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IFS appoints Mark Moffat as CEO for the AI age

Mark Moffat has been promoted to CEO of IFS, as previous chief Darren Roos becomes the company’s Chair of the Board.

SAP ushers in a new EMEA era with Manos at the helm

New EMEA president to further champion the growth and innovation of SAP customers as the age of AI takes over the ERP space.

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CRM and Customer Experience

Accenture is making sure your Big Mac is extra fresh

By expanding their longstanding partnership, Accenture will aid McDonald's to move forward with its innovation, and improve the quality of its customer and employee care.

Oracle’s CEO, Safra Catz | Oracle’s Q1 2024 results reveal slower cloud sales, but AI optimistic

Cloud Platform and Technology

Oracle Q2 sees higher revenue amid GPU shortages

Oracle has announced its fiscal 2024 Q2 results with total quarterly revenues up 5 percent year-over-year in USD to $12.9bn.

Cloud Platform and Technology

UiPath’s Q3 24 shows higher revenue as automation meets “inflection”

UiPath has announced its third quarter financial results for fiscal 2024, demonstrating significant growth in both revenue and ARR.

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Analytics and AI

Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team drives success with SAP

SAP is teaming up with Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team as an Official Team Partner to accelerate operational efficiency and unlock new data insights to drive performance gains.

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.

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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.

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 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.

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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.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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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.