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IAMCP launches Digital Transformation Ready

A rewarding career begins with one opportunity. Are you ready to find yours? The International Association of Microsoft Channel Partners (IAMCP) recently launched Digital Transformation Ready - a complimentary program that gives you world-class training in Microsoft Business Applications.

Dave Dyer appointed as Unit4’s regional president in North America

Dave Dyer has been announced as Unit4’s regional president of North America. Dyer will lead Unit4’s business in a role covering sales, operations, and services, focusing on scaling the region, and building connections with customers.

Delivery beast Gorillas chooses Workday for its 14,000-strong troop

Berlin food delivery start-up Gorillas is selecting Workday Human Capital Management (HCM) to digitally transform its HR processes. This implementation will provide Gorillas with analytical capabilities, automated processes and better operational visibility and performance for the company's 14,000 employees.

Celonis buys PAF to sharpen execution management

Celonis has announced the acquisition of PAF, a provider of process mining technology for Microsoft Power BI.

Microsoft and SAP share the love in new mega deal

Microsoft has chosen RISE with SAP on Microsoft Cloud, making it the first public cloud provider to adopt the solution. Microsoft and SAP have a long track record of collaboration and the Redmond giant has run large parts of its internal operations on SAP ERP for decades. However, the announcement that Microsoft has signed up to RISE with SAP to deploy S/4HANA Cloud (private edition) is still a huge endorsement of SAP’s cloud credentials - considering Microsoft has its own cloud ERP solution in the form of Dynamics 365.

IBM offers one key to protect them all with new cloud security tool

IBM has launched a new cloud service designed to help enterprises protect data across multiple clouds and assist regulated industries in demonstrating their compliance faster. Named Unified Key Orchestrator, the service performs key management across hybrid, multi-cloud environments to help enterprises mitigate risk to critical data from cyber attacks and insider threats.

HPE reveals new services spanning edge to cloud

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE ) has announced significant advancements to its hybrid cloud platform, including a unified operating experience, new cloud services and availability of HPE GreenLake in the online marketplaces of several leading distributors.

UiPath enhances Technology Partner Program

UiPath has launched an enhanced Technology Partner Program, which will bring together independent software vendors that co-innovate with UiPath to deliver end-to-end applications and solutions for their joint customers.

SAP replaces own legacy system at UK council for £7.3m

Gloucestershire County Council (GCC) is implementing a major upgrade to its ERP system using SAP’s RISE service. The UK authority signed a £7.3m contract with the German software giant, marking a milestone in SAP’s push with its RISE with SAP program into the UK’s public sector.

Cornerstone acquires learning software platform EdCast

Cornerstone OnDemand has acquired EdCast, a learning experience platform software provider. The deal is the next step in Cornerstone’s strategy of transforming the learning software market.

Big Blue skies? IBM expands Adobe partnership with an eye on the weather

IBM has significantly expanded its partnership with Adobe around the use of AI-powered weather data from The Weather Company, an IBM business, on the Adobe Experience Platform. Adobe plans to use Weather Channel data as part of its Digital Economy Index, to explore how weather patterns affect online spending and other trends in e-commerce.

Oracle unveils new innovations across compute, networking and storage

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is expanding with 11 new compute, networking, and storage services and capabilities, enabling customers to run their workloads faster and more securely at lower costs. Users will be provided with flexible services, reducing costs and automatically optimizing resources to match application requirements.

Ecopetrol, Accenture and AWS develop intelligent water management solution

Ecopetrol, Accenture and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have developed a first-of-its-kind cloud-based water management solution

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ServiceNow goes hard on response times with Lightstep expansion

ServiceNow has announced that Lightstep is extending beyond observability with the general availability of Lightstep Incident Response.

Infor to power Foodex Group in global IT overhaul

Foodex Group, a Japanese food importer and distributor, has selected Infor CloudSuite Distribution Enterprise, a cloud ERP platform with prebuilt capabilities for food and beverage distributors. Foodex Group has chosen an all-inclusive approach, which will see Infor tasked with the entire project, delivering SaaS throughout.

Google to Acquire Wiz for $32 Billion in Cloud Security Push

Google adds AI to BT in cloud partnership

Google Cloud has been selected by BT in a strategic five-year partnership to accelerate its company-wide digital transformation. BT will use a suite of Google Cloud products and services including cloud infrastructure, machine learning (ML), artificial intelligence (AI), data analytics, security and API management with the aim of delivering better customer experiences, reducing costs and risk, and building new revenue streams.

Salesforce and ParalympicsGB team up

Salesforce announces a new long-term marketing partnership with ParalympicsGB to bring fans and athletes closer together than ever before.

Ukraine needs more than just ‘flag washing’ from Big Tech

ERP Today asks why the Big Tech brigade hasn’t put its money where its mouth is and shut off current services to their Russian client base.

Workday results top revenue estimates but fall down at profit, again

Workday has announced results for Q4 2022 and full year ended 31 January 2022, revealing an operating loss of $101m on the quarter and an overall loss of $116.5m for the year. For Q4 2022, total revenues were $1.38bn, up 21.6 percent against the same period last year with subscription revenues at $1.23bn, an increase of 22.2 percent. For the full fiscal year 2022, Workday recorded revenues of $5.14bn, an increase of 19 percent compared to last year.

LetsGetChecked rises with SAP S/4HANA

LetsGetChecked, a healthcare solutions company, selected RISE with SAP S/4HANA Cloud on AWS to power its digital transformation. Sapphire Systems will provide implementation services.

IBM bolsters Azure capabilities with Neudesic acquisition

IBM has acquired Neudesic, the US cloud services consultancy specialising in the Microsoft Azure platform. Headquartered in California, Neudesic has more than 1,500 cloud and data experts located across the US and in India and provides the full scope of digital transformation services.

Oracle and Red Bull Racing accelerate partnership

Oracle and Red Bull Racing, the four-time Formula 1 world champion team, have enhanced their partnership and announced a new team name, Oracle Red Bull Racing, as well as the team’s new car for the upcoming season, the RB18.

ServiceNow beats expectations on all fronts

ServiceNow has announced financial results for its fourth quarter that beat all predictions. The highlight from the earnings call is the growing number of customers that are spending more than $1m – up by over 50 percent.

Microsoft confirms position as #1 cloud vendor

Microsoft has announced its results for Q2 and revealed stunning growth across the board including a 32 percent increase in cloud revenue – worth $22.2bn on the quarter – confirming its position as the number one cloud vendor.

Infor announces new Infor Marketplace

Infor has announced the new Infor Marketplace, a curated showcase of solutions designed to make it easier for customers to discover, source and license industry and micro-vertical solutions that integrate with the Infor’s portfolio of enterprise software.

Heathrow Airport takes off with Oracle Cloud

Heathrow Airport has transformed its HR and finance functions with the implementation of Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications, with Capgemini and Oracle Consulting combining their resources to overcome the challenges of the pandemic and deliver the programme at pace.

DXC Technology expands global partnership with ServiceNow

DXC Technology, a Fortune 500 technology services company, has announced the formation of a new global DXC ServiceNow strategic business group to deliver market-leading, cost-efficient, resilient technology services that transform enterprise service operations, built on DXC Platform X.