European Commission accepts SAP commitments in ERP antitrust case

European Commission accepts SAP's commitments to address anticompetitive practices in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, closing a formal investigation without imposing fines. SAP commits to interoperability improvements and restrictions on leveraging its market position in cloud services. SAP just had to promise the EU it won't use its ERP dominance to lock you into its cloud services. Build on that - if you're competing with SAP in ERP or cloud, the Commission's enforcers are now watching SAP's bundling and customer lock-in moves closely, which means complaints and proof of abuse now have regulatory weight.