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Salesforce pushes profits in strong share-boosting Q4

Salesforce, the global leader in CRM, has released strong results for its fourth quarter and full fiscal year ending 31 January 2023, causing shares to leap up 16 percent.

Snowflake reports 54 percent growth in Q4; bets big on hiring

Q4 results from Snowflake reported $555.3m in product revenue for the data cloud company, representing 54 percent YoY growth.

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Celonis and Carahsoft to combat US government inefficiency

Carahsoft will help Celonis EMS to reach wider US Governments.

Workday overshoots in Q4, gaining ground on $10bn target

Workday has announced financial results for its fiscal 2023 fourth quarter and full year ended 31 January 2023, with revenue wins inching the firm ever closer to its 2025 $10bn target.

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Capgemini collaboration designs new 5G solution

Schneider Electric, Capgemini and Qualcomm Technologies have entered into a collaboration in a first-of-its-kind 5G-enabled automated hoisting solution.

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Santander and Salesforce to help UK businesses expand overseas

Santander UK is leveraging Salesforce technology to power Santander Navigator, its digital platform designed to help UK businesses expand internationally.

Unit4 study reveals ESG improvements but CSR lacking considerably

Unit4 has unveiled its ESG focused findings of its second annual Business Future Index, having commissioned 3,450 respondents.

Deltek scores big as one of America’s best mid-sized employers

For the second year in a row, Deltek, the leading global provider of software and solutions for project-based businesses, has been recognized by Forbes as one of America’s best mid-sized employers.

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Wipro Lab45 leverages blockchain technology to DICE ID

As part of Wipro Limited, Wipro Lab45 has announced the launch of its Decentralized Identity and Credential Exchange (DICE ID), allowing users control of their personal data and enabling faster, easier, and secure sharing of private information online.

Punit Renjen to replace Hasso Plattner as SAP chairman

Punit Renjen, the former global CEO at Deloitte, is set to replace Hasso Plattner as the new SAP chairman. Prof. Dr. Hasso Plattner, who co-founded SAP in 1972 with Dietmar Hopp, Claus Wellenreuther, Klaus Tschira, and Hans-Werner Hector, is the only remaining founder still involved in an operational role at the German software company and will retire from his position at the end of his current term. His departure heralds another new era for SAP which will be confirmed at the company’s AGM in May this year.

Arribatec and Pagero partnership to futureproof financial operations

Arribatec, the international provider of integrated ERP business solutions, and global e-invoicing service provider Pagero are offering a joint solution to support businesses of all sizes to streamline their financial processes and improve supply chain visibility.

Sapphire builds largest partner citizen consultant developer community with SAP

Sapphire has today announced its intention to create the largest citizen consultant development community in the SAP Channel with SAP Build.

SAP’s cloud chief quits

Brian Duffy, president of Cloud at SAP, has announced he will be handing back the reins after 13 months in the role. This follows 3000 job cuts and a proposed sale of SAP's stake in Qualtrics. Despite extraordinary cloud growth in recent quarters, the world's biggest enterprise technology vendor is not immune to the pressures of a toughening economy.

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Telecom giant Telenor Norway transitions to the cloud with Accenture

Telenor Norway is transitioning to the cloud with Accenture to help modernize its IT organization. This initiative is a crucial step in Telenor’s journey to become a software and product-driven company and will enable improved customer experience and revenue growth.

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Google Cloud and Accenture modernize businesses with ai.RETAIL

Google Cloud and Accenture have unveiled new initiatives to help retailers modernize their businesses and benefit from cloud technology, including updates to Accenture’s ai.RETAIL platform that deeply integrates Google Cloud’s data analytics, AI, and product discovery capabilities.

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Salesforce buys into global net zero focus with renewable purchase

Salesforce has announced it will purchase 280,000 MWh of renewable energy certificates from small, distributed energy projects over the next eight years.

AWS MDC launched to assist US Department of Defense

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has unveiled the availability of AWS Modular Data Center (MDC) to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).

Microsoft prunes as even industrial metaverse isn’t safe from industry woes

Microsoft has announced a fresh round of job cuts, effectively culling its industrial metaverse unit, amid slowing growth and ongoing waves of macroeconomic uncertainty.

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Uber unlocks the power of cloud, AI and edge with Google

Google and Uber have expanded their partnership to support Uber’s modernization of its data cloud infrastructure and reimagine the customer experience for users, drivers, and merchants.

On the edge: SUSE launches telco-optimized platform ATIP

SUSE has launched a new telco-optimized edge computing platform called SUSE Adaptive Telco Infrastructure Platform (ATIP), enabling telecom companies to accelerate and future-proof modernization of their networks.

Bard for business? Google enters the chatbot game

Google has entered the AI chatbot arena with Bard, an artificial intelligence search tool. What does it mean for enterprise?

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Dominion Energy plugs into Oracle for outage restoration

Dominion Energy Virginia is leveraging Oracle Utilities Outage Management System and new advanced distribution management (ADMS) capabilities in Oracle Utilities Network Management System (NMS) to help improve its network visibility, reliability, and outage management response.

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Scandi Standard enhances core business processes with Infor

Scandi Standard has selected Infor CloudSuite Food & Beverage to consolidate and standardize its core processes such as purchasing, processing, logistics and finance. The suite will be delivered as a multi-tenant cloud solution powered by AWS.

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Cognizant and Orica extend eco-friendly partnership

The existing relationship between Cognizant and Orica will be extended on the basis of further aiding Orica’s Net Zero Strategy.

When is the right time to change your ERP?

When is the right time to change your ERP? A sponsored article from Lumenia Consulting

Google focused on AI as Q4 results miss targets

Google missed expectations in their Q4 financial results with advertising revenue down. Google Cloud has halved losses, and investment in AI has been announced.

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AWS Q4 results mixed in 2022 headwinds

Amazon has announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year, with revenue topping Q4 expectations, while AWS falls short amongst macroeconomic headwinds.