Q&A with SAP CEO Christian Klein on data security, Databricks partnership, building a “social network for B2B”, positioning SAP as a neutral player, and more
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SAP promoted a team lead accused by five female staff of targeting female subordinates, raising concerns about company culture and workplace discrimination
Bloomberg :
An interview with SAP CEO Christian Klein on why regulating AI would harm EU competitiveness, investing €2B per year in AI, building the Joule chatbot, and more
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SAP CTO Juergen Mueller says he will leave the company by the end of September due to “an incident at a past company event where my behavior was inappropriate”
- Mueller will leave by the end of the month after an incident — He apologizes for ‘inappropriate’ behavior at company event
SAP plans voluntary buyouts or job changes for 8,000 employees as part of a 2024 restructuring program but says its headcount should remain the same
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SAP names Christian Klein as sole CEO effective April 30, as co-CEO Jennifer Morgan departs; both were named co-CEOs in Oct. after Bill McDermott stepped down
SAP's move to co-CEOs didn't last long as Jennifer Morgan departs and Christian Klein becomes sole CEO.
Former SAP CEO Bill McDermott has been named chief executive of cloud automation platform ServiceNow; he replaces John Donahoe, who will become CEO of Nike
Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet :
SAP CEO Bill McDermott steps down after over nine years, will be an adviser until year end; board members Jennifer Morgan and Christian Klein appointed co-CEOs
SAP said on Thursday that Bill McDermott is stepping down as CEO after more than nine years running the German software company.
Docker appoints former SAP exec Steve Singh as CEO to replace Ben Golub
Docker was tagged with a $1 billion valuation in the heady days of 2015, when the term “unicorn” was still in vogue and venture capitalists spoke frequently of FOMO (fear of missing out).