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NASA overspent $15 million on unused Oracle licenses as it failed to track usage

CIO Business Intelligence

All Posts The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has overspent about $15 million on Oracle software over the past five years because it lacked a centralized software asset management practice, according to an audit report published by the space agency’s office of the inspector general (OIG).

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SAP prepares to add Joule generative AI copilot across its apps

CIO Business Intelligence

By year-end, users of a couple of SAP applications should have the option to ask generative AI copilot, Joule, to help with their work — and the company plans to roll the feature out across all its applications one by one in the years to come. ServiceNow, the last to announce, will likely be the first to deliver.

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IDC: Pace of enterprise applications sales will increase next year

CIO Business Intelligence

IDC forecasts the growth rate of enterprise applications software sales will pick up in 2024, and remain steady through 2027, despite a dip this year as a result of CIOs continuing to pull back on spending due to economic headwinds. of a projected $483 billion enterprise applications software spend in 2027, according to the study.

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Acumatica jabs at SAP Concur with new expense reporting features in latest challenge to tech titans

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Business technology company Acumatica expanded its expense reporting capabilities as part of a broader wave of product updates this week, promising a lower-priced alternative to offerings from SAP Concur, the travel and expense management powerhouse based a short drive away in Bellevue, Wash. billion euros in revenue for the period.

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Why is Salesforce hiking prices, and how does it affect customers?

CIO Business Intelligence

For example, Microsoft announced a price increase for its 365 suite in the range of 8%-20%, depending on the edition, in late 2021; SAP increased its maintenance pricing by up to 3.3% Oracle, for example, raised maintenance pricing by 8%, though it did not announce the increase publicly, Herbert noted.

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12 famous ERP disasters, dustups and disappointments

CIO Business Intelligence

With enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) applications at the heart of many a company’s operations, the consequences of a failed software rollout can be serious, including shareholder lawsuits and financial meltdown. However, it said that the $22.2

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IT as a catalyst for business transformation: Strategies for CIOs

CIO Business Intelligence

Where the widespread adoption of SaaS previously distributed IT and lines-of-business selected and implemented their own applications, the pendulum is now shifting back with CIOs pursuing large-scale transformations to drive value and re-centralize operations. Plus, the IT organization itself can be fertile ground for automation.