Stepping up efforts to tackle the large but fragmented midmarket, SAP has teamed with IBM to leverage its partner channel network serving small and medium-size businesses (SMBs), the companies announced Wednesday.Under the agreement announced at the Sapphire customer event in Orlando, IBM and its channel partners will sell SAP’s All-in-One software package to SMBs in the United States. The Global Business Services arm of IBM will serve as a reseller, with the group’s channel partners eligible to earn a fee for referring opportunities to SAP and the company’s other All-in-One partner.The channel announcement underscores SAP’s determination to tap the huge U.S. midmarket in which rivals Oracle, Microsoft and others are battling for market share.All-in-One is a slimmed down version of mySAP Business Suite, which includes ERP, CRM and several other core SAP applications. As part of the IBM announcement, SAP will bundle its All-in-One midmarket software with IBM’s upcoming release of its DB2 database, currently code-named Viper, according to SAP spokesman Bill Wohl.Last week in the run-up to Sapphire, SAP designated Viper the preferred database for midsize users of its business applications. IBM has still to announce a formal product name or shipping date for Viper, which is expected out within a few months. SAP didn’t disclose any pricing details for the All-in-One, Viper bundle.Sapphire runs through Thursday. -John Blau, IDG News Service(China Martens, also of the IDG News Service, contributed to this story.) For related news coverage, read SAP Broadens Customer Base at Sapphire and SAP Stresses Master-Data Management.Check out our CIO News Alerts and Tech Informer pages for more updated news coverage. Related content brandpost Sponsored by SAP When natural disasters strike Japan, Ōita University’s EDiSON is ready to act With the technology and assistance of SAP and Zynas Corporation, Ōita University built an emergency-response collaboration tool named EDiSON that helps the Japanese island of Kyushu detect and mitigate natural disasters. By Michael Kure, SAP Contributor Dec 07, 2023 5 mins Digital Transformation brandpost Sponsored by BMC BMC on BMC: How the company enables IT observability with BMC Helix and AIOps The goals: transform an ocean of data and ultimately provide a stellar user experience and maximum value. By Jeff Miller Dec 07, 2023 3 mins IT Leadership brandpost Sponsored by BMC The data deluge: The need for IT Operations observability and strategies for achieving it BMC Helix brings thousands of data points together to create a holistic view of the health of a service. By Jeff Miller Dec 07, 2023 4 mins IT Leadership how-to How to create an effective business continuity plan A business continuity plan outlines procedures and instructions an organization must follow in the face of disaster, whether fire, flood, or cyberattack. Here’s how to create a plan that gives your business the best chance of surviving such an By Mary K. Pratt, Ed Tittel, Kim Lindros Dec 07, 2023 11 mins Small and Medium Business IT Skills Backup and Recovery Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe