Five Minute Briefing - Information Management
August 1, 2013
Five Minute Briefing - Information Management: August 1, 2013. A concise weekly report with key product news, market research and insight for data management professionals and IT executives.
News Flashes
OpenText, a provider of enterprise information management (EIM) software, has acquired its long-time BPM technology partner, ICCM Solutions, which offers process applications based on the OpenText Business Process Management (BPM) platform. Based in Malmesbury, United Kingdom, ICCM Solutions has approximately 200 customers worldwide using its solutions, including two of the five largest service desks in the world.
To encourage partners to build, market and sell software applications on top of technology platforms from SAP, the company has introduced the new SAP PartnerEdge program for Application Development. The new partnering model, a component of the SAP PartnerEdge program, is intended to help partners create and monetize innovative, specific applications in the mobile, cloud, database or high-performance in-memory areas. Participating partners will be able to also get go-to-market support, including the SAP partner logo, free application reviews and the ability to leverage SAP Store, the online channel from SAP for enterprise applications and services.