Infor has announced that it has partnered the University of Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD). The announcement is part of the wider Infor Education Alliance Program (EAP). This program now has initiatives across the ASEAN region in China, India, Korea and recently in Thailand. Infor also recently announced Manchester Business School in the UK had signed…
The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) and Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship & SMEs (DG GROW) have launched a project under unlovely and gimmicky title of: “#Blockchain4EU: Blockchain for Industrial Transformations” (Blockchain4eu). This will run until February 2018. The project is intended to be forward-looking. According to the European Commission it will explore…
The Blockchain Research Institute (BRI) has extended its public sector support. The syndicated research program, of over 40 projects on the strategic implications of blockchain, has snagged the Government of Canada, the Government of Ontario and the City of Toronto to be members Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development, Government of Canada…
SAP has announced it has completed the implementation of SAP Investigation Management for Public Sector to transform the Slovak National Police Force. The solution was implemented for the Ministry of the Interior of the Slovak Republic (Ministerstvo vnutra SR). What is the Investigation Management platform The Investigation Management platform has four key deliverables for customers:…
BlackLine has announced the availability of its software on G-Cloud 9. The successful application will mean that over 36,000 public sector organisations are able to purchase the financial automation software from the Digital Marketplace. The minimum term for any agreement is 36 months. BlackLine deliver four solution sets that public sector organisations can purchase. These…
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 of the conclusions, for its ability to eye open. Its publication follows on from the United Nations’ expectation that, by 2050: Japan and Germany…
The significance of blockchains is gaining greater central bank attention. Consider the following recent quotations from Mark Carney (Governor of the Bank of England), Janet Yellen (Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) and Neel Kashkari (President of the Minneapolis Fed.). “New technologies could transform wholesale payments, clearing and settlement. In…
The US Defence Information Systems Agency and DoD have granted Salesforce Government Cloud a provisional authorisation at Impact Level 4 (IL4). This means that Salesforce can be used for controlled unclassified information (CUI). It will allow Salesforce to work with US Government organisations and hold information including personally identifiable information (PII) and protected health information…
Infor has announced the completion of the $2 billion investment from Koch Equity Development LLC . In a short press release the company said the finance would help to “accelerate innovation, expand distribution, and continue disrupting the enterprise applications industry.” The question is what will Infor do now? The press release focus on the past, indicating that…
Surrey University has launched its Innovation for Health programme. It is aimed at the training graduates to work in both the health and engineering sciences. The goal is to deliver engineers who can build the next generation of healthcare devices. According to Professor Max Lu, President and Vice Chancellor of the University of Surrey: “The Innovation…