> SAP's StreamWork was created to compete with Salesforce.com.
> SAP added collaboration to other SAP applications, including CRM and strategy software.
> SAP is amping up the competition against rival Salesforce.com with its latest release of StreamWork. This cloud -based collaborative application integrates with SAP business software.
> Simply, SAP teams entire organizations to brainstorm and make decisions within business applications using information they know and use every day without switching to another disconnected collaboration solution or having to rely on mountains of e-mail to drive projects forward.
> SAP is trying to address social media within the company and allowing it to work across all of the different software they are using internally.
> This new integration StreamWork's integration reach to all types of people -- employees, clients, partners and suppliers, and can leverage secure social collaboration.
> The enterprise edition of StreamWork integrates with several SAP applications, including the SAP Customer Relationship Management application for social CRM .
> The integration empowers sales managers to close sales more quickly.
> Sales teams can also collaborate directly with customers.
> StreamWork also integrates with SAP's Strategy Management application, and the SAP is currently planning for the integration of StreamWork with its Business Intelligence platform.