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Workday mid-size enterprise success
Human Capital Management
Workday Rising reveals “mass EMEA expansion scheme” success
Workday's momentum with mid-sized enterprises is partially due to the pre-configured version of Workday, named Workday Launch.
A wide angle view of an NTT DATA building, taken on an evening | NTT Sapphire
Cloud Platform and Technology
NTT DATA’s group company snaps up Sapphire
NTT DATA Business Solutions AG, a group company of NTT DATA and SAP partner, has announced that it has acquired Sapphire.
IFS building
Rise in AI demand drives strong IFS results in 2023
IFS has announced its financial results for its third quarter 2023, reporting total revenues of €749m, an increase of 33 percent year-on-year (YOY).
CEO Bill McDermott | ServiceNow sees “tailwind of growth” with GenAI in Q3 23 success
Analytics and AI
ServiceNow teases rivals with real GenAI “product” in Q3 23 success
ServiceNow has outperformed its guidance across most Q3 23 profitability metrics, citing GenAI impact as it increased 2023 guidance.
SAP Q3 financial
SAP Q3 financial results show Klein’s next phase of transformation underway
SAP has announced successful financial results for its Q3 financial period, showing its "next phase" of transformation is underway- but are all customers on the same journey?
Mumbai-based Tata Consultancy Services collaborates with Microsoft
In this collaboration, Tata Consultancy Services and Microsoft will help companies modernize their manufacturing, reduce downtime and material wastage, improve quality and throughput and enhance employee safety.
Analytics and AI
Infor dares to mix AI with blockchain in CloudSuite upgrade
Infor has unveiled a wealth of updates to its industry-specific CloudSuites, with new features developed for industries including food & beverage, fashion, automotive and more.
UiPath Awards
UiPath AI10 awards point to coal-face of AI deployment
UiPath used its Forward VI conference this week in Las Vegas to detail the winners of its inaugural UiPath AI10 Awards programme.
The Las Vegas Sphere at the Venetian Hotel : SAP SuccessFactors event held here
SAP announces new AI capabilities for SuccessFactors
At its annual SuccessConnect event, SAP announced that an AI-powered talent intelligence hub is now built into SAP SuccessFactors HXM Suite.
image of green fields, different shades of green | Green Skills Passport
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.
image of Deloitte building / Deloitte and Google Public Sector expand partnership to help government
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.
image of Melissa Di Donato
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).
Walter Sun : SAP : New global head of AI
SAP nabs new global AI head from Microsoft, Walter Sun
Walter Sun trades in his Microsoft hat for SAP's, becoming the new global head of AI, after an 18-year-long run with the company.
Green/blue/orange chameleon in a human hand | SUSE Private
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.
A smart phone opened up to John Lewis retail app
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.
AWS Q2 a hand using a computer with a cloud hologram on it | AWS revenue growth in Q2
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.
image of Bill McDermott at event | ServiceNow Now Assist
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.
Workday
Cloud Platform and Technology
Workday intros next-gen Elastic Hypercube Technology
Workday has introduced the next generation of its patented Elastic Hypercube Technology to help organizations manage changing business needs.
Apps on a smartphone with Teams sitting in the middle of the screen
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.
image of the Oracle office/ Oracle debuts Compute Cloud@Customer
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.
image of Julie Sweet Accenture chair and CEO | Accenture Q1 24
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.
EU Flag to symbolize Oracle EU Sovereign Cloud opening
Oracle launches EU Sovereign Cloud to jump data privacy hurdles
Oracle EU Sovereign Cloud is aimed at helping EU organizations gain control over data privacy and sovereignty requirements.
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.
Full conference hall with big screens asking "what's next?" | Salesforce Connections
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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