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What is the cloud's killer app?

SAP chief technology officer Vishal Sikka discusses the next big thing in cloud apps at the Interop conference in Las Vegas

Published: 28 May 2009 11:44 BST

Tags: Vishal Sikka, Apps, SAP, Cloud

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