Briefs

February 22, 2007

SAP today announced the acquisition of Mountain View, Calif.-based Pilot Software. Founded in 2002, the privately-held company's PilotWorks analytics application is designed to manage employee productivity goals, initiatives and metrics.

PilotWorks will be "tucked-in" to SAP's existing product suite, filling a hole in the company's offering, according to SAP. PilotWorks will be built on NetWeaver in the future.

"SAP has had a significant interest in the analytics space for the last few years, though its internal focus has predominantly been on data management/data warehouse underpinnings and infrastructures than on analytical applications," said David Yokelson, vice president of research operations at New York's The 451 Group.

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The acquisition was completed on February 14th and terms of the deal were not disclosed. Pilot Software will continue to operate out of its California office and its employees will eventually become part of SAP Labs.

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