News

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.

A healthcare professional speaking with a patient in a healthcare location, holding a tablet device | Oracle healthcare

Oracle booster for healthcare with GenAI, finance and supply chain tools

Oracle has announced new generative AI services for healthcare organizations to help providers focus more on patient engagement.

Deloitte enhances its RISE with SAP capabilities

The new RISE with SAP capabilities are part of a collaborative effort to bring together SAP solutions and Deloitte services.

Birds eye view of the earth with multiple locations lit up | VMware

VMware projects chosen by UK government for telecom ecosystem

Three VMware projects have been selected by the UK government as part of its open networks ecosystem competition.

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.

Satya Nadella, chairman and CEO of Microsoft and Larry Ellison, chairman of the board and chief technology officer of Oracle sat against a blue background speaking to one another | Oracle Database@Azure

Oracle and Microsoft expand partnership with new service launch

Oracle and Microsoft have expanded their partnership with the launch of their new service Oracle Database@Azure.

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.

top down view of a cluttered work desk, with multiple sticky notes and a few people standing over the desk, pointing at things | Unit4 research

Latest Unit4 research unveils global trends in shared services adoption

Unit4 has commissioned research into shared services adoption trends, unveiling important global movements that can't be ignored.

de Novo CEO shortlisted for entrepreneurship award

Mark Sweeny, for his work building de Novo Solutions, has been shortlisted for the Great British Entrepreneur Awards.

The Welcome to Las Vegas sign, with a hotel and palm trees in the background, the sky is blue and without clouds | Opkey CloudWorld

Opkey to sponsor Oracle CloudWorld, Las Vegas

Opkey, the test-automation firm and long-time partners with Oracle, are sponsoring their CloudWorld event hosted in Las Vegas from September 18-21, 2023.

A cartoon Albert Einstein lookalike pointing to a floating lightbulb | Salesforce

Salesforce announces next generation of Einstein AI tech

Salesforce has introduced the next generation of its AI tech Einstein, bringing the conversational assistant to all Salesforce applications.

Abu Dhabi/HPE announces innovations for SMBs and partnership with temple in Abu Dhabi

HPE innovates with small firms and partners with Abu Dhabi temple

HPE is releasing its new innovations to aid SMBs in Q4 2023, and is also working with the BAPS Mandir Abu Dhabi to provide virtual reality tours and more.

Oracle’s CEO, Safra Catz | Oracle’s Q1 2024 results reveal slower cloud sales, but AI optimistic

Analytics and AI

Oracle’s Q1 2024 results reveal slower cloud sales, Musk AI deal

Oracle’s figures for the first quarter 2024 saw slow cloud sales growth stifling enthusiasm, but further optimism for increased AI demand

Two people smiling and looking at a laptop screen | Salesforce and Snowflake BYOL

Salesforce and Snowflake launch data sharing-based integration platform

Salesforce and Snowflake have launched its Bring Your Own Lake (BYOL) data sharing with the Snowflake Data Cloud from Salesforce Data Cloud.

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.

Zoomed in shot of a laptop with a graph on the screen | Capgemini

Capgemini to acquire Exiger’s financial crime compliance division

Capgemini has announced it has signed an agreement to acquire the Financial Crime Compliance division of financial crime practice Exiger.

image of Deloitte building / Deloitte and Google Public Sector expand partnership to help government

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.

Artificial intellgence-powered autonomous lab showing wires and related technology | IBM generative AI

IBM advances watsonx with generative AI enhancements

IBM has unearthed plans for new generative AI foundation models and enhancements coming to watsonx – its AI and data platform.

An airplane wing surrounded by clouds mid-flight | RISE with SAP

Amadeus’ cloud transition takes off with RISE with SAP

SAP SE has revealed that Amadeus has transitioned its main SAP software infrastructure to the cloud through the RISE with SAP solution.

image of brain, AI on purple, blue and yellow pastel background | CX Foundry

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.

Analytics and AI

UiPath’s Q2 results beat expectations, but AI value questioned

UiPath’s second-quarter results for 2024 beat analysts’ revenue growth expectations but investors question the value of its AI bet.

PwC building | PwC UK launches tax AI assistant with Harvey and OpenAI

AWS and PwC to deliver $800m to clients in three-year deal

AWS has signed a three-year global strategic collaboration agreement with PwC to boost innovation and operational efficiency.

A building surrounded by greenery. Eco Friendly. Carbon Cloud : SAP BT Group

SAP and BT Group collab to tackle Scope 3 emissions

SAP and BT Group partnership will standardize sustainability reporting across global value chains and tackle Scope 3 emissions.

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.

Samsara listed for UK’s best SME tech workplaces

Global surveyor of workplace culture vote Samsara workplaces as one of the best in the UK tech industry for 2023.

SAP to acquire German EAM powerhouse LeanIX

SAP has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire EAM software company, LeanIX, to embolden digital transformations.

Healthcare professional gazing through microscope in a clinical setting | Google Cloud healthcare

Google Cloud and Apollo Hospitals partner to improve healthcare access

Google Cloud has broadened its partnership with Apollo Hospitals to improve access to healthcare in India with digital platform Apollo 24|7.

Blue prints of a highly complex, technologically advanced machine | Infor Brentwood

Brentwood Industries extends Infor partnership to modernize manufacturing

Industry cloud company Infor has been chosen to modernize Brentwood Industries Inc. with CloudSuite Industrial.

Black BMW captured driving on a main road with trees in the background | AWS

AWS gets the green light as BMW’s cloud provider

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has been selected by the BMW Group as the cloud provider for its automated driving platform.

Bienvenido Boomi! Dozens of jobs created as Boomi expands to Barcelona

Boomi, a global software as a service (SaaS) company continues its global expansion into Barcelona, Spain bringing dozens of jobs to the city.