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Microsoft’s Q4 earnings beat expectations with AI and hybrid cloud

Microsoft’s financial results for Q4 2023 beat analyst expectations with $56.2bn in revenue as the tech giant leans onto its AI bet.

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Vertex Indirect Tax Determination Solution now an SAP Endorsed App

Vertex Indirect Tax Determination Solution Now an SAP Endorsed App to meet the tax needs of SAP customers.

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Cognizant and Gilead extend partnership with $800m deal

Cognizant has expanded its relationship with biopharmaceutical company, Gilead Sciences to leverage generative AI and enhance Gilead’s customer service experience.

Cloud Platform and Technology

IFS results show sustained growth driven by cloud demand

IFS has announced its financial results for Q2 2023, demonstrating robust forward performance with both Cloud and annual recurring revenue up

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Deloitte enhances MXDR solution to improve cybersecurity measures

Deloitte has expanded their MXDR cybersecurity solution to help support some of the unique challenges for enterprise, cloud and OT.

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Accenture and Google Cloud to help organizations generate AI potential

Accenture and Google Cloud have expanded their strategic relationship to help organizations reinvent their businesses with generative AI to unlock new growth opportunities, supported by new investments made by Accenture.

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Opkey’s state of ERP testing report points to “SaaS mess”

Opkey has released its second annual State of ERP Testing Report. Based on a comprehensive survey of 437 business and IT leaders, the report highlights the increasing demand for testing and explores the factors driving this growth.

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Cloud Platform and Technology

SAP Q2 results: cloud leads the way despite analyst misses

SAP’s financial results for Q2 2023 demonstrated cloud revenue growth of 19 percent, but the results did not meet analysts’ expectations.

Samsara named a best workplace for women of the year in the UK

Samsara has recently been recognized as a 2023 UK best workplace for women by Great Place To Work, a company helping organizations to create high-performing workplaces where employees feel trusted and valued.

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HCLTech goes green with Schneider Electric to transform data centers

HCLTech has entered into a collaboration with Schneider Electric to develop carbon-efficient solutions for data centers in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region.

Cloud Platform and Technology

IBM Q2 results top earnings estimates with Red Hat wins – but revenue falls

IBM has released its second quarter results with earnings exceeding analysts’ estimates, but revenue missed the mark.

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Infor Marketplace continues momentum with ChatGPT and more

Infor has announced the continued momentum of Infor Marketplace, which is now showcasing more than 150 solutions.

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Cloud Platform and Technology

Microsoft expands AI collaborations with Bing and Capgemini

Microsoft has announced the expansion of Bing with Chat Enterprise, as part of its Microsoft Inspire event.

Red Hat bosses it with advances to enterprise app platform

Red Hat has announced advancements to Red Hat JBoss EAP on Microsoft Azure, including new consumption models and clustering features.

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Accenture and Bira 91 to pour a pint of enterprise reinvention

Accenture will help Bira 91 design and deploy a digital core; including data, AI and machine learning using SAP S/4HANA.

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Salesforce appoints new president and chief legal officer

Salesforce has announced the appointment of Sabastian Niles as president and chief legal officer, overseeing the firm's legal affairs.

Microsoft announces migration plans and ‘Entras’ SSE space

In addition to the new migration plans, Microsoft has entered the competitive Secure Service Edge (SSE) market.

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SQL Connect launches enhanced tool update 23.6

SQL Connect, a product of SplashBI, has unveiled a new tool that streamlines data extraction and querying in Oracle Fusion Cloud.

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Analytics and AI

US Trade Commission investigates OpenAI over deceptive practices

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has launched an investigation into OpenAI in relation to unfair or deceptive privacy data practices.

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Truist Financial Corp banks IBM Quantum Accelerator program

IBM has announced that Truist Financial Corp will join the IBM Quantum Accelerator program in addition to welcoming IBM to the bank’s Innovator in Residence program.

Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO | KPMG and Microsoft

KPMG and Microsoft expand industry-leading collaboration

KPMG and Microsoft have announced a significant expansion of their relationship to revitalize professional services across businesses including workforce modernization, safe and secure deployment and use of AI solutions for clients, industries and society.

Cloud Platform and Technology

Workday intros next-gen Elastic Hypercube Technology

Workday has introduced the next generation of its patented Elastic Hypercube Technology to help organizations manage changing business needs.

Cloud Platform and Technology

Accenture Federal Services bags $94m US Army contract

Accenture Federal Services (AFS) has secured a $94m US Army contract to transform the agency’s ICAM system.

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RISE with SAP to run on AMD EPYC CPUs hosted by Google Cloud

AMD, Google Cloud and SAP can now help customers achieve performance goals, deliver on energy efficiency and resource utilization needs.

Cloud Platform and Technology

Snowflake appoints James Petter head of EMEA sales

Snowflake has announced the appointment of James Petter as VP of EMEA Sales, responsible for leading Snowflake EMEA to business growth.

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Morpheus.Network Brand Protection blockchain available on SAP Store

Morpheus.Network's solution integrates with S/4HANA Cloud ERP and delivers verified product traceability to customers.

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Opkey launches new QLM platform to unlock test and execution offerings

Opkey has announced the launch of its new Quality Lifecycle Management (QLM) platform which offers holistic test management and execution in one singular platform.

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Cloud Platform and Technology

Quantexa £200m+ AI investment to support UK Gov ambitions

Quantexa has announced that it will invest an additional £125m in the global artificial intelligence (AI) industry.

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Cloud Platform and Technology

SUSE Q2 results see shares down amid slowing revenue growth

SUSE’s financial results for Q2 2023 revealed a turbulent quarter with its revenue growing by one percentage point to $161.9m.

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Accenture Federal Services wins $98m Defense Health Agency deal

Accenture Federal Services has won a $98m award from the Defense Health Agency to operate and enhance MedCOP.