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typewriter in black and white | ERP Today’s weekly hotlist: 23-27 October

ERP Today’s weekly hotlist: 20-24 November

We’re bringing you ERP Today’s weekly hotlist, featuring our top news picks from the week of 20-24 November.

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Unleashing the power of digital transformation

Whether it's a complete digital reinvention or a stepwise modernization, the time for action is now. A digital transformation can help boost effectiveness across the board and improve process efficiencies exponentially. What are you waiting for?

OpenAI Co-founder/Chairman & CTO Greg Brockman, OpenAI Co-Founder & CEO Sam Altman and TechCrunch News Editor Frederic Lardinois | Ex-OpenAI CEO Altman joins Microsoft amid weekend of shakeups

Analytics and AI

Ex-OpenAI CEO Altman joins Microsoft amid weekend of shakeups

Microsoft has announced it has hired ex-OpenAI CEO Sam Altman after he was fired from his role at Microsoft-backed OpenAI.

Cloud Platform and Technology

PwC Smart Greenfield method overcomes S/4HANA obstacles with Int4 Suite

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has recognized Int4 as an integral part of the success of the PwC Smart Greenfield

Analytics and AI

ERP Today’s weekly hotlist: 13-17 November

We’re bringing you ERP Today’s weekly hotlist, featuring our top news picks from the week of 13-17 November.

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Application Development and Integration

Norwegian Police investigate logistics upgrade with IFS Cloud

IFS announced that the Norwegian Police has upgraded to IFS Cloud to enhance preparedness and provide precise resource utilization and assets management across the force, when required.

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Analytics and AI

Spotify jazzes up platform with Google Cloud’s AI help

Google Cloud and Spotify have announced an expanded partnership in data and analytics, as well as AI and machine learning technologies.

Human Capital Management

Workday rising – and dancing – with EMEA industry takeover

Workday Rising EMEA highlighted customers wins with over 100 European-headquartered companies from more than 35 different industries.

Human Capital Management

Sage and Smart Pension team up to help automate pensions for SMEs

Smart Pension has partnered with Sage to collaborate on a ‘one-click’ pension solution for employers and advisers.

Accenture and Salesforce team up to help life science companies

Accenture and Salesforce have announced they are investing in the development of Salesforce Life Sciences Cloud.

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ERP Today’s weekly hotlist: 30 October-3 November

We’re bringing you ERP Today’s weekly hotlist, featuring our top news picks from the week of 30 October-3 November.

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Analytics and AI

AI and ML dominate for UK manufacturers, says Infor

A survey released by Infor and Make UK reveals AI and ML usage is set to surge, as manufacturers push to achieve automation and improvements in productivity, efficiency and quality.

a man holding a sticky note with AI written on it | Will the UK’s AI safety summit actually make an impact?

Vendors are all over UK’s AI Safety Summit – but will it “generate” any impact?

The first-ever AI safety summit held in the UK has all eyes set on it and many hope it will trailblaze an international discussion on AI.

A building part of the University of Bristol | HPE and Uni of Bristol to help create UK’s most powerful AI supercomputer

HPE and Uni of Bristol to create UK’s most powerful AI supercomputer

HPE and The University of Bristol have announced a collaboration to deliver the UK’s fastest supercomputer thanks to £225m government funding.

View of an audience sitting at a conference in a dark room | Celosphere Celonis

Tech breakthroughs unveiled at Celosphere 2023 could skyrocket process mining to the stars

Celonis announced that more than 3,000 of the world’s top process mining experts will convene at Celosphere 2023 in Munich, Germany on November 14-15.

Analytics and AI

Fujitsu forms merger to enhance cloud services

Japanese multinational conglomerate Fujitsu has announced its decision to form an “absorption-type merger” of its public cloud business.

Application Development and Integration

AWS Q3 results show higher revenue, but slow sales

Amazon announced its Q3 financial results with the AWS cloud platform becoming a key driver of revenue, despite recently slow sales.

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.

Cloud Platform and Technology

Workday is not just a people platform, bet your bottom dollar on it

Equiniti on the financial management side of Workday.

Microsoft's office building | Microsoft’s shows positive Q1 2024 results amid faster cloud growth

Application Development and Integration

Microsoft shows positive Q1 24 results amid faster cloud growth

Microsoft’s fiscal first-quarter earnings outperformed analyst forecasts driven by revenue in Intelligent Cloud rising 19 percent to $24.3bn.

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Infor entices devs with new Developer Portal and Program

Infor have announced the launch of its new Developer Program and Developer Portal, both of which are designed to give devs the information and tools they need to build on top of Infor cloud systems.

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Supply Chain Management

Sunken souffle? How food and beverage can avoid inflation irritation

Modern cloud-based ERP solutions can help the food and beverage industry make data-based decisions and find innovative solutions to inflation-induced issues.

Cloud Platform and Technology

As NTT Data buys up SAP licenses, are SIs now horsemen of the HANA-pocalypse?

NTT DATA has announced a plan to repurchase legacy and on-premises SAP licenses to help ease customer cloud migrations. But is this enough?

water management facility | Minister unveils UK-India tech initiative to boost environmental collaboration

Cloud Platform and Technology

Minister unveils UK-India environmental tech collaboration

UK minister for the Indo-Pacific region has unveiled a UK-India tech initiative aimed to reinforce tech environmental collaboration.

Automation

McKinsey and DHL navigating fleet sustainability with Samsara

With sustainability climbing further on agendas, industries like transportation are facing the significant impact of their operations.

Attendees at NTT's transformation now event | urging SAP community to “step out of comfort zone”

Application Development and Integration

NTT DATA urges SAP community to “step out of comfort zone”

Dedicated to gathering the SAP community to learn, share and network, NTT’s Transformation NOW! 2023 event focused on all things SAP.

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.

Rocket that's blasting into space from the launchpad with lots of smoke | cloud-based Infor

Cloud Platform and Technology

The rocket fuel your business needs: Cloud-based enterprise software

Cloud-based enterprise software emerges as a game-changer for businesses, offering them agile platforms that allow fast pivots in response to any market challenges

Analytics and AI

Can AI be trusted to battle money laundering and fraud?

AI has reached the scope of multiple industries, but banking might be one of the more unexpected fields to adopt the budding technology.

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Cloud Platform and Technology

A cloud-juiced CFO can unleash a new era of financial excellence

For CFOs to stay afloat, knowledge of the latest technological developments will be necessary. Here's how cloud technology can help CFOs turboboost their respective businesses.