SAP Now Has Its Head in the Clouds

CIO.com recently posted an article reporting that SAP announced at the Tech Ed Conference in Las Vegas that its customers will now have more options and tools for deploying the SAP's software on private clouds.  As we all know, SAP is a major supplier of ERP systems to major corporations.  With this new initiative, SAP is closer to offering completely cloud based ERP systems.  Once such systems become reality, there will be little reason for a company's employees to be located at a single location.  So virtual offices, such as those discussed in The Advocate article quoting Dr. Schwarz, will become ever more popular.  Not only would this save employees time from not having to commute everyday, but more significantly it would allow firms to employ a global workforce without regard to geographic office locations.  Armed with a laptop, an employee can set up an office anywhere he or she can find Internet access.