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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.
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
Workday to acquire CPQ vendor Zimit
Workday has announced intent to acquire Zimit, one of the only configure price quote (CPQ) solutions built specifically for services industries. Zimit expedites the creation of timely and accurate quotes and proposals, helping to reduce the time to quote from...
Workday Q2 results exceed expectations
Workday has announced strong results for Q2 2022, with total revenues up 18.7 percent to $1.26bn in comparison with the same period last year. Wall Street had predicted the company would report revenue of $1.24bn for the quarter. Subscription revenue was...
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Google Cloud and Workday announce global partnership
Google Cloud and Workday have announced a multi-year partnership to enable businesses to further their digital transformations. As a Workday preferred cloud partner across industries such as healthcare, financial services, and retail, Google Cloud will help businesses run Workday enterprise...
Workday unveils talent investment and expansion plans
Workday Inc., the enterprise cloud application provider for finance and human resources, has revealed plans to create 2,500 new roles and expand office locations to create new talent pools. The business announced this week the plans to expand office locations...
Better-than-expected results for Workday
Workday has released better-than-expected results for the fiscal fourth quarter and full year ended 31 January 2021.
Workday launches COVID-19 vaccine management solution
Workday has announced a COVID-19 vaccine management solution that provides HR and business leaders...
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Cautious outlook for Workday
Workday has reported its Q3 fiscal 2021 results which show a 17.9 percent increase in total revenues...
The thin veneer of differentiation
I wrote to each of the ERP vendors and asked them to send me a few words on what set them apart from the competition - the results were depressingly vague. I hate to break it to you but ‘putting customers first’...
Good vibes from Workday
Workday has announced two new offerings, VIBE Central and VIBE Index, to help HR leaders advance...
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Solid set of results for Workday
Workday has reported a strong fiscal 2021 Q2 and has raised its subscription revenue guidance...
Software firms at forefront of COVID-19 efforts
Software vendors are leveraging their expertise to help customers, employees and the community overcome COVID-19 challenges. The way in which companies conduct themselves during the COVID-19 crisis has come under intense scrutiny. As we have already seen, companies that fail to support both their customers and staff during this period are likely to be judged harshly – and publicly – and could incur financial and reputational damage from which it will be difficult to recover...
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Workday reports strong first quarter results
Workday has announced strong Q1 results, with total revenues of $1.02bn, up 23.4 percent year on...
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...
Workday achieves net-zero carbon emissions a year early
A year earlier than its original 2021 target, Workday has officially achieved net-zero carbon emissions...
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...
Accenture accelerates growth with acquisitions
Accenture has acquired the Workday, Salesforce and US MuleSoft practices from Sierra-Cedar Group...