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;SAP has completed the integration of Business Objects and released more details of its roadmap for the combined sets of business intelligence (BI) tools....</description><link xmlns:i18n="http://apache.org/cocoon/i18n/2.1">http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2227359/sap-customers-face-bi-4256632</link><dc:description>&lt;a href="http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2227359/sap-customers-face-bi-4256632"&gt;&lt;img style="border:px solid black;float:right;" align="right" src="http://ivory.vnunet.com/images/corporate-logos/sap-headquarters/medium.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;Rosalie Marshall, &lt;a href="http://www.computing.co.uk/"&gt;Computing&lt;/a&gt;, Wednesday 1 October 2008 at 15:32:00&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;


NetWeaver business intelligence apps to be phased out


&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;SAP has completed the integration of Business Objects and released more details of its roadmap for the combined sets of business intelligence (BI) tools....</dc:description><dc:publisher xmlns:i18n="http://apache.org/cocoon/i18n/2.1">VNU Business Publications LTD, London UK</dc:publisher><dc:rights>Copyright © 1994-2008 VNU Business Publications LTD, London UK</dc:rights><dc:creator xmlns:i18n="http://apache.org/cocoon/i18n/2.1">Rosalie Marshall</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-10-01T15:32:00.000Z</dc:date><dc:subject>News</dc:subject><category>mobile-comms</category></item><item rdf:about="http://www.computing.co.uk/vnunet/news/2227050/hcl-threatens-infosys-bid-axon"><title>HCL threatens Infosys bid for Axon </title><guid>http://www.vnunet.com/2227050</guid><description>&lt;a href="http://www.computing.co.uk/vnunet/news/2227050/hcl-threatens-infosys-bid-axon"&gt;&lt;img style="border:px solid black;float:right;" align="right" src=""/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;Rosalie Marshall, &lt;a href="http://www.computing.co.uk/"&gt;Computing&lt;/a&gt;, Friday 26 September 2008 at 16:59:00&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;


Axon said it will consider new offer


&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Offshore outsourcing providers HCL Technologies and Infosys are now competing to acquire UK SAP consultancy Axon Group. HCL has topped Infosys' previous offer, made in August 2008, of £407.1m with...</description><link xmlns:i18n="http://apache.org/cocoon/i18n/2.1">http://www.computing.co.uk/vnunet/news/2227050/hcl-threatens-infosys-bid-axon</link><dc:description>&lt;a href="http://www.computing.co.uk/vnunet/news/2227050/hcl-threatens-infosys-bid-axon"&gt;&lt;img style="border:px solid black;float:right;" align="right" src=""/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;Rosalie Marshall, &lt;a href="http://www.computing.co.uk/"&gt;Computing&lt;/a&gt;, Friday 26 September 2008 at 16:59:00&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;


Axon said it will consider new offer


&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Offshore outsourcing providers HCL Technologies and Infosys are now competing to acquire UK SAP consultancy Axon Group. HCL has topped Infosys' previous offer, made in August 2008, of £407.1m with...</dc:description><dc:publisher xmlns:i18n="http://apache.org/cocoon/i18n/2.1">VNU Business Publications LTD, London UK</dc:publisher><dc:rights>Copyright © 1994-2008 VNU Business Publications LTD, London UK</dc:rights><dc:creator xmlns:i18n="http://apache.org/cocoon/i18n/2.1">Rosalie Marshall</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-09-26T16:59:00.000Z</dc:date><dc:subject>News</dc:subject><category>services-and-outsourcing</category></item><item rdf:about="http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2224666/infosys-expands-sap-abilities"><title>Infosys expands SAP abilities  </title><guid>http://www.vnunet.com/2224666</guid><description>&lt;a href="http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2224666/infosys-expands-sap-abilities"&gt;&lt;img style="border:px solid black;float:right;" align="right" src="http://ivory.vnunet.com/images/computing/computing-08-11-07/india-gate/medium.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;Rosalie Marshall, &lt;a href="http://www.computing.co.uk/"&gt;Computing&lt;/a&gt;, Tuesday 26 August 2008 at 12:42:00&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;


Indian services provider will acquire SAP consultant Axon for £407.1m


&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Indian services provider Infosys will acquire British SAP consultant Axon for £407.1m ($753m). The acquisition is the largest that has ever been made by an Indian IT company overseas....</description><link xmlns:i18n="http://apache.org/cocoon/i18n/2.1">http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2224666/infosys-expands-sap-abilities</link><dc:description>&lt;a href="http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2224666/infosys-expands-sap-abilities"&gt;&lt;img style="border:px solid black;float:right;" align="right" src="http://ivory.vnunet.com/images/computing/computing-08-11-07/india-gate/medium.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;Rosalie Marshall, &lt;a href="http://www.computing.co.uk/"&gt;Computing&lt;/a&gt;, Tuesday 26 August 2008 at 12:42:00&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;


Indian services provider will acquire SAP consultant Axon for £407.1m


&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Indian services provider Infosys will acquire British SAP consultant Axon for £407.1m ($753m). The acquisition is the largest that has ever been made by an Indian IT company overseas....</dc:description><dc:publisher xmlns:i18n="http://apache.org/cocoon/i18n/2.1">VNU Business Publications LTD, London UK</dc:publisher><dc:rights>Copyright © 1994-2008 VNU Business Publications LTD, London UK</dc:rights><dc:creator xmlns:i18n="http://apache.org/cocoon/i18n/2.1">Rosalie Marshall</dc:creator><dc:date>2008-08-26T12:42:00.000Z</dc:date><dc:subject>News</dc:subject><category>services-and-outsourcing</category></item><item rdf:about="http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2167269/sap-rollout-helps-cut-council"><title>SAP rollout helps cut council costs </title><guid>http://www.vnunet.com/2167269</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;Lara Williams, &lt;a href="http://www.computing.co.uk/"&gt;Computing&lt;/a&gt;, Thursday 26 October 2006 at 00:00:00&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;


Birmingham transformation project overhauls back office


&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Birmingham City Council’s back-office systems are to be overhauled using SAP software as part of a huge transformation project intended to save £1bn....</description><link xmlns:i18n="http://apache.org/cocoon/i18n/2.1">http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2167269/sap-rollout-helps-cut-council</link><dc:description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;Lara Williams, &lt;a href="http://www.computing.co.uk/"&gt;Computing&lt;/a&gt;, Thursday 26 October 2006 at 00:00:00&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;


Birmingham transformation project overhauls back office


&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Birmingham City Council’s back-office systems are to be overhauled using SAP software as part of a huge transformation project intended to save £1bn....</dc:description><dc:publisher xmlns:i18n="http://apache.org/cocoon/i18n/2.1">VNU Business Publications LTD, London UK</dc:publisher><dc:rights>Copyright © 1994-2008 VNU Business Publications LTD, London UK</dc:rights><dc:creator xmlns:i18n="http://apache.org/cocoon/i18n/2.1">Lara Williams</dc:creator><dc:date>2006-10-26T00:00:00.000Z</dc:date><dc:subject>News</dc:subject><category/><category>network-infrastructure</category><category>network-infrastructure</category><category>network-infrastructure</category></item><item rdf:about="http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2165540/british-gas-business-gets"><title>British Gas Business opts for on-demand customer system</title><guid>http://www.vnunet.com/2165540</guid><description>&lt;a href="http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2165540/british-gas-business-gets"&gt;&lt;img style="border:px solid black;float:right;" align="right" src="http://ivory.vnunet.com/images/call-centre/call-centre/medium.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;James Brown, &lt;a href="http://www.computing.co.uk/"&gt;Computing&lt;/a&gt;, Tuesday 3 October 2006 at 00:00:00&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;


Centrica subsidiary uses SAP CRM system to keep better track of clients


&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;British Gas Business (BGB) is implementing a web-based customer relationship management system to obtain a better insight into its clients. The on-demand system from SAP is being brought in as part of...</description><link xmlns:i18n="http://apache.org/cocoon/i18n/2.1">http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2165540/british-gas-business-gets</link><dc:description>&lt;a href="http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2165540/british-gas-business-gets"&gt;&lt;img style="border:px solid black;float:right;" align="right" src="http://ivory.vnunet.com/images/call-centre/call-centre/medium.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;small&gt;James Brown, &lt;a href="http://www.computing.co.uk/"&gt;Computing&lt;/a&gt;, Tuesday 3 October 2006 at 00:00:00&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;


Centrica subsidiary uses SAP CRM system to keep better track of clients


&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;British Gas Business (BGB) is implementing a web-based customer relationship management system to obtain a better insight into its clients. The on-demand system from SAP is being brought in as part of...</dc:description><dc:publisher xmlns:i18n="http://apache.org/cocoon/i18n/2.1">VNU Business Publications LTD, London UK</dc:publisher><dc:rights>Copyright © 1994-2008 VNU Business Publications LTD, London UK</dc:rights><dc:creator xmlns:i18n="http://apache.org/cocoon/i18n/2.1">James Brown</dc:creator><dc:date>2006-10-03T00:00:00.000Z</dc:date><dc:subject>News</dc:subject><category>telecoms</category><category>voice-and-data</category><category>network-infrastructure</category></item></rdf:RDF>