SAP buys software to turn strategy into reality

The manufacturing business software giant says it’s all about providing the tools necessary to enable effective performance management by “fostering alignment across organisations.” Existing Pilot Software say PilotWorks helps them turn strategy into reality by linking goals, initiatives and metric, and allowing execs to manage them and make them relevant to the daily business processes of information workers. SAP says PilotWorks is to be integrated with SAP applications and built on the SAP NetWeaver platform, so that SAP customers can harness their current investments in SAP solutions to gain new business value. “Analytic applications that help organisations manage their performance effectively represent a strategic area of investment for SAP as we continue to expand our leadership in this market,” says Doug Merritt, executive vice president and general manager, Suite Optimisation, SAP. “With the acquisition of Pilot Software, we are providing an advanced system for defining and managing strategies that is integrated with the business processes of information workers. By providing contextually-relevant information to employees in a collaborative user experience, we are making strategy relevant to every employee in a company, thus bringing immediate value to a strong cross-section of our customer base.”