Beckie Barrett, Author at ERP Today

Beckie Barrett

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Infor named AWS 2021 Industry Solution ISV Partner of the Year

Infor has been awarded the Amazon Web Services (AWS) 2021 Industry Solution Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Partner of the Year award at the annual AWS re:Invent conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. The award recognises Infor’s commitment to helping customers drive...

Accenture extends relationship with AWS

Accenture has announced the renewal of its joint business group with Amazon Web Services (AWS). Building on a 13-year relationship, Accenture and AWS will make an additional joint investment over the next five years to help clients spur innovation on...

EY acquires behavioural change consultancy Tao Leadership

EY has announced the acquisition of Tao Leadership, a specialist in driving fast-paced organisational transformation and culture change in businesses – from start-ups through to multi-national corporations. Tao’s technology platform combines organisation network and behavioural science with analytics to help...

Accenture to boost tech workforce with 3000 new jobs

Accenture has announced plans to create 3,000 new technology jobs in the UK over the next three years. Half of the roles will be based outside of London, expanding Accenture’s presence in Newcastle, Manchester, Leeds, Edinburgh, and Glasgow - adding to its existing UK workforce of approximately 11,000 people.

Cooper Software receives investment from YFM

Scottish-based ERP company, Cooper Software, has received a significant investment from YFM Equity Partners (YFM), to support plans to expand its customer base, develop its product offering and target overseas markets. An independent provider of products, consulting services and 24/7...

ServiceNow acquires DotWalk to help customers keep pace with technology maintenance

ServiceNow has acquired DotWalk, a company that automates upgrades and testing of ServiceNow applications, to increase speed and agility in upgrading applications. The deal will enable the two companies to map business processes and workflows on the Now Platform and proactively identify the tests needed for application changes.

IFS and BearingPoint reveal plans for joint venture

IFS has revealed plans to extend its current partnership with BearingPoint to form a services-focused joint venture. As a standalone entity, the newly formed business would provide services to support the continued increase in demand for IFS software. Enabled by IFS Cloud software products, the joint venture would...

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Cyber security a growing concern for UK businesses, says PwC survey

Almost two thirds (66 percent) of UK business leaders expect the threat from cyber criminals to increase over the next 12 months, according to the latest PwC cyber security survey of business and technology executives. Over the past year, several prominent ransomware attacks have caused...

Advanced commits to hiring ‘invisible talent pool’

Advanced has signed a partnership agreement with UK registered charity Astriid to access a primary source of talented recruits who are affected by disability or chronic illness – including long-Covid. The deal will see candidates sourced for five initial roles across Advanced’s regional hubs. Roles...

Revenue growth slows for Zoom in Q3 2022

Zoom Video Communications Inc. has announced its financial results for Q3 2022 ended 31 October 2021, revealing slowing growth with revenue at $1.05bn, an increase of 35 percent year-on-year. In the previous quarter, Zoom’s revenue grew by 54 percent, and surged 360 percent a year earlier due to...

Embridge Consulting and Social Work England win Transformation Project of the Year at ERP Today Awards 2021

Embridge Consulting, a boutique UK ERP consultancy, was awarded ‘Transformation Project of the Year’ in conjunction with Social Work England at the prestigious ERP Today Awards. This ERP Today award recognises ‘customers and partners that demonstrate the greatest impact and...

Inchcape chooses RISE with SAP to drive transformation

Inchcape, a global multi-brand automotive distributor, has selected RISE with SAP on Google Cloud to bring its business-critical sales, marketing and operations systems, and data to the cloud.

Celonis, IBM and Red Hat join forces

Celonis, IBM and Red Hat have announced a global strategic partnership to accelerate the adoption of the Celonis execution management system.

Two senior leadership appointments for Microsoft UK

Microsoft has announced the appointments of Orla McGrath and Soraya Scott to its UK leadership team.

QAD subscription revenues up 24 percent

QAD, a provider of cloud-based enterprise software and services for global manufacturing companies, has reported its financial results for fiscal 2021 Q4 and the fiscal full year ended 31 January 2021.

Red Bull Racing chooses Oracle to accelerate Formula 1 data

Red Bull Racing, the four-time Formula 1 world champion team, has selected Oracle as its official cloud infrastructure partner.

UK Home Office opts for Oracle cloud

The UK Home Office has successfully transferred its key HR, payroll, finance, customer support and employee analytics services onto the Oracle cloud.

IFS acquires Axios Systems

IFS has announced the acquisition of Axios Systems, a global provider of cloud-based enterprise service management (ESM) software.

Robust Q2 results see Accenture raise revenue forecast

Accenture has released strong results for Q2 of fiscal 2021, reporting that the company has returned to pre-pandemic growth ahead of expectations while continuing to take market share faster than before the pandemic.

NHS Scotland selects ServiceNow to drive vaccine efforts

ServiceNow has today announced that NHS Scotland is using the company’s Now platform to help roll out the COVID-19 vaccine. Developed on the Now platform, NHS Scotland’s vaccine management system integrates and digitises the entire vaccine administration process.