AG (NYSE: SAP) said it will power all its data centers and facilities globally with 100 percent renewable electricity starting in 2014.The shift will help minimize the company´s carbon footprint as it moves to a cloud business model, and will help eliminate carbon emissions caused by its customers´ systems by moving them into a green cloud.See More

NetSuite has slapped down business software rival SAP for abandoning mid-market customers hungry for Software as a Service (SaaS).Zach Nelson, NetSuite chief executive, said SAP’s decision to stop developing its Business ByDesign service proved the danger of relying on a “last generation provider” like SAP for cloud services rather than “committed leaders” like NetSuite.See More