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Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software
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June 27, 2022
27
Jun'22
Manchester Airports Group taps Rise with SAP service to speed recovery
Manchester Airports Group, which includes London Stansted and East Midlands as well as Manchester, has chosen SAP’s Rise package, on AWS, as it seeks to ‘build back smarter’ post-pandemic
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June 17, 2022
17
Jun'22
MoD sets out strategy to develop military AI with private sector
The UK Ministry of Defence has outlined its intention to work closely with the private sector to develop and deploy a range of artificial intelligence-powered technologies, committing to ‘lawful and ethical AI use’
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June 09, 2022
09
Jun'22
CIO interview: Yiannis Levantis aims at total quality for Unipart IT
Unipart has a heritage in quality manufacturing and services that CIO Yiannis Levantis is building on, in part by harnessing SAP’s cloud-based business transformation service Rise
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June 07, 2022
07
Jun'22
Software house Mega achieves holistic SaaS security with Synopsys
Mega International, a supplier of IT management software, turned to Synopsys’s Coverity and Black Duck products to reassure both itself and its customers that its software-as-a-service offerings were built to the best possible security standards
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May 31, 2022
31
May'22
Heineken puts employees in charge of their own careers with new HR system
According to Sanne Noordam, head of SAP SuccessFactors in the Netherlands, companies need to look and listen more closely to the needs of employees in order to attract and retain them
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May 27, 2022
27
May'22
NatWest replacing multiple customer service systems
NatWest Bank puts customer service tools on a single platform using Microsoft Dynamics 365
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May 11, 2022
11
May'22
Sapphire 2022: Klein majors on sustainability and supply chain resilience
At SAP’s first in-person Sapphire customer conference in three years, CEO Christian Klein and his top team revisited the themes of sustainability and supply chain resilience, which were prominent in 2020 and 2021
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May 11, 2022
11
May'22
SAP ‘optimistic’ about S/4 Hana in APAC
A top SAP executive is confident that more of its customers in Asia-Pacific will adopt S/4 Hana this year, as the company shores up integration of its ERP software with other business applications
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May 06, 2022
06
May'22
How Rimini Street is growing its footprint in ASEAN
Rimini Street is expanding its reach in ASEAN as more companies, such as Malaysian carmaker Proton, look for cheaper software maintenance options
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May 04, 2022
04
May'22
Intellectual property theft operation attributed to Winnti group
Winnti conducted a prolonged cyber espionage campaign that went undetected for years, allowing it to exfiltrate massive amounts of corporate data and intellectual property
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April 22, 2022
22
Apr'22
SAP Q1 2022: Revenue up 11%, Ukraine war impact projected to be €300m
SAP has announced first-quarter revenue of more than €7.1bn, and the Ukraine war is projected to have a €300m impact for 2022
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April 22, 2022
22
Apr'22
Asda adopts Workday as part of digital transformation
As Asda undergoes a digital transformation as part of its separation from Walmart, the supermarket has adopted Workday to manage its 140,000 employees
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April 14, 2022
14
Apr'22
Multi-ERP systems are on the menu for SAP implementations
Organisations using SAP may build future ERP systems from composable building blocks from multiple software providers
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April 13, 2022
13
Apr'22
Oracle vaunts ME as employee experience platform geared to post-crisis workforce realities
Oracle has launched an employee experience platform, dubbed ME, said to be designed for post-Covid, individualistic pandemic workforce trends
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March 30, 2022
30
Mar'22
UKISUG: Big majority of SAP users beset by data problems in migrating to S/4 Hana
In a survey prior to its Analytics Symposium, the UK & Ireland SAP User Group finds 61% of SAP customers say data management issues are slowing down process automation and impeding moves to S/4 Hana
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March 30, 2022
30
Mar'22
Why integration and automation are two sides of the same coin
Workato’s regional leader explains why integration and automation are intertwined and how the company is addressing the Asia-Pacific market
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March 24, 2022
24
Mar'22
Unipart maps way ahead with Rise with SAP service
Unipart has chosen the Rise with SAP S/4 Hana-based service as it seeks to develop further the systems integration side of its business
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March 24, 2022
24
Mar'22
Recognising APAC’s trailblazers in digital transformation
The region’s top industry innovators were recognised for their digital transformation efforts at the Computer Weekly Innovation Awards APAC 2022
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March 24, 2022
24
Mar'22
CW Innovation Awards: Driving new revenue with data insights
GLS Group beefed up its enterprise resource planning system to deliver data insights that support real-time decision making and drive new revenue
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March 23, 2022
23
Mar'22
SAP to invest S$250m in Singapore innovation lab
New lab will double SAP’s engineering workforce in Singapore by 2025 and help to shape the company’s product development roadmap
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March 16, 2022
16
Mar'22
TCS doubles down on innovation and talent in Australia
Indian IT service provider TCS has opened an innovation centre in Sydney and is investing in local talent to meet the digital transformation needs of Australian organisations
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March 07, 2022
07
Mar'22
India’s Mahindra Group makes cloud move
The Indian conglomerate will migrate SAP S/4 Hana and its data warehouse to Google Cloud and build up its DevOps capabilities
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February 01, 2022
01
Feb'22
Dutch software engineers join campaign for research funding
Software researchers from all over Europe are sounding the alarm: to maintain a strong international competitive position, more financial resources must be committed to software research
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January 27, 2022
27
Jan'22
SAP full-year 2021: Revenue nudges up 1%, cloud growth up 17%
SAP has announced a 2% rise in full-year 2021 revenue, to just under €28bn, while S/4 Hana customer base increased by 18% to 18,800
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January 24, 2022
24
Jan'22
Heathrow Airport takes to the cloud with Oracle Fusion Applications
Airport has implemented a full spread of Oracle Cloud Applications, including ERP and HCM, as it looks to recover from the pandemic
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January 14, 2022
14
Jan'22
Twinings selects Rise with SAP to simplify its business brew
Tea company Twinings Ovaltine has chosen SAP’s Rise subscription service to simplify its relationship with the supplier and focus on future growth
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December 31, 2021
31
Dec'21
Top 10 Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcasts of 2021
The Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast team began the year discussing the online fallout from the storming of the White House and finished it discussing IT and climate change, touching on bees and datacentres along the way
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December 29, 2021
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Dec'21
Top 10 business applications stories of 2021
2021 saw enterprise software suppliers and users envisaging a nimbler future, beyond the Covid pandemic, with more loosely coupled ERP systems, more flexible business processes, and a renewed digital-first focus on customers
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December 15, 2021
15
Dec'21
Asda follows EG Group sibling in selection of Rise with SAP
Retailer is looking to improve the agility of its operations in the cloud with a move to Rise with SAP on Microsoft Azure, and to streamline its procurement with SAP Ariba
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December 07, 2021
07
Dec'21
IT Priorities 2022: ERP gets back on the horse
Automation and going cloud-first have gained significant interest for enterprise software and data management investment in the UK, according to the annual TechTarget/Computer Weekly IT Priorities 2022 survey
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December 01, 2021
01
Dec'21
IT Priorities 2022: IT a focus for business recovery
The pandemic has accelerated IT initiatives – we look at what impact this will have on the CIO agenda for 2022
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November 29, 2021
29
Nov'21
UKISUG 2021: S/4 Hana skills deficit and legacy custom code hamper migration
On the opening day of its 2021 conference, the UK and Ireland SAP User Group unveils member research showing concerns that an S/4 Hana skills deficit and a surfeit of legacy customisation is retarding migration to the Hana-based ERP
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November 29, 2021
29
Nov'21
NetSuite CEO Goldberg: Growth companies nimble for post-Covid normality
Evan Goldberg, executive vice president of Oracle NetSuite, reflects on the post-Covid-19 pandemic economy through the prism of the Oracle-owned SaaS company
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November 25, 2021
25
Nov'21
Post Office supported 1999 law change that eased prosecutions using computer evidence
The Post Office made clear its support for a change in UK law regarding computer evidence that was making prosecution 'onerous' - a change which later helped to wrongfully convict subpostmasters
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November 18, 2021
18
Nov'21
Six more former subpostmasters have convictions overturned
A total number of 65 subpostmasters have now had criminal convictions overturned in Post Office Horizon scandal
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November 09, 2021
09
Nov'21
What’s up with Wotsits, Quavers and Monster Munch?
IT failure leads to shortages of popular UK crisps on supermarket shelves resulting in extraordinary price hikes on eBay
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November 05, 2021
05
Nov'21
Petrol station retailer EG Group opts for Rise with SAP to fuel growth
EG Group, a petrol station and food retailer, is looking to improve its operations with a move to Rise with SAP on an SAP private cloud alongside an implementation of the SuccessFactors HR system
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November 04, 2021
04
Nov'21
Rise with SAP attracts 11% interest from SAP customers
Research from the UK & Ireland SAP User Group has found only 11% of members plan to use SAP’s Rise with SAP business transformation as a service offering
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October 20, 2021
20
Oct'21
Oracle NetSuite embeds HSBC corporate banking services into ERP
Oracle Netsuite integrates HSBC corporate banking services into its latest software
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October 13, 2021
13
Oct'21
Modern SaaS shifts core ERP architectures
There are numerous ways to achieve the same result. Salesforce, Microsoft and Microsoft offer a different way to consider enterprise systems
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August 29, 2021
29
Aug'21
Mainland Chinese businesses lead tech adoption in APAC
Chinese firms are more likely than others in Asia-Pacific to tap on artificial intelligence and business intelligence among other technologies to drive innovation
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August 24, 2021
24
Aug'21
Inchcape picks Rise with SAP on Google Cloud to motor on digital
Auto sector company Inchcape has chosen SAP’s Rise service on Google Cloud to drive forward its digital transformation programme
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August 18, 2021
18
Aug'21
Thames Valley Police drops ERP system after spending £14m
Thames Valley Police exits tri-force programme to develop new enterprise resource planning software for the police
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August 12, 2021
12
Aug'21
Same-day delivery firm CitySprint fields Salesforce for customers
Same-day delivery specialist CitySprint uses Salesforce across its contact management, sales and marketing teams
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August 05, 2021
05
Aug'21
SAP customers more alert to internal than external threats
SAP customers are more concerned by insider threats than by external attacks, according to a report. And yet the average SAP customer has around 2,500 vulnerabilities within their customised SAP code
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August 05, 2021
05
Aug'21
Unit4 doubles down on APAC business
Supplier of mid-market ERP systems Unit4 is investing in a research and development centre in Jakarta as part of efforts to win market share from established players
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August 02, 2021
02
Aug'21
Building supply chain resilience with cloud ERP
Vallen Asia’s cloud enterprise resource planning system has enabled it to scale its operations across the region and made its supply chain operations more resilient amid the pandemic
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July 21, 2021
21
Jul'21
SAP Q2 2021: revenue down 1%, 600 new S/4 Hana signups
SAP has reported second-quarter 2021 revenue of €6.669bn, down 1% on the same year-ago quarter. Cloud revenue has increased by 11% to €2.276bn, just over one-third of the total, and 250 customers claimed for new Rise with SAP package in the quarter
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July 20, 2021
20
Jul'21
Government shares vision for digitised energy system as it pursues net-zero emissions target
Strategy is geared towards readying the UK energy system for the transition from fossil fuels to renewable power through digital transformation
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July 19, 2021
19
Jul'21
SAP invests €250m in UK economy
Investment includes a new, UK-based cloud service, two new offices, and a beefing up of SAP’s apprenticeship and internship programmes