News

Workday Rising reveals “mass EMEA expansion scheme” success

Workday's momentum with mid-sized enterprises is partially due to the pre-configured version of Workday, named Workday Launch.

CRM and Customer Experience

Salesforce exec Denise Dresser appointed as new Slack CEO

Salesforce CEO Mark Benioff has announced the appointment of Denise Dresser as new chief executive officer of Slack.

Cloud Platform and Technology

Oracle Alloy selected by TEAM IM to launch TEAM Cloud

Oracle will provide TEAM IM with the opportunity to work with the public sector. In addition to this, PRS for Music has chosen to extend its relationship with Oracle.

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Analytics and AI

HPE and NVIDIA debut supercomputing solution to hasten GenAI training

HPE has announced a supercomputing solution for GenAI designed for large enterprises to accelerate AI training.

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Analytics and AI

Stagwell leverages Google Cloud to boost GenAI marketing capabilities

Google Cloud and SADA, a Google Cloud Premier Partner, has entered into a partnership with Stagwell to develop GenAI marketing solutions that support Stagwell agencies, client partners and product development within the Stagwell Marketing Cloud (SMC).

Human Capital Management

Sage and Smart Pension team up to help automate pensions for SMEs

Smart Pension has partnered with Sage to collaborate on a ‘one-click’ pension solution for employers and advisers.

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Analytics and AI

Accenture to launch GenAI studios to boost capabilities in NA

Accenture has announced its intentions to launch a network of GenAI studios in North America where companies can explore ways to optimize and reinvent their business through the responsible use of GenAI applications.

Financial Management

Certinia welcomes four new C-level execs to enhance operations

Certinia has appointed four new C-level executives to lead the company, going forward.

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Analytics and AI

Anthropic leverages Google’s Cloud TPU v5e chips for AI inference

Google has expanded its partnership with Anthropic, committing to the highest standards of AI security and safety, and will allow Anthropic to leverage the latest generation Cloud TPU v5e chips for AI inference.

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Cloud Platform and Technology

NTT DATA’s group company snaps up Sapphire

NTT DATA Business Solutions AG, a group company of NTT DATA and SAP partner, has announced that it has acquired Sapphire.

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Analytics and AI

Oracle and Microsoft collab to support growth flurry of AI services

Oracle has announced a multi-year agreement with Microsoft to support the growth of AI services.

The letters 'AI' are imprinted on a gold plaque on top of a black circle | SAP Aleph

Analytics and AI

SAP backs Aleph Alpha’s $500m series B round

SAP has joined a consortium of investors to back the series B round of GenAI developer, Aleph Alpha, totaling $500m.

Accenture and Salesforce team up to help life science companies

Accenture and Salesforce have announced they are investing in the development of Salesforce Life Sciences Cloud.

Aiman Ezzat, Capgemini CEO | Capgemini Q3

Capgemini reveals steady growth in Q3 2023

The Capgemini Group has reported consolidated revenues of €5.48m in Q3 2023, down 1.3 percent compared to last year’s Q3 of €5.55m.

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Samsara adds the City of Houston to its list of 2023 public sector partnerships

Samsara has announced it has been selected by the City of Houston to digitize its operations, with aims to help increase service transparency and sustainability, improve community safety and take data-informed actions.

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Alibaba Cloud adopts Salesforce services to aid businesses in China

Alibaba Cloud has announced the general availability of Salesforce Sales Cloud, Service Cloud and Salesforce Platform on Alibaba Cloud, beginning December 18.

image of a black Peugeot with bridge and trees in background | Accenture Song and Peugeot

Peugeot fine tunes creative communications with Accenture Song

Accenture Song, the tech-powered creative group of Accenture, has been appointed by PEUGEOT as its global creative agency record, as of January 2024.

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ERP Today’s weekly hotlist: 30 October-3 November

We’re bringing you ERP Today’s weekly hotlist, featuring our top news picks from the week of 30 October-3 November.

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NatWest banks AI virtual assistant upgrade with IBM

IBM and NatWest have announced enhancements to the bank’s virtual assistant, Cora, that will utilize GenAI to provide customers with access to a wider range of information through conversational interactions.

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Analytics and AI

AI and ML dominate for UK manufacturers, says Infor

A survey released by Infor and Make UK reveals AI and ML usage is set to surge, as manufacturers push to achieve automation and improvements in productivity, efficiency and quality.

Abstract photo of a virtual city, with a silhouette of a man looking at his phone while standing over the neon-coloured cityscape | X4U Unit4

Unit4’s Experience4U event is back for a third year, showcasing finance and HR solutions

X4U is for customers, prospects and partners from the Unit4 community, where the attendees will learn more about industry trends, best practices and latest developments and also get access to the opportunity for collaboration.

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Salesforce unveils Trade Promotion Optimization for Consumer Goods Cloud

Salesforce has announced that its Trade Promotion Optimization for Consumer Goods Cloud is now generally available.

Snowflake reveals AI innovations and more at Snowday 2023

Announced at its Snowday 2023 event, Snowflake has unveiled several new innovations, enhancements and investment plans to enhance the user experience and extend new capabilities to organizations.

A building part of the University of Bristol | HPE and Uni of Bristol to help create UK’s most powerful AI supercomputer

HPE and Uni of Bristol to create UK’s most powerful AI supercomputer

HPE and The University of Bristol have announced a collaboration to deliver the UK’s fastest supercomputer thanks to £225m government funding.

Lightbulbs hanging from the ceiling on barely-visible strings | UiPath clipboard AI

UiPath Clipboard AI named on TIME’s Best Inventions 2023

UiPath Clipboard AI has been selected as one of TIME’s Best Inventions of 2023. Named in the Productivity Category, Clipboard AI removes the need for anyone to manually copy-paste.

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SAP Build Code embeds AI co-pilot Joule to Build better systems

SAP has launched SAP Build Code, an application development solution that utilizes AI co-pilot Joule by embedding AI-based code generation.

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Google Cloud thinks out of the Box to transform world of work with GenAI

Google Cloud and Box, a Content Cloud single platform that allows organizations to manage the entire content lifecycle and integrate best-of-breed apps, have expanded their partnership to transform work in the enterprise with GenAI.