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Oracle fine-tunes Fusion Cloud for new world of work
The Fusion Cloud ERP suite gains new supply-chain and workplace management features to meet post-pandemic needs.
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Microsoft Ignite showcases first Project Cortex AI tool for SharePoint
Civil engineering firm Mott McDonald has been testing SharePoint Syntex, the first product to come out of Microsoft’s Project Cortex proving ground for AI-based content management tools.
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ServiceNow makes platform ambitions clear with new workflow tools
ServiceNow is doubling down on its move to become a digital workflow platform with its Paris code release, adding applications for industry verticals to push beyond its ITSM roots.
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SurveyMonkey STEPs up battle for experience measurement market
Just as SAP prepares to sell a stake in Qualtrics, rival SurveyMonkey is doubling down on its enterprise partnerships, offering CIOs an opportunity to optimize spend and results in this emerging area.
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Wipro to run its business on SAP in Google’s cloud
The Indian IT services giant is accelerating its move to S/4HANA as it prepares to migrate workloads to the cloud
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SAP offers new marketplace for filling staff vacancies
Contingent labor has been hard to find during the COVID-19 pandemic. SAP Fieldglass External Talent Marketplace aims to offer access to a larger temp staffing pool.
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SAP CEO outlines new directions at Sapphire Now
Christian Klein, sole CEO since April, emphasized sustainability and an ambition to provide more industry-specific solutions at its flagship virtual event.
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What Trump’s H-1B visa order means for IT
H-1B visa applicants represent ‘a significant threat to employment opportunities’ for millions of unemployed, says Trump; IT firms say the move will damage the economy.
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With Process Fabric, Pega seeks to weave together enterprise apps
Pegasystems is aiming its ‘platform for platforms’ at enterprises struggling to automate business processes that sprawl across multiple systems.
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Sharp IT budget cuts expected in wake of COVID-19
Gartner and IDC see global IT spending dropping precipitously this year, with cloud services an exception as enterprises accelerate transformational strategies.
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IBM adds AI-fueled forecasting to Planning Analytics platform
The addition to the Planning Analytics portfolio gives SMBs and business units in the enterprise an on-ramp to integrated, AI-powered planning and forecasting without relying on IT support.News
Oracle takes aim at workforce analytics with new HCM offering
Oracle Analytics for Cloud HCM offers self-service analytics capabilities to HR executives, analysts, and line-of-business leaders.
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IBM retrains Watson AI for IT operations
IBM is relying on technology from its Red Hat acquisition to deploy a new AIOps tool and help it deliver new edge-of-cloud computing services to support 5G networks
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Podcast: CIO Leadership Live with Nicholas Colisto, CIO, Avery Dennison
Nicholas Colisto, CIO at Avery Dennison, joins Maryfran Johnson for this CIO Leadership Live interview, which is jointly produced by CIO.com and the CIO Executive Council. Listen as they discuss crisis management during the COVID-19 outbreak, the business impact of the pandemic and managing the digital customer experience.News
SAP drops co-CEO, lowers revenue forecast in face of COVID-19 pandemic
In what could be a bellwether for the tech industry, SAP dials down forecasts while offering delays or financing on payments for budget-constrained CIOs.
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Tableau joins effort to fight pandemic with data
Tableau's COVID-19 Data Hub is an example of how data and analytics companies are mobilizing data resources to help combat the novel coronavirus.
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A good time to be in IT? Early signs mixed on IT jobs
With COVID-19 accelerating a possible recession, IT employment rose — and fell — in March, but BLS figures prior to the shutdown may not give the whole picture of what’s to come.
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ServiceNow: Not just for managing IT services anymore
ServiceNow is making a play to push beyond ITSM, thanks to new AI tools in the Orlando release of its Now platform and other recent AI-related moves.
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IBM puts Power Systems in SAP’s cloud
SAP and IBM offer a new (certified) home for big databases in SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud.
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New H-1B application process begins March 1
Employers that rely on foreign national talent face new electronic filing system and modified registration timeline for FY 2021 filing period.
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Oracle unleashes cloud-based data science platform
The database giant is leveraging assets from its acquisition of DataScience.com to deliver a new enterprise-grade, cloud-based data science platform focused on collaboration.
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SAP promises to support S/4HANA through 2040
The ERP vendor seeks to entice upgrades to its latest platform as it also announces there will be no support for Business Suite 7 beyond 2030.
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Google offers IBM AS/400 apps new home in its cloud
Search giant follows Microsoft in offering route to legacy workload modernization via new Power Systems service in Google Cloud Platform.
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Not dead yet: Windows Server 2008 users have options
With support for Windows Server 2008 ending, there’s still time to examine alternatives to upgrading.
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Technology and trust run in parallel at NZ Police
Deputy chief executive Mark Evans and CIO Rob Cochrane discuss how the NZ Police is working together – and differently – as ICT becomes a critical component of policing rn rn
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IBM quantum computing network adds new Fortune 100 explorers
More businesses are experimenting with quantum computing via IBM’s Q Network, including Delta, Anthem, Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo.
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Carmen Casagranda joins Chubb Life as global CIO
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Tower Insurance works with EIS Group to accelerate digital business transformation
Tower Insurance deploys EIS Group’s digital insurance platform as a cornerstone of its digital transformation initiativeNews
AWS re:Invent: Intelligent services, closer clouds
Quantum computing is still way out there, but Amazon Web Services is bringing other computing tasks much closer to home.
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Dreamforce 2019: Salesforce gives CRM ‘single source of truth’
At its annual customer conference, Salesforce.com introduced Customer 360 Truth and a curiously British-sounding Einstein that your customers can now access.
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The big picture from Tableau Conference 2019
More AI, more preparation, more cloud integration were the key takeaways from the analytics platform maker’s annual event.
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Microsoft shows off hybrid cloud management and cloud analytics tools at Ignite
Enterprises will soon have access to Azure Arc and Azure Synapse Analytics, two new services that bolster Microsoft’s cloud offerings.
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Oracle Co-CEO Mark Hurd dies
Hurd’s death leaves Oracle in the hands of its other CEO, Safra CatzNews
9 key takeaways from SAP TechEd Las Vegas
SAP seeks to simplify app development on its cloud platform, while helping customers make the most of machine learning.
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Microsoft expands Dynamics 365 with e-commerce, in-store modules
Microsoft is tailoring its CRM tool for retail, and tuning it to deliver more insights from data.
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11 key takeaways from Oracle OpenWorld 2019
Autonomous Linux, digital assistants, and closer work with Microsoft, VMware and others were among the highlights from this year’s conference.News
Oracle goes all in on cloud automation
Oracle adds more automation, business networking, recruitment tools and a plethora of digital assistants to its cloud apps.News Analysis
As MENA moves to cloud, CIOs look to keep data in-country, study shows
Companies particularly in the UAE are quickly implementing cloud solutions, but with GDPR in play, data sovereignty is now top of the IT agenda.
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Schrems II: What the latest challenge to transatlantic data transfers means for IT
Austrian lawyer Max Schrems’ first complaint about Facebook’s transfer of his personal data to the U.S. brought down the Safe Harbor data sharing agreement. Now Europe’s highest court is examining his complaint about the use of standard contract clauses for this purpose.
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How Salesforce’s Tableau acquisition will impact IT
The deal is good news for Salesforce.com users, less so for users of Tableau alone.
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H-1B visa cap fills quickly — and tech talent looks elsewhere
USCIS reports the H-1B visa cap has been reached on April 5, only four days after the application period opened.
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Google workers hold sit-in to protest retaliation
In November 2018, Google workers walked out to protest the company’s handling of sexual harassment allegations. Now, many say the company has retaliated, and they had no choice but to hold a sit-in.
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NetSuite refines focus on SMBs facing growth challenges
Cloud technology and the increasing pace of globalization allow small and medium-size businesses to scale up faster than ever, but also puts them in a bind. How do they take advantage of opportunities to grow when they have limited resources?
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Gender pay gap shrinks, but there’s still a lot of work to do
Computer programmers saw the greatest pay gap reduction, but look beyond that, and you see how inequality for women exists in different ways.
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D&I tech market grows as diversity and inclusion become a business priority
There’s been a flurry of activity in the diversity and inclusion (D&I) technology space as the tech industry uses its strengths to address discrimination and lack of representation.News
Tableau adds natural language interface, streamlines data prep
With the latest update, Tableau users can type plain English queries to generate data visualizations, further lowering analytics’ barrier to entryDiverse-IT
Oracle the latest to face pay discrimination lawsuit
Oracle allegedly withheld $400 million in wages from racially underrepresented workers and women, according to a U.S. Department of Labor complaint filed last week.
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More sexist controversy at CES 2019
CES has included “sex tech” in its show for years – why, then, was Lora DiCarlo’s invitation to the show revoked and their product’s award rescinded?
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New organization aims to accelerate progress of women in leadership
Progress toward equal representation of women in corporate leadership roles has been slow, especially in Silicon Valley. But Lead Up for Women plans to change that in 2019.
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How to address gender-based training gaps in the workplace
To get more women in leadership roles, organizations must overcome awareness and accessibility gaps in their learning and development programs.-
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