Melissa Evatt, Author at ERP Today

Melissa Evatt

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Ex-Workday boss Chano Fernandez joins Eightfold AI as co-CEO

Former Workday co-CEO, Chano Fernandez has been appointed as co-CEO of Eightfold AI, effective January 2024.

IFS appoints Hoda Mansour as COO for APJ, MEA

IFS has announced the appointment of Hoda Mansour as the chief operating officer (COO) for Asia Pacific, Japan, Middle East and Africa (APJ, ME&A).

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Oracle CloudWorld 2023: a rundown of Big Red’s latest news

Oracle CloudWorld returned for 2023 and with that the company has announced expanded collaborations, enhanced cloud offerings and new innovations to help organizations across the globe make the most out of their Oracle solutions.

HPE announces shake-up in leadership and company structure

HPE has announced a shake-up to its organizational structure and executive leadership, which takes effect at the start of the company’s 2024 fiscal year on November 1, 2023.

Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift eases workloads for customers

Red Hat has announced the development preview of its newest version of Red Hat OpenStack Platform – Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift.

Zoom enhances customer experience portfolio with new offerings

Zoom has announced the general availability of Zoom’s Workforce Engagement Management suite, including Workforce Management and Quality Management for Contact Center customers, the latest additions to Zoom’s customer experience solutions portfolio.

AWS banks expanded collaboration with NatWest Group

Natwest Group has expanded its ongoing collaboration with AWS to accelerate the use of AI, including AWS’s generative AI solutions, to rapidly pursue the bank's goal of helping 10 million people manage their financial well-being per year by the end of 2027.

image of satellite over planet Earth with northern lights in the sky | IBM and Ubotica

IBM takes off with space AI company Ubotica Technologies

IBM has announced a partnership with Ubotica Technologies to simplify the process for developers to deploy AI applications securely and rapidly to satellites and generate insights from data on the edge in space.

Astronaut in space fixing a satellite | Accenture and Open Cosmos

Accenture explores space with Open Cosmos investment

Accenture has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in Open Cosmos, a space technology company that focuses on the design, manufacturing and integration of satellites.

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Deloitte reports record FY2023 revenue

Deloitte has recently announced its FY2023 results with a reported aggregate global revenue of $64.9bn for the fiscal year ending 31 May, 2023, a 14.9 percent increase in local currency from FY2022.

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Capgemini and Salesforce enhance GenAI portfolio with new CX Foundry

Capgemini has announced its expanded collaboration with Salesforce and has enhanced its generative AI capabilities with the launch of a generative AI for CX Foundry for clients leveraging Salesforce.

abstract AI image, blue, purple and green | McKinsey and Salesforce

McKinsey and Salesforce unlock GenAI potential with new partnership

McKinsey & Company and Salesforce have entered into a collaboration to accelerate the introduction of generative AI for sales, marketing, commerce and service.

Melissa Di Donato steps up as CEO of Kyriba

Kyriba, a cloud-based finance and liquidity solutions provider, has announced the appointment of Melissa Di Donato as chair and chief executive officer (CEO).

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IBM changes face with $70m UK Gov recognition software deal

IBM has signed a five-year contract with the UK Home Office to support its biometric system for law enforcement and immigration services.

image of computer screen displaying Zoom's new AI feature | AI Companion

Zoom lightens workloads with AI Companion and Revenue Accelerator

Zoom has recently unveiled two new enhancements to its technology capabilities, Zoom Revenue Accelerator and Zoom AI Companion.

image of one white fluffy cloud with clear blue skies behind over a lake | Inedys and GreenLake

Inedys takes to the cloud with HPE GreenLake

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has revealed that Inedys, a French cloud services provider, has selected the HPE GreenLake edge-to-cloud platform to provide its new IT architecture and deliver an easy-to-manage platform that meets growing demands for secure and certified cloud services.

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Continental drives new automotive innovations with Google Cloud

Google Cloud and Continental have announced a strategic partnership to provide innovative, flexible and future-oriented digital solutions for the automotive industry.

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SUSE third quarter reveals slow growth for the firm

SUSE has announced its results for the third quarter of financial year 2023, which ended July 31, 2023, revealing slow growth with revenue reported at $173m, a 2 percent year-on-year growth.

Google to Acquire Wiz for $32 Billion in Cloud Security Push

Google Cloud in announcement onslaught as employees revolt

Announced at Google Cloud Next 2023, Google Cloud has unveiled several new partnerships, AI innovations and collaborations.

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OpenAI goes ERP with ChatGPT Enterprise

OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Enterprise, an enterprise-grade security and privacy version of its notorious AI chatbot.

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Deloitte and Google Cloud launch green initiative to achieve net zero

Deloitte has announced a new sustainability initiative with Google Cloud to help clients mitigate climate risks, adopt green solutions and unlock the value of low carbon products and services utilizing revolutionary technologies like generative AI and geospatial data.

HPE appoints new channel and partner ecosystem VP

HPE has appointed Simon Ewington as vice president, worldwide channel and partner ecosystem.

Snowflake second quarter results see steady stabilization

Snowflake has announced financial results for its second quarter of fiscal 2024 for the period ending July 31, revealing product revenue growth has exceeded previous Q1 expectations at $640.2m, a 37 percent year-on-year (YoY) growth.

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Salesforce Field Service GPT to serve AI to the mobile workforce

Salesforce has announced new AI-powered Field Service innovations to help organizations across industries streamline field operations, increase productivity and drive revenue while delivering trusted customer experiences.

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Tele2 dials into IFS Cloud to enhance its 5G offering

IFS has announced that Tele2, a Swedish integrated telecommunications services provider, is set to implement the latest version of IFS Cloud to enable Tele2 to improve its core operations and enhance more possibilities within their 5G offering.

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Fangtastic: Python in Excel to reshape visualizations for analysts

Microsoft has announced a significant evolution in the analytical capabilities within Excel by releasing a public preview of Python in Excel.

abstract image, using blue and orange colour cubes | IBM and AWS

Oracle and VMware reveal cloud solution to fast-track modernization

VMware has expanded its long-standing partnership with Oracle to help customers modernize their VMware workloads on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).

Image of Mike Corkery, CEO and president at Deltek | Replicon

Deltek has acquired Replicon to clock in for project success

Deltek has completed its acquisition of Replicon, a global provider of unified time tracking solutions that bring together project delivery, finance and HR on a single platform, purpose-build for project and service-centric organizations.

Hands of a scientist, under a sterile hood, preparing the carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) vaccinia used to try to prevent cancer | Oracle and CancerX

Oracle joins White House’s CancerX to aid the fight against cancer

Oracle has been recognized as a founding member of CancerX, an inaugural project in The White House’s national Cancer Moonshot initiative.

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IBM to aid developers with GenAI in watsonx Code Assistant for Z

IBM has introduced watsonx Code Assistant for Z, a new generative AI-assisted product to enable faster translation of COBOL to Java on IBM Z and enhances developer productivity on the platform.