How one of the UK’s most famous voices is helping build a more accessible workplace
Corie Brown, a continuity announcer for Channel 4 in the U.K., is known for her tenacious voice and feisty personality – but her big voice didn’t help at all when she was trying to get Jenny Lay-Flurrie’s attention at Future Decoded, an October 2019 Microsoft event in London where the two would share a stage […]
Coles Selects Infor to Modernise International Supply Chain and Deliver Real-Time Inventory Visibility
– Infor, a global leader in business cloud software specialised by industry, announced that leading Australian retailer Coles has chosen Infor Nexus for its global trade platform to create enhanced international supply chain visibility for the organization. The deployment of the global trade platform will streamline imports, reduce costs and modernise Coles’ international supply chain. […]
SAP Litmos Training Content Extended to Salesforce Users; Offers Fresh Features for Mobile Learning
SAP) today announced a new enterprise edition of the SAP Litmos Training Content solution, with more than 2,000 video or downloadable courses, including 150 courses designed for customer-experience professionals. The new edition also extends SAP’s learning portfolio to customer-facing professionals using Salesforce solutions. Additionally, a new app for iOS and Android allows users on the […]
In Pharma, Cloud Technology Helps Identify Precise Origin of Medicines
Counterfeit and substandard medicines are a global problem. In 2017, the WHO analyzed 100 surveys on medicine quality from more than 88 nations and found that in countries with low and middle incomes, one in 10 medical products is fake. The WHO also found that the proportion of falsified products could be up to three […]
Microsoft and Oracle Expand Interoperability Partnership to Canada
Today, we are announcing the continued expansion of our cloud interoperability partnership with Microsoft to help joint customers worldwide run their mission-critical workloads across Oracle Cloud and Microsoft Azure. Our new interconnect location means enterprises can now build workloads that seamlessly interoperate between Microsoft and Oracle cloud regions in Canada. This interconnect builds on an […]
New research reveals that across industries, organizations are embracing ‘tech intensity’ as a key driver of competitive advantage
Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday announced the results of the State of Tech Intensity 2019 Study, revealing what business and technology decision-makers see as critical to their future growth and success. The past decade has been a period of unusually rapid change and disruption as organizations worldwide have implemented a breadth of technology solutions to transform […]
Microsoft and KKBOX Group launch global strategic partnership
Microsoft Taiwan and Asia’s leading media technology company, KKBOX Group, jointly announced today the launch of a global strategic partnership that will migrate the group’s subsidiary KKBOX’s music streaming services to the Microsoft Azure cloud platform. Additionally, KKBOX Group subsidiary KKStream has joined Microsoft’s global partner network to release BlendVision™, a next-generation commercial video streaming […]
Microsoft’s resolution for 2020 is to empower tech intensity in its customers and partners
As we close out 2019 and head into a new decade, I’ve been thinking a lot about the progress the technology industry has made over the past 10 years, and what that means for the next 10. I want to take a moment to reflect on one of the key technology trends I’ve seen over […]
A young woman leads refugees toward independence — and shows how much technology can help
She’s lived in a refugee camp since her family fled war when she was a little girl, but Grace Nshimiyumukiza has always wanted to be the one to help, not just be helped. First she coached her six younger siblings through classes in Kakuma, one of the world’s largest refugee camps. Then she tutored friends […]
Oracle appoints Safra Catz as sole CEO, Vishal Sikka joins the board
With Oracle in need of fresh new thinking, Larry Ellison sticks with Safra Catz as the sole CEO of the company. It is never easy when a global corporation loses a CEO, who was in the public eye for almost a decade. Oracle Corporation’s Co-CEO Mark Hurd’s passing left a hole in the company. […]