Oracle Q4 cloud revenues grow 29%, down 5% overall
Oracle Q4 cloud revenues grow 29%, down 5% overall | Business Cloud News June 18, 2015 Written by Business Cloud News Oracle Corporation has announced its 2015 fiscal Q4 quarterly earnings, unveiling impressive growth for its PaaS and SaaS business, which is up 29% on last year. The company posted overall revenue of $10.7 billion […]
IBM talks cloud innovation at CWF 2015
IBM talks cloud innovation at CWF 2015 | Business Cloud News June 25, 2015 Written by Business Cloud News Enterprise tech giant IBM used its keynote presentation at Cloud World Forum 2015 to talk up the role of the digital economy, especially cloud tech, to drive innovation and disruption. The speaker was Sandy Carter, GM […]
News Analysis What does the future hold for Microsoft Dynamics?
Microsoft Dynamics software line isn’t dead. Instead it’s moving to be a service you can build into the tools you need to make your businesses processes work better. Mary Branscombe Alongside the news that the Microsoft teams that make devices like Surface and Surface Hub will now be in the same division that makes the […]
Workday Plunges Most Since 2012 as Oracle Competition Grows
Workday Plunges Most Since 2012 as Oracle Competition Grows – Bloomberg Business <link href=”//assets.bwbx.io/business/public/stylesheets/noscript.78e39895.css” media=”all” rel=”stylesheet” type=”text/css”> Workday Inc., the cloud-based software provider facing competition from Oracle Corp., dropped the most since the company went public in October 2012 after forecasting a slowdown in billings growth. Billings expansion decelerated to 30 percent in the fiscal […]
Consumer Spending in U.S. Shows Biggest Gain in Almost Six Years
Consumer Spending in U.S. Shows Biggest Gain in Almost Six Years – Bloomberg Business <link href=”//assets.bwbx.io/business/public/stylesheets/noscript.78e39895.css” media=”all” rel=”stylesheet” type=”text/css”> Household spending climbed in May by the most in almost six years, buoyed by gains in incomes as the U.S. job market strengthened. Consumer Spending in U.S. Shows Biggest Gain in Almost Six Years – Bloomberg […]
SAP Releases New Cloud Apps
ERP NEWS – erpnews.net – New products combine customer engagement and omnichannel commerce capabilities with the SAP HANA platform. SAP announced several cloud-based innovations and industry-specific applications that combine customer engagement solutions with the omnichannel commerce capabilities of hybris, an SAP company, and the power of the SAP HANA platform. SAP solutions for customer […]
Microsoft Shakes Up Leadership, Dynamics Teams
Daniel Lee reporting for Accounting Today. Microsoft Shakes Up Leadership, Dynamics Teams Microsoft announced a new leadership structure and strategy Wednesday that includes the departure of four top executives, the movement of Dynamics development teams to the Cloud and Enterprise group, and the creation of a new group combining its Windows and device businesses. CEO […]
ENCORE SELLS BIZ TO SYSPRO
Bob Scott reporting in his weekly Insights column. Reseller Encore Business Solutions has sold its Syspro division to Syspro Canada. Syspro said the move allows “Encore to sharpen their strategic focus on the growth of their Microsoft Dynamics ERP, Microsoft Dynamics CRM and Business Intelligence practices.” Syspro said the purchase provides a surge of upward […]
SERERRA PREXY JOINED INTACCT
Bob Scott reporting in his weekly Insights column. Nik Puni, the president of cloud specialist Sererra Consulting Group, has joined Intacct. Puni made the move in March, becoming the director of systems integration at the accounting cloud software vendor. Intacct did not announce the move, but it popped up during my viewing of some LinkedIn […]
SAGE RELOCATING AMERICAN HQ
Bob Scott reporting in his weekly Insights column. Sage is moving its North American headquarters from Irvine, Calif., to Atlanta, Ga. The change coincides with the announcement this month of a series of Customer Business Centers being established. Irvine, I believe, was a legacy of the former State of the Art, which was purchased by […]