SAP's CEO Bill McDermott quits: Will hand over to co-captains for Next Generation reboot

SAP's chief executive Bill McDermott will not renew his employment contract at the German database software maker. The exec has confirmed that after nearly a decade at the top of the company, he will remain on board in an advisory capacity until the close of 2019, when he finally relinquishes all control. "Every CEO dreams of …

[Alister]

Make it so, number one

Subspace communication over, enterprise commander out

[Anonymous Coward]

"SAP said that under McDermott's watchful gaze"

Bravo.....!

Anon as I appear to have a warped sense of humour.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: "SAP said that under McDermott's watchful gaze"

Yeah, I noticed that as well!

[Anonymous Coward]

TBO

Although under his leadership the company may well have done fairly well financially from a technical point of view it has been a car crash.

They want to go cloud with a product that is definitely not cloud ready.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: TBO

They always do this, and it provides so much opportunity to people who can exploit the deficiencies.