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February 04, 2021
04
Feb'21
Microsoft launches Viva as employee experience platform born out of Teams
Microsoft has launched an “employee experience platform”, based on Microsoft Teams, said to aid the integration of the working environment
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December 17, 2020
17
Dec'20
UK police unlawfully processing over a million people’s data on Microsoft 365
The roll-out of Microsoft 365 to dozens of UK police forces may be unlawful, because many have failed to conduct data protection checks before deployment and hold no information on their contracts
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November 26, 2020
26
Nov'20
Robots taking jobs, but creating careers
Robotic process automation developers tell Computer Weekly about the job they never expected to be doing
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November 11, 2020
11
Nov'20
What businesses can learn from GovTech’s digital strategy
Modernising its infrastructure and putting digital at its core has given Singapore’s Government Technology Agency the agility it needs to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic
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October 27, 2020
27
Oct'20
SAP Q3 2020 results: revenue down 4%, cloud silver lining hailed
SAP’s third quarter 2020 results stated a 4% year-on-year reduction in revenue, with an 11% increase in cloud revenue lightening the gloom
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October 21, 2020
21
Oct'20
Financial services staff want work-from-home policies to continue after Covid
About half of workers in the finance sector want their employers to retain remote working policies brought in during the pandemic
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October 21, 2020
21
Oct'20
UK sees surge in IT outsourcing contracts
Transformation projects drive IaaS growth, but SaaS declines. Some sectors are renegotiating and restructuring contracts to reduce costs
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October 14, 2020
14
Oct'20
NHS England issues integrated cloud ERP procurement advice call
NHS England is calling on software suppliers for advice concerning the feasibility of moving and integrating its ERP systems in cloud infrastructure
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October 06, 2020
06
Oct'20
NetSuite CEO Goldberg: Growing in the house of Oracle
NetSuite CEO Evan Goldberg briefs analysts and press on the eve of the supplier’s annual, this year virtual, conference
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September 03, 2020
03
Sep'20
How Certis is digitising security operations
Certis has developed more than 50 applications in a year to help employees do their jobs better and has set up an AI centre to tap the potential of robotics and video analytics in security
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August 04, 2020
04
Aug'20
Nordic enterprises look for SAP price reductions as they navigate Covid-19
Businesses in the Nordics are using SAP Cloud Platform to address Covid-19 challenges and are also seeking price reductions
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July 27, 2020
27
Jul'20
SAP Q2 2020 results: SAP partially divests Qualtrics as positive results posted against Covid crisis
SAP has announced a positive set of second-quarter 2020 results, hot on the heels of a declaration that it will spin out online survey business unit Qualtrics by way of an initial public offering in the US
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July 23, 2020
23
Jul'20
APAC firms in early stages of digital transformation
More than three-quarters of APAC firms struggle to revise their financial plans amid the Covid-19 pandemic, with many still lacking agile systems and processes, a new study finds
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July 15, 2020
15
Jul'20
HSBC chooses AWS for public cloud business operations
HSBC will use a cloud platform from Amazon Web Services across its business operations to accelerate its public cloud use
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June 17, 2020
17
Jun'20
Oracle full-year results: 1% revenue decline as Covid-19 bites
Oracle sees 1% decline in full year-on-year 2019-20 revenue, and a 6% drop in its fourth quarter, but takes comfort from OCI Zoom win in pandemic crisis
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June 16, 2020
16
Jun'20
Sapphire 2020: Christian Klein steps back from products to push ‘intelligent enterprise’ resilience
Christian Klein used his first Sapphire keynote as CEO of SAP to underline the supplier’s support for supply chain resiliency and automation against Covid-19 pandemic and climate change backcloths
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May 12, 2020
12
May'20
Australia’s Kmart gears up for mainframe migration
Retailer is lifting and shifting some old Cobol code to AWS while rebuilding others into microservices in its mainframe migration move
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April 21, 2020
21
Apr'20
Klein takes sole command of SAP as Q1 results show Covid impact
As Christian Klein becomes sole chief executive officer, SAP announces total revenue of €6.521bn for the first quarter, up 7% on Q1 2019
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March 23, 2020
23
Mar'20
Coronavirus: NHSX calls on tech sector to support Covid-19 effort
Technology sector asked to develop new ways to help the NHS manage virus outbreak and support people who are most at risk
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March 18, 2020
18
Mar'20
Push for digitisation in Malaysia amid coronavirus crisis
Event cancellations and travel bans are spurring more companies to embrace digital tools to support remote and flexible working arrangements
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March 06, 2020
06
Mar'20
IT Priorities 2020: AI, cloud to dominate IT spending in India
Indian organisations are expected to spend more on artificial intelligence and cloud this year in a bid gain an edge over rivals through key technology investments
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March 04, 2020
04
Mar'20
IT Priorities 2020: UK business applications investment in AI gathers steam
Artificial intelligence intensifies as an investment area for UK IT buyers, while cloud delivery is coming to ERP as well as other applications
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March 02, 2020
02
Mar'20
Volvo Group motors beyond annual performance review with Cornerstone
Volvo Group has broken with its traditional annual performance review process in order to stoke entrepreneurialism, says Bahar Rasouli, director of global people performance
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February 09, 2020
09
Feb'20
Australian government to roll out SAP S/4 Hana
Australia’s finance department earmarks S/4 Hana as its ERP system to provide common financial and HR services across government
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January 30, 2020
30
Jan'20
Microsoft earnings get a lift from Windows 7 extended security
Azure powers Microsoft’s Q2 2020 earnings, but the company is not only seeing a boost from Windows 365, but also extended Windows 7 support
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January 29, 2020
29
Jan'20
AI is transforming the Nordic workplace – and it won’t stop there
Nordic startups are applying artificial intelligence to address workplace challenges, with HR and operations managers across the world watching
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January 20, 2020
20
Jan'20
Spanish bank applies AI to staff training
CaixaBank uses artificial intelligence to help its staff find and access the most relevant training resources
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January 16, 2020
16
Jan'20
Lloyds Banking Group to create digital workplace with Microsoft
Bank is transforming how its staff work as part of a multibillion-pound digital transformation
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December 27, 2019
27
Dec'19
Top 10 business applications stories of 2019
The steady incursion of artificial intelligence into enterprise software was a major theme behind Computer Weekly’s in-depth stories in this area in 2019
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November 25, 2019
25
Nov'19
How ServiceNow is empowering Asia’s mobile workforce
ServiceNow’s newly minted managing director in Asia talks up the company’s sweet spots and traction in the region, and what it’s doing to abstract away workflow complexities for mobile workers
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November 20, 2019
20
Nov'19
Finland’s ministry of transport floats tech-enabled four-day week
Government department says four-day working week is made possible by technologies such as artificial intelligence
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November 06, 2019
06
Nov'19
Machine learning will have bigger impact than cloud
Workday’s vice-chairman explains how machine learning can help employees become more effective, and hints at the company’s moves beyond finance and HR software
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October 28, 2019
28
Oct'19
Unit4 CEO Mike Ettling: enterprise customers won’t pay extra for AI
Mike Ettling, chief executive, Unit4, spoke to Computer Weekly at the Unleash HR conference in Paris about ERP trends, and how he is positioning the firm he started running this year
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September 30, 2019
30
Sep'19
Dubai’s Precision Group takes manufacturing into the cloud
Head of IT at mould and packaging company talks about leading its digital transformation programme
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September 25, 2019
25
Sep'19
Executive interview: Speed is cloud apps benefit, says Oracle’s Miranda
In a Q&A with Computer Weekly at Oracle Open World 2019, applications head Steve Miranda discussed the supplier’s approach to cloud applications, digital assistants and machine learning
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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June 04, 2019
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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
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May 30, 2019
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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
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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
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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
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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
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March 29, 2019
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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
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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
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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
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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
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December 31, 2018
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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
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December 28, 2018
28
Dec'18
Top 10 HR technology stories of 2018
Companies are turning to artificial intelligence, robotic automation and chatbots to take the drudgery out of human resource management
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November 19, 2018
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Nov'18
Standard Life and Aberdeen Asset Management turn to Workday to complete merger
Standard Life Aberdeen, created in August 2017 when two of Scotland’s largest financial services companies merged, is transferring 3,000 former Standard Life staff to Aberdeen Asset Management’s Workday HR system as it integrates the two businesses
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November 15, 2018
15
Nov'18
The Gym Group flexes its muscles with data analytics
No-frills fitness company The Gym Group is using analytics technology to find insights from its financial, HR and membership data, as it limbers up for rapid expansion in the UK
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November 14, 2018
14
Nov'18
NetSuite finds sweet spot in Asia
With a fast-growing economy and government programmes to drive digital transformation, Asia is proving to be fertile ground for the cloud ERP pioneer
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November 12, 2018
12
Nov'18
Agfa’s move to cloud HR paves the way for healthcare IT spin-off
Agfa-Gevaert is moving HR systems from 40 countries into the cloud as the company prepares to turn its health IT operations into a standalone business
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November 01, 2018
01
Nov'18
SAP’s Atzberger vaunts front to back office capability
Alex Atzberger, president, SAP Customer Experience, recently went through the company’s customer-focused software strategy with Computer Weekly
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October 31, 2018
31
Oct'18
Triumph Motorcycles kick-starts changes with high-tech HR
The Leicestershire-based motorcycle company is deploying IT systems to give customers and its own staff a ‘premium brand experience’
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October 29, 2018
29
Oct'18
Philips looks to artificial intelligence to train its workforce
Healthcare company is looking to AI, chatbots and learning playlists to help staff learn new skills more quickly as it adapts changing business priorities
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October 25, 2018
25
Oct'18
Firms will use AI to automate HR processes within two years
Companies are gearing up to automate HR processes with artificial intelligence and machine learning, while at the same time battling with outdated IT systems
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October 24, 2018
24
Oct'18
Oracle Open World 2018: CEO Mark Hurd says SAP ERP customers will defect
Oracle co-CEO Mark Hurd opined at Open World that SAP ECC6 customers will defect, in some measure, to Oracle in preference to S/4 Hana
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October 23, 2018
23
Oct'18
Software suites will dominate the business applications market
Oracle co-CEO Mark Hurd contends that having a common user interface and the ability to support data flows across a business are key capabilities that will spur the dominance of software suites over time
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October 05, 2018
05
Oct'18
Telenor retrains 20,000 staff as it prepares for impact of digital tech
Norway-based mobile phone company Telenor, which provides phone services in Scandinavia and Asia, is challenging its workforce to spend 40 hours a year learning digital skills as it prepares for the impact of digital technology
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September 18, 2018
18
Sep'18
Oracle first-quarter 2018-19 results show weak growth
Oracle’s first-quarter results for 2018-19 reveal $9.2bn revenue and 1% growth, with co-CEO Mark Hurd calling out “spectacular growth” for the NetSuite cloud ERP for SMEs business
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September 14, 2018
14
Sep'18
How SAP is riding on Asia’s growth story
The enterprise software behemoth’s Asia-Pacific business is growing and believes its latest C/4 Hana suite is uniquely geared to the scale of the region
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September 03, 2018
03
Sep'18
Dutch bank ING sees financial boost from employee performance management rethink
ING claims business has improved after replacing ‘scattered and fragmented’ IT systems to change the way it manages employee performance
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August 21, 2018
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Aug'18
CIO interview: Celia Pronto, chief customer and digital officer, Casual Dining Group
Casual Dining Group’s chief customer and digital officer, Celia Pronto, is overhauling technology, consolidating IT and improving collaboration across its 300 restaurants
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August 14, 2018
14
Aug'18
How Unit4 punches above its weight in APAC
The supplier of enterprise resource planning software is giving users the ability to tweak its software easily without the need for consultants, turning the traditional enterprise software business model on its head
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July 20, 2018
20
Jul'18
Cloud sales stoke Microsoft’s strong growth
Microsoft says cloud-based Office products made a huge contribution to sales growth
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July 02, 2018
02
Jul'18
Case study: Logistics firm GWC moves from paper to digital HR in three months
Qatar-based logistics firm Gulf Warehousing Company introduced smart appraisals for employees, cut the time it takes to recruit, and gave staff and managers access to accurate HR data by replacing paper systems with human resources software
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June 21, 2018
21
Jun'18
HR projects are leading company moves to digital tech, say business leaders
Business leaders say their human resource IT programmes are leading the way to the wider deployment of digital and cloud technology across their organisations
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June 06, 2018
06
Jun'18
Sapphire 2018: SAP will take over CRM market, says McDermott
SAP’s chief executive Bill McDermott tells 2018 Sapphire conference the supplier will storm the CRM market with its C/4 Hana business applications suite
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May 31, 2018
31
May'18
Australian workers apprehensive about digital transformation
Nearly four in 10 workers in Australia are worried that they do not have the right skills to compete in the digital economy, survey finds
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May 11, 2018
11
May'18
Virgin Trains on using AI and virtual reality to boost customer experience
Speaking at the Knowledge 18 ServiceNow conference in Las Vegas, Virgin Trains outlined the potential role immersive and data-driven technologies can play in improving customer experience
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May 02, 2018
02
May'18
Workday to continue investing heavily in APAC
Cloud applications supplier has increased its investments in the region by more than 50% in the past year, and is looking to maintain its double-digit growth in international markets
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April 24, 2018
24
Apr'18
SAP Q1 2018: Cloud revenue breaks €1bn, 400 more S/4 customers
SAP’s overall first-quarter revenue was flat, but cloud revenue and profitability were up, while its S/4 Hana customer base stands at 8,300
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April 12, 2018
12
Apr'18
PepsiCo hires robots to interview job candidates
The food and drinks multinational is using artificial intelligence software, known as Robot Vera, to phone and interview candidates as it seeks to fill vacancies for factory, sales workers and drivers in Russia
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April 06, 2018
06
Apr'18
Why Lufthansa went back to the drawing board with its HR IT project
Aviation group says it is confident of landing a company-wide IT project following a sometimes turbulent journey
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March 27, 2018
27
Mar'18
Capgemini turns to tech startup to identify ‘most engaged’ teams
Technology and consulting services firm Capgemini is using technology from a startup company to poll its employees’ views and provide feedback from managers every week. It is discovering what it takes to create “engaged teams”
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March 23, 2018
23
Mar'18
Telefonica cuts HR running costs by 40% as it replaces hundreds of ageing IT systems
Multinational telecoms group Telefonica is on the verge of completing a project to replace 175 incompatible HR IT systems with a cloud service covering more than 40 countries
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March 20, 2018
20
Mar'18
Oracle Q3 2017-18 results see cloud revenue grow to $1.6bn
Oracle’s third-quarter results for fiscal year 2018 show an increase of almost 7% of overall revenue to $9.8bn, of which 18% was cloud
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March 16, 2018
16
Mar'18
Employers face hiring crisis as AI replaces mid-skilled jobs
Artificial intelligence could replace two-thirds of existing jobs within 20 years, and employers will face growing difficulties recruiting skilled staff
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January 30, 2018
30
Jan'18
SAP 2017 results: Cloud revenue nears €3.8bn, 7,900 S/4 Hana customers
SAP has declared full year 2017 revenue of €23.5bn, of which nearly €2.8bn was cloud, alongside acquisition of Callidus, a cloud-based “lead to money” service
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January 25, 2018
25
Jan'18
Robots are needed to manage the automation robots
The next decade will see robots transform from invisible forces obeying our commands to lifelike objects interacting with humans on a daily basis
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January 18, 2018
18
Jan'18
Demand for cloud services drives increase in IT outsourcing
Cloud services spending in Europe, the Middle East and Africa offset a drop in traditional IT outsourcing in 2017
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January 17, 2018
17
Jan'18
UBS uses predictive analytics to manage its travel spend
Swiss bank is getting a better insight into its business travel costs through an automated software platform
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January 16, 2018
16
Jan'18
Financial savings just the beginning for CIOs who understand code quality
Businesses need to understand the quality of the code in their applications if they are to avoid unnecessary costs and glitches
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January 05, 2018
05
Jan'18
Oxford and Cambridge Club shelves ledgers for time and attendance
London club has modernised its time and attendance paper-based procedures to manage its staff, using Planday software
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December 28, 2017
28
Dec'17
Top 10 HR and training technology stories in 2017
Advances in artificial intelligence, data analytics and cloud technology are changing the relationship between companies and their employees
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December 19, 2017
19
Dec'17
Nordic states innovate to attract global tech players
The Nordic region is already a hotbed for tech startups and has the ingredients to attract more investment from the established tech giants
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December 19, 2017
19
Dec'17
Top 10 enterprise IT in the Nordics stories in 2017
The Nordic region might be best known in IT circles for its startup communities – but it has much more to offer
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December 18, 2017
18
Dec'17
Top 10 business applications stories of 2017
Indirect licensing of SAP software was the big story, with SAP’s victory over Diageo in the High Court proving a tinderbox. AI, machine learning and blockchain oscillated between hype and reality
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December 15, 2017
15
Dec'17
Oracle Q2 2017-18 results see cloud revenue grow to $1.5bn
Oracle’s second-quarter 2017-18 results show an increase in cloud revenue of 44%, and overall growth of 4% to $9.6bn. Executives are bullish against competition, buoyed by artificial intelligence makeover of database
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December 06, 2017
06
Dec'17
Mayor of London opens Bangalore office to strengthen links with Indian businesses
City of London’s office in India’s tech hub aims to promote Indian investment and IT jobs in UK capital
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December 01, 2017
01
Dec'17
SAP and customers still in cockpit of debate about indirect licensing
SAP and the UK & Ireland SAP user group have been thrashing out the topic of indirect licensing in 2017. Is there an amicable settlement in sight?
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December 01, 2017
01
Dec'17
Alexa for Business: Amazon embarks on voice-activated workplace productivity push
The final day of Re:Invent 2017 sees Amazon set out plans to help enterprises automate problematic workplace tasks using its voice assistant, Alexa
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November 22, 2017
22
Nov'17
CIO interview: David Southern, director of ICT, WWF UK
In his 17 years in the IT department at the WWF, David Southern has seen many changes – and the advent of cloud computing is one of the biggest
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November 21, 2017
21
Nov'17
IR35 reforms: Economic concerns raised over prospect of private sector roll-out
With the government’s stance on rolling out the IR35 reforms to the private sector appearing to soften, IPSE and others air concerns over the threat this move could pose to the post-Brexit economy
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November 17, 2017
17
Nov'17
Tieto turns to analytics to boost recruitment and retention of IT staff
Tieto, which supplies IT technology and services in the Nordics, rolls out cloud-based HR services to gain an edge in recruiting and retaining skilled IT staff
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November 16, 2017
16
Nov'17
Private Swiss bank Julius Baer to save $1m a year with cloud HR
Julius Baer banks on higher returns after replacing on-premise systems with cloud HR services
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November 15, 2017
15
Nov'17
Critical IT problems cost UK organisations £200,000 a month
UK companies are losing hundreds of thousands of pounds a month because of IT problems, but are relatively good at preventing the same issues recurring