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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.

Deloitte and Oracle rejuvenate legacy data systems for Galderma

Deloitte and Oracle have transformed the legacy data systems of the world’s largest independent global dermatology company, Galderma, through the implementation of Deloitte SuperLedger™, a platform built on Oracle Cloud.

Strong SAP results reveal record cloud performance

For the fourth quarter, the company saw rapid expansion of current cloud backlog to €9.45bn, up 32 percent. Driven by strong adoption of RISE with SAP, S/4HANA current cloud backlog is up 84 percent to €1.71bn, while cloud revenue increased by 28 percent to €2.61bn.

Forterro ups Germany-Bulgaria ‘midmarket’ ERP presence

As a piece of terminology, the label industrial ‘middle market’ may be somewhat misleading. Midmarket still generally means fairly big business, but (depending upon which measure you use to gauge it) it simply means that level of business operations that does not fall into the Small to Medium sized Enterprise (SME) category… and is not large enough to rank as major scale corporate enterprise.

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Oracle buys Cerner in $28bn industry play

Oracle has announced the acquisition of Cerner Corporation for approximately $28.3bn. The all-cash deal will give a serious boost to Oracle’s aspirations to lead in the vertical cloud battleground - with healthcare and health services being their number one priority.

ServiceNow and Qualtrics partner up reuniting McDermott with his last SAP acquisition

ServiceNow and Qualtrics have announced the availability of new joint capabilities that enable companies to deliver personalised service experiences. The partnership between Qualtrics and ServiceNow re-establishes a connection between ServiceNow CEO, Bill McDermott, and the company that he bought during the final months of his tenure at SAP.

ASDA chooses SAP as future digital platform

SAP has announced that Asda, the UK’s third largest supermarket chain with over 600 stores and 140,000 employees, has selected RISE with SAP S/4HANA on Microsoft Azure as the digital core for its future platform, supported by SAP Business Technology Platform and SAP Ariba solutions to digitalise procurement operations.

Oracle cloud revenue up 22 percent as stock soars

The news boosted Oracle’s share price by nearly 16 percent on Friday pushing the value of the company to more than $280bn. The rally also boosted Larry Ellison’s personal fortune by $16bn to a staggering £135bn making him the world’s fourth richest person, one spot behind Microsoft founder, Bill Gates.

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Accenture and UiPath expand partnership to drive intelligent automation

Accenture and UiPath have announced an expanded business collaboration to help companies boost the adoption of enterprise-wide automation, accelerate technology transformation efforts, and create new growth opportunities.

Paul Kurchina joins ERP Today as Global Brand Ambassador

Paul Kurchina, former board director of ASUG and respected SAP analyst, has joined ERP Today as its first global brand ambassador and advisor. Kurchina is considered by both industry and technology corporations as an information technology visionary and internationally respected builder of teams and communities.

UKISUG CONNECT 2021 – S/4HANA, RISE and customer relationships

Despite the travel disruption caused by Storm Arwen and the Omicron variant, it was fantastic to see so many people from across the SAP community come together at UKISUG CONNECT last week. It has been a long and challenging two years. But from listening to many of the customer sessions during the conference it’s clear that organisations haven’t stood still when it comes to their usage of SAP.

Salesforce stock dips despite strong Q3 as Benioff lays ground for transition

Salesforce stock dipped 6 percent in extended trading, despite announcing solid results for its third quarter of fiscal 2022 ended October 31, 2021. It also announced the appointment of Bret Taylor as the company’s co-CEO – a move that some expect to signal the start of a transition of leadership.

ServiceNow acquires DotWalk to help customers keep pace with technology maintenance

ServiceNow has acquired DotWalk, a company that automates upgrades and testing of ServiceNow applications, to increase speed and agility in upgrading applications. The deal will enable the two companies to map business processes and workflows on the Now Platform and proactively identify the tests needed for application changes.

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ServiceNow reports $1.4bn in subscription revenue

ServiceNow has announced financial results for Q3 ended 30 September 2021, revealing a 31 percent year-on-year increase in subscription revenue to $1.4bn.

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SAP Q3 boosted by cloud

has announced strong financial results for Q3 ended 30 September 2021, showing a 20 percent year-on-year rise in cloud revenue to €2.39bn and a surge in RISE with SAP adoption.

SAP raises full year outlook

Cloud momentum has accelerated in the third quarter, with cloud revenue increasing by 20 percent to €2.39bn, current cloud backlog up 24 percent to €8.17bn and SAP S/4HANA current cloud backlog up 60 percent to €1.28bn.

UiPath: ERP is ripe for RPA, business bots get busier

When you think about it, it makes perfect sense. Of all the application use cases for RPA, the world of ERP is a perfect attack surface.

ERP Today and partners support the NHS at unique awards event

ERP Today and its partners have raised over £100,000 to support frontline NHS staff at this year’s Awards and Fundraising event, held at Ascot Racecourse on 23rd September. More than 1,000 ERP professionals and hundreds of NHS employees, joined by NHS leadership, descended on Ascot Racecourse for a day of awards, fun and fundraising.

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Cloud revenue up for Oracle

Oracle has announced its fiscal 2022 Q1 results, showing a 4 percent year on year increase in quarterly revenues to $9.7bn.

Inchcape chooses RISE with SAP to drive transformation

Inchcape, a global multi-brand automotive distributor, has selected RISE with SAP on Google Cloud to bring its business-critical sales, marketing and operations systems, and data to the cloud.

ServiceNow Q2 results surpass expectations

ServiceNow has exceeded expectations with its latest set of financial results, reporting Q2 revenue of $1.41bn, up 27 percent from the same period last year. Wall Street had anticipated second quarter revenue of $1.36bn.

UiPath automates automation Ops implementation

Enterprises have been waking up to automation. It’s no secret, the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the various strains of machine learning (ML) that compose it are impacting the way firms in all business verticals are thinking about modernising their IT stacks.

West Midlands Fire Service chooses Oracle Cloud

The UK’s second largest fire and rescue service, West Midlands Fire Service, has appointed Oracle partner Namos Solutions to lead a digital transformation project which will see its finance and HR operations move to Oracle Cloud.

Oracle Q4 beats estimates

Oracle has reported its fiscal 2021 Q4 results, revealing total quarterly revenue growth of 8 percent year-on-year to $11.2bn.

HPE acquires Determined AI to accelerate machine learning training

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has announced the acquisition of Determined AI, a San Francisco-based start-up developing an open-source platform for building machine learning models.

Unit4 provides people-centric solution for Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council

Unit4 has announced that Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council (the council) has selected Unit4 ERPx and Talent Management solutions to deliver a flexible, next generation finance, HR and payroll system