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ENDSLEY BECOMES CANTATA CEO
- Wednesday, 31 October 2018
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Krista Endsley, who served as CEO of Abila when it was an independent company, has been named CEO of Cantata Health. Endsley served as CEO of Abila, which was purchased by Community Brands in April 2017, from March 2013 through March 2017.
Read more...ORACLE GAVE THREE EXECS $103.7M OPTIONS
- Wednesday, 31 October 2018
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Oracle granted three of its named executives $103.7 million option awards each for the year ended May 31. The awards pushed each of the three to more than $108 million in compensation for fiscal 2018.
Read more...SAP TAKES CHAT-BOTS TO ENTERPRISE
- Thursday, 25 October 2018
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
SAP has introduced an automated chat bot-building capability in its SAP Conversational AI. Formerly known as Recast.AI, the Enterprise Grade capability is said to enable companies to develop bots in minutes.
Read more...NETSUITE EXPANDS SOCIAL IMPACT
- Thursday, 25 October 2018
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Oracle NetSuite has expanded its Social Impact program, which started in 2006. Steps detailed this week include increased product donation and Pro Bono services and the launch of a new online community and knowledge center.
Read more...ORACLE SEES FASTER CLOUD ADOPTION
- Thursday, 25 October 2018
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Mark Hurd, CEO of Oracle, says adoption of the cloud is going faster than anticipated. Hurd made his statements at his keynote at this week’s Oracle OpenWorld keynote, reiterating last year’s prediction 85 percent of production applications will be in the cloud by 2025.
Read more...SAGE SUMMIT TO RETURN?
- Thursday, 25 October 2018
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Sage abandoned the practice having one large annual conference this year. But the buzz in the channel is there will be two in 2019−East Coast and West Coast events. Whether this goes beyond talk coming from the channel is yet to be seen.
Read more...SAGE VET LAING JOINS IFS
- Thursday, 25 October 2018
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Alan Laing, who held key roles with Sage, has become managing director for the United Kingdom and Ireland for IFS. The job is a new position which reflects the importance IFS places in the region, Laing said in a prepared statement.
Read more...INTACCT PITCHES BUDGETING, PLANNING
- Wednesday, 24 October 2018
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
The big push at this week’s Advantage conference is for Sage Intacct Budgeting and Planning. Introduced in limited release in September, the cloud-based product was given a big push in the eternal quest to convince businesses to use something better than an Excel spreadsheet for these functions.
Read more...DYNAMICS REVS TO HIT $2.5B
- Wednesday, 24 October 2018
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
Dynamics revenue will reach $2.5 billion for the year ending June 30, Microsoft said this week. CEO Satya Nadella gave the forecast in this week’s webcast for earnings for the quarter ended September 30. Nadella said half of that will be from Dynamics 365.
Read more...RANDOM THOUGHTS: HALLOWEEN
- Friday, 19 October 2018
- News and Analysis
- Written by mark
The web is full of warnings about watching for the Spotted Lantern Fly, a serious pest, which infests trees, including Christmas tree species. But there's a silver lining: if nothing else, you will find if you string enough together, like popcorn, they make a lovely addition to holiday decorations.
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