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EY and Microsoft launch Green Skills Passport to support green economy
EY and Microsoft have announced the launch of Green Skills Passport, which helps students aged 16 and over develop green skills with the aim of finding jobs and opportunities in the green economy.
Oracle’s CEO, Safra Catz | Oracle’s Q1 2024 results reveal slower cloud sales, but AI optimistic
Analytics and AI
Oracle’s Q1 2024 results reveal slower cloud sales, Musk AI deal
Oracle’s figures for the first quarter 2024 saw slow cloud sales growth stifling enthusiasm, but further optimism for increased AI demand
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Deloitte reports record FY2023 revenue
Deloitte has recently announced its FY2023 results with a reported aggregate global revenue of $64.9bn for the fiscal year ending 31 May, 2023, a 14.9 percent increase in local currency from FY2022.
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Melissa Di Donato steps up as CEO of Kyriba
Kyriba, a cloud-based finance and liquidity solutions provider, has announced the appointment of Melissa Di Donato as chair and chief executive officer (CEO).
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Human Capital Management
Winning Workday Q2 results show “trust” and stealth AI leadership
Workday Q2 results show $1.79bn in total revenues, with a clear sentiment of customer trust guiding the company's messaging to investors.
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SUSE changes colors again in private ownership pivot
After just over two years as a public listed firm, SUSE is to take operations private following an announcement by its biggest shareholder, EQT Private Equity.
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John Lewis Partnership and Google Cloud collab on £100m digital deal
John Lewis Partnership has teamed up with Google Cloud for a deal worth £100m spanning the next five years, focused on a digital transformation of its retail stores.
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Cloud Platform and Technology
AWS revenue growth in Q2 beats analyst expectations
Amazon’s second quarter financial results have shown revenue from its cloud unit Amazon Web Services rise 12 percent year on year.
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Service Management
ServiceNow an AI “lighthouse” shining bright with caution in Q2 results
ServiceNow has revealed its Q2 results for 2023 alongside an AI NVIDIA partnership and a vision for AI to save the workforce - whilst admitting to a GenAI prudence.
Christian Klein, CEO of SAP | SAP Q2 results
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.
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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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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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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.
Oracle chair and CTO Larry Ellison speaks | Oracle Q4
Oracle Q4 cloud wins “doing better” than SAP, AWS, Ellison claims
Oracle has announced its fourth quarter financial results, with rising demand for its cloud offerings said to be driven by AI technology investment and what Oracle chair and CTO Larry Ellison claims are “dramatically lower costs" compared to other vendors.
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Salesforce unveils genAI offerings and Google partnership
Salesforce has introduced its latest generative AI product offerings, Marketing GPT and Commerce GPT, at its Salesforce Connections 2023 event taking place in Chicago this week.
Marc Benioff | Salesforce Q3
Salesforce Q1 beats guidance with steadied growth
Salesforce has beat revenue guidance for its first quarter, with steadied growth and higher capital costs causing surging shares to drop seven percent after hours.
SAP and IBM to create new business splash for Diageo beverages
Diageo, the maker of Guinness, Smirnoff and Johnnie Walker, partners with SAP and IBM to launch a five year digital transformation program.
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SAP innovation sweep at Sapphire with AI, Green Ledger and Accenture partnership
SAP has unveiled a wide range of new developments at this year’s Sapphire event, including SAP Business AI, Green Ledger and an Accenture collaboration.
Maureen Robson-Norman, CEO of whyaye
EY expands consulting and ServiceNow scope with whyaye acquisition
EY has enhanced its consulting portfolio with the acquisition of whyaye Ltd, a UK-based consulting services provider for the ServiceNow platform.
ServiceNow “fastest ever” as it reaches $2bn revenue first
ServiceNow has surpassed the $2bn quarterly revenue barrier for the first time, according to its first quarter (Q1) results.
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IFS on firm footing with robust Q1 ARR and cloud growth
IFS has announced its Q1 2023 financial results, with cloud fueling wins as CEO Darren Roos enters his sixth year at the helm.
SAP first quarter results: cloud up but outlook down for 2023
SAP financial results for the first quarter beat analysts' expectations, with cloud revenues totaling €3.18bn. The ERP giant adjusted its outlook for 2023 though, due to the divestment of its Qualtrics unit in March.
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Employee experience capabilities Grow with Oracle
In a recent announcement at Oracle CloudWorld 2023, Oracle has unveiled updates to Oracle ME, the employee experience platform within Oracle Fusion Cloud Human Capital Management (HCM).
EY Project Everest
EY split halted as Project Everest climb proves too steep – for now
EY has announced it is halting its plan to divide its auditing and consulting divisions, after executives at the American portion of the firm decided not to push ahead with so-called ‘Project Everest’.
Ex-SAP president Brian Duffy to head SoftwareOne
SoftwareOne, the global software and cloud solutions provider, has appointed Brian Duffy as its new chief executive, succeeding Dieter Schlosser effective May this year.
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Unilever goes cloud-only with Accenture and Microsoft
Accenture, Microsoft, and Unilever have successfully completed one of the largest and most complex cloud migrations in the consumer goods industry.
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Workday races to the finish line with McLaren
McLaren Racing announced a multi-year partnership with Workday, as an official partner of the 2023 McLaren Formula 1 Team.
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