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Business applications
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May 08, 2017
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May'17
Unit4 adds machine learning to services-centric ERP system
Unit4, which majors on business applications software for professional services firms and universities, adds machine learning to its product suite, as announced at a customer event in Rotterdam
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May 05, 2017
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May'17
SAP goes after world’s largest brewing company in $600m licence dispute
Belgian brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev says it intends to defend “vigorously” against software licensing claims by SAP
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May 04, 2017
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May'17
NetSuite accelerates APAC expansion plan
Cloud-based software supplier will deliver its business applications through Oracle’s Sydney datacentre in regional push
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May 04, 2017
04
May'17
Dynamics 365 joins Azure and Office 365 in Microsoft UK datacentre
Hosting Dynamics 365 with Azure and Office 365 is part of Microsoft’s big cloud upsell
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May 03, 2017
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May'17
SAP focuses on training young Arab graduates in Middle East
SAP has a raft of initiatives planned in the Middle East which includes a strategy to equip young people and entrepreneurs with the IT skills required as the region transforms.
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May 03, 2017
03
May'17
Barclays Bank opens startup hub in London
Bank aims to support fintech firms in their early stages
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April 28, 2017
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Apr'17
Microsoft chief reveals Azure upsell strategy
Azure competes with AWS on price as an IaaS, but Satya Nadella sees this as a way to get CIOs to buy higher-level services
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April 27, 2017
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Apr'17
Case Study: How Swedish retailer Stayhard boosted sales online
Swedish retailer adopts cloud-based software to turn customer browsing into sales
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April 27, 2017
27
Apr'17
Case study: Specsavers furthers digital transformation with single customer view
UK retailer Specsavers has been in the process of digital transformation for several years, and has now partnered with Fujitsu to eliminate disparate systems and create a single customer view
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April 26, 2017
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Apr'17
Hadoop-centric data science proves value at Danske Bank
Nordics bank Danske Bank has been using the Hortonworks distribution of Hadoop as a plank in its data science programme, which targets fraud, fills ATMs, and aims to combat customer delinquency
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April 25, 2017
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Apr'17
SAP Q1 2017 results: cloud revenue €906m, 5,800 customers for S/4
SAP has announced €5.29bn in first quarter 2017 revenue, of which €906m was for cloud subscription and support, 17% of the total. Supplier adds 400 S/4 Hana customer in quarter
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April 25, 2017
25
Apr'17
City University London launches undergraduate data science course after postgraduate success
Following the success of its postgraduate data science course, London university launches undergraduate programme
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April 24, 2017
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Apr'17
Gulf Air refreshes storage and server farm hardware with Dell EMC
Airline completes major project to revamp its storage infrastructure with Dell EMC technologies
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April 24, 2017
24
Apr'17
SAP board member talks Middle East investment
In an interview with Computer Weekly, SAP’s chief financial officer, Luka Mucic, talks up the significance of the UAE and wider Middle East region in terms of IT transformation
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April 24, 2017
24
Apr'17
Criminal Courts Review Commission appoints forensic accountants for Post Office IT system cases
Investigation into claims of miscarriages of justice in relation to a Post Office accounting system has appointed a forensic accountant firm