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Oracle Fusion Sales aims to automate repetitive sales tasks

The new version of Oracle Fusion Sales has added smart recommendations, helping it compete with rival CRM applications.

26 Jul 2022

CIOs contend with rising cloud costs

The pandemic rush to the cloud has many IT leaders midway through migrations, faced with sky-high monthly bills, a souring economy, and ROI still a ways off on the horizon.

19 Jul 2022 11 mins

Cloud Computing

IT spending projected to grow despite economic headwinds

Gartner forecasts worldwide IT spending to grow 3% this year, as IT decision makers spend more on cloud services and the data center.

19 Jul 2022 3 mins

Cloud Computing Data Center Technology Industry

Progress report: A CIO’s cloud migration journey to S/4HANA

German retail cooperative ANWR Group has rebuilt its ERP system in the SAP cloud. But over nearly two years, CIO Sven Kulikowsky has had to navigate a series of challenges with the core system.

14 Jul 2022 9 mins

Cloud Management SAP

Oracle to launch two sovereign cloud regions for the European Union

The first two Oracle sovereign cloud regions for the EU will be located in Germany and Spain, with operations and support restricted to EU residents and specific EU legal entities.

13 Jul 2022 2 mins

Cloud Management Government Government IT

The XaaS trap: ‘Everything as a service’ isn’t anything IT really needs

Everything as a service (XaaS) should be about extending SOA to how businesses organize. Instead, it’s just another chargeback pricing model — exactly what IT doesn’t need.

30 Jun 2022

Cloud Computing IT Strategy

7 key Microsoft Azure analytics services (plus one extra)

Microsoft offers an array of options for data analytics in its cloud that are meant to operate together as a full analytics stack. Here is an overview of the core services and where each fits.

29 Jun 2022 9 mins

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Oracle cuts price of OCI Dedicated Region to expand user base

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Dedicated Region will now have a minimum commitment of about $1 million a year, far below the previous requirement of $6 million a year in consumption over a three-year period.

21 Jun 2022

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