Steve Brooks has worked in IT for nearly 30 years, working through different roles to CIO in a number of vertical markets including Finance, Manufacturing and Real Estate. A qualified Project Manager. He spent 17 years at Savills plc, a FTSE 250 real estate company, rising to CIO before leaving in 2012. Steve is Director of Consultancy at Synonym Ltd and while studying at Henley Business School for his MBA was deputy editor at www.business-cloud.com, a Dods Group publication. He joined CIC as an associate consultant in 2013. He is a member of BCS and an associate member of the Institute of Directors.
Salesforce has announced that U.S. Bank is to deploy Salesforce Einstein. This is not a gamble for the fifth largest Bank in the United States but the next stage of an ongoing journey. As Richard K Davis, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer U.S. Bancorp commented in the 2016 Annual report: “our one U.S. Bank philosophy…
Ramco has announced that Panasonic Avionics Corporation selected Ramco Aviation M&E MRO Suite V5.8 to run its operation. The announcement was made last week at the start of its annual MRO user convention. Is this the start of something bigger for Ramco The announcement comes at a time when Ramco is trying to expand into the…
Receipt Bank has raised US $50 million in a Series B funding round led by Insight Venture Partners. The announcement came in a blog by Henry Bell, content manager at Receipt Bank. Receipt Bank provides bookkeeping automation software and provides integrations to most of the major accounting solutions for small businesses. Its core features include…
QAD has announced the latest version of its transport management suite. The software has a dual identity and is already known to many as PRECISION Software as well as QAD TMS. PRECISION was a company that QAD acquired in 2006. The release, V17 delivers three key updates. They are “the Effective User”, PRECISION Freight…
Many organisations still have considerable concerns about moving to the cloud. A year ago, Oracle unveiled the Oracle Cloud at Customer solution. This allows organisations to use cloud infrastructure on their own premises. It has now announced an extension to Cloud at Customer. This will deliver a full cloud stack to an organisations premises. Customers can…
NGA Human Resources (NGA) has announced the availability of NGA Africa Payroll. The solution aims to help business leaders address the challenges of African payroll with a single solution. As global companies increasingly turn their eyes to the African continent and the opportunities it provides it raises several challenges. NGA has developed the software to support…
FreshBooks has announced the completion of a Series B funding round. They raised US $43 million with an investment led by their previous minority vendor Georgian Partners. Other investors in the round included Accomplice and Oak Investment Partners, who led the Series A funding in 2014. As part of the agreement Simon Chong, managing partner…
There are few people who have not been impacted by cancer during their lives. Cancer Research revealed that 1 in 2 people born after 1960 will develop cancer in their lifetime. NetSuite has announced one of its pro bono projects, as part of the Oracle NetSuite social impact, is aiming to make a difference. BRCA…
Oracle has announced that it is to add 1000 new sales representatives jobs across the EMEA region. The announcement come following successful end of year results. A year that saw more than $1.4 billion of revenue in the fourth quarter in Cloud and a growth of 58%. Dermot O’Kelly, Senior Vice President and Country Leader,…
Infor has announced that it is strengthening its HCM solution with integrations to ADP solutions. Infor will initially integrate the ADP SmartCompliance and ADP Health Compliance solutions to its HCM solution to improve compliance. The announcement comes a week after Inforum and it is perhaps surprising that it was not announced there. Infor are by no means the…