SAP CEO McDermott Dismisses 'Locker Room Talk' by Oracle's Hurd
- Bill McDermott tell Bloomberg TV investors rewarding growth
- SAP chief also knocks Salesforce.com management shift
SAP CEO McDermott on Tech Earnings
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SAP SE chief executive officer Bill McDermott took on competitors Oracle Corp. and Salesforce.com Inc. in a feisty interview on Bloomberg Television, saying Oracle’s growth is crimped and it hasn’t gotten rewritten software "off the ground."
McDermott said Oracle hasn’t integrated its acquisitions well and that its latest business management software, dubbed Fusion, doesn’t have as bright a future as SAP’s new S/4 Hana suite. SAP’s CEO was responding to comments by Oracle co-CEO Mark Hurd to Bloomberg Television Tuesday that SAP is "not doing very much" in cloud-computing software and hasn’t bolstered its core software through acquisitions.