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Earlier this week Unit4 released Wanda, a bot that enhances and enriches the vendor’s vision of self-driving ERP.
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When most organizations think of Microsoft, they still think first of PCs, Windows, and Microsoft Office.
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We had the opportunity to attend Red Hats yearly user conference Red Hat Summit in Boston, held May 2nd till 4th 2017, at the Boston Convention Center. The conference was well attended with over 6000 attendees, a new record for Red Hat. In its 13th edition, I took note of the international customer base, reflected also in the Red Hat innovation awards.
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Hyperledger, one of the leading industry consortiums for distributed ledger (or more colloquially, blockchain) technologies, has received an interesting new project under its open-source roof: Indy, which is focused on developing next-generation digital identity services.
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Verizon is the latest company to get out of the enterprise cloud and hosting market, as it has announced plans to sell off that business to IBM.
However, Verizon is characterizing the IBM deal as something more than a simple sale. SVP George Fisher explained the move in a blog post:
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The Digital Economy will consist of ecosystems participating in interactions from which multiple participants benefit. On route to this new market, most established Enterprises look to add Digital Technology to enhance their current Business model. However, unrecognized competitors in the form of startups are already establishing new Business ecosystems around Smart Services.
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Cisco's penchant for acquisitions is continuing unabated with the $610 million purchase of Viptela, maker of a software-defined WAN (wide area network) system. In part, the move is meant to take a competitor off the table, as Cisco already has some SD-WAN capabilities of its own.
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Salesforce's steady growth over the years can be tied in part to its success in establishing a partner ecosystem of ISVs and systems integrators building extensions and full-blown applications on its development platform.
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Things were quiet around Saba for a while, as the vendor struggled with re-stating earnings… then the vendor surprised with the acquisition of Canada head quartered Halogen.
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Oracle demos Adaptive Intelligent Offers app for commerce, marketing. Next up are more CX capabilities as well as ERP, HR and supply chain apps.
The biggest reveal at the April 25-27 Oracle Modern Customer Experience (CX) Event in Las Vegas was the debut of Oracle Adaptive Intelligent Apps for CX. Adaptive Intelligent Offers (AI Offers) is the first app in a planned portfolio of artificial intelligence applications that will eventually span CX, ERP, human capital management and supply chain management.
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U.S. President Donald Trump may be moving technology further up his list of priorities, signing an executive order creating the American Technology Council, which will include members of his administration along with input from leaders at top tech companies.
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We had the opportunity to attend Equifax Insight’s EFX Forum user conference in Scottsdale, held April 25th till 27th, at the beautiful Marriott Camelback resort in Scottsdale. The conference was well attended with about 200 attendees, good partner representation and influencer selection.
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Transforming Billing, Retail Strategy, and AI Marketing | DisrupTV Ep. 59
In Episode 59 of DisrupTV, hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar engage with three industry leaders:
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We had the opportunity to attend NetSuite’s SuiteWorld event held at the Sands Convention Center in Las Vegas and happening from April 24th till 27th 2017. SuiteWorld was well attended with a new record of over 7000+, good partner representation and influencer selection. It was also the first SuiteWorld in after the Oracle acquisition and in the post Zach Nelson era of NetSuite.
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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai has unveiled how he intends to roll back so-called "net neutrality" regulations passed in 2015. While Pai has the benefit of a Republican-majority FCC board, he could still be in for a fight as advocates and the public push back.
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SAS Viya is now available as the cloud-friendly platform for SAS Visual apps and, soon, SAS 9. Next up should be more cloud-based services options.
SAS, like many well-established tech vendors, has to keep one eye on the future and one eye on the past. At the April 2-5 SAS Global Forum in Orlando, FL, the company did its best to reassure the 5,500-plus attendees that it can take them into the future without obsoleting past investments in SAS technologies and training.
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SAP has long had a substantial presence in manufacturing for its ERP software, but in recent years has brought newer technologies to bear on manufacturing operations. It made two more significant moves in that direction this week at the Hannover Messe industrial trade show in Germany, announcing partnerships with Mitsubishi Electric and robotics manufacturer Kuka.
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IBM is teaming up with power systems and robotics giant ABB in a bid to apply AI (artificial intelligence) to the shop floor, smart grids and other industrial scenarios. The partnership will incorporate ABB's Ability platform with IBM's Watson IoT (Internet of things) technology:
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Infor has spent billions in recent years in the course of creating a next-generation cloud ERP suite, with most of the results coming from organic development. To shore up its hand in analytics, however, it is going outside with plans to acquire Birst, a fairly small but mature player in cloud-based BI (business intelligence). Terms of the deal weren't disclosed.
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Some 50 companies have joined a new open source project focused on IoT (Internet of Things) edge computing at the Linux Foundation. The effort could foster interoperability and faster maturing for enterprise and industrial IoT. Here are the key details from the Foundation's announcement:
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R "Ray" Wang shares what's hot for Q1 2017, such as Connected Enterprise and SuperNova Awards and introduces our newest analyst and digital strategist, Dion Hinchcliffe, Vice President and Principal Analyst at Constellation Research, who will focus on the New C-Suite in his research coverage.
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Business has constantly pushed for better ‘intelligence’ to support improved decision-making to support the continued drive towards increasing competitiveness. The impact of Cloud Services in reducing cost and improving availability of capacity together with the rise of Big Data from Web and Social activities has taken analytics and Business Intelligence to new highs.
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