professional services

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TCS Acquires Coastal to Expand Salesforce and AI Consulting Capabilities

Tata Consultancy Services has acquired Coastal for $700 million, enhancing its Salesforce and AI capabilities with Coastal’s 600 professionals, thereby positioning TCS to expand its global transformation services.

Analytics and AI

Cognizant and Microsoft Target the Last-Mile Problem in Enterprise AI

Cognizant and Microsoft have expanded their AI partnership to co-develop industry-specific solutions and integrate Microsoft's AI stack into Cognizant’s services, primarily benefiting sectors like financial services and healthcare, as they aim to enhance AI deployment and operational impacts through deeper collaboration and streamlined workflows.

Analytics and AI

New AI Agents Make AWS ProServe Projects Faster

AWS has launched the Professional Services Delivery Agent, an AI-powered tool that enhances AWS ProServe engagements by automating routine tasks, thereby significantly improving project turnaround times and reducing costs.

Financial Management

The Great Finance Time Drain: Professional Services Firms Are Burning 44 Hours a Week on Financial Fire-Fighting

Unit4's research reveals that finance teams in professional services are inefficiently spending significant time resolving financial discrepancies and consolidating year-end reports due to a lack of automated processes and unified data sources, leading to burnout and strategic disadvantages for organizations.

Data and Data Management

The Death of the Spreadsheet

The article advocates for a shift from traditional spreadsheets to modern data visualization tools like SAP Analytics Cloud and Microsoft Power BI, emphasizing their ability to provide real-time insights and improve financial management efficiency for finance teams.

Service Management

ERP Today Live! with Certinia and UiPath

In this ERP Today Live! session, Certinia's Andy Campbell and UiPath's Ian Turlin, share UiPath’s implementation journey with Certinia’s professional services cloud.

Introducing PSA: productivity and profit, despite rising costs

Neil Davidson, regional vice president EMEA and APAC at Deltek, discusses how professional services can boost productivity and profit through choosing the right system, despite rising costs.