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Workday moves towards a more composable platform strategy with Extend This article is sponsored by:

Workday sees flexibility and integration as important selling points. At its Rising EMEA conference I found out more about its Extend initiative and a more composable platform strategy.

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Salesforce delivers solid Q3, but co-CEO Bret Taylor's resignation steals the spotlight This article is sponsored by:

Bret Taylor is going back to his entrepreneurial roots, but what does that mean for Salesforce's direction in a turbulent economic climate?

The underrated practice of ERP systems automation - Scotts Miracle-Gro shares its SAP example This article is sponsored by:

At SAP TechEd, we heard plenty of useful talk on SAP automation, but mostly from a low-code/business user angle. What about ERP systems automaton? Avantra customer Scotts Miracle-Gro shares its ERP automation lessons.

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Customer success from the viewpoint of IFS customer Hexagon Agility This article is sponsored by:

A business value assessment and a customer success contract helped IFS customer Hexagon Agility achieve its goals when putting in a new S&OP system.

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Enterprise hits and misses - Retailers' pre-holiday news is problematic, Amazon's layoffs wake up Alexa, and low-code gets a reality check This article is sponsored by:

This week - Walmart and Target issue mixed earning news - where does consumer sentiment lie? Amazon's pending layoffs are another wake up call, and Alexa teams are impacted. Flexible work data is complicated, as is low-code adoption. Your whiffs include Web3 vinegar from yours truly.

PTC's field service long game pays off with $1.46 billion purchase of ServiceMax, complete with "Salesforce angle" This article is sponsored by:

PTC has waited a long time for this moment, but yesterday's announcement of a ServiceMax takeover has been worth that wait, according to CEO Jim Heppelmann.

British Government department DEFRA finds NextGen talent with ServiceNow skills programme This article is sponsored by:

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) was struggling to compete with the private sector to attract ServiceNow talent - so it decided it would help train the next generation of talent.

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CIOs putting the foundations in for digital leadership This article is sponsored by:

The annual Nash Squared Digital Leadership Report reveals CIOs are rearchitecting the underpinnings of digital business

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ServiceNow’s Chief Strategy Officer, Nick Tzitzon - ‘Let’s open the floodgates and rethink how businesses run’ This article is sponsored by:

Long-time advisor to ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott, Nick Tzitzon, offers his thoughts on how businesses can succeed in an increasingly complex environment.

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Freshworks turns in strong Q3 as new President Dennis Woodside outlines the growth plan This article is sponsored by:

Freshworks will be scaling up its customer prospect focus, but not chasing multi-million enterprise deals.

Software AG Q3 keeps growth on track amidst management changes This article is sponsored by:

Software AG gets growth back on track in Q3 with a new CRO in place and a change of CFO coming next. We catch up with Sanjay Brahmawar, CEO.

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ServiceNow beats Q3 estimates and announces RiseUp to skill one million people on Now platform by 2024 This article is sponsored by:

ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott said that the number of customers paying over $10 million in annual contract value grew 60% year over year.

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Data scientists versus domain experts - who will be the key to better AI? This article is sponsored by:

Is the data science skill set short-lived? As we look to the future of AI, data scientists will need to expand their domains - and industry experts could turn out to be the best data scientists of all.