Melissa Evatt, Author at ERP Today

Melissa Evatt

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IBM paints a brighter future for creatives with FYI collaboration

IBM has entered into a new collaboration with will.i.am and FYI (Focus Your Ideas) to leverage the power of generative AI for creatives.

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HPE expands AWS partnership and unlocks AI cloud market

HPE has expanded its partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to simplify how enterprises develop and manage applications and workloads across HPE GreenLake and AWS.

Another SUSE shake up as CFO Andy Myers steps down

SUSE has announced that its chief financial officer (CFO), Andy Myers is to step down from the management board and as CFO at the end of this month.

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Accenture expands Project Spotlight portfolio with Praxis Labs

Accenture has invested in Praxis Labs, a New York-based SaaS virtual reality (VR) company with an end-to-end immersive learning platform that helps users develop soft skills to drive equity, inclusion and value in the workplace.

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IBM discovers breakthrough findings for quantum computing

IBM has announced a new breakthrough for the company, demonstrating that quantum computers can produce accurate results at a scale of 100+ qubits reaching beyond leading classical approaches.

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Cognizant dives into the ocean with new business group

Cognizant has unveiled that it has created a new business group, Cognizant Ocean, which focuses on helping clients in the “Blue Economy” apply digital technologies such as AI and data analytics to improve business outcomes, reduce carbon output and decarbonize the oceans.

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Workday appoints former Salesforce EVP Emma Chalwin as CMO

Workday has appointed Emma Chalwin, former Salesforce EVP, as chief marketing officer (CMO), effective July 17, 2023.

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Kraftringen chooses HPE GreenLake to energize its IT infrastructure

Kraftringen, Sweden’s fifth largest energy company, has selected the HPE GreenLake edge-to-cloud platform to modernize its IT infrastructure to quickly scale its capacity as needed in a competitive market.

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Oracle, Salesforce Ventures and NVIDIA invest in Cohere

Oracle has invested in Cohere, a generative AI company, in a deal estimating the business at around $2.2bn.

Google Cloud and UKG expand partnership to deliver GenAI capabilities

Google Cloud and UKG have expanded their partnership of over five years to bring Google Cloud’s generative AI capabilities into the widely adopted UKG human capital management (HCM) suites.

ServiceNow expands GenAI offerings with Now Assist for Virtual Agent

As announced at ServiceNow’s Knowledge event, the company has unveiled its latest generative AI solution, Now Assist for Virtual Agent, designed to create truly conversational experiences for more intelligent self-service.

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Salesforce bolsters generative AI portfolio with three new additions

Salesforce has enhanced its AI portfolio with the unveiling of three announcements with the first being its Accelerator - AI for Impact, a philanthropic initiative to help organizations gain equitable access to trusted generative AI technologies.

IFS and HOIST deliver mid-market specialized service FLEXPLUS

IFS has partnered with HOIST to develop and deliver a mid-market specialized service offering to help further drive customer satisfaction in the IFS ecosystem.

Microsoft appoints Theo Michalopoulos as UK GM financial services

Microsoft has recently appointed Theo Michalopoulos as general manager, financial services for the UK.

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Salesforce unveils genAI offerings and Google partnership

Salesforce has introduced its latest generative AI product offerings, Marketing GPT and Commerce GPT, at its Salesforce Connections 2023 event taking place in Chicago this week.

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AWS selects 51 start-ups for B2B SaaS Accelerator

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has selected 51 companies to participate in the first cohort of the AWS B2B SaaS Accelerator.

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Accenture and Immersive Labs to bridge cyber talent gap

Accenture has teamed up with Immersive Labs to launch the Cyber Million program that aims to solve the cybersecurity talent deficit by increasing access to one million entry-level cybersecurity operation jobs over the next decade.

Zoom’s new privacy practices to give users greater data control

Zoom has introduced new privacy enhancements and tools, including a new tool for data subject access requests, audit log tracking and more visibility into Zoom’s data retention and deletion policies.

Salesforce Q1 beats guidance with steadied growth

Salesforce has beat revenue guidance for its first quarter, with steadied growth and higher capital costs causing surging shares to drop seven percent after hours.

Antonio Neri, president and CEO of HPE | HPE second quarter

HPE Q2 driven by edge as traditional revenues slow

HPE has revealed its second quarter 2023 financial results with a reported revenue of $7bn, falling just short of its $7.1bn-$7.5bn prediction set during its highest first quarter performance since 2016.

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Accenture to acquire Green Domus to bolster sustainability initiatives

Accenture has revealed its intent to acquire Green Domus Desenvolvimento Sustentável LTDA, a Brazil-based sustainability consultancy with experience helping clients design and implement sustainability services with a focus on measurable decarbonization strategies.

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Workday reveals continued momentum in strong first quarter results

Workday, a leader in enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources, has released its results for the fiscal 2024 first quarter with total revenues at $1.68bn, an increase of 17.4 percent from the first quarter of fiscal 2023.

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UiPath reveals steady growth for Q1

UiPath has revealed its financial results for its first quarter fiscal 2024 with a reported revenue of $289.6m an increase of 18 percent year-on-year.

Microsoft announces landmark offerings during Build 2023

Announced at Microsoft Build 2023, the company has announced that it will adopt the same open plugin standard that OpenAI introduced for ChatGPT to enable interoperability across ChatGPT and the Microsoft’s Catrin offerings.

Versuni completes ‘largest program anywhere’ with SAP and TCS in 18 months

Announced at Sapphire, Barcelona, Versuni has transformed its technology landscape with RISE with SAP and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) within just 18 months.

Accenture bolsters SAP capabilities with acquisition of Einr

Accenture has recently completed its acquisition of Einr AS, a Norwegian business consulting company specialized in high volume logistics solutions using SAP technologies to optimize the flow of products from manufacturers to consumers.

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TCS and Google Cloud expand partnership with new AI offering

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has expanded its partnership with Google Cloud and the launch of its new offering, TCS Generative AI which leverages Google Cloud’s generative AI services.

Oracle reveals NetSuite for Government for SME agencies

Oracle has unveiled Oracle NetSuite for Government, a new suite of cloud solutions specifically designed for the needs of small-to-midsize state and local government agencies.

HPE and Tokyo Tech build next-gen supercomputer TSUBAME4.0

HPE has been selected by Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) Global Scientific Information and Computing Center (GSIC) to build its next-generation supercomputer, TSUBAME4.0.

Red Hat reveals Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2

Red Hat has recently announced the general availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 as well as the forthcoming availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8.