Google abandons Oracle software and replaces it with SAP systems

In early April 2021, it became known about the refusal Google to use the financial one. software Oracle American the Internet giant has opted for systems. SAP

According to CNBC, Alphabet and Google's main financial systems will be transferred to SAP software in May 2021. It is explained that this step concerns only software that Google uses to track finances.

The decision to abandon financial ON Oracle was made amid the growing competition between Google and Oracle in the cloud computing market. A similar decision was made by the industry leader - cloud computing Amazon the company significantly reduced the use of Oracle software in favor of its own cloud services.

Google abandons Oracle financial software and replaces it with SAP systems

The transition to SAP software, according to CNBC, is not related to a long-standing lawsuit between Google and Oracle, in which Oracle claimed that Google copied the structure, sequence and organization of more than 30 Java application programming interfaces (APIs) in Android. In early April 2021, the Supreme Court ruled that Google can legally use Java code elements in Android.

Google and Oracle compete in the cloud market by working with enterprise customers, in particular those who need hybrid and multi-cloud services, as well as those who move local workloads to the cloud.

Although the publication does not specify the names of SAP products that Google intends to use, most likely, it is a line of ERP applications S/4HANA for large customers, according to CRN observers. According to them, such ERP systems are used to perform basic financial transactions in large companies, which may take several months or even several years to implement a competing product.

For many years, Oracle has refused to certify its database software for Google Cloud, hindering the development of Google. This meant that customers were not sure whether they would be able to place Oracle databases in the Google cloud without violating Oracle license policies, CNBC notes.

We do not cooperate with Google because we are trying to compete with Google, "said Oracle co-founder and chief technical officer Larry Allison.[1]

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