NetSuite improves platform and seizes momentum in ERP market
NetSuite will be hosting the virtual event NetSuite on Air in the coming days. Before this event, we spoke with the founder and executive vice president at NetSuite, Evan Goldberg. He explained that NetSuite is grown significantly, that there are new features within the platform on its way, and a m...
AWS increasingly replacing Intel Xeon chips with self-made ARM chips
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is still the largest hyperscaler with the widest cloud offering. The development of its cloud portfolio started with standard Intel Xeon server chips (x86), but in recent years AWS has been rapidly developing its own ARM chips that more or less replace Intel.
A while ag...
IFS Cloud is completely new, yet familiar
As a supplier, you have to stay current in your market. This means you need to update and adapt your offer a little every now and again. Sometimes you need to do this a little more rigorously. At IFS, they pulled out all the stops, and basically changed their entire offering from the ground up. Tha...
Rackspace Technology and AWS make cloud accessible to European researchers
Research institutions and universities can benefit greatly from deploying cloud environments for their scientific objectives. In practice, however, it is not so easy for such institutions to make the transition to the cloud. That's where OCRE will play an important role, if it's up to GÉANT. Racks...
What is Snowflake? And why is it so valuable?
You may have heard about Snowflake recently. The software company had a very successful IPO under the leadership of CEO Frank Slootman. The company is doing well with its cloud data warehouse. Snowflake tells us the solution has become more extensive, so it positions itself more as a data cloud pla...
SAP pushes S/4HANA Cloud ERP with RISE with SAP
SAP has kicked off 2021 with major updates to its enterprise resource planning (ERP) software S/4HANA. The German ERP giant is launching RISE with SAP, which it describes as 'business transformation as a service'. This complete package should give companies the means to modernise their business pro...
Azure as data powerhouse: more support, unified services
Microsoft has used its Ignite developer conference to highlight Azure as a platform to harness the power of data. Enterprises produce a lot of data, Microsoft sees, and with the right solutions, you can take advantage of this data. Cloud platform Azure will get updates to help businesses harness th...
Freshworks to conquer CRM market with simplicity, price and implementation
Last October, Freshworks held the virtual Refresh 2020 event. During this event, the company gave a glimpse of what it was working on, new products, like Freshworks CRM, and what is still to come. The company looked closely at the major players in the CRM market. We spoke about it with Raymond Hün...
Salesforce to deliver more crucial IT solutions with ISV partners
Salesforce has big plans with its ISV (Independent Software Vendors) partners. The company wants to play a much larger role in the choice for strategic IT solutions of its customers. The aim is that customers no longer look at Gartner's reports or read Techzine to learn about great solutions, but c...
SOHO combines Azure and Oracle Cloud via interconnect
Setting up a so-called interconnect between the Microsoft Azure Cloud and the Oracle Cloud has been possible for some time now. This gives you a fast private connection between the two cloud environments and enables applications to be active in both environments. This feature is not yet very well k...
Salesforce Service Cloud Voice brings telephony and CRM together
Salesforce Service Cloud Voice is now available in many European countries. With this new service, Salesforce integrates its CRM solution into telephone customer service systems. Two silos that used to work side by side are now combined to provide a better customer experience.
We spoke to Salesf...
Dell Technologies: The cloud is a tool, not necessarily the solution
More and more companies are looking for ways to speed up innovation. To achieve innovation, the cloud is often regarded as the solution. Nevertheless, companies need to realise that the cloud is primarily a tool and not a complete solution. We discussed this with Patrick Eikenaar, Director of Data ...