Heart Valentine Image by skeeze from PixabayLast week IFS signalled it would increase its efforts in the telecommunications sector with a Global Industry Director of Telecomms, Markus Persson. SAP promoted Ryan Poggi to MD of the UK & Ireland. Sage has appointed Eduardo Rosini as its new executive vice president of partners and alliances. Rootstock announced a partnership with Deloitte Digital. Zoho revealed its growing momentum in the Middle East only five years after its operation began in UAE

Acquisitions

The Access Group has announced the acquisition of ClassForKids, an award-winning booking and management software designed for kids’ activity clubs. ClassForKids will join the Access Non-Profit and Education division, which delivers software to over 11,000 customers.

PDI Technologies has acquired Blue Cow Software, LLC, a fuel oil and propane management software business. With this acquisition, Blue Cow Software will divest from Repay Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: RPAY), a leading provider of vertically integrated payment solutions.

Business

Intuit held its first ever ‘Small Business Big Impact Day’ on February 15, dedicated to uniting employees to strengthen and give back to local communities. Intuit has purchased $1 million worth of items directly from local small businesses that will be donated to local nonprofits. More than 10,000 employees will gather at 17 offices worldwide to sort, package, and deliver these products.

myFactory, a Forterro company, has built a new support team within the DACH region headed by Roman Schellenberg, Head of Support & Education and Dominik Wagner, Head of Professional Services & Support at myfactory Software Schweiz AG. The seven-strong team will provide 1st and 2nd line support to the region.

NetSuite gave a progress report for its accelerator program that gena with a single partner in Austin, Texas and focused on helping the Black business community. Now, 22 organizations have joined the NetSuite Accelerator program with founders and leaders representing many diverse communities—women, Black, LGBTQ, Asian, Veteran, LatinX, and people with disabilities.

Rimini Street has selected Tokyo to host this year’s annual $50,000 RMNI LOVE Grant Program. Rimini Street’s self-funded charitable program provides financial contributions and promotion assistance to charities and organizations that align with the Company’s values and mission.

Customer

During the keynote at the Acumatica Summit, Curran, a luxury furniture and flooring retailer, revealed that it has increased revenue by 40% thanks to Acumatica’s state-of-the-art cloud ERP software. Acumatica has enabled Curran to transition seamlessly to digital business management processes and improve purchase order accuracy and efficiency.

Jeff Curran, founder of Curran, said, “We needed a modern, automated solution to help us compete within the ever-changing digital economy. After months of evaluating our options, we found that a cloud-based ERP software would provide access to needed data and streamline processes that bogged down our staff. Acumatica was the only system built on a modern platform that supported our needs with open connectivity for our homegrown website.”

Arcadia Cold has partnered with Blue Yonder, a leader in digital supply chain transformations and omnichannel commerce fulfilment. Arcadia Cold will implement Blue Yonder’s warehouse management system (WMS), labour management and warehouse tasking, all part of Luminate Logistics, to futureproof its warehouse and transportation operations. Netlogistik, a Blue Yonder technology partner, will conduct the implementation project.

Cueros Velez, a Colombian company with a presence in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Panamá and Perú, is achieving extraordinary results after implementing Infor WMS to manage warehouse operations. The solution was sold and implemented by Cerca Technology, Infor´s channel partner.

NetSuite published an article explaining how Emergency Assistance Foundation Inc scaled from processing 600 applications a month to handling 60,000 a month without raising fees with the support of NetSuite.

Oracle and Uber Technologies Inc, announced a seven-year strategic cloud partnership to accelerate Uber’s innovation, help deliver new products to market, and drive increased profitability. Uber will migrate some of the company’s most critical workloads to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), and Uber will be in a position to modernize its infrastructure while also accelerating its path to profitability.

Philippine Airlines, Inc. (PAL) has signed an agreement with the global aviation software provider Ramco Systems to deploy Ramco’s state-of-the-art Aviation Suite V5.9. The solution will replace standalone legacy systems, thereby integrating, automating, and enhancing business performances across PAL and its affiliate PAL Express.

SkyBridge Tactical has switched to Unanet GovCon ERP to streamline processes and scale rapidly.

The Amenity Collective has deployed Workday Financial Management, Workday Human Capital Management (HCM), Workday Payroll, and Workday Learning to break down data silos and drive efficiencies, accelerating its business transformation.

Product

Oracle announced the availability of new adoption accelerators that help customers implement and gain value from new capabilities within Oracle HCM. The accelerators include support for Oracle HCM Communicate, Oracle Touchpoints, Oracle Recruiting Booster, and Oracle Dynamic Skills. There are also partner accelerators, including, Simplifying the Calibration Hiring Experience for Healthcare by Deloitte, The Supplemental Worker Experience by PwC, and Inoapps My Contractor Experience.

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