Business applications
At the heart of enterprise software strategy are the key business applications upon which every organisation relies. From enterprise resource planning (ERP) to customer relationship management (CRM), financial and accounts software to business intelligence (BI), such applications demand high investments and can deliver high returns. We analyse the latest product developments and the news from major suppliers such as Oracle, Microsoft and SAP.
The revolving door of customer relationship management
Download this e-guide to get a closer look into how enterprises are using various CRM products to engage with their customers easily and on a large-scale.
News : Business applications
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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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August 09, 2018
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Aug'18
Rentokil robot Trevor kills off mundane processes
Pest control firm has deployed artificial intelligence robots to take out manual processes and progress its learning organisation approach
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July 31, 2018
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Jul'18
Briton ran pro-Kremlin disinformation campaign that helped Trump deny Russian links
A British IT manager and former hacker from Darlington ran a disinformation campaign that duped former US intelligence agents and provided Donald Trump with manufactured “evidence” to deny that Russia interfered with the US election
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July 26, 2018
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Jul'18
Google brings machine learning data processing to IoT edge environments
Google is expanding its internet of things data processing offering by extending the ability for enterprises to carry out machine learning tasks in edge environments
In Depth : Business applications
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Servitisation: What it is and how it can transform companies
The idea that every product-based company needs to put service first is a radical shift in how businesses organise themselves. Is it more than rhetoric? Continue Reading
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Guinness World Records bets on Office 365 and AWS to boost business expansion
Rob Howe, director of IT at Guinness World Records, opens up about how cloud is supporting the organisation’s ongoing push to diversify its business Continue Reading
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DevOps done right: Securing grassroots support for a top-down DevOps enterprise push
As more and more enterprises rush to join the DevOps movement, practitioners share details of how they secured grassroots support for their senior leadership team's top-down agile adoption mandates Continue Reading
Blog Posts : Business applications
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Time to dump the all-flash scepticism
When we surveyed several hundred IT professionals on the topic of All-Flash Arrays, one thing that came out was just how broad was the chasm in thinking between those whose organisations already ... Continue Reading
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Blockchain is not the messiah, it’s a very practical and unexciting technology
Blockchain becoming so mainstream that it is being discussed in the playground, but banks just see it as another technology Continue Reading
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The block chain supply chain. Will these chains ever meet?
This is a guest blogpost by Greg Kefer, vice-president, marketing, Infor. Blockchain is arguably, one of the most hyped technologies around. Despite the fact that Gartner believes that 90% of ... Continue Reading
Opinion : Business applications
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Mind your drone business
Amazon is just the tip of the iceberg – companies are pouring hundreds of millions into the development of commercial drones Continue Reading
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Big data skills shortages – and how to work around them
Businesses are finding it hard to recruit enough people with big data and analytics skills, but for CIOs there are alternative strategies to consider Continue Reading
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Moving away from analogue health in a digital world
Healthcare records still rely on faxes, email, mail and paper, but the innovative use of technology will lead to major improvements in medical care Continue Reading
Videos : Business applications
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Lauri Love: how reformed hackers halted the WannaCry virus
Lauri Love presents a compelling story of the WannaCry malware that nearly brought down the NHS, and the behind the scenes work of former hackers, and security researchers that helped to prevent lives being lost. Love is facing extradition to the US after allegedly taking part in a hacking protest over the death of internet pioneer Aaron Swartz, who faced jail for using a hidden computer to downloading academic journals at MIT.
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Blockchain: why and how are companies deploying digital ledgers
In this video we speak to Juniper Research about the findings from its latest research into the rollout of Blockchain
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Lauri Love - my battle with extradition
A court ruled today that Lauri Love, a 31-year old electrical engineering student, from Suffolk, can be extradited to the US to face hacking charges.