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Robo trade wars as US to bar Chinese companies from buying AI cloud services

The U.S. administration is set to restrict Chinese firms’ access to U.S. AI cloud services to “close loophole in chip-export controls".

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Skillnote makes the grade on SAP Store for manufacturing portfolio

Skillnote announced today that its solution is now available on SAP Store as a part of SAP's industry cloud portfolio.

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Accenture Song and smart Europe revolutionize car shopping experience

Accenture has teamed up with smart Europe to establish a direct-to-consumer business model in Europe, launching fully electrical car lines.

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AFKLMP Cargo takes flight with Salesforce

Global airline group Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AFKLMP Cargo) is partnering with Salesforce to transforms its global customer service.

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Application Development and Integration

Microsoft welcomes “pragmatic solutions” in EU antitrust Teams probe

Microsoft is nearing a European Union antitrust investigation over Teams as its proposed competition remedies are found unsatisfactory. The development follows a 2020 action by now Salesforce-owned workspace messaging app Slack.

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Italian telecom company calls on HPE GreenLake for service deployment

HPE has announced that Fastweb S.p.A has selected the HPE GreenLake edge-to-cloud platform to modernize its Fastcloud Business Unit.

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Pivotree creates new B2B customer portal with Groupe Touchette

Pivotree announced the new B2B platform will boost sales and functionality, and streamlined workflows reach over 15% increase in transactions.

HPE launches high-volume servers in India for global growth

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has unveiled plans to begin manufacturing some of its high-volume servers in India.

Cloud Platform and Technology

Infor chosen by food producer HAK to grow green efficiency

Infor has announced that Dutch producer of vegetables and legumes, HAK, is starting to implement its CloudSuite Food and Beverage solution.

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Morgan Motor Company drives operational growth with IFS Cloud

Morgan Motor Company has gone live with the IFS Cloud ERP software solution to drive operational efficiencies and enhance the customer experience.

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Cloud Platform and Technology

The World Economic Forum and Deloitte launch Quantum Readiness Toolkit to stem cybersecurity risk

The World Economic Forum and Deloitte have released a quantum toolkit to help protect organizations from developing cybersecurity risks.

Cognizant and ServiceNow announce yet another strategic partnership

Cognizant and ServiceNow are entering a strategic partnership which involves creating a multi-disciplinary Cognizant ServiceNow Business Group which will integrate the Now Platform and ServiceNow’s industry product solutions with Cognizant’s domain expertise and IP.

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Red Hat dials into Nokia to transform core network applications

Nokia and Red Hat have entered into a strategic partnership to integrate Nokia’s core network applications with Red Hat OpenStack Platform and Red Hat OpenShift.

UiPath unlocks AI capabilities with new automation offerings

UiPath has announced its latest AI-powered automation features that accelerate customers’ ability to discover, automate and operate automations at scale through generative AI and specialized AI.

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Salesforce: new wares, $4bn UK investment in GenAI – whilst tackling consumer distrust

Salesforce unveiled its generative AI tools, Sales GPT and Service GPT, aimed at enhancing productivity and customer interactions while addressing concerns about data privacy and trust among users, during its World Tour London event, alongside announcing a $4 billion investment in its UK operations.

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AWS launches new fintech accelerator program

Announced at the Collision Conference, AWS has launched its AWS Global Fintech Accelerator program created in partnership with NVIDIA.

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Snowflake unveils AI enhancements and NVIDIA partnership

Announced at Snowflake Summit 2023, Snowflake has unveiled new product enhancements, its latest partnership with NVIDIA and the availability of its Native App Framework.

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RPI has the honors of housing an IBM Quantum System One

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is the first university to own an IBM Quantum System One, in hopes that it will enhance the educational experiences and research capabilities of students at RPI, subsequently accelerating New York’s growth as a technology epicenter.

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Human Capital Management

Oracle unveils new AI-powered capabilities to enhance HR productivity

Oracle has announced the addition of generative AI-powered capabilities within its Oracle Fusion Cloud Human Capital Management (HCM) to improve existing HR processes and drive faster business value, improve productivity and enhance the candidate and employee experience.

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SAP and Visa team up to digitalize B2B payments in APAC enterprises

Sap SE and Visa have announced their partnership to digitalize B2B payments, starting with APAC enterprises.

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NHS hospitals collab with Microsoft to create AI solution OSAIRIS

Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge has collaborated with Microsoft to leverage its AI capabilities in order to plan radiotherapy treatments faster and more efficiently.

Norwegian company Havfram chooses to implement IFS Cloud

Norwegian offshore wind company Havfram has chosen to implement IFS Cloud due to IFS' long track record and expertise in the offshore, maritime and renewables industries.

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Basis Technologies launches ActiveDiscover to aid in SAP changes

Basis Technologies has launched ActiveDiscover to enable companies using SAP to access data-led insights in change management.

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YOTTAA launches Digital Experience Optimization solution on the SAP Store

YOTTAA launches its Digital Experience Optimization solution on the SAP Store to enable online brands to protect and monitor SAP Storefronts.

AJ Foyt Racing selects IFS to drive wins home

American racing team, AJ Foyt Racing has selected IFS as their strategic technology partner for the 2023, 2024 and 2025 IndyCar Racing seasons with options for extension.

SAP Fioneer launches SME Banking Edition

SAP Fioneer announced the launch of its SME Banking Edition to give banks and neo-banks access financial services.

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Accenture Q3 revenue matches estimates but forecast dips

Accenture has reported its financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2023 with revenues of $16.6bn, an increase of three percent in US dollars and five percent in local currency.

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SUSE reveals new capabilities to flagship enterprise Linux platform

Announced at SUSECON 2023, SUSE has unveiled new capabilities to help customers accelerate digital transformation as part of its mission to best secure IT infrastructure and accelerate digital trust.

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OQ becomes SAP’s first private cloud customer in Oman

OQ has partnered with SAP to pioneer cloud integrated solutions in Oman, paving the way for an accelerated digital innovation.

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Sapphire’s Cloudflex4 brings ‘transformation as a service’ to mid-market ERP

Cloudflex4 brings a SaaS-like experience and aims to enable perpetual software users to enjoy the benefits of continual platform modernization, while also leveraging Sapphire’s partnerships with Infor, SAP and AWS.