Business software maker SAP plans to boost its slumping U.S. sales by targeting smaller businesses, a move that will set up a showdown with rival Microsoft. Leo Apotheker, who was named interim head of SAP's North America division last month, is assessing the unit and will determine a course of action next month, he told CNET News.com from SAP's e-business conference in Orlando, Fla. The conference, Sapphire '02, concludes Friday. Apotheker declined to say what kind of organizational changes he might make in North America, but said SAP "fiercely denies" rumors that layoffs are in the works.
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