Oracle Corporation et al v. SAP AG et al

Filing 250

Declaration of Thomas Ziemen in Support of 249 Memorandum in Opposition, Declaration of Thomas Ziemen in Support of Defendants' Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion to Compel filed bySAP AG, SAP America Inc, Tomorrownow Inc. (Related document(s) 249 ) (Lanier, Tharan) (Filed on 1/23/2009)

Oracle Corporation et al v. SAP AG et al

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Robert A. Mittelstaedt (SBN 060359) J a s o n McDonell (SBN 115084) Elaine Wallace ( S B N 197882) JONES D A Y 555 California Street, 2 6th F l o o r San Francisco, C A 9 4 1 0 4 Telephone: (415) 6 2 6 - 3 9 3 9 Facsimile: (415) 8 7 5 - 5 7 0 0 [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail] T h a r a n G r e g o r y L a n i e r ( S B N 138784) Jane L. F r o y d ( S B N 220776) JONES D A Y 1755 Embarcadero Road Palo Alto, C A 94303 Telephone: (650) 7 3 9 - 3 9 3 9 Facsimile: (650) 7 3 9 - 3 9 0 0 [e-mail] [e-mail] Scott W. C o w a n (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) J o s h u a L. Fuchs (Admitted P r o Hac Vice) JONES D A Y 717 Texas, Suite 3300 Houston, T X 77002 Telephone: (832) 2 3 9 - 3 9 3 9 Facsimile: (832) 2 3 9 - 3 6 0 0 [e-mail] [e-mail] Attorneys for Defendants S A P A G , S A P A M E R l C A , I N C . , and T O M O R R O W N O W , INC. UNITED STATES DISTRlCT C O U R T N O R T H E R N D I S T R l C T OF C A L I F O R N I A SAN F R A N C I S C O DIVISION O R A C L E USA, INC., e t a!., Plaintiffs, v. S A P AG, et a!., Defendants. C a s e No. 0 7 - C V - I 6 5 8 P J H

D E C L A R A T I O N OF THOMAS ZIEMEN IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS' O P P O S I T I O N T O PLAINTIFFS' MOTION T O C O M P E L

ZIEMEN DECL. ISO D E F E N D A N T S ' OPPOSlTION TO P L A I N T I F F S ' MOTION T O C O M P E L Case No. 07-CV-1658 PJH(EDL)

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I, T H O M A S Z I E M E N , declare: I am a V i c e P r e s i d e n t , S e r v i c e S o l u t i o n M a n a g e m e n t - G l o b a l S e r v i c e s a n d S u p p o r t o f SAP AG, one o f the D e f e n d a n t s in this case. I m a k e this declaration based on personal knowledge and, i f called u p o n to do so, could testify c o m p e t e n t l y thereto. 1. P r i o r t o t h i s l i t i g a t i o n , T o m o r r o w N o w , Inc. ( " T N " ) , a s u b s i d i a r y o f S A P A m e r i c a ,

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Inc., which is a subsidiary o f S A P A G (collectively " S A P " ) a n d o n e o f the defendants in t h i s c a s e , c o n s i d e r e d p r o v i d i n g t h i r d p a r t y s u p p o r t for e a c h o f t h e H y p e r i o n , R e t e k , a n d e B u s i n e s s Suite software p r o d u c t lines ( c o l l e c t i v e l y " H R E P r o d u c t s " ) . S A P ' s c o n s i d e r a t i o n o f T N ' s potential s e r v i c i n g t h e H R E P r o d u c t s i n v o l v e d , a m o n g o t h e r t h i n g s , a n a n a l y s i s o f t h e p r o j e c t e d revenues, e x p e n s e s a n d o t h e r l o g i s t i c s a s s o c i a t e d w i t h t h o s e p o t e n t i a l n e w s e r v i c e o f f e r i n g s . 2. I p a r t i c i p a t e d i n the d r a f t i n g and d e l i v e r y o f b u s i n e s s case p r e s e n t a t i o n s r e g a r d i n g

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S A P ' s c o n s i d e r a t i o n o f T N p r o v i d i n g t h i r d p a r t y s u p p o r t for t h e H R E P r o d u c t s . U l t i m a t e l y , t h e d e c i s i o n w a s m a d e t h a t T N w o u l d n o t p r o v i d e t h i r d p a r t y s u p p o r t for a n y o f t h e H R E P r o d u c t s . And, t o m y k n o w l e d g e , n e i t h e r S A P n o r T N e v e r p r o v i d e d s u c h s u p p o r t f o r a n y o f the H R E Products. To m y k n o w l e d g e , S A P a n d T N n e v e r received a n y r e v e n u e related to providing s u p p o r t s e r v i c e s for a n y H R E P r o d u c t s . 3. T o m y k n o w l e d g e , o t h e r than materials t h a t w e r e available to the general p u b l i c

(i.e., t h r o u g h t h e i n t e r n e t o r o t h e r p u b l i c l y a v a i l a b l e m e a n s ) , n o o n e a t S A P d o w n l o a d e d o r otherwise a c c e s s e d any o f the H R E P r o d u c t s ' proprietary software o r confidential support m a t e r i a l s for a n y p u r p o s e r e l a t i n g t o S A P ' s c o n s i d e r a t i o n o f T N p r o v i d i n g t h i r d p a r t y s u p p o r t f o r those products. 4. S A P h a d a m a r k e t i n g c a m p a i g n n a m e d S a f e P a s s a g e t h a t w a s focused o n t r y i n g to

g e t p o t e n t i a l c u s t o m e r s t o s w i t c h f r o m u s i n g c o m p e t i n g s o f t w a r e t o u s i n g S A P ' s software. P o t e n t i a l c u s t o m e r s w h o w e r e u s i n g H R E P r o d u c t s w e r e p a r t o f t h e t a r g e t m a r k e t for S a f e P a s s a g e . H o w e v e r , t h e S a f e P a s s a g e o f f e r i n g for p o t e n t i a l S A P c u s t o m e r s u s i n g H R E P r o d u c t s d i d n o t i n c l u d e a t h i r d p a r t y m a i n t e n a n c e s u p p o r t o f f e r i n g f o r t h o s e p r o d u c t s . P o t e n t i a l SAP c u s t o m e r s w h o w e r e u s i n g H R E P r o d u c t s w e r e s i m p l y o f f e r e d c e r t a i n financial incentives i f t h e y r e p l a c e d t h e i r H R E s o f t w a r e b y s w i t c h i n g to S A P ' s s o f t w a r e . 2
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