27 ordspråk av Henning Kagermann
Henning Kagermann
2005 was an excellent year for SAP.
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According to the current indications that sales growth in the first quarter will be slightly below our previous year on year rate of 20 to 25 percent, we expect pre-tax profit to fall significantly.
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Against this background we are confident of our earlier expectations that we will be able to grow pre-tax profits for the current year, excluding provisions for the STAR program, by 30 percent to 35 percent and sales by around 40 percent.
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Europe was solid as anticipated, and the U.S. exceeded our expectations and we continued to gain market share,
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Everything that is applicable to consumption can be there for this type of on-demand model.
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I would expect that in five years from now we would come close to that coverage,
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I'm convinced that she is really the right person for Germany. She's very pragmatic, she can listen, and she is not always talking about these grand visions but about small executable steps. We are very comfortable with her style.
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If SAP is to have a workers council, then it should be a workers council that is representative of the heart of the company. We have a duty to maintain our unique company culture and values.
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India is gradually becoming more expensive.
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India is starting to get expensive. We've decided to hire only a certain number of employees there and then to look around for other locations.
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Looking forward, our overall pipeline is healthy and we expect stronger software sales in the second and third quarters,
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Luckily, I hurt my foot so I had time to go over the proofs.
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One reason we don't have so much development in China is obviously that protection of intellectual property is not like in other countries.
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One-third of this is stand-alone, where no other applications come in.
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The parts of that market where we compete are both nine billion euros,
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