Workday Rising delivers some big announcements
Workday is kicking off its annual US convention with three major product announcements. ET spoke to Dan Beck SVP Product Marketing and Technology Strategy. Beck spoke about the headline features that...
NGA HR has its own Brexit
NGA Human Resources (“NGA HR”) has announced that it is to sell its UK Mid-Market and SMB (Moorepay) divisions (“NGA UK”) to Bain Capital Equity. There are also some significant changes...
Wrapping initiatives in blockchain and/or cryptocurrency fancy clothes benefits few
Blockchain and/or cryptocurrency mentions have become marketing tools, for all sorts of products and services. Many of these have little to do with either underlying technology or currency.
Consider the following, lightly...
Zenium delivers some Turkish Delight to Equinix
Global data centre and interconnection player Equinix has acquired an Istanbul Data Center from Zenium. This is an all cash deal that will cost Equinix US$93 million. With just $2.5 million...
NetSuite flows into GCC
NetSuite has announced an increased presence in the Middle East in time for the roll out of GCC UAVAT (Gulf Cooperation Council Unified Agreement for VAT). The announcement sees NetSuite set...
HMRC stops one million visits to scam websites
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has stepped up the war against scammers. It is claiming to have: "averted over a million visits to deceptive websites, including those which promote misleading and...
Ramco ties into Anaplan
Ramco has announced that it has built connectors to Anaplan. It is not the first ERP solution to do so but it signals that they are serious in competing against the...
Batavia: yet another trade finance blockchain platform… (duh)
Bank of Montreal, CaixaBank, Commerzbank and Erste Group have joined Batavia. Batavia derives from an initiative launched by UBS and IBM in 2016 to build a new global trade platform based...
Might SDRs turn into IMFcoins?
In October 2016 the International Monetary Fund (IMF) launched consultations on the future of its SDRs (Special Drawing Rights). It was part of a conversation at a gathering to celebrate the Bank...
Deltek bids for Onvia as acquisitions continue
Deltek has announced its intent to acquire Onvia (NASDAQ:ONVI). Supported by its immediate parent company Project Diamond Intermediate Holdings, Corp. the acquisition is aimed at strengthening Deltek’s GovWin IQ solution. The...