SAP CEO: New Software Support is a "Game Changer"

Leo Apotheker, the CEO of SAP has challenged rival software suppliers to match it on the support packages they offer to their customers.

By Mike Simons

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As the financial crisis hit the real economy, "People started to have real issue with system, the leadership of system, CEOs and the values companies represents represent.

"We didn't prove enough transparency, and that is not just about spinning answers but giving people facts, he said.

Apotheker said that SAP was a "very transparent company" and that it wanted to help other companies become equally transparent.

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