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• September 12, 2019 12 Sep'19

  Oracle Q1, 2019-2020: revenue flat, cloud progress vaunted

  Oracle’s first quarter 2019-2020 results show revenue growth to be flat, but executives claim cloud headway and vaunt progress on autonomous database uptake. Co-CEO Mark Hurd takes leave of absence on health grounds

• August 28, 2019 28 Aug'19

  APAC is epicentre of the experience economy

  The experience economy is emerging in the Asia-Pacific region, but to succeed, enterprises will need to understand both operational and experience data

• July 24, 2019 24 Jul'19

  UK CIOs bottom of digital workflow league

  Leading CIOs shift from tech to leadership focus, but a new survey from ServiceNow has found that UK CIOs have not increased workflow budget

• July 18, 2019 18 Jul'19

  Welsh council aims to cut back-office processing costs by 95% through automation

  A council in South Wales is expecting to reduce the cost of human resources business processes by up to 95% through robotic process automation

• June 19, 2019 19 Jun'19

  Looming private sector IR35 reforms prompts calls for gig economy-focused tax system overhaul

  The growth of the gig-based economy has exposed weaknesses in the UK tax system – exacerbated by the IR35 reforms – that mean an overhaul is needed, panel claims

• June 04, 2019 04 Jun'19

  Why HR and procurement need to collaborate

  A lack of insight into the external skills they use means organisations are missing out on smart human capital management

• May 30, 2019 30 May'19

  How Unilever found itself selling enterprise software

  Ken Charman has a track record in running IT firms. In 2018, he was coaxed out of retirement to spearhead Unilever’s spin-out software business

• April 24, 2019 24 Apr'19

  SAP Q1 2019 results: 400 more S/4 Hana sign-ups, €1.5bn in cloud

  SAP’s first-quarter 2019 financial results indicate cloud revenue at 26% of total, and 400 new customers for S/4 Hana. Senior executive losses, restructure and Qualtrix acquisition cost bite into profit

• April 10, 2019 10 Apr'19

  Should you buy SaaS ERP or best-of-breed enterprise software?

  The major ERP providers are pushing their customers to their cloud offerings. It makes sense, but there are plenty of SaaS alternatives

• April 03, 2019 03 Apr'19

  Del Monte Foods enlists Accenture to help guide move to AWS cloud

  US-based food producer has moved hundreds of servers and business applications to the AWS public cloud as part of a push to modernise its IT estate and boost its overall business agility

• March 29, 2019 29 Mar'19

  Middle East countries accelerate quantum computing research

  Gulf countries must invest in quantum computing research to ensure they continue to to remain digital pioneers

• March 20, 2019 20 Mar'19

  How D+1 keeps payroll woes at bay

  The Singapore-based F&B business behind the Yolé frozen yogurt chain has consolidated its payroll data into a single database powered by Unit4’s HR management system

• January 29, 2019 29 Jan'19

  Australian government turns to Rimini Street for software support

  A slew of Australian government agencies have switched out SAP and Oracle maintenance contracts for third-party support services

• January 02, 2019 02 Jan'19

  How e-signatures fix broken digitisation

  A big barrier to the end-to-end digitisation of business processes is that certain steps require paper – but DocuSign plans to fix this

• December 31, 2018 31 Dec'18

  Top 10 business applications stories of 2018

  The steady modernisation of ERP systems, as they edge to the cloud and are complemented by new-generation customer software, was markedly evident this year. And blockchain and AI are making inroads