Microsoft lays off nearly 1,000 staffers: Reports
The move to lay off employees, mostly across the Xbox and Edge divisions, comes as tech giants bear the brunt of inflation and other economic headwinds.
Stories by Anirban Ghoshal
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PostgreSQL 15 streamlines workload management, improves performance
The new features of the most popular open source database include improved sort and compression, the MERGE command, and other workload management tools.
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Ant Group lists OceanBase on AWS Marketplace to increase reach
In its effort to make its database services available to customers globally, Alibaba affiliate Ant Group has listed its OceanBase Cloud in the AWS Marketplace.
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Oracle continues to lay off staff in the US
The 201 employees laid off from its Redwood Shores office in the latest round of cuts include data scientists, developers and marketing specialists.
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Google Cloud aims for BigLake data lake support for all unstructured data
In its continued bid to support all kinds of data and provide a one-stop data platform in the form of BigLake, Google Cloud will add support for most commonly used open source table formats in data lakes.
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NetSuite ERP bolsters automation for HR, supply chain, sales and banking
Appealing to companies that are navigating a global labour shortage and supply-chain problems, NetSuite has announced a wide variety of ERP tools.
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SAS Viya analytics suite now available on Azure Marketplace
Viya’s move to the marketplace allows enterprise customers to access its tools and features in a pay-as-you-go model, the vendor said.
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ServiceNow’s Tokyo release targets supply chain, HR automation
New release introduces features that focus on simplifying the supply chain, automating asset management, and planning for sustainability.
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Rewards programs fuel cloud ERP uptake, claims NetSuite
NetSuite's recently launched referral rewards and association-buying programs, similar to Oracle’s Support Rewards program, appear to be attracting new users.
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Ease of implementation, ROI dominate software buying decisions
The B2B software buying process is becoming increasingly complex due to challenges such as changes in buying teams and increasing use of software marketplaces.
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A third of Oracle revenue now comes from cloud services
Oracle’s bet on cloud computing has started to pay off with nearly a third of its revenue in the first quarter of fiscal year 2023 coming from cloud services.
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Accenture buys supply chain firm to expand Oracle business
Accenture's acquisition of supply chain management (SCM) firm Inspirage is the latest move in its effort to grow its Oracle-focused businesses.
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Teradata launches VantageCloud Lake for ad-hoc analytics
VantageCloud Lake edition comes with expanded ClearScape Analytics suite that supports in-database analytics for artificial intelligence and machine learning operations.
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Geopolitical risks could present new opportunities for CIOs: Gartner
Gartner predicts that by 2026 about 70 per cent of enterprises will adjust the countries in which they operate by hedging to reduce their geopolitical exposure.
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Software spending to grow despite headwinds: Forrester
Fuelled by uptake of cloud and enterprise apps, global software spending is expected to grow at more than two times the rate of spending in other segments of IT.
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