Sikkas departure marks a shift in what has been an ongoing debate within sap over the companys future strategic direction, according to analyst r ray wang, founder of constellation. Vishal sikkas exit at sap stuns, but does it matter. Vishal sikka, member of the sap executive board, invites you to join him in. Vishal sikka born may, 1967 is the founder and ceo of vianai, former cto of sap ag, and former ceo of infosys. Published here for the first time, my interview last summer with sap cto vishal sikka may shed some light on the companys intentions for saas and cloud after its. Sap hana roadmap and rethinking software development. Posted by vijay vijayasankar august 18, 2017 posted in uncategorized just as i was about to hit the sack yesterday night, i got the news that vishal has submitted his resignation and moved to a executive vice chairman role. Sap technology head vishal sikka quits, citing personal. However, vishal sikka leaves sap after a board meeting, which he departed from, on 4th. May 05, 2014 vishal sikka, a senior sap product development exec and the software giants executive board member for products and innovation, has left for personal reasons. Vishal sikka, member of the sap executive board, invites you into his office for a special edition opensap course, an introduction to sap hana by dr. Indian software outsourcing giant infosys could lose investor confidence after its ceo suddenly resigned. Sap top executive shilpa phadnis and sujit john vishal sikkas exit from sap to join infosys as ceo may turn out to be beneficial for both companies.
Sap abruptly announced late sunday that vishal sikka, the very public face of saps technical vision and strategy, had resigned for personal reasons. Hana champion sikka steps down in management shakeup at sap. Business and cloud analytics firm teradata has filed a lawsuit against german business software maker sap ag, in which it has accused vishal sikka of being aware of stealing trade secrets. Vishal sikka quits as infosys ceo after months of a thorny.
Teradata claims former cto vishal sikka was aware of. Sap tech chief sikka steps down in management shakeup cio. Building on jim grays research in mapping strings to integers to reduce storage for data cubes, and some subsequent research, franz farber, daniel, roland kurz, and. Ten of the 16 senior executives sikka had hired from his previous company, sap, quit over the past year and a half. The case comes weeks after sap, long a provider of business software that runs backoffice functions such as finance or supplychain. As i was looking back on the last welcome to the party. The post, titled sap, software, and amplifying human potential.
Vishal sikkas exit from sap looks to be prompting some of his key associates to follow suit. Vishal sikka born may, 1967 is the founder and ceo of vianai, former cto of sap ag, and. Vishal sikka provided some sneak peeks into sap hana and took. Sap is a german company and theres an internal struggle at sap between the growing power of its american executives, of which sikka was a prominent member, and its german contingent. Sap technology chief vishal sikka steps down in management. At a time when sap needed a direction around future platforms, vishal did a great job, wang said in a followup phone interview. Aug 18, 2017 infosys ceo quits, citing untenable atmosphere created by critics former sap man vishal sikka bails but will be interim ceos boss by simon sharwood 18 aug 2017 at 07. Sap announced the resignation of executive board member vishal sikka. Sikka has global responsibility for development and. It has been his leadership of a talented team that brought sap hana to market. Sap tech chief sikka steps down in management shakeup pcworld. Five reasons why ceo vishal sikka had to leave infosys. In a surprise move, sap announced sunday that executive board member vishal sikka has stepped down and will leave the company effective immediately.
May 05, 2014 latest news is that vishal sikka is leaving sap. Vishal sikka leaves infosys an arranged marriage that ended in a divorce. Since the course ended, a large number of people have joined to take the course as selfstudy, demonstrating the popularity of the course. Nov 14, 2012 part 1 of a 5 part series from sap teched. Sap abruptly announced late sunday that vishal sikka, the very public face of sap s technical vision and strategy, had resigned for personal reasons. Vishal and hassos favored approach was to build versus buy and develop great platforms that would lead to great apps innovate over execute, said. Infosys ceo quits, citing untenable atmosphere created. Sap hana is the most talked about sap innovation in recent times. Saps vishal sikka resigns for personal reasons, effective. He currently also serves on oracles board of directors, the supervisory board of the bmw group and as an advisor to the stanford institute of humancentered ai. I consider vishal a good friend and a mentor so when i heard that he left. Two of sikkas core team in sap quit times of india. Although vishal sikka has recently resigned from the sap executive board, the information in this course.
Vishal sikka departure from the sap has in turn become a boon for infosys. When vishal sikka joined the oracle board of directors, oracle claimed it. Mar 19, 2014 vishal sikka, member of the sap executive board, invites you into his office for a special edition opensap course, an introduction to sap hana by dr. After three years at infosys, sikka left on 18 august 2017. Vishal sikka leaves infosys an arranged marriage that. Leaves company at a crossroads following a supervisory board meeting sunday, sap announced the resignation of executive board member vishal sikka. Since the course ended, a large number of people have. Vishal sikka says teradatas ip theft charges on sap hana baseless and outrageous former infosys ceo vishal sikka, who had a key role in the development of hana while at sap, said his work. Aug 18, 2017 vishal sikka leaves infosys an arranged marriage that ended in a divorce.
His current endeavor, vianai, is a startup based in the san francisco bay area that provides advanced technological software and services in artificial intelligence and machine learning to large companies around the world. At a time when sap needed a direction around future platforms, vishal did a great job, wang said in a followup phone. Sikka has global responsibility for development and delivery of all products, including analytics, applications, cloud, database and technology, and mobile solutions. Building on jim grays research in mapping strings to integers to reduce storage for data cubes, and some subsequent research, franz farber, daniel, roland kurz, and some of their colleagues had started to work on bringing text search techniques to analyzing structured data inmemory in their text search engine, trex. May 05, 2014 sikka s departure marks a shift in what has been an ongoing debate within sap over the companys future strategic direction, according to analyst r ray wang, founder of constellation research.
Being a former employee of sap labs where vishal was cio and former employee of infosys, also been trained r vishal, i could be able to justify his side. In fact, when sikka decided to leave german multinational software giant sap after 12 years of service in 2014, he had said hed like to take the summer off and do water surfing. Sap teched las vegas october 2125, 20 vishal sikka sap. There are more than 1,200 startups from 57 countries building applications on sap hana. Oct 28, 20 vishal sikka at sap recently posted his thoughts about the hana project on his personal blog. Infosys ceo quits, citing untenable atmosphere created by.
Michael reh, executive vp for business information and technology, and. May 05, 2014 sap is well funded to invest both in applications and technology, but an overall higher focus on applications will benefit customers more, he says. Whatever the case, sikka leaves a strong legacy at sap, wang said. Vishal sikka announced his resignation on friday amid an ongoing clash between the company. Vishal sikka was a member of the executive board of sap ag and the global managing board 20102014, leading all sap products and innovation. Vishal sikka, a senior sap product development exec and the software giants executive board member for products and innovation, has left for personal reasons. Oct 17, 2012 vishal sikka, executive board member sap delivered a sap teched keynote unlike any other i have seen from a geek who sits near the top of the csuite pile. Through sunday, i pondered the obvious imminent disaster that would unveil the market cap crash, developers crying in the streets and the collapse of sap as a company. The abrupt departure of sap technology chief vishal sikka has prompted a number of questions about the vendors strategy, particularly in regard to the hana inmemory computing. Infosys ceo vishal sikka on the end of indias it miracle saritha rai former contributor.
Vishal sikka quits as infosys ceo, board attacks narayana murthy. This isnt the first time that sikka thought about leaving sap. Sap is a fantastic company however a certain arrogance and desperation came out in hasso plattners keynote address at sapphire. Sap hana founder, infosys ceo vishal sikka biography, net. Posted by vijay vijayasankar august 18, 2017 posted in uncategorized just as i was about to hit the sack. This course provides an opportunity for everyone to learn why sap hana was developed and to better understand the breakthrough technical innovations behind the platform. Hana visionary vishal sikka resigns from sap techcrunch. I consider vishal a good friend and a mentor so when i heard that he left sap with immediate effect, for personal reasons, i was deeply saddened. Vishal sikka is the founder and ceo of vianai, former cto of sap ag, and former ceo of infosys. Some thoughts on the eve of teched, offers great insight into the past, present, and future of saps enormous big data effort. Is vishal sikka helping oracle prepare a lawsuit against sap.
Sap says sikka is leaving for personal reasons less than three. However, vishal sikka leaves sap after a board meeting, which he departed from, on 4th may, 2014. Sap tech chief sikka steps down in management shakeup itworld. He is also the creator of the concept of timeless software, which represents the.
Vishal sikka leaves infosys an arranged marriage that ended. Sap tech chief sikka steps down in management shakeup. While the name of sikka, a former executive board member at the german multinational software corporation sap, was announced with much. Vishal sikka says teradatas ip theft charges on sap hana.
This is completely my personal view, i am not speaking on behalf of other current or former sap employees or ownership. May 06, 2014 vishal sikka took these reigns and filled very big boots when shai left but he did step up to the plate and i agree with you john that he has left sap with unfinished business. Everyone weve talked to seems genuinely shocked by the departure of one of saps brightest stars, vishal sikka. Sap top executive shilpa phadnis and sujit john vishal sikka s exit from sap to join infosys as ceo may turn out to be beneficial for both companies, the person who has taken on most of sikka s responsibilities at sap told toi. Sap hana is evolving into the leading technology platform. Vishal sikka at sap recently posted his thoughts about the hana project on his personal blog. During the asug preconference seminar, how to architect for sap hana, dr. Sap exec sikka steps down in management shakeup computerworld. Teradata lawsuit against sap claims former cto vishal sikka.
I wish bernd leukert and rob enslin the best and i hope they can work with hasso and saps giant ego. Sap needs cloudbased software, because cloud software can be. May 04, 2014 this afternoon, sap announced in a statement that vishal sikka, executive board member for products and innovation, has resigned for personal reasons. Everyone weve talked to seems genuinely shocked by the departure of one of saps brightest stars, vishal sikka, the companys executive board member for products and innovation. Sap teched las vegas october 2125, 20 vishal sikka.
May 06, 2014 sap technology head vishal sikka quits, citing personal reasons may 6, 2014 daily news the technology head of the german businessesmanagement software company sap and its founding chairman hasso plattners protege vishal sikka has resigned due to personal reasons, according to bloomberg. Sikka, the companys top technology leader, was the leading advocate of saps hana inmemory platform. Infosys ceo vishal sikka on the end of indias it miracle. Vishal sikka quits as infosys ceo, board attacks narayana. Aug 18, 2017 vishal sikka, the chief executive brought in to turn around infosys three years ago, resigned suddenly today, blaming a continuous drumbeat of distractions and a longrunning row with founders. On june 12th, 2014 he has been announced as ceo of infosys. Jun 22, 2018 business and cloud analytics firm teradata has filed a lawsuit against german business software maker sap ag, in which it has accused vishal sikka of being aware of stealing trade secrets in building the hana platform from an aborted joint venture product between the two firms. Vishal is wildly missed within sap even years after he. This afternoon, sap announced in a statement that vishal sikka, executive. He ultimately joined sap in 2002 and became the software giants chief technologist in 2007. Infosys ceo quits, citing untenable atmosphere created by critics former sap man vishal sikka bails but will be interim ceos boss by simon sharwood 18 aug 2017 at 07. May 04, 2014 whatever the case, sikka leaves a strong legacy at sap, wang said. He gradually climbed the zenith of success and was named as the firstever cto reporting to the then ceo of sap.
Saps vishal sikka resigns for personal reasons, effective immediately sikka was a key executive in the development of the hana analytic platform. Bill mcdermott has his back against the wall on this. Vishal sikka on how to architect for sap hana youtube. Sikkas resignation came as a shock to the sap community and the software technology community as a whole. Vishal is wildly missed within sap even years after he left. Vishal sikka provided some sneak peeks into sap hana and took questions from. Vishal has been key to driving the sap technology stack over the last number of years. Vishal sikka, executive board member sap delivered a sap teched keynote unlike any other i have seen from a geek who sits near the top of the csuite pile. Vishal is altogether a guy with innovative and revolutionary mindset. All sap products are moving to sap hana but do you know what sap hana is or what it does. This afternoon, sap announced in a statement that vishal sikka, executive board member for products and innovation, has resigned for personal reasons.
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