SAP AG co-Chief Executive Officer Bill McDermott, targeting the growing online software market, said he plans to tap a greater portion of customers' spending.

"We'll lead with the cloud," McDermott told investors in New York yesterday. Today's clients spend about 5 percent of their technology budgets with SAP, he said. "Why not 20?"

The remarks by McDermott — an American who will take over as sole CEO in May — come two weeks after the German software maker cut its profit forecast. The biggest supplier of business applications is reconfiguring its products for the cloud, part of a trend transforming sales and development across the technology industry.

Continue Reading for Free

Register and gain access to:

  • Thought leadership on regulatory changes, economic trends, corporate success stories, and tactical solutions for treasurers, CFOs, risk managers, controllers, and other finance professionals
  • Informative weekly newsletter featuring news, analysis, real-world cas studies, and other critical content
  • Educational webcasts, white papers, and ebooks from industry thought leaders
  • Critical coverage of the employee benefits and financial advisory markets on our other ALM sites, PropertyCasualty360 and ThinkAdvisor
NOT FOR REPRINT

© 2024 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.