Salesforce

In this ERP Today Live! session we explore the benefits of an integrated platform and single data model for end-to-end transformation and analyse the impact it has on delivering customer and employee experience.

Salesforce and ParalympicsGB team up

Salesforce announces a new long-term marketing partnership with ParalympicsGB to bring fans and athletes closer together than ever before.

Ukraine needs more than just ‘flag washing’ from Big Tech

ERP Today asks why the Big Tech brigade hasn’t put its money where its mouth is and shut off current services to their Russian client base.

Blockbuster full year results for Salesforce – Benioff says $32bn next year

Salesforce reported a 25% year-on-year revenue increase to $26.5 billion for fiscal 2022, with strong growth in both subscription and support revenues, and raised its FY23 revenue guidance to $32.1 billion.

Salesforce stock dips despite strong Q3 as Benioff lays ground for transition

Salesforce stock dipped 6 percent in extended trading, despite announcing solid results for its third quarter of fiscal 2022 ended October 31, 2021. It also announced the appointment of Bret Taylor as the company’s co-CEO – a move that some expect to signal the start of a transition of leadership.

Why multi-cloud is the New Normal

Not long ago the IT landscape of an enterprise was a simple affair: one or a few data centres, usually determined by location requirements, would create a system landscape that every IT person with 10 or more year’s work experience grew up with. Fast forward to the 2010s and the landscape was characterised by duality – meaning that the data centres were still there – and a few workloads in the cloud, most likely a single cloud.

The cloud goes Vertical

The backdrop – commercial elasticity and the demand for workloads. The cloud has been one of, if not the, most transformative IT innovations in the short history of the IT discipline. The ability to convert CAPEX into OPEX has an irresistible lure to enterprises in a pandemic world more than ever.

ERP needs smarter (than the average bear) code testing

SmartBear's TestComplete enhances ERP application testing by enabling codeless mobile tests across multiple devices and browsers, streamlining automation for both technical and non-technical users to minimize downtime during updates.

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

Unlocking the value of Smart contracts

The Ethereum whitepaper, written and released by Vitalik Buterin in 2013, put in motion the wheels of change that are set to have a profound impact across every industry in the coming years ahead.

Copado raises $140m to expand DevOps platform

Copado, a DevOps platform for Salesforce and other clouds, has secured $140 million in Series C funding led by Insight Partners, bringing its total investment to $257 million and valuing the company at approximately $1.2 billion, which will be used to enhance its DevOps and AI-enabled testing solutions and expand into the Asia-Pacific market.

Strong Q2 for Salesforce following Slack acquisition

Salesforce has reported a 23% year-on-year revenue increase to $6.34 billion in Q2 2022, following its acquisition of Slack, with strong performance in subscription services and professional services.

ERP Today Live! Zahra Bahrololoumi

After 22 years at Accenture, where she led notable initiatives and championed diversity, Zahra Bahrololoumi transitioned to become the UK&I CEO of Salesforce in March, prompting questions about her motivations for leaving consulting for a vendor role.

Global consultancies

A panel discussion among executives from leading consultancies EY, Capgemini, and Accenture revealed that while brand values, culture, and relationships are crucial for differentiating their services, the focus remains on delivering tangible results and meeting diverse client expectations in a competitive ERP landscape.

Salesforce Q1 results best in company’s history

Salesforce shares rose by 5 percent in extended trading following its first quarter fiscal 2022 results announcement, which saw the company raise its FY22 revenue guidance by $250m to $26bn.

IBM to acquire Salesforce partner Waeg

IBM has announced plans to acquire Waeg, a consulting partner for Salesforce, in a deal that will extend its range of services and advance its hybrid cloud and AI strategy.

Strong set of results for Salesforce

Salesforce has announced results for its fiscal fourth quarter and full year fiscal 2021 ended 31 January 2021.

Salesforce challenges Microsoft with Slack megadeal

In the largest deal of its 21 year history, Salesforce has acquired workplace messaging app Slack...

Salesforce appoints Zahra Bahrololoumi as UK chief

Salesforce has appointed Zahra Bahrololoumi as UK & Ireland executive vice president and CEO...

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...

Third-party support: not just about money

The role of IT should be primarily about serving the business: providing the necessary infrastructure...

Workday partners with Salesforce to support evolving workforce needs

Workday has partnered with Salesforce to equip joint customers with insights and tools to help them...

Mihir Shukla / Automation Anywhere CEO & Co-Founder

There’s a storm coming and it’s called RPA.

Mihir Shukla is the CEO and co-founder of Automation Anywhere. By the end of this year his company will have over three million digital workers deployed in the world’s largest organisations. RPA is likely to be the most transformative technology to emerge from the digital revolution and Automation Anywhere is at the head of the field when it comes to capitalising on the burgeoning demands...

Where is the new money for ERP?

In the cloud era, the ERP market that serves an organisation’s back office business operations is dominated by the tier one players of SAP, Oracle, and Workday...

Keith Block steps down as Salesforce CEO

Salesforce has announced that Keith Block has officially stepped down as co-CEO of the company...

Record results for Salesforce

Salesforce has announced results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year, which ended 31 January 2020...

Salesforce appoints Dame Jayne-Anne Gadhia as first CEO for UKI

Salesforce has appointed Dame Jayne-Anne Gadhia as its first CEO for UK and Ireland, a new role created to lead...