SAP rejects plans to pit Europe against US after NSA scandal

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Idea for European IT firms to team up in order to snub US vendors branded nonsensical by SAP boss

SAP has ruled itself out of proposals to create a European super vendor in order to weaken reliance on US tech firms in light of the NSA snooping scandal. Over the summer, the US' National Secur...

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