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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.

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux meets OCI with collab expansion

Red Hat and Oracle have unveiled a multi-stage alliance to offer customers a greater choice of operating systems to run on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).

No ‘one size fits all’ in ERP training

Arrabetic Interview - ERP training can be a double edged sword. Interview with Peter Stevens.

BMW Group drives new growth with RISE with SAP

BMW Group have expanded its strategic partnership with SAP to accelerate its digital transformation.

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Lockheed Martin reaches for the moon with SAP

Lockheed Martin Corporation and SAP have expanded their strategic partnership to transform the mission-critical business systems that power Lockheed Martin’s OneLM Transformation Program (1LMX).

NEFC Group deploys Infor M3 to transform operations

NEFC Group, a UAE-based holding company that operates dealerships supplying machinery and heavy equipment, has deployed Infor M3 to help raise efficiency and agility across operations and gain greater control of its business.

ServiceNow Q4 results chime with leadership optimism

ServiceNow has announced its financial results for Q4 and the full year, revealing yet another positive quarter, with results exceeding the high end of guidance across GAAP topline growth and profitability.

Arvind Krishna, IBM chairman and chief executive officer | IBM third-quarter

IBM hits highest growth in a decade with mid-digit push for 2022

IBM has announced its financial results for 2022, with success across business segments producing the highest revenue growth in a decade for the firm. A six percent rise has seen revenues of $60.5bn for the full year and $16.7bn for the fourth-quarter.

SAP drives continued cloud momentum with Q4 results

SAP has announced its Q4 and FY 2022 results, with figures suggesting continued results are coming from the cloud after Q4 S/4HANA cloud revenue grew 101 percent.

High five: IFS sees double-digits for fifth consecutive year

IFS, the global cloud enterprise applications company, today announced its financial results for the full year ending 31 December 2022, showing the fifth consecutive year of double-digit growth.

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Accenture invests in Cosmo Tech digital twin technology

Accenture has made a strategic investment in Cosmo Tech, a global provider of digital twin simulation and optimization technology.

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Sage and Equifax partnership removes employee pain points

Sage has entered into a partnership with Equifax that will automate financial and employment checks for UK workers when they apply for everything from loans and mortgages to new jobs.

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Kroger groceries well-stocked with Google Cloud and Deloitte

Google Cloud and Deloitte have formed a strategic collaboration with Kroger to help the grocery chain use cloud technologies to increase associate productivity across its nearly 2,800 stores nationwide.

Snowflake to acquire SnowConvert to storm legacy migrations

Snowflake has signed an definitive agreement to acquire SnowConvert, the premier suite of tools for efficiently migrating databases to the Data Cloud.

EY and Polygon update source code for blockchain

EY and Polygon have updated the public domain source code for Nightfall to enable the development of privacy-focused enterprise blockchain solutions.

Sugar cane firm Florida Crystals sweetens SAP estate with AWS Cloud

Florida Crystals Corporation (FCC), a vertically integrated cane sugar company based in West Palm Beach, Florida, has entered into a collaboration with Lemongrass, the SAP on cloud company, to move its SAP estate to AWS.

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ServiceNow unveils partner program transformation

ServiceNow has unveiled a major partner program transformation to further partner growth and customer success. It is set to be available for all partners from 6th March this year.

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EY launches EY Retail Intelligence for Microsoft Cloud builds

EY has launched a new EY Retail Intelligence solution, that builds on the Microsoft Cloud and Cloud for Retail, to provide consumers with a seamless and streamlined shopping experience.

Unit4 launches new Marketplace platform

Unit4 has launched Unit4 Marketplace, a new platform where its ISV, Reseller and Service partners can showcase their innovative, bespoke industry and vertical Apps that link to Unit4’s ERP solutions.

Version 1 acquires Oracle EPM firm, Qubix

Version 1, a leading digital transformation partner, is to acquire finance transformation specialists, Qubix as part of its ambitious growth strategy for 2023 and beyond.

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Google Cloud unveils new AI tools for Retailers

Ahead of NRF2023 beginning today, Google Cloud has introduced four new and updated AI technologies to help retailers transform their in-store shelf checking processes and enhance their ecommerce sites.

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Walmart and Salesforce partnership changes the face of retail

Walmart Commerce Technologies has entered into a partnership with Salesforce to provide retailers with technologies and services that power frictionless local pickup and delivery for shoppers everywhere.

HPE to automate reproducible AI-at-scale with Pachyderm

HPE has expanded its AI-at-scale offerings with the acquisition of Pachyderm, a start-up that delivers software, based on open-source technology, to automate reproducible machine learning pipelines that target large-scale AI applications.

Salesforce introduces Commerce Cloud to maximize revenue

Salesforce has unveiled Salesforce Commerce Cloud to help organizations across industries streamline their operations.

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VDL ETG modernizes ERP with Infor CloudSuite

VDL Enabling Technologies Group (ETG), producer of microchip machine models, has chosen to deploy Infor CloudSuite Industrial Enterprise to modernize its ERP Baan solution, supporting a move to the cloud and its realization of a ‘digital factory’ vision.

Why can’t SAP keep a UK MD for longer than two years?

SAP has announced that yet another UK MD is moving on. Michiel Verhoeven will step down as managing director of SAP UK and Ireland at the end of Q1 2023. The announcement comes 2 years and 7 months after his appointment. The latest departure marks the twelfth UK&I managing director to leave SAP in 16 years.

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Belfast Harbour sets sail with Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP

Belfast Harbour has selected Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP and Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) to streamline its business operations.