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Oracle unveils OCI Compute E5 to enhance performance and lower costs

OCI Compute E5 instances aims to offer more CPU cores, better performance per core, better memory bandwidth, and higher storage capacity than previous iterations with customizable options.

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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.

abstract image of energy | Kraftringen and HPE GreenLake

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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Automation Anywhere steps up genAI offering with Google Cloud

Automation Anywhere and Google Cloud have expanded their partnership, combining generative AI and intelligent automation for enterprises.

Say hello to the latest additions at SUSE

SUSE has announced new strategic hires to strengthen its executive team, including the appointment of Werner Knoblich as chief revenue officer (CRO).

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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.

Oracle chair and CTO Larry Ellison speaks | Oracle Q4

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.

a person sitting at a table, paying via a card machine | Snowflake Affinity Solutions customer purchase insights

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.

Full conference hall with big screens asking "what's next?" | Salesforce Connections

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.

image of TipQwik mockup on phone | Infor and TipQwik

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.

Image of ServiceNow building | ServiceNow study

ServiceNow finds that ages 55+ aren’t a fan of chatbots

According to the study, 92 percent of customers across EMEA believe that response times are one of the most important elements when dealing with a brand, and 46% of customers think that a good chatbot service is unimportant when dealing with a brand.

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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.

image of Teal LED computer panel | Accenture and Immersive Labs, Cybersecurity

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.

Enforce Consulting and Deloitte join forces in Australia

This partnership will make Deloitte Australia a leading Ceridian cloud technology partner, and the Enforce Consulting team will formally join Deloitte on 19 June.

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.

image of Sanjit Biswas, CEO and co-founder of Samsara | Samsara Q3

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.