SIKKA DENIES TERADATA’S IP THEFT CHARGES

New Delhi, June 22: Former SAP executive Vishal Sikka on Friday denied IP theft charges made by tech firm Teradata, terming the allegations as “baseless and outrageous”, and said the work on HANA platform was carried out with “highest integrity”.

Analytics firm Teradata has filed a complaint in a US court against SAP alleging trade secret misappropriation, copyright infringement and antitrust violations and also named Mr Sikka as being aware of the situation.

Slamming the charges levelled against him by Teradata, former Infy chief Vishal Sikka said: “Although this lawsuit is not directed at me, I categorically deny the baseless and outrageous allegations made by TeraData that attempt to diminish the hard work, passion, and the irrefutable and fully legitimate achievements by the Hana team, including myself ”.

He further stated that “as with all my endeavours, my work with SAP HANA was carried out with the highest integrity, professionalism and respect for all obligations towards trade secrets and IP”.