With an assist from Microsoft, SAP is making a renewed push against Oracle in the EPM (enterprise performance management) space and has a rip-and-replace success story to show for it.

To help plan budgets, make forecast,s and consolidate financial data, CKE Restaurants used Oracle's Hyperion software for 15 years before starting a switch to SAP's BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation product this year, said CTO Tom Lindblom.