SAP revs up for cloud growth
New SAP Results showed that the company has missed its revenue target in Q3 2020 by €310 million. Despite that, the software giant saw strong growth in the cloud as it...
Cloud adoption saved half of UK businesses from COVID-19 collapse
Fifty-one percent of UK business leaders say their shift to a cloud computing-based business model has saved their company from collapse during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is the headline from research...
Oracle overperforms against guidance in Q1
Oracle has had an outstanding first quarter for fiscal 2021. Safra Catz, CEO, Oracle summarised: “Q1 was fantastic with total revenue beating guidance by more than $150 million, and non-GAAP earnings...
News from week beginning 24th August
News week beginning 24th August saw several companies looking to raise funds including @NICE and @Ceridean with @SkillSoft exiting Chapter 11.
NTT Ltd gives Tour de France fans a virtual global stadium experience
There are few events bigger in France than the Tour de France. Time trials, mountain stages, long flat stages in weather than can change from baking hot to driving rain, the...
Xero acquires invoice financing company Waddle
Invoice financing company Waddle has been acquired by Xero, the online accountancy software vendor. The deal sees Xero pay AUD $31 million upfront in cash. If Waddle hits agreed development and...
NTT Ltd continues global data centre expansion
NTT Ltd is launching new data centre capacity in nine locations across seven countries in the next 12 months. It will add up to 400 megawatts of IT load to that...
IBM and Adobe bring new focus to CX
IBM and Adobe have announced a new partnership to help clients improve customer experience (CX). They are targeting regulated industries to help accelerate digital transformation projects. At the core of this...
Microsoft and Finastra to accelerate digital transformation of financial services
Microsoft and Finastra have announced a multiyear deal to accelerate the digital transformation of financial services. The three-year deal will keep Finastra's open developer platform sitting on Microsoft Azure. The company...
Rootstock goes to Warpdrive in India
Rootstock has announced its first partner headquartered in India. WarpDrive Tech Works is a Salesforce Gold partner that has more than seventy Salesforce customers in the country. It has now become...