Melissa Evatt
Editorial Assistant - Enterprise Data Editor
603 Articles Published
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Cloud Platform and Technology
From Legacy Systems to Real-Time Insights: How SplashBI Empowered Tampa’s Transition to Oracle Cloud
The City of Tampa successfully transitioned to Oracle Fusion Cloud with the help of SplashBI, which provided over 500 pre-built and custom reports, enhancing transparency, operational efficiency, and enabling the use of real-time analytics for better decision-making.
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CRM and Customer Experience
SAP launches loyalty management solution to strengthen retailer-customer relationships
Announced at Retail’s Big Show, the flagship industry event hosted by the National Retail Federation, SAP announced a new loyalty management solution aimed at retailers and consumer packaged goods companies, which is due to be released H2 of 2025. This...
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CRM and Customer Experience
AI-driven shopping experience: Salesforce unveils AI innovations
Salesforce has launched two AI innovations, Agentforce for Retail and Retail Cloud with Modern POS, designed to enhance retailer efficiency, automate tasks, and provide a personalized shopping experience by unifying online and offline data while leveraging AI-driven tools.
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Manufacturing Systems and Automation
Questions manufacturing organizations should ask to boost business growth
Manufacturing organizations should regularly evaluate their enterprise resource planning (ERP) software to optimize costs, inventory management, financial accuracy, and access to available professional services for improved operational efficiency and growth.
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Manufacturing Systems and Automation
Accenture to acquire AOX to accelerate automotive software development
Accenture is building upon its automotive service offerings and has agreed to acquire AOX, a German company specializing in embedded software for carmakers and their suppliers.
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Application Development and Integration
National Highways signs two contracts worth £40m with Big Red
National Highways, an executive non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Transport, has signed two long-term deals with Oracle estimated at almost £40m.  Formerly known as Highways England until 2021, National Highways plans, designs, builds, operates and maintains England’s...
image of long exposure car lights on road | SQL Connect
Analytics and AI
SplashBI unveils AI assistant to simplify SQL workflows
SplashBI's SQL Connect has launched FlashAI, a natural language processing tool for generating SQL queries, and Git Integration for seamless code management, enhancing collaboration and efficiency for SQL professionals and business users.
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Analytics and AI
Microsoft unveils Innovation Hub to transform Australian businesses
Microsoft has unveiled a new multi-million-dollar Innovation Hub in Australia, to empower Australian organisations to leverage the power of AI and other technologies. This new facility joins Microsoft’s global network of over 40 Innovation Hubs and marks a milestone in...
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Analytics and AI
Accenture, Avanade and Microsoft drive AI innovation with Copilot practice
To address the increasing demand for AI transformation, Accenture and Avanade, in their joint venture with Microsoft, announced they are launching a Copilot business transformation practice to help organizations reinvent their business operations and integrate generative AI, agentic AI and...
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Manufacturing Systems and Automation
Global Shop Solutions empowers businesses with comprehensive ERP training
Choosing the right ERP provider is crucial for businesses to enhance operational efficiency and success, with key considerations including ease of use, budget, and training opportunities, as exemplified by Global Shop Solutions' comprehensive training initiatives that equip users to effectively navigate and utilize ERP systems.
Workday
CRM and Customer Experience
Workday and Compa team up to transform HR capabilities
Workday has announced a partnership with Compa, a provider of software-delivered market data, to bring Compa’s real-time market intelligence directly into Workday, helping companies make more informed pay decisions to attract and retain talent. Compa’s market intelligence will replace yearly...
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Financial Management
Transform financial efficiency with GL Connect
Enhanced financial visibility empowers businesses to make informed decisions and improve efficiency, and tools like SplashBI's GL Connect can facilitate this process through user-friendly interfaces, real-time reporting, and customizable templates.
(From left to right) Ralph Haupter, President, EMEA, Microsoft; Clare Barclay, incoming President, Enterprise & Industry, EMEA, Microsoft; Darren Hardman, incoming CEO, Microsoft UK
Analytics and AI
UK: Microsoft brings in new CEO for the AI Age
Microsoft has appointed Darren Hardman as CEO, Microsoft UK, replacing Clare Barclay who becomes president, enterprise and industry, EMEA
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Security
Lines of Defence: Choosing the Right Security Solutions
Implementing cybersecurity measures ensures organisations are protected and ready to defend themselves against cyberattacks. These solutions help organisations benefit from data protection, regulatory compliance, and increased productivity. They prevent financial losses, build customer trust, provide protection for customers and support...
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Cloud Platform and Technology
Elevate your ERP integration strategy
Rossera, a specialist consultancy in Oracle applications, deliver scalable integration solutions, focused on a reusable, silo-free framework approach. It aligns with business objectives, underpinned with architectural principles, and implements governance mechanisms to enforce and enable effective integration lifecycle management on...
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Manufacturing Systems and Automation
Continuous improvement can help change the trajectory of manufacturing organizations
Continuous improvement is the process of consistently analyzing and enhancing products, services or operations with the goal of improving quality, efficiency and value delivery. Based on the Japanese business philosophy of “Kaizen,” continuous improvement seeks to optimize production activities that...
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Manufacturing Systems and Automation
The seven deadly sins of manufacturing: Inventory overload
Improve manufacturing efficiency and profitability by tackling excess inventory. Learn how to prevent inventory overload for better business operations.
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Manufacturing Systems and Automation
Seven ways to boost your business with collaborative manufacturing
Discover the power of collaborative manufacturing and its impact on efficiency, productivity, and innovation in the manufacturing industry.
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Business Process Management and Automation
AI-enabled mobile expenses for Oracle E-Business Suite
Enhance your Oracle EBS experience with Redwood UI/UX integration. Explore the benefits of a focused user experience design.
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Analytics and AI
AI in ERP: unlocking data benefits with Rossera’s ProcessSense
Explore the benefits of integrating AI into ERP systems. Enhance accuracy, security, and employee productivity with intelligent technology.
Financial Management
Taking accounting innovation to new heights
At last year’s ERP Today Awards, Rossera, a specialist consultancy in Oracle applications, took home first place for the ERP Tech Innovation Award.
Human Capital Management
How portal upgrades can transform the world of work
How Baker Hughes and NewRocket found a solution to multiple, single-department portals built on various ServiceNow platforms.
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Cloud Platform and Technology
Staying cyber secure amongst the cyber chaos
Being cyber secure is paramount for organizations across the globe and protecting client and organizational data is the key to ultimately delivering success for your business.
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Manufacturing Systems and Automation
The seven deadly sins of manufacturing: transportation waste
Manufacturing can be tricky to get right. The “seven deadly sins of manufacturing” categorizes inefficiencies that can impact a company’s productivity and profitability.
image of archway of Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, United Kingdom | Thermo Fisher
Application Development and Integration
Thermo Fisher streamlines business processes with tailored HR portal
One company looking to enhance its HR department was Thermo Fisher Scientific, an American provisioner of scientific instrumentation, reagents, consumables and software.
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Application Development and Integration
Microsoft announces public preview of Power Platform Managed Identity
Microsoft has announced a public preview of its Power Platform Managed Identity support for Dataverse plug-ins.
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CRM and Customer Experience
Infor’s hospitality offering gains CX boost with ComOps
Infor, a business cloud software provider for industry specific markets, like hospitality, has recently entered into a collaboration with ComOps, a customer experience and professional service solutions provider.
image of a cloud over a body of water | SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Platform and Technology
Xerox embarks on the journey to cloud with SAP S/4HANA
One company who has recently taken the cloud leap is Xerox, a print and digital document products and services company, to take its business to new heights and benefit from streamlined business processes with SAP innovations.
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Cloud Platform and Technology
Take charge of your digital transformation: is it time to move to Cloud?
Organizations across the globe are facing the decision of upgrading their on-premise systems or taking on the migration journey to the Cloud.
image of an astronaut floating in space above Earth | 10X ERP
Application Development and Integration
Rothkopf enters a new world of working with 10X ERP
To update its software, Rothkopf turned to 10X ERP, a cloud-based ERP software provider specifically designed with small to medium-sized distribution businesses in mind.
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CRM and Customer Experience
Santa Monica City bridges the gap between service and citizen
When it comes to customer experience and ease of accessibility, ServiceNow’s platform can help to bridge the gap between user and service, or in the instance of Santa Monica City, bridge the gap between service and citizen. 
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