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Microsoft confirms position as #1 cloud vendor

Microsoft has announced its results for Q2 and revealed stunning growth across the board including a 32 percent increase in cloud revenue – worth $22.2bn on the quarter – confirming its position as the number one cloud vendor.

Microsoft reveals hybrid working a potential dealbreaker for half of UK workers

New research published by Microsoft has revealed that 51 percent of UK workers who currently have the choice to mix remote and office working would contemplate quitting their job if hybrid working was axed. Carried out in conjunction with YouGov,...

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Microsoft cloud business boosts Q1 2022 earnings

Microsoft has announced financial results for FY22 Q1, revealing a 22 percent year-on-year increase in total revenue to $45.3bn. Net income for the quarter totalled $20.5bn – a 48 percent year-on-year increase – and diluted earnings per share rose by...

Avanade acquires Dynamics expert QUANTIQ

Avanade has agreed to acquire QUANTIQ, a London-headquartered Microsoft Business Applications-focussed systems integrator and the only Microsoft Partner in the UK that can sell, implement and support the full Dynamics stack in the cloud, hybrid-cloud and on-premise. The acquisition will significantly...

NTT and Microsoft support shift to hybrid working in next phase of alliance

NTT has been selected as one of the launch partners for Operator Connect for Microsoft Teams, which brings PSTN calling to Teams and provides integrated calling functionality that simplifies business communications. The partnership signifies the next phase of NTT’s strategic...

ServiceNow expands partnership with Microsoft

ServiceNow has expanded its strategic partnership with Microsoft to empower employees as they continue to navigate new ways of working. ServiceNow has introduced a new collaborative app for its Employee Centre as part of its Now Platform Rome release, that integrates...

Workday vs. ServiceNow: The Big Shift

Every decade there’s a major shift in enterprise software. In the 1970s companies bought integrated financial systems; in the 1980s and 1990s it was ERP; now it’s a wild west of tools for digital customer experiences, digital employee experiences, and AI-enabled automation

ERP Today Live! Identifying the catalyst for change with Boden, Microsoft and HSO

The proliferation of new technology and a rapid change in where and how we work has placed huge strains on HR teams. In this ERP Today Live! session we explore how productivity within HR has been impacted by the pandemic and how technology saturation has affected the wellbeing of HR teams.

EY enhances Microsoft capabilities with Seaton acquisition

EY has announced the acquisition of Seaton Partners, a UK-based consulting firm specialising in Microsoft solutions. The move supports EY’s ambition to expand capacity, capabilities and market presence across Microsoft Dynamics 365 ERP. Seaton Partners is a Microsoft Dynamics gold...

The new era of hybrid work

COVID-19 has in many ways irrevocably changed the way we work. Almost overnight, organisations were forced to establish a new remote workforce. Kitchen tables became desks, and in-person meetings were replaced by video calls. Now, more than a year later,...

EY announces acquisition of UK technology business, Pythagoras Communications

EY announced yesterday, the acquisition of Pythagoras Communications Holdings Limited (Pythagoras), a leading UK technology company and Microsoft Gold Partner. Pythagoras provides professional services and solutions using technology platforms including Microsoft Azure, Dynamics 365, SharePoint and the Power Platform. Pythagoras employs 118 people...

Cloud sales boost Microsoft Q3 results

Microsoft has posted its Q3 2021 results, reporting revenue of $41.7bn, up 19% compared to the same period last year.

Two senior leadership appointments for Microsoft UK

Microsoft has announced the appointments of Orla McGrath and Soraya Scott to its UK leadership team.

Leap in software revenue for IFS

IFS has announced its financial results for the year ending 31 December 2020 and they make for impressive reading...

Microsoft and SAP team up

SAP and Microsoft have announced plans to integrate Microsoft Teams with SAP’s suite of services to help customers migrate to the cloud...

AO.com beat retail blues

Everyone loves a good story. And this is a great story because it’s almost impossible to believe. Who opens retail stores during a global pandemic (apart from Amazon, the world’s richest retailer) that has seen high street giants collapse like...

Blue Prism extends offering to Azure users

Blue Prism has announced that its intelligent automation software will be made available on Microsoft...

Have third-party software support providers got ERP vendors on the ropes

In the ERP software world, as with most big business, perception is everything – that’s why software vendors invest so much in PR. Despite this, most of the software vendors we approached to participate...

The state of the enterprise in 2020 and beyond

While the world struggles with its most severe pandemic in 100 or so years, the key underlying dynamics...

Standard Chartered banks on Microsoft

As technology continues to reshape the banking industry, Standard Chartered Bank and Microsoft...

Microsoft cloud strength drives fourth quarter results

Microsoft has reported a strong Q4, boosted by commercial cloud revenue, which surpassed $50bn...

Modular ERP: The Key to Corporate Agility

Our business landscape is in flux, and success lies in being able to move with it...

Customer centricity: A key priority across all lines of business

In today’s content and product-saturated marketplace, personalisation is the key to standing apart...

Driving force

It takes a lot to surprise Mark Mathieson and Graham Hoare these days. They have a calmness...

Supporting the manufacturing community during this challenging time

We are hearing from our manufacturing customers around the globe about how the outbreak of...

Work from Home

It’s all very well if you’re used to working from home (WFH), have honed your own tricks to manage...

Open Source is the disruption that enterprises need

Enterprises are now able to reduce costs and complexity, and accelerate product development...

Standardisation of data best practice in data migration

The world’s most valuable resource is data. The five most valuable companies in the world, Google...

Is this the reckoning humanity needed?

t’s obvious to conclude that humanity doesn’t work. Our purpose in this world seems unclear and we have stumbled from century to century without direction or reason. Like a rudderless ship cast into the vast oceans, we have tried many ideas over several thousand years and none have delivered peace, purpose or paradise.

The future of human touch in business

Around the world, humans are struggling to ignore thousands of years of bio-social convention and avoid touching each other. What are the implications for how we conduct business?