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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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Oracle Q4 cloud wins “doing better” than SAP, AWS, Ellison claims

Oracle has announced its fourth quarter financial results, with rising demand for its cloud offerings said to be driven by AI technology investment and what Oracle chair and CTO Larry Ellison claims are “dramatically lower costs" compared to other vendors.

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Snowflake consumer insights add up with Affinity Solutions

Affinity Solutions, a consumer purchase data platform, has announced its Consumer Purchase Insights offering is now available via Snowflake Marketplace.

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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Infor and TipQwik to deliver mobile tipping for hospitality

Infor has revealed a new partnership with TipQwik to offer hoteliers the ability to provide guests with more flexible tipping options.

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UiPath announces flagship automation conference TOGETHER

UiPath has announced that it will bring together customers, partners, and automation experts in London during its flagship automation conference, TOGETHER London.

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Unit4 professional services study finds existing customers are top priority

Unit4 publishes its professional services study findings, with innovation, integration and existing customers top priorities in the next year.

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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.

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Google Cloud and Mayo Clinic genAI to boost healthcare efficiency

Google Cloud has today announced a collaboration with Mayo Clinic to bring generative AI to healthcare settings with Gen App Builder.

Oracle5: Live, UK’s only dedicated oracle user event, returns to London this month

This year's Oracle5: Live promises to deliver unparalleled insights into the latest Oracle applications developments and industry updates.

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.

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Samsara Q1 bags 40 percent growth for third consecutive quarter

The total Q1 revenue added up to $204.3 million, which is an impressive 43 percent Year-over-year (YoY) increase.

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.

Accenture appoints new UKI lead Shaheen Sayed

Accenture has announced the appointment of a new UKI lead, with Shaheen Sayed stepping into the role effective September 1 this year.

Capgemini and Google Cloud to create data and AI CoE

The partnership’s global Generative AI Google Cloud CoE will work with clients to enable bespoke AI strategies, which can create new revenue streams, transform customer experiences, increase productivity and improve business efficiency.

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.

Unit4 releases findings of ‘2023 State of the Digital Nation’ survey

Unit4, a leader in enterprise cloud applications for people-centric organizations, has announced its findings of its 2023 State of the Digital Nation survey which examined the progress in digital transformation made by public sector institutions in the UK, Canada, the Netherlands and Sweden since the last research was undertaken in 2021.

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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.

Snowflake grows revenue and acquires Neeva – but forecasts cause shares slip

Snowflake, the data cloud company, has announced its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2024 for the period ending April 30, 2023, revealing revenue growth amidst measured earnings projections, causing shares to slip over 12 percent in after-hours trading. The company also intends to acquire Neeva, the gen-AI search firm.

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.

SAP and IBM to create new business splash for Diageo beverages

Diageo, the maker of Guinness, Smirnoff and Johnnie Walker, partners with SAP and IBM to launch a five year digital transformation program.