ServiceNow pledges no layoffs in 2020

You don’t need your Ph.D. in economics to know the economy is in rough shape right now due to the impact of COVID-19, but ServiceNow today pledged that it would not lay off a single employee in 2020 — and in fact, it’s hiring. While Salesforce’s Marc Benioff, pledged no significant layoffs for 90 days […] Continue reading ServiceNow pledges no layoffs in 2020

The potential impact of SAP security remediation

More than two thirds (68.8%) of SAP users believe their organizations put insufficient focus on IT security during previous SAP implementations, while 53.4% indicated that it is ‘very common’ for SAP security flaws to be uncovered during the audit proc… Continue reading The potential impact of SAP security remediation

Appsian enables SAP customers to fill critical GRC gaps that exist in ERP apps

Appsian, the leader in ERP data security, announced the SAP integration certification of their data security and compliance platform for SAP ERP Central Component (SAP ECC) and SAP S/4HANA. By integrating attribute-based access controls (ABAC), fine-gr… Continue reading Appsian enables SAP customers to fill critical GRC gaps that exist in ERP apps

Thomas Kurian on his first year as Google Cloud CEO

“Yes.” That was Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian’s simple answer when I asked if he thought he’d achieved what he set out to do in his first year. A year ago, he took the helm of Google’s cloud operations — which includes G Suite — and set about giving the organization a sharpened focus by […] Continue reading Thomas Kurian on his first year as Google Cloud CEO

Google brings IBM Power Systems to its cloud

As Google Cloud looks to convince more enterprises to move to its platform, it needs to be able to give businesses an onramp for their existing legacy infrastructure and workloads that they can’t easily replace or move to the cloud. A lot of those workloads run on IBM Power Systems with their Power processors and […] Continue reading Google brings IBM Power Systems to its cloud

Everything You Need to Know About Azure Infrastructure – October 2019


As we head towards Ignite, October had a bunch of Azure announcements but there will be even more next month.

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Accenture and SAP collaborate with R3’s Corda platform for real-time gross settlement system

Accenture, SAP and R3 are collaborating and co-innovating to build a real-time gross settlement system that will enable faster, more efficient, reliable and secure payments between banks and customers. With real-time gross settlement (RTGS) systems, el… Continue reading Accenture and SAP collaborate with R3’s Corda platform for real-time gross settlement system

Former SAP CEO Bill McDermott taking over as ServiceNow CEO

When Bill McDermott announced he was stepping down as CEO at SAP a couple of weeks ago, it certainly felt like a curious move — but he landed on his feet pretty quickly. ServiceNow announced he would be taking over as CEO there. The transition will take place at year-end. If you’re wondering what happened to […] Continue reading Former SAP CEO Bill McDermott taking over as ServiceNow CEO

Veteran enterprise exec Bob Stutz is heading back to SAP

Bob Stutz has had a storied career with enterprise software companies including stints at Siebel Systems, SAP, Microsoft and Salesforce. He announced on Facebook last week that he’s leaving his job as head of the Salesforce Marketing Cloud and heading back to SAP as president of customer experience. Constellation Research founder and principal analyst Ray […] Continue reading Veteran enterprise exec Bob Stutz is heading back to SAP