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Chris Leone oversees Oracle HCM Cloud

Oracle, never one to cede ground to any of its software rivals, is making a strong comeback for its evolving HCM Cloud strategy. At a...
Oracle EVP Steve Miranda(top right) at Oracle Live, while Linda Weber of Kroger(bottom right) shares insights with Oracle SVP Rondy Ng as Oracle Cloud ERP gains ground across the enterprise.

As the pandemic continues to disrupt lives all over the world, major enterprises are charging ahead with their ERP strategies to strengthen their business...
Clockwise from top left, CEO Safra Catz, Co-Founder Larry Ellison, EVP GBU Mike Sicilia and EVP Apps Steve Miranda outline multi-cloud push at Oracle CloudWorld

After a brief hiatus, Oracle CloudWorld 2022 marked a turning point for the 45-year-old company by positioning it as a multi-dimensional technology vendor that...
Chris Todd, the new CEO of UKG, is presented with a champion belt by Jennifer Brafman Staffen of UKG Corporate Communications during a June 2022 Analyst Relations event in Fort Lauderdale, FL

UKG unveiled a slew of product and organizational initiatives including the appointment of a new CEO as the HCM and workforce management applications powerhouse...
Left to Right: Kirsten Allegri Williams (CMO), Stephen Spears (CRO), Greg Tomb (President) and Amy Wilson (EVP of Product) at SuccessConnect

SAP’s Cloud platform and integration strategy is gathering momentum as the enterprise software heavyweight is pushing its stack beyond the boundaries...
As Cloud applications market heats up, SAP Chairman Hasso Plattner(left), CEO Bill McDermott(right) aim to prevail in new climate

On the last day of the huge SAPPHIRENOW conference, a trio of standup comedians appeared on stage lampooning everything under the sun with one...
CEO Sridhar Vembu retraces his roots as Zoho soars in popularity

Zoho is not a household name in the US enterprise applications market, but that’s about to change if the privately-held vendor has its way. Founded...

Oracle is turning up the heat on the digital transformation race among customers by showing them the benefits of switching to its Cloud applications...
Chakib Bouhdary - SAP

Chakib Bouhdary has the new title of Chief Customer Value Officer of SAP, having served as a key advisor to co-CEO Bill McDermott for...
CEO Mark Hurd and EVP Evan Goldberg strengthen Oracle NetSuite’s vertical push

Oracle NetSuite is doubling down on its vertical strategy after solidifying its presence in the midmarket ERP space. The accelerated push comes after its $9.3-billion...
Scenes from UKG Aspire conference (clockwise from top left) – Chief Product & Technology Officer Hugo Sarrazin, CEO Chris Todd and Executive Chair Aron Ain, UKG Life-work Technology Labs startup participants.

Recasting its imprint on the HCM applications market, UKG is determined to break with tradition by jettisoning legacy products and streamlining its public cloud...
Scenes from MBX with CEO Mark Hurd(top left), CX customer references and EVP Steve Miranda on Oracle Cloud Apps momentum

At last month’s Modern Business Experience event, Oracle shed light on its latest Cloud applications strategy, while dispelling some myths and providing more context...
SAP, Salesforce, IBM eye analytics as the panacea for containing soaring healthcare costs

The healthcare applications market is attracting a new class of players vying for a slice of the multi-trillion-dollar opportunity. In recent months, enterprise applications vendors...
Steve Singh heads SAP Business Networks, while Elena Donio runs Concur.

In April 2013 Concur CEO Steve Singh took his mountain bike out for a spin that ended with a wreck leaving him badly injured...
Unit4’s Jose Duarte aims to boost Cloud revenues further

Unit4 intensified its vertical strategy with an acquisition of a higher-education ERP application vendor, while cozying up with Microsoft to better leverage its Azure...
As NetSuite displaces ERP rivals, EVP Evan Goldberg(top left) goes full suite ahead with SVP Gary Wiessinger(lower right) detailing his product plans at SuiteWorld

Buoyed by its recent acquisitions, Oracle NetSuite is expanding rapidly into asset-heavy industries while continuing to capitalize on Cloud ERP displacement opportunities. At last week’s...
CEO Jean-Luc Robert at Kyriba Live and revenue milestones

The rise of Kyriba validates the upside potential of the Cloud applications market, especially for nimble players that can outrun their competition. In 2018, Kyriba...
NetSuite’s Zach Nelson(right) partners with Microsoft’s Satya Nadella

The Cloud can make for strange bedfellows, and that was the case at SuiteWorld, NetSuite’s annual user conference, when CEO Zach Nelson announced a...
SAP SuccessFactors President Greg Tomb(top) and SVP Products Amy Wilson speak at SuccessConnect

SAP SuccessFactors is unveiling a number of new products that play to the strengths of its parent. At its recent SuccessConnect annual conference, SAP SuccessFactors...
Epicor in Boston with CEO Steve Murphy, left to right, customers Nicholas Mueller of Enjet Aero, Tessa Kalarickal of Coghlin, Chris Brackett of CW Hayden and Lisa Pope of Epicor

Working mostly behind the scenes, Epicor has become a driving force for a whole swath of essential industries from retail to manufacturing that need...
Co-founder and CTO Larry Ellison is determined to sustain and expand Oracle’s database franchise

At an Oracle OpenWorld reception last month, I mentioned to an Oracle executive that it was no longer business as usual at the 41-year-old...
SAC event features Stephanie Turner of Honda(top left), Gerrit Kazmaier of SAP in Vancouver offices recently renovated by Omicron

At a recent SAP event in Vancouver, Canada, Stephanie Turner, manager and senior system engineer of Honda R&D Americas, demonstrates the use of SAP...
Deltek’s perseverance has begun to pay off as it parlays its domain expertise into new market opportunities and expanded product offerings

With a knack of automating professional services organizations and government contractors, Deltek has what it takes to steer these customers and ultimately reshape the...
SAP CEO Bill McDermott and CFO Luka Mucic Tout Digital Growth At SAPPHIRE NOW

As customers are moving swiftly to embrace new technologies and transform themselves digitally, enterprise applications vendors are wasting no time to meet their needs. This...
Anaplan CEO Fred Laluyaux, left, leads customer panel with HP’s Sue Barsamian, McAfee’s Jeff Brobst, Diageo’s Stefan Househam, and Aviva’s Darren Craddock

In the new world of Cloud-based enterprise planning software, Anaplan has assembled considerable fire power to challenge a host of competitors from EPM incumbents...
Panel discussion at Oracle HCM World features Tony Kender of Oracle and customers YRC, Northwell Health, Direct TV, and Emerson.

Extending its Human Capital Management market reach, Oracle is jumping onto the Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning bandwagon but with a twist that underscores...
New York Life’s Jon Feinstein recently went live with S/4HANA Finance

SAP is spinning up its financial and ERP applications strategy in order to become more entrenched with its biggest customers, a move that could...
Oracle EVP Mike Sicilia (left to right), Hearst’s David Hovstadius, Oracle GVP Miranda Nash and Oracle EVP Steve Miranda at Oracle Analyst Summit

For years, Oracle was considered one of the few technology vendors capable of selling enterprise databases, applications, and cloud services all under one roof....

Accelerating its push to become the first $10-billion Cloud applications vendor, Salesforce launched new products that buttress its core offerings, while hiking prices and...
Simon Paris, Christoph Behrendt, Denise Broady (L to R) at SAP Industries Analyst Base Camp

On the eve of its biggest annual customer conference, SAP announced the Industry Cloud strategy with the goal of sustaining its momentum in the...