Beckie Barrett, Author at ERP Today

Beckie Barrett

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Oracle to launch new sovereign cloud regions across EU

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) has revealed plans to launch new sovereign cloud regions across the European Union in 2023 to better serve its European customers. Both private companies and public sector organizations across the EU will be able to use...

EY acquires Fabernovel to augment innovation offering

EY has completed the acquisition of Fabernovel, a Paris-based innovation and digital transformation consulting firm that supports customers across Europe. The deal adds around 350 employees to EY Consulting’s team, making it one of its larger acquisitions in the past...

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Google Cloud and Vodafone launch AI booster platform

Google Cloud and Vodafone have collaborated to launch an artificial intelligence (AI) platform designed to enable the next generation of AI use cases, including optimizing customer experiences, customer loyalty, and product recommendations. That ‘AI Booster’ platform has been in development...

HPE unites disparate data sources for Catharina Hospital

Catharina Hospital has selected the HPE Ezmeral software portfolio to build a cloud-native analytics and data lakehouse, which will enable the hospital to provide more accurate diagnosis, early detection and injury prevention for its patients. Catharina Hospital is the largest...

IFS acquires ULTIMO

IFS has signed a definitive agreement to purchase Ulitmo Software Solutions (ULTIMO), the Netherlands-based provider of cloud Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) software. IFS provides end-to-end industry specific EAM software to companies with complex needs and looking to manage their assets’...

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Advanced adds Pellcomp to edtech portfolio

Advanced has bolstered its learning solutions offering with the acquisition of Pellcomp, provider of the PICS learning management system. Pellcomp’s PICS platform aids the end-to-end onboarding, employer engagement, administration, delivery and management of ESFA funded and commercially delivered learning programs. It...

Salesforce expands MuleSoft automation integration

Salesforce has introduced the next generation of MuleSoft, a unified solution for automation, integration, and APIs to automate any workflow so any technical or non-technical team can adapt to change and business complexity. The solution now includes no-code capabilities to...

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Research reveals hyperautomation focus for EMEA businesses

New research by Jitterbit reveals businesses are firmly in the era of hyperautomation, with 64 percent of senior systems integrators in EMEA saying it’s a business priority for their customers in 2022. The research: ‘SaaS partnerships in the age of hyperautomation’...

Workday drives HR transformation for Stagecoach

Stagecoach has successfully deployed Workday Human Capital Management (HCM) with Payroll as part of a two-year digital transformation program enabled by Workday. With HR and payroll in one cloud-based solution, Stagecoach now has a single source of real-time data for...

Databricks unveils evolution of its data lakehouse platform

Databricks has unveiled the evolution of the Databricks Lakehouse Platform at its annual Data + AI Summit in San Francisco, with new capabilities announced including improved data warehousing performance and functionality and expanded data governance. The platform also offers new...

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SUSE enhances HPE GreenLake capabilities

SUSE has expanded its partnership with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) to enhance HPE GreenLake’s edge-to-cloud services platform offering. As announced to coincide with HPE’s Discover conference, HPE will integrate SUSE’s software stack, including SUSE Linux Enterprise, SUSE Rancher and K3s....

Prioritizing emotions key to transformation success

Leaders who prioritize workforce emotions in their transformations are 2.6 times more likely to be successful than those who don’t, according to research from EY and Oxford University’s Saïd Business School. Based on a survey of 935 senior leaders and...

Manchester Airports Group takes wing with SAP

Expanding on its existing partnership with SAP, Manchester Airports Group (MAG) has chosen RISE with SAP in collaboration with AWS as the first step on its digital transformation journey across a number of key areas, from finance to people. Operating...

Accenture reports mixed results in light of FX headwinds

Accenture has reported mixed financial results for the third quarter of 2022, with the company beating Q3 revenue expectations but forecasting Q4 revenue will be below estimates due to the negative impact of foreign exchange rates. Accenture also cut the...

Digitisation drives operational resilience in the UK

In the face of ongoing supply chain disruption, labor shortages and unsustainable increases in fuel costs, new research from Samsara reveals that the UK’s transportation, manufacturing and logistics businesses are accelerating digital technology adoption – leading to an increase in profits and...

Interwell upgrades ERP software to IFS Cloud

Interwell has chosen to upgrade its existing ERP and EAM software to the latest IFS Cloud to drive efficiencies across its global operations. The global energy services company has also selected IFS Customer Success Services to streamline day-to-day support for...

KPMG and University of Cambridge reimagine world of work

KPMG UK and the University of Cambridge have partnered up to examine the big issues affecting the modern workforce, starting with what really works when it comes to supporting employees’ mental wellbeing. The five-year partnership focusing on the ‘Future of...

NHS Royal Devon unifies processes with Unit4

Unit4’s ERP and FP&A solution has been selected by The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (Royal Devon) to implement a next-generation ERP platform. The solution will help unify the organization’s processes, boost productivity, reduce costs and will free up resources in order...

Dublin Port Company turns to Oracle

Dublin Port Company (DPC) is implementing Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) to enhance its operations and support its ongoing expansion. Oracle EPM will help DPC, the operator of Ireland’s largest freight and passenger port, to increase the accuracy of...

EY announces $1bn investment in next generation audit tech

EY has invested more than $1bn into a next generation assurance technology platform that forms part of a sustained focus on providing high quality audits that rapidly respond to changing expectations from regulators, governments, standard setters, audit committees and boards....

Accenture unlocks data-driven decision making for Lupin

Lupin has collaborated with Accenture to enable its data driven transformation journey for improved business agility, performance, and operational efficiency. Accenture deployed a digital platform based on SAP S/4HANA to provide Lupin with real-time visibility into integrated data from multiple...

KPMG automates solutions with Alteryx partnership

KPMG UK has formed an alliance with Alteryx to automate the accountancy giant’s solutions, boost its data analytics services and help its clients to accelerate data-driven business transformations. Together, KPMG and Alteryx will use their combined expertise to help companies...

SAP launches Partner Talent Initiative

SAP has launched its Partner Talent Initiative, a strategy aiming to identify and train new and existing talent in the SAP Partner Ecosystem to support increasing demand within the IT channel for skilled certified professionals. Participants who complete the program will...

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Samsara reveals strong revenue growth and new innovations

Samsara has reported financial results for Q1 2023 ended 30 April 2022, revealing year-on-year revenue growth of 63 percent to $142.6m. The pioneer of the connected operations cloud reported annual recurring revenue (ARR) of $607.2m, representing 59 percent year-on-year growth,...

Microsoft announces Viva Sales

Microsoft has announced Microsoft Viva Sales, a new seller experience application aiming to help sellers personalize their customer engagements. Viva Sales enriches any CRM system with customer engagement data from Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Teams by leveraging AI to provide...

Cloud boom drives strong Q4 for Oracle

Oracle has reported better-than-expected fiscal 2022 Q4 results, driven by a rise in demand in its infrastructure cloud business. Q4 cloud revenue was $2.9bn, up 19 percent in USD, while total quarterly revenues were up 5 percent year on year...

SAP Sapphire 2022: The 5 key takeaways for enterprise leaders

Having been staged virtually for the last two years, SAP Sapphire made a return to Orlando last week, with this year’s conference touted as a ‘hybrid series’ – a virtual event combined with a nine-city, in-person world tour experience.

UK government launches new digital strategy

The Chancellor of the UK, Rishi Sunak, has launched a review into the country’s advanced computing capabilities at London Tech Week. Led by AI expert Professor Zoubin Ghahramani, the Future of Compute Review will look at the UK’s compute needs...

Salesforce redefines the shopping experience for Asda customers

As Asda undergoes a digital transformation as part of its separation from Walmart, the supermarket giant will deploy Salesforce technology to give a 360-degree view of its customers and provide personalized and tailored experiences that aim to revolutionize the consumer grocery...

UK businesses to move from ‘just in time’ to ‘just in case’ supply chain model

New research from SAP has found that almost every UK organization admits their supply chain needs improving, and over half (58 percent) think their supply chain needs significant improvement. In response, 84 percent of UK businesses are planning to move...