New Zealand Rugby (NZR) have announced a major multi-year partnership with SAP to power and accelerate the rugby union’s digital transformation across all areas of the business. SAP, which is NZR’s first-ever major technology partner, becomes an Official Premium Global Partner, Official Technology Partner and the Official Cloud Software Partner to the Teams in Black* including the All Blacks and Black Ferns.
As a business intelligence professional for over 20 years, I often ask myself why we create the solutions we do. The answer is, invariably, to aid our clients in making business decisions. Dashboards are a great tool for decision guidance but too often their design makes it hard for everyday users to get the information they need to make decisions and take action.
Nearly nine of ten – a whopping 86% -- of business leaders at financial services companies aren’t confident that their data can be used for decision-making, according to research commissioned by InterSystems. The study of more than 550 business leaders across 12 countries globally revealed the problem may stem from disconnected systems and data sources, with almost all (98%) respondents saying that there are data and application silos within their organization.
New Zealand Parliamentary Service is leading the way on creating a digital state sector having completed a major transition of key information technology systems from on-premise operation to a Software-as-a-Service environment from TechnologyOne.
Defence Digital, an agency of the UK Ministry of Defence, has set up a new contract with incumbent supplier Micro Focus for its electronic records management system.
Australian digital health company MediRecords will play a key role in a $A299 million overhaul of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) electronic health records system.
Digital Experience Labs has provided digital automation solutions and transformation services to industry innovators throughout A/NZ since 2018. It has now announced a partnership with TCG, developer the no-code intelligent document processing (IDP) automation platform, DocProStar.
Following the acquisition of 80% of Fujitsu’s scanner business, Ricoh is now planning to develop new services that provide closer integration between capture and its AI-OCR solution and DocuWare EDRMS subsidiary. Fujitsu sold an 80% stake in its scanner manufacture subsidiary, PFU, to Ricoh for about 80 billion yen, or $US625 million. It plans to focus on software development.
According to the data presented by Atlas VPN, only 4 out of the 50 US states have enacted consumer data protection laws. Furthermore, the United States is falling behind third-world countries in establishing privacy laws that would protect its citizens.
Global research reveals that 77% of enterprises lack realtime access to ERP data, leading to poor business outcomes and lost revenue. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems are the lifeblood of enterprises and are a key requirement for managing core business processes. The data collected by an ERP system is also widely used to optimize operations, understand business performance, and make forecasts.
