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Want to be ready for AI and automation? Get your culture right. Workday's financial customers weigh in This article is sponsored by:

For vendors, Fall events were about articulating an effective AI strategy. For customers, it was a different story. At Workday Rising 2023, I talked to Workday Financial Management customers about their push to modern finance - and how AI fits in.

Joseph James of Apex Capital at Workday Rising 2023

Sandals finds the sunnier side of the accounting street This article is sponsored by:

The vacation brand’s move to corporate performance management with OneStream is central to Sandal’s easier, safer, and standardized processes

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BT’s Chief Digital and Innovation Officer on AI biases and the next generation of skills This article is sponsored by:

BT has partnered with Google Cloud to undertake a company-wide digital transformation, with AI at its core.

Nash Squared CIO plans to join up acquisition dots This article is sponsored by:

Following a series of acquisitions and expansions, Nash Squared hired Ankur Anand as CIO to drive new ways of working and further growth

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Modern ERP is about serving your stakeholders - Oracle customers make the case for a different kind of ERP, and how AI fits in This article is sponsored by:

Generative AI is the fall event headline, but at Oracle CloudWorld, a different theme emerged: redefining ERP (and HCM) to serve stakeholders better. But how do you measure that - and how does AI fit in? That sparked fruitful conversations with TrueBlue and Providence St Joseph Health.

Steve Miranda interviews Providence Healthcare's Frances Chao at Oracle CloudWorld 2023

How creative marketing giant WPP is preparing for generative AI This article is sponsored by:

CTO Stephan Pretorius explains how WPP has been through a reflective process that asks the question: what does creative marketing look like when AI can create content?

DHL pilots heavy-duty electric trucks on road to zero emissions This article is sponsored by:

DHL’s move to electric trucks isn’t without its challenges, however, as charging infrastructure still needs to be scaled.

Anglian Water leads AI project - Safe Smart Systems - to improve resilience in the face of climate change This article is sponsored by:

Anglian Water’s Fionn Boyle is leading on the project, which is thinking through the use of data and artificial intelligence to automate the management of water systems across the UK.

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Fortnum & Mason CTO digitizes tradition This article is sponsored by:

Inclusivity, tiger teams and hampers show how Fortnum & Mason - the London based store - uses its traditions to modernize

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‘Where is my order?’ - luxury fashion brand Philipp Plein delivers on post-purchase e-commerce experience This article is sponsored by:

The use of ‘post purchasing’ software from parcelLab has streamlined the delivery experience for shoppers at Philipp Plein

SuccessConnect 2023 - Starbucks, Zimmer Biomet and Waters Corporation share how they put HR change into action This article is sponsored by:

At SuccessConnect, we needed to understand SAP's approach to AI and HR transformation - but we also needed a gut check of customer priorities. One standout? A candid discussion on fostering change, business user buy in, and shifting to a more collaborative approach to HR.

SuccessConnect '23 - Cloud Acceleration customer panel

Samsara data key to DHL’s decarbonization targets This article is sponsored by:

Global logistics company DHL relies on Samsara tech to help cut CO2 emissions by 42% by 2030

McAfee adopts microservices using Confluent Cloud to scale its architecture and services This article is sponsored by:

Cybersecurity giant McAfee has shifted from an on-premise monolith to microservices in the cloud, underpinned by real-time streaming data using Confluent.

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