Giacomo Lee
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Deepfake data will mean real money in finance – but reality is key
Can synthetic data resolve bias, privacy and data gaps for financial services?
Netflix and chill on the Mega-Deal?
The recent spate of Microsoft mega-deals looks to be over in the current market.
SAP
SAP moves first to control costs in wake of economic uncertainty
A certain existential crisis of the employee sort has been spreading across enterprise as of late. Microsoft announced small layoffs as part of a business realignment this week, while a staff-wide email on Tuesday from Google's CEO warned employees of consolidation due to the “uncertain global economic outlook.”
Matt Hicks, Red Hat CEO
Red Hat names Matt Hicks as new CEO
Hicks, who previously served as Red Hat’s executive VP of products and technologies, succeeds Paul Cormier.
HPE esports deal is more about data than anything meta
HPE partners with esports organization Evil Geniuses, augmenting the latter's data analytics capabilities.
Windows incompatibility poses a dual threat to enterprise
The end of Internet Explorer grabbed a lot of tech news headlines. But another interesting nugget of Microsoft-related news went under the radar recently.
Biden, Zero Trust and cybersecurity
Cybersecurity presents pressing issues for the ERP community, with few glimpses of hope to be found in the current landscape.
Young professionals are keeping office space alive
Despite all the hype about remote work, Big Tech is still clearly invested in big bricks – and so are its younger workers.
The metaverse is a shiny new hammer, but what are the nails in enterprise tech?
Deloitte, ServiceNow, Zoom and more reveal exactly what they’re thinking about a business metaverse.    
M&D has a long way to go in protecting the supply chain
Very few manufacturers and distributors seemed invested in supply chain readiness during the pandemic.
Augmenting the butterfly’s wing: new frontiers in supply chain technology
Tech can’t prevent every freak incident, but, as HS2, Accenture and Boomi reveal, innovative software can help industries protect their supply chains during times of chaos.
SAP security
Ukraine and the state of play in Enterprise Security
When it comes to cybersecurity, enterprise tech can no longer afford to ignore the threat of hostile nation states.
SAP sorts out supply chains and sustainability for Sapphire 2022
Returning to Orlando for its 2022 iteration, the ERP giant stood face to face with a world decidedly different to that of 2019. Supply chains, sustainability and social inequality have all come to the fore during the pandemic, and SAP CEO Christian Klein came to the stage with a timely message for the masses.
All work and all play: Do young professionals really want an office metaverse?
The tools to make work more engaging in the metaverse are already here. But who are they for? And does anyone want them?
Cloud healthcare and the data state of play
Big Tech is muscling in on health big time: look no further than recent acquisitions such as the Microsoft-Nuance and Oracle-Cerner mega-deals.
AI in healthcare: What now after Watson?
IBM’s Watson health venture was so beleaguered, it can be forgiven if AI in healthcare seems like a poor business bet.
Legacy tech lingers in healthcare after Covid. What’s the fix?
It's still too early to say the NHS has shed off enough of its legacy technology, even after the pandemic.
Ukraine needs more than just ‘flag washing’ from Big Tech
ERP Today asks why the Big Tech brigade hasn’t put its money where its mouth is and shut off current services to their Russian client base.
Microsoft eyes healthcare AI supremacy with Nuance deal closure
Healthcare may be one step closer to artificial intelligence (AI)-powered disruption after Friday saw Microsoft complete its acquisition of Nuance Communications. The $19.7bn mega-deal sees Microsoft extending its healthcare portfolio through Nuance’s enterprise AI tools that transcribe doctors’ notes, along...
Cognizant and Microsoft partner in boost to virtual healthcare
Cognizant and Microsoft have announced a new collaboration to deliver a virtual healthcare solution for improving remote patient monitoring and medical care.  Announced on Tuesday, the solution from Cognizant will leverage parts of the Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare and is...
SAP Hackathon 2022 winners reveal sustainable blueprints for future smart cities
The winners of UK&I Innovation Labs’ SAP Hackathon 2022 have been announced, with Atos, Deloitte and IBM given plaudits for innovative solutions in city planning, distribution and waste management. Held on 10th and 11th February, the 48 hour challenge saw...
Enterprises better strap in for a journey to the metaverse
When social media giant Facebook changed the name of its holding company to Meta in late 2021, both the internet and enterprise world were abuzz with confusion over what it all meant.