The court documents and a regulatory filing has revealed that there has been a settlement in the revengeful lawsuit between SAP and Waste Management, with the software dealer making an unrevealed, one-time cash payment to the trash shipper.

It has been reported that originally, SAP was sued by Waste Management for fraud in March 2008 regarding a supposedly failed execution of its ERP (enterprise resource planning) software.

It was asserted by the trash-disposal corporation that it had undergone major compensation, counting over US$100 million it depleted on the project, calling it "a complete and utter failure," and over $350 million for profits it would have grasped if the software had been thriving.

According to Jim Wetwiska, an attorney for Waste Management, the conditions of the agreement are classified.

"The matter between Waste Management and SAP has been resolved, and the case has been dismissed," SAP spokesman Andy Kendzie said through an email.

An ERP package was desired by Waste Management, which could meet the needs of the company without huge quantities of custom development, according to the trash firm's second modified complaint, filed April 8 in the District Court of Harris County, Texas, 164th Judicial District.

A legal challenge from opposition Oracle is still faced by SAP. Oracle has filed an intellectual-property suit against it in 2007. A meeting for settlement for that case is set for June 22.