IBM and SAP Announce Joint Software
IBM and SAP AG announce the planned March release for their first joint software product called Alloy. On Jan.19, 2009 at Lotusphere, IBM and SAP showcased successful early results of this product with several customers, including Colgate-Palmolive and Arla Foods.
"We expect the new Alloy software from IBM and SAP to help us drive down IT management costs and boost productivity by allowing employees easy access to SAP reports, procurement, data and product lifecycle management tools directly from their Lotus Notes e-mail," says Tom Greene, CIO, Colgate-Palmolive.
Alloy connects IBM Lotus Notes software with SAP Business Suite to get people to the core of their business. Alloy is a new style of software application that presents information and data from SAP applications in the context of what millions of business users are familiar with -- the Lotus Notes collaboration software desktop. This is expected to make it easier for professionals to do their jobs and enhance the investments they have made in their SAP applications.
"We expect the new Alloy software from IBM and SAP to help us drive down IT management costs and boost productivity by allowing employees easy access to SAP reports, procurement, data and product lifecycle management tools directly from their Lotus Notes e-mail," says Tom Greene, CIO, Colgate-Palmolive.
Alloy connects IBM Lotus Notes software with SAP Business Suite to get people to the core of their business. Alloy is a new style of software application that presents information and data from SAP applications in the context of what millions of business users are familiar with -- the Lotus Notes collaboration software desktop. This is expected to make it easier for professionals to do their jobs and enhance the investments they have made in their SAP applications.