Rimini Street refinances in style
Rimini Street and GP Investments announced a definitive merger this week. The deal will see 25% of the new company owned by shareholders of GPIA. More importantly it will see Rimini...
Cognitive Procurement reaches across supply chains
Cognitive Procurement is the fancy name given by IBM and SAP Ariba as they form a global strategic alliance. This aims to redefine the sourcing-to-settlement cycle. Leveraging SAP Leonardo, IBM Watson...
SAP refocuses its Leonardo on digital innovation
For those who know, SAP Leonardo (Leonardo) was SAP’s brand for IoT. At Sapphire 2017 SAP has extended Leonardo to make IoT a part of the broader drive towards digital innovation....
Starting up a business: Avoid the common mistakes – part 3
My previous blogs detailed the first four common mistakes when setting up a business (part 1, part 2). This blog seeks to address the fifth and arguably the most key one....
Triple win for NetSuite
NetSuite has won a trio of new partners in recent days. Terillium announced that it has joined the NetSuite Solution Provider Program. This is a major boost for NetSuite as it...
Want to move 100PB+ from your data centre into the cloud?
DigitalGlobe collects imagery of the Earth from its QuickBird satellites (first launched in 2001). Since then new satellites have added capacity and improved resolution. The total data being stored is reaching 100PB.
In the...
Xero results continue to impress
Cloud accounting vendor Xero continues to outperform the market with its latest results. The results are impressive even when compared to Xero's previous results. They also show that Xero has hit...
“Loneliness in older adults has been described as ‘your world dying before you do'”
The IBM Institute of Business Value (IBV) has published a fascinating report:: "Loneliness and the aging population - how businesses and governments can address a looming crisis". It is recommended reading, irrespective...
Oracle shareholders hit them with suit for NetSuite deal
According to Law360 (subscription required), Oracle was hit by a suit in the Delaware Chancery Court on Monday. It accuses founder Larry Ellison of deliberately overpaying for NetSuite. The NetSuite deal saw...
SAP boosts Africa Code Week – so can you
SAP has announced that it is to support Africa Code Week as part of SuccessConnect in London. SAP will donate one euro for every tweet that includes both #SConnect17 and #AfricaCodeWeek...