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UK business Bedford Consulting wins Anaplan’s Regional Partner Award

UK business Bedford Consulting has been selected as the EMEA Regional Partner of the Year by Anaplan, leading provider of software solutions for multiple companies including corporate performance management and operations. With its headquarters in the US, Anaplan has in excess of 1,000 global customers. As is the case with other vendors, Anaplan has a […]

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SAP confirms the release of its updated S/4 Hana Cloud 1902

SAP has confirmed the S/4HANA 1902 is now available. The update includes a series of new improvements to general functionality over the existing S/4HANA. Sven Denecken, the Senior Vice President of product management and co-innovation at SAP explains the top features associated with the new release: -Finance: S4/HANA will offer new functions that enable businesses […]

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Blue Prism and Oracle partner to create a platform to tackle fraud

Oracle Financial Services Global Business Unit along with the RPA vendor, Blue Prism have confirmed a collaborative project to tackle fraud by creating a compliance platform to automate compliance tasks for financial teams. Fraud detection has always been a challenge for finance teams and traditionally involved financial institutions hiring more professionals to tackle the issue. […]

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Innovation in Business Intelligence is transforming finance team performance

Technological innovation is transforming how finance professionals successfully operate within their business, creating enhanced information about how to improve the overall performance of finance teams. The data insights collected from real-time data presented via modern user-friendly platforms is enabling CFO’s and their supporting finance teams to make critical business decisions that can really transform business […]

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Big reminder to big data and analytics after Google receives €50m fine

The recent fine received by Google from France in regards to GDPR is a clear reminder to the big data and analytics market. With another case involving a leading business showing the potential implications, businesses will need to focus further past consent and be capable of clearly showing they are allowed to utilise analytics and […]

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Qlik confirms the acquisition of CrunchBot, enhancing its current analytics capabilities

Leading global data analytics provider Qlik has confirmed the acquisition of CrunchBot AI-driven analytics bot as well as Crunch Data’s team of artificial intelligence and solution focused professionals. Qlik announced the deal explaining that the acquisition will extend their current augment intelligence and cognitive potential by creating additional conversational analytics, enhancing its existing platform and […]

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Big Data Analytics Market to increase to over $40 billion by 2023

Big data analytics is continuing to be a rapidly progressing industry with no indication of slowing down. According to data provided by ResearchandMarkets.com, the global data analytics market is expected to reach a value of over $40 billion by 2023, with a combined annual growth rate of just under 30% from 2017 until 2023. The […]

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Leading EPM business Host Analytics to be acquired by Vector Capital

Host Analytics, a leading provider of cloud-based EPM solutions has confirmed an agreement to be acquired by a major private equity firm, Vector Capital. The business focuses on transformational investments across technology companies. Within the agreement, StarVest Partners, the biggest shareholder in Host Analytics will remain a major investor in the business. Dave Kellogg, the chief […]

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Positive Plans for Vena Solutions

Vena Solution has recently announced it has raised $115 million in funding managed by the business JMI Equity. Its current investor, Centana Growth Partners was also a participant in the latest funding round, reinvesting again after managing the previous funding round in 2016. This is one of the four major events in the industry over […]

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Qlik accelerates its position as Analytics and BI leader in AI and Machine Learning

Throughout 2018 Qlik continued to accelerate its focus in analytics and business intelligence by delivering innovative AI, enhancing the potential of the Qlik platform for all its users. In November 2018, Qlik released its Qlik Sense product, introducing new machine learning systems into its cognitive engine and platform. The machine learning system enables the Qlik […]

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Utilising the benefits of data analytics to optimise your workforce

Data analytics is transforming many parts of a business, with both small and large companies finding the benefits of implementing analytical systems into their organisation. Recent research suggests that 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are produced every single data and businesses form a large portion of this figure. If companies have the capabilities to utilise this […]

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Oracle – cloud and future data management systems

After the recent Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco, the business has progressed with its new Exadata project. The Exadata project intends to make it considerably simpler for enterprises to handle data without requiring the need to manage dozens of servers, varied networks and a range of storage options. The ultimate goal of the project […]

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