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发帖数: 19309 | 1 7 TechCrunch by Ron Miller (@ron_miller)
This afternoon, SAP announced in a statement that Vishal Sikka, a member of
the executive board has resigned for personal reasons. The resignation was
effective immediately. At the same time, SAP named a couple of new executive
board members including Robert Enslin and Bernd Leukert. The news could
indicate some disarray or possibly a power struggle at the software giant,
especially coming so close to its SAPHIRE Conference, which is scheduled for
June 3-5th in Orlando. R Ray Wang, co-counder and analyst Constellation
Research said, power is shifting at the board level. It’s worth noting that
Sikka lead the development of HANA, SAP’s big in-memory database product,
which the company has up until seen as a foundational technology. Wang says
this marks a big change at SAP, especially since Wang said many saw Sikka as
a possible candidate for CEO down the road. Wang said it could indicate a
shift in focus from Sikka’s vision to one driven by Leukert’s approach: A
strategy designed around a set of apps. Wang also speculated that with the
board changing, this could mean that a new CEO could be appointed soon. “We
would not be surprised if Bill McDermott will be named sole CEO soon,”
Wang wrote to me in an email today. “This should make for an interesting
SapphireNow,” Wang said sarcastically. This story is developing and we will
be adding to it as we learn more. |
