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SAP poaches Microsoft exec as its new global head of AI

CIO Business Intelligence

SAP has appointed a new global head of artificial intelligence, Walter Sun, after the previous post-holder quit to found her own AI startup. Sun has a PhD from MIT and continued to publish academic research papers during his time at Microsoft, in addition to teaching at Seattle and Washington universities.

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SAP offers faster updates, longer maintenance for S/4HANA in private clouds

CIO Business Intelligence

SAP is doubling the time between major releases of S/4HANA Cloud private edition from one year to two — at the same time promising to release new feature packs every six months or so to keep up the pace of innovation. That’s just as well, as SAP is only promising mainstream support ECC through the end of 2027.

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SAP trials meeting-free Fridays

CIO Business Intelligence

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Focus: That will be the new work week for SAP in Germany beginning May 20, 2022. Many companies encourage employees to set aside blocks of time each day for “deep work,” and some even automate that process using tools such as Microsoft Outlook’s focus time feature, part of Viva Insights.

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Tech Moves: Madrona adds three new venture partners; DexCare hires exec; and more

GeekWire

He will work with portfolio companies on go-to-market strategies, sales teams development, field leadership, and executive growth, the firm said. The longtime Seattle tech vet was part of the leadership teams during the acquisitions of Tableau by Salesforce for $15.7 billion in 2019 and Concur by SAP for $8.3 billion in 2018.

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Tech Moves: Payscale CEO steps down; a16z adds Seattle-based partner; Madrona hires investor

GeekWire

Scott Torrey stepped down as CEO of compensation data company Payscale. A SAP Concur veteran, Torrey took over as CEO from longtime leader Mike Metzger in 2019. The company’s new CEO is Alex Hart. The company recently acquired CURO Compensation Ltd. Jonathan Watson , previously VP of engineering at Clio, as CTO.

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9 tips for recruiting high-end IT talent

CIO Business Intelligence

Recruiting and hiring high-end IT talent is among the most challenging tasks IT leaders face today. The IT skills shortage is critical, with CIOs losing talented employees faster than they can hire them,” said Mbula Schoen, senior director analyst at Gartner, in a recent Q&A. “IT CIOs, and their recruiting teams, are well aware.

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Tech Moves: Microsoft’s Brad Anderson jumps to Qualtrics in wave of pre-IPO hires; Elena Donio joins Databricks board; Hiya, Esper add startup vets

GeekWire

A 17-year veteran of the Redmond company, Anderson was most recently a key Microsoft 365 leader, overseeing areas including engineering and deployment of Windows for large businesses, and PC and mobile device security. .” “Companies that are intentionally designing and optimizing the experiences they provide are pulling ahead.

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