There were several announcements from and about Precisely last week as the conference season continued. Opendatasoft has announced a worldwide strategic technology partnership with Precisely, the global leader in data integrity. Precisely announced that it has joined the SAP PartnerEdge program as a Build partner. The data integrity vendor also revealed that it will host the first element of its Trust conference as a virtual event on June 10th.
Business
Accounting and business advisory firm CT has formed a new partnership with AccountsIQ, the award-winning cloud finance platform for mid-market businesses.
At the Procore Construction Summit in London, Procore announced two acquisitions to further strengthen its Building Information modelling (BIM) capabilities. Procore has acquired Novorender and FlyPaper.
Product
Ataccama has announced the updates it has included in its latest release to the Ataccama ONE data trust platform.
Seekr has announced that its trusted end-to-end AI platform, SeekrFlow, is now available on the AWS Marketplace.
Workday announced seven new Illuminate Agents to help organisations automate their finance and HR processes.
Research
Quadient identified that the younger generations of Millennials and Gen Z are embracing the emergence of AI usage in customer service engagement. There are still concerns, though, alongside the expectations.
Aera
Aera Technology launched Tariff Mitigation Skill. The solution is designed to unify supply chain data, forecast tariff impacts, adjust plans and actions in real-time, and automate decisions. Ultimately, it will help organizations to reduce risk, protect margins, and stay agile amid shifting trade dynamics.
Fred Laluyaux, Co-Founder, President, and CEO of Aera Technology, commented, “Tariff volatility is adding new layers of complexity and risk for global businesses. With decision intelligence, we help companies adapt to disruption by enabling optimal responses and fostering strategic agility.
“Today’s announcement underscores our continued commitment to innovative AI solutions that empower teams to navigate change in real-time and build resilient operations.”
Azul
Azul announced a strategic technical collaboration with JetBrains to enhance the runtime performance and scalability of web and server-side Kotlin applications. This strategic collaboration empowers Kotlin teams to accelerate development cycles and optimise application performance. Thus, helping them support their business priorities while driving greater operational efficiency.
Vsevolod Tolstopyatov, Kotlin Project Lead, commented, “From its inception, Kotlin was designed with the goal of building robust applications, including server-side solutions where performance is critical. Performance has always been a priority for us because it’s essential to our users. Kotlin incorporates specific language features, such as inline functions and inline classes, which directly enhance performance.
“We’ve developed the Kotlin Coroutines library to facilitate concurrency and asynchronous programming, enabling efficient, scalable applications. Recognizing that the JVM runtime is one of the most critical elements in application performance, we believe our collaboration with Azul will unlock new opportunities to further elevate the performance capabilities of Kotlin applications.”
Gil Tene, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Azul, said, “The Azul JVM is the fastest and cheapest way to run Kotlin applications. Azul Platform Prime is built to solve the performance challenges enterprise applications face at scale.
“By providing a runtime that significantly improves the execution of JVM-based applications, which includes Kotlin-based applications, organizations can deploy applications more rapidly, with less tuning and ensure scalability as demands grow.
“Through our strategic collaboration with JetBrains, we help Kotlin teams to significantly boost their DevOps productivity and runtime application efficiency, which enables them to achieve their business priorities while improving the bottom line.”
Cybage Software
Cybage revealed details of a project where it helped a global marketing agency to improve strategic decision-making by delivering data-driven insights using AWS and ETL solutions. The firm improves the performance of paid campaigns with custom reports and dynamic tableau dashboards.
The data extracted using SQL queries on the Tableau dashboards visualises KPIs such as clicks, impressions, spending, media cost, and conversions via dashboards.
Cybage helped a leading network security solutions provider to consolidate a fragmented technology architecture—the five-phase approach combined over 200 distinct processes into the unified platform from more than 8 individual products.
Cybage managed to achieve a low-latency, high-throughput streaming service capable of ingesting 1.4 million events per day for the client, enhancing data processing. In parallel with robust security measures and best practices, they strengthened the overall system security and data integrity.
Cybage also revealed how it has helped a US-based D2C Automotive Parts Company improve its WMS operations using Infios WMS and integrating it with CS2. It significantly reduced the associated costs and efforts required for manual processes and promoted scalability. During the process, four key benefits emerged:
- Faster, error-free order fulfilment
- Real-time order tracking for complete operational visibility
- Improved accuracy and higher customer satisfaction
- End-to-end inventory transparency
Deltek
Deltek published a blog detailing some of the latest updates to Polaris PSA. The Q2 2025 release concentrated on customer-focused enhancements, smart cross-product support, and future-facing innovation.
It has embedded Time Punches into the My Work section, reducing screen switching to legacy pages for users. Administrators can now perform mass data edits, up to 50 at a time. There is also a new capped billing capability, ensuring that the amount invoiced cannot exceed the contract value.
FourKites
FourKites announced that Erwin Logt, Group CIO at Danone, has joined its Strategic Advisory Council. Logt brings extensive experience in enterprise technology strategy to FourKites’ advisory council. He will provide guidance on product innovation and customer advocacy.
Logt commented, “The future of supply chain management lies in autonomous systems that can predict, prevent and respond to disruptions without human intervention. FourKites has built an impressive platform that transforms raw data into intelligent action. I’m particularly interested in helping advance their AI capabilities to create truly self-orchestrating supply networks.”
IFS Ultimo
IFS Ultimo announced the appointment of Steven Elsham as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Elsham joins from Salesforce, where he was an area vice president leading sales for Marketing, Commerce, Service and Revenue Clouds, as well as Slack.
Elsham commented, “The future of asset management is predictive, is deeply infused with AI, and delivers unprecedented value for customers with complex industrial assets. As more organizations realize the transformational potential of AI – boosting efficiency, enhancing asset performance and driving smarter decision-making – adoption continues to accelerate.
“I’m genuinely excited to join Ultimo at a pivotal moment when industrial organisations are reimagining how they manage critical assets.”
Michael Ouissi, Group Chief Operating Officer at IFS, commented, “Steven’s deep understanding of the challenges executive business leaders face, and his ability to scale businesses globally while inspiring people to deliver, made him the clear choice to lead Ultimo into its next chapter.
“The Company’s EAM platform is trusted by more than 2,400 customers worldwide across sectors including manufacturing, energy, logistics, and healthcare. With Elsham at the helm, the company will accelerate its investment in AI-enabled solutions that offer data-driven insights and intelligent automation.”
Logicalis
Deeper Cisco partnership
Logicalis announced it had achieved the Cisco Extended Detection Response (XDR) Cisco Powered Services (CPS) Solution Specialisation. And has become a Cisco XDR CPS Specialisation Partner. Logicalis is the first Cisco XDR CPS Specialisation Partner to offer Cisco XDR as a global Managed Service (MXDR). Thus, cementing the company’s status as a leading managed security services provider.
Bob Bailkoski, Global CEO of Logicalis, said, “As cyber threats grow more complex, Logicalis continually remains at the forefront of next-generation cyber defence, enabling customers to stay cyber aware, cyber secure, and resilient. This new Cisco XDR CPS specialisation demonstrates our commitment to offering customers a range of the most advanced solutions on the market.
“It showcases our close relationship to developing industry-leading managed services together with Cisco. An incredible achievement from our Logicalis Security teams.”
Andrew Sage, VP of Global Partners at Cisco, added, “As one of only six Global Gold Partners, Logicalis continues to innovate and deliver leading Secure Managed Services to clients. We are proud to work in partnership with Logicalis to bring the best of Cisco XDR technology combined with top-tier Security Operation Centre delivery across the globe.
“Together, Cisco and Logicalis provide our customers with the confidence that their data is secure.”
New Managed Secure Firewall and SSE Solutions
Logicalis announced the availability of its Managed Firewall and Security Service Edge (SSE) solutions as part of the Intelligent Connectivity portfolio. The addition of Managed Secure Firewall and SSE solutions to Logicalis’ portfolio empowers customers to sustain, secure, and scale their network infrastructure.
With employees, data, and offices spread across the country and globally, firewalls must be prepared for any situation. The Logicalis Managed Secure Firewall solution provides adaptive threat protection and zero-trust enforcement. Ensuring real-time visibility into users, traffic, and applications on the network. Secure Firewall assists in planning, prioritising, closing security gaps, and recovering from disasters with greater resilience.
Complementing this, the Logicalis Secure Service Edge (SSE) is designed to safeguard a customer’s hybrid workforce accessing the network. This solution ensures the safety of employees and assets in any work environment by establishing secure connectivity. Effectively protecting corporate resources against cyberattacks and data breaches.
Nintex
Employee Onboarding
Nintex announced Nintex Employee Onboarding, a new pre-built solution that significantly reduces the time needed to complete employee onboarding tasks. This reduces the time needed for new hires to ramp up productivity, reduces business costs from onboarding delays, and reduces the administrative burden on HR, Finance, and IT teams.
Niranjan Vijayaragavan, Chief Product Officer at Nintex, said, “Employee onboarding touches every employee that enters an organisation. As a result, getting it right isn’t only important for employee experience and retention, but delays and disruptions throughout onboarding can negatively impact a business’s bottom line.
“Getting the onboarding experience right requires tight coordination across HR, Finance, IT, and hiring managers across all business units. Nintex Employee Onboarding brings these teams together to improve efficiency internally and provide a more consistent experience for new employees.”
The new solution has several components delivering the ability for customers to:
- Create branded new hire portals. HR teams can easily configure onboarding flows without technical support to provide a branded experience where new hires can complete key tasks using a self-service interface.
- Automate new employee setup. Import new employee data into HRIS systems through an out-of-the-box integration, removing the need for redundant data entry.
- Customise approvals, documents, and signatures. Modify onboarding steps, business system integration settings, and day-one information for each role type.
- Set up an internal operations portal. Launch pre-built processes to initiate new hires, configure roles, track progress, and more in a single, intuitive, end-to-end system.
Solution Studio
Nintex announced Solution Studio — a portal that helps IT and business teams easily design and build solutions that automate the unique business process challenges of their organizations. Solution Studio helps eliminate software sprawl by letting teams build custom solutions around their systems, approval flows, data, and business logic — instead of stitching together multiple off-the-shelf apps.
Niranjan Vijayaragavan, Chief Product Officer at Nintex, commented efficiency is top of mind for organizations today. Which has led many to consolidate their business application portfolio by building custom solutions leveraging AI and low-code platforms. Our partners and customers can now easily build purpose-built solutions or leverage pre-built solutions that quickly drive value by automating complex business processes.”
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- Configurable and reusable modules: Create and configure common modules, like “approval flows” or “generating a document” once, then apply them across teams, systems, and processes without rebuilding business logic or custom coding.
- Unified development environment: Design and deploy full-stack solutions leveraging application development, document generation, e-signature, and workflow automation, all within a single portal.
- Enhanced governance and control: Maintain visibility, track usage, enforce standards, and manage access across an organization from a single dashboard for solution development.
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The studio has already enabled Nintex to create Employee Onboarding, Licensing and Permitting. Partners will also be able to bring new solutions to market using the studio.
Bill Vencil, Associate Director, Protiviti Software Services, said, “We work with clients on a daily basis to effectively leverage, optimise, and strategically implement purpose-built Nintex solutions. We see a lot of opportunities and business cases in the marketplace for Solution Studio since it accelerates the implementation of solutions to complex processes.”
Panasonic
VNC Automotive and Panasonic Connect Mobile Solutions Business Division have launched its in-vehicle TOUGHBOOK Screen Mirroring solution for mobile workers. Duplicating information displayed on a TOUGHBOOK tablet or notebook onto a vehicle’s existing OEM touchscreen.
Ideal for field-based teams that operate primarily from a vehicle that needs real-time data to make mission-critical decisions on the go. TOUGHBOOK Screen Mirroring enhances flexibility and communication for field workers.
Nick Miller, EU Sales Strategy Manager, Panasonic TOUGHBOOK, commented, “Public sector and commercial fleets need to access an array of mission-critical devices and systems. At the same time, the capabilities and size of in-vehicle touchscreens only continue to increase.
“Our intimate knowledge of what mobile workers require, operationally, from their mobile device – combined with VNC Automotive’s engineering capabilities – positions our Screen Mirroring solution as a unique proposition in the market.”
Pulseway
Pulseway has released version 9.15 of its RMM solution. Bringing it closer to KaseyaOne and the Kaseya centralised IT Management portal. This means that Pulseway gets access to the Kaseya platform’s single sign-on functionality.
Cooper Insights is also now available within Pulseway. This AI-powered feature provides real-time, actionable recommendations designed to help technicians work smarter. Cooper Insights is a virtual assistant that helps RMM users maximise the benefits of the Pulseway platform.
Other improvements include support for the KaseyaOne platform’s Access Groups capabilities. This means that role-based access control enables organisations to manage access control better.
Workday
Q1 Results
Workday announced results for the fiscal 2026 first quarter ended on April 30th, 2025. Total revenues were $2.240 billion, an increase of 12.6% from the first quarter of fiscal 2025. Subscription revenues were $2.059 billion, an increase of 13.4% from the same period last year.
Operating income was $39 million, or 1.8% of revenues. Compared to an operating income of $64 million, or 3.2% of revenues, in the same period last year. Operating income in the first quarter of fiscal 2026 was impacted by restructuring expenses of $166 million.
Non-GAAP operating income for the first quarter was $677 million, or 30.2% of revenues. Compared to a non-GAAP operating income of $515 million, or 25.9% of revenues, in the same period last year.
Carl Eschenbach, CEO of Workday, commented, “Workday delivered another solid quarter, a testament to the durability of our business and the relevance of our platform as CEOs increasingly turn to us to drive efficiency, agility, and growth. We are delivering real ROI for our customers by helping them effectively manage their most critical assets—people and money—on one unified platform with AI at the core.”
Zane Rowe, CFO of Workday, said, “Our first quarter results highlight the ongoing progress across our strategic growth areas and the continued efficiencies we are driving throughout the business. We remain focused on executing in this uncertain environment and are reiterating our fiscal 2026 subscription revenue guidance of $8.8 billion while increasing our fiscal 2026 non-GAAP operating margin guidance to approximately 28.5%.”
Millennial Leaders Leading the Charge on Skills-Based Strategies
In a new analysis of the Global State of Skills research, Workday has discovered that millennial leaders (aged 28-43) are stepping up as key drivers of AI-powered, skills-based transformation with the aim of closing the skills gap.
According to the research underlying the report, nearly two-thirds (60%) of millennial leaders are concerned about a skills shortage in the next three years. Nearly half (47%) of Gen X leaders (aged 44-59) share this skills shortage concern, showing the challenge spans generations.
However, millennial leaders are taking a more proactive approach. With 92% seeing skills-based talent development as critical for economic growth, compared to 76% of Gen X leaders.
Daniel Pell, Vice President and Country Manager, UKI, Workday, said, “The UK faces a pivotal challenge: our workforce models are lagging behind the pace of technological change. To compete in an AI-driven economy, businesses must rethink how they identify and develop skills.
“This is not a question of technology alone. It is a question of leadership, agility and long-term competitiveness. The organisations that succeed will be those that treat workforce transformation as a strategic priority, ensuring both people and AI can work effectively together.”
Zoho
Zoho announced that Zoho Books is now recognised as a Digital Tax Integrator by the UAE Federal Tax Authority. This enables direct VAT return filing from within your favourite accounting software.
The usual process of filing returns involves generating a VAT report, verifying the taxable figures, signing in to the EmaraTax portal, and manually entering data into every applicable field. But starting today, Zoho Books has transformed this process for all taxpayers, simplifying it significantly.
