At IFS Unleashed, the enterprise cloud and Industrial AI software vendor announced IFS Cloud 24R2 with 60 new AI features. A sustainability module with PwC and a service to combine Copperleaf with IFS Cloud. The firm also announced a new partnership with Sovos.
At Adobe Max, Adobe announced new Adobe Express innovations. The enhancements aim to support the world’s largest enterprises to accelerate and scale on-brand content creation. While collaborating more seamlessly and productively across teams, agencies and partners.
Newgen Software has announced the results for Q2 for the full year 2025. With operating revenues up 23.2% year over year.
Logicalis has launched a new solution that will help firms evaluate, navigate, and mitigate carbon emissions through a data-driven approach. The Sustainable IT Solutions Blueprint.
Predibase has launched the Predibase Inference Engine (PIE). It is designed to deploy Small Language Models (SLMs) at speed across SaaS and virtual private cloud (VPC) environments.
According to early seasonal data from commerce protection provider Signifyd, US Consumers are displaying a dramatic determination to get more for their money this holiday season.
Kantata has announced the general availability of Kantata Pulse, the first platform solution for the Kantata Professional Services Cloud.
Organik Kimya looks to solve logistics and sustainability visibility with FourKites.
Vroozi, the intelligent procure-to-pay platform, has announced that it now has a listing on the Deltek Marketplace.
Cedar Court Hotels Yorkshire has selected iplicit as its accounting solution with the support of AAB.
Infor has announced that the Infor Cloverleaf Data Integration Platform is now interoperable with NVIDIA’s Holoscan AI platform.
Epicor announced a leadership shuffle as Lisa Pope retires. Vaibhav Vohra has been named President, Arturo Buzzalino has been promoted to Chief Innovation Officer, and Scott Morgan has been hired as Chief Revenue Officer.
Zoho has announced a new strategic distribution partnership with Ingram Micro in the UK. Zoho has also announced an AED 46 Million (US$ 12.5 million) investment as part of its strategic partnerships with local public and private entities in the UAE.
ServiceNow is to invest a further £1.5 billion in its UK business over the next five years.
NewSpace Capital, the global private equity firm, has strengthened its advisory board with the appointments of Lieutenant-General John E. Shaw, former deputy commander of US Space Command, and Ruy Pinto, former CEO of SES.
Celebrus CEO Bill Bruno talks to Enterprise Times about his vision for Celebrus and their pragmatic approach to AI, delivering outcomes, not just features.
Zoho
Within Zoho forms, Zoho has introduced a Month-Year field. The field allows users to specify a particular range of months and years from which respondents can select. Unlike traditional date pickers, this feature focuses solely on the month and year. Thus making it ideal for situations where day-specific selection is unnecessary.
TSIA
The TSIA continues to produce a range of content for members. Last week, these included:
Communicating the Value of Customer Success. The Art of Using Data and Storytelling to Demonstrate Value. The abridged report (registration required) summarises how organisations can understand the value of customer success by leveraging the right data, telemetry, and framework. Then communicating it in the right way to the right audience.
Closing the Revenue Gap. Best Practices for Growing Partner-Sold XaaS Revenue. An abridged report (registration required) that examines best practices to grow XaaS revenue through channel partners.
Optimizing Content Creation for Knowledge Management. A Survey insight (registration required) that provides insights from the TSIA’s 2024 Knowledge Management Maturity Model Survey. It focuses on content creation and archiving practices and their connection to employee performance.
The State of Knowledge Management in the Age of AI. 2024 Knowledge Management Maturity Model Survey. An abridged report (registration required) that examines the critical role of knowledge management (KM) in the age of AI. Particularly its impact on scaling support organizations and enhancing customer experience.
Professional Services Is Slow to Adopt AI for Customer Pricing. Survey insights from TSIA’s 2024 Professional Services Pricing Study (Registration required).
Education Services Organizations Are Growing Their Offers—With Limitations. Provides insights from TSIA’s 2024 Education Services Pricing Survey (Registration required).
Rocketlane
Rocketlane has achieved HIPAA Compliance to strengthen its security for healthcare customers, for its customer onboarding and PSA solution.
Deepak Bala, CTO at Rocketlane, commented, “Achieving HIPAA compliance is a significant step for Rocketlane and our customers in the healthcare industry. We understand the sensitive nature of healthcare data and the importance of maintaining privacy and security. With this certification, our healthcare clients can confidently use our platform to drive better outcomes while ensuring their data is fully protected.”
Planful
Muscatine Power and Water
Planful revealed how Muscatine Power and Water (MPW) had saved 3,000 hours annually. By leveraging the Planful solution to improve its budgeting processes.
Jill Blieu, the company’s Manager of Accounting & Finance at MPW, said, “Our labour budget used to take me months to do, and it now takes a day or so.” MPW was supported by Planful partner Bakerfield Solutions to leverage Planful’s Dynamic Planning, Workforce Planning, and Spotlight Microsoft 365 capabilities. Thus transforming budgeting and significantly reducing workforce planning time.
Protective Industrial Products
In a video posted by Planful on LinkedIn, Mark Smith, Director of Financial Planning and Analysis at Protective Industrial Products, said, “With Planful, our controllers are fully involved in the budgeting process, have access to their own reports, and can perform analytics that were previously handled by Corporate FP&A.”
Smith goes on to explain how the powerful Financial FP&A solution has helped simplify the financial reports in a complex multi-entity organisation.
Percipient
Percipient announced the completion of the first phase of a Sage Intacct implementation at Holkham Estate, a complex hospitality and leisure operation in Norfolk. After a detailed evaluation, Holkham selected Sage Intacct with Percipient to manage the deployment.
Luke Tyce, Finance Director, Holkham Estate, commented, “Percipient came highly recommended by Sage. From day one, the team were exceptional. Our business is incredibly unique and diverse, and the team spent substantial amounts of time, including an extensive week-long site visit by one of their consultants, learning about the dynamics and nuances of our operations to scope the project out and ensure we deployed the platform in the best way.
“Having gone live with phase one of the project in just three months, Sage Intacct represents a robust digital foundation we can continue to build upon. It’s created an opportunity for us to standardise processes, making everything easier and reducing our risk of inaccuracies. And because everyone across the estate uses the same system, we can redeploy people wherever needed according to demand or to bridge skills gaps.
“Sage Intacct is so easy to integrate, which means that we can maximise visibility across the entire estate, capturing insights from all areas, whether it’s build status or ice cream sales, to create a meaningful and comprehensive view of operations.”
Panasonic Connect
Panasonic Connect Europe donated leading 1-Chip DLP laser projectors to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). This was to help stage its summer production and train the next generation of theatre professionals. The production – the satirical comedy musical “Urinetown” by Mark Hollman and Greg Kotis – took place in RADA’s largest venue. London’s Jerwood Vanbrugh Theatre, featuring a crew composed entirely of students from the Technical Theatre and Stage Management FdA and BA courses. Alongside a cast of final-year BA Acting students.
Matt Leventhall, Head of Lighting RADA, commented, “It’s wonderful when we’re able to meaningfully integrate video and digital design into our work at RADA. It’s relationships like the one with Panasonic that means we are able to keep our training up-to-date by exposing our students to the methodologies and technologies that they will find at the highest echelons of the entertainment business.”
Makip
Makip continues to roll out the Unisize size recommendation engine to Japanese fashion sites. SWEET YEARS is an Italian casual brand created by two international soccer players and Italian national heroes, Christian Vieri and Paolo Maldini. Long Yong Japan, operates SY32. This is a luxury sports line that pursues fashionability based on a sports taste. It is based on the concept of “LEAD YOU ACTIVE” that is not bound by genre or generation.
MACH Alliance
The MACH alliance launched a brand refresh. The global organisation has been growing fast. It has recognised that it is no longer just about the development of MACH principles and the development of technology. Organisations must also align their mindset and business strategy when adopting a MACH and composable approach to achieve true organizational success as a result of their digital strategy.
Infosys
Infosys announced the results for its Q2 ending September 2024. Revenues in constant currency terms grew by 3.3% YoY and 3.1% QoQ. It achieved reported revenues of $4,894 million in the quarter at a growth of 3.3% YoY.
Salil Parekh, CEO and MD, commented, “We had strong growth of 3.1% quarter-on-quarter in constant current in Q2. The growth was broad-based, with good momentum in financial services. This stems from our strength in industry expertise, market-leading capabilities in cloud with Cobalt and generative AI with Topaz. Resulting in growing client preference to partner with us.
“Our large deals at $2.4 billion in Q2 reflect our differentiated position. I am grateful to our employees for their unwavering commitment to our client as we further strengthen our market leadership.”
Infor
Reopening in Tunisia
Infor has reopened its presence in Tunisia. The office is led by Omar Trifa, Infor Tunisia GM & Director of Professional Services. He commented, “This renovation project holds special significance for me, as it’s one of the key milestones I’ve had the pleasure of working on since being appointed as GM. The result speaks for itself—an unforgettable experience and a space that reflects the spirit and ambition of our hashtag#TeamInfor.”
GMM Pfaudler
In a short video GMM Pfaudler, a global leader in corrosion-resistant equipment, has leveraged Infor GenAI to transform their item master data quality project. Elizabeth Venezia, Group Director, ERP System & Data Management at Pfaudler, explains how the firm has used Infor generative AI to accelerate its master data management project.
With 800,000 items to validate, Infor Gen AI has reduced the project timescale from 7 years to an estimated six months. It is using Gen AI to standardise item descriptions in Italian, French, English and German. Thus ensuring all employees can use the solution with greater understanding.
Deltek
Deltek published an interview with Yvette Aubin, CFO of Ebsary Foundation Company. A premier heavy marine and deep foundation contractor based in the south-eastern United States. Ebsary has been a ComputerEase customer since 2012. It has continuously improved how it has leveraged Deltek ComputerEase over that period.
While there is hesitation to use AI broadly, leveraging AI with the Deltek platform gives the company the surety that it and only it is leveraging its data in a closed environment.
Other advantages include the ability for the company to expand. Aubin noted, “Using Deltek ComputerEase made a huge impact on our company. Especially with the number of locations we have and being able to push the work down to the field instead of having one person in the office entering time.”
BICS
The ITW Global Leaders’ Forum (GLF), a leadership body of the international carrier industry, has again recognized BICS as compliant for this year. Katia Gonzalez, Director of Security Advocacy and Industry Engagement BICS, commented, “As a long-serving chair and board member of the i3 forum, I’m proud to see BICS not only support the GLF Code of Conduct but also remain consistently compliant with it.
“Fighting against international telecoms fraud takes an industry-wide approach, so having so many carriers bought into initiatives like this is so important to protect and regain trust in international communications.”
