SAP co-CEO Leo Apotheker says that Business ByDesign, the application giant's high-profile software as a service product, was delayed because of its total cost of ownership for the company. That's a ...

Users of SAP’s Business ByDesign on-demand ERP (enterprise resource planning) suite now have “one-click” integration with a range of third-party Web services, such as Google’s search engine and news ...

"It simplifies your stack tremendously. If I can take out a whole layer, namely the relational database, that is good news for you." One element of that plan for SAP is its ByDesign on-demand suite, ...

AllThingsD reported over the weekend that SAP is looking to shift development resource away from its Business ByDesign product line. Business ByDesign is SAP's product aimed at smaller businesses than ...