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University of Wales Institute Cardiff (UWIC) has selected Agresso’s higher education solutions to help manage and streamline the student experience, in a contract worth more than £1 million in software and services.
read more - University of Wales chooses £1m Agresso Higher Education software
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According to Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Corporate Performance Management (CPM) Suites, Oracle is positioned in the Leaders Quadrant based on analysis of the Oracle Performance Management suite".
read more - Oracle's Hyperion positioned in Leaders Quadrant for CPM suites
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Oracle, says that customers using SAP applications continue to select its Enterprise Performance Management System for financial and operational management. The company, which last month launched new applications to streamline the financial close process and accelerate statutory disclosures using XBRL says that approximately 89 percent of SAP customers in the Global Fortune 500 use Oracle EPM or Business Intelligence.
read more - Oracle nets SAP users for enterprise performance management
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The Arts Council of Ireland has implemented Infor FMS SunSystems version 5 software for online grant payment administration and full accounting management. The solution, which was deployed by Infor partner Core Financials, enables the Arts Council to handle confirmations and payments online as well as produce full management accounts more timely and accurately.
read more - Arts Council upgrades to Infor FMS SunSystems to manage €75m budget
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Oracle announced this week a new release of its Oracle Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) System Release 11.1.2. The release introduces three new performance management applications – Oracle Hyperion Disclosure Management, Oracle Hyperion Financial Close Management, and Oracle Hyperion Public Sector Planning and Budgeting – as well as major enhancements to existing Hyperion performance management applications, and enhanced integrations with Oracle Applications.
read more - Oracle announces major release of Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System
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SAP has launched its Business Intelligence (BI) platform as a Software as a Service (SaaS) capability targeted at casual BI users which it says are currently underserved by products on the market. In an extraordinary claim, SAP says it will allow them to be up and running with “no prior experience or training”.
read more - SAP launches Business Intelligence on demand
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High street retailer The Entertainer has chosen to implement Access Dimensions as its head office finance solution. The UK’s largest independent toy retailer went to market in autumn last year looking for a complete business solution that offered everything from daily store sales recording to supplier payments and detailed financial analysis. The Entertainer has 50 high street stores across the UK and a number of websites including http://www.thetoyshop.com/ and http://www.thegadgetshop.com/.
read more - High street retailer chooses Access because of 'integration expertise'
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There is a curious anomaly in the market for mid-range ERP systems. The packaged business software sector is dominated by large domestic software authors, such as Sage in the UK, or Mamut across Europe and the global super-vendors such as Microsoft and SAP. Look closely at what Microsoft and SAP are doing and you will see that in the main they are distributing their offerings globally in multiple languages for sale in local domestic markets. But who is joining up the dots for the increasing band of mid-sized companies that have presence in multiple markets and operating across borders? Where are the pan-European or global mid-market resellers, asks Gary Simon, FSN’s managing editor?
read more - Mid market ERP vendors spread their wings
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Crisis, the national charity for single homeless people, is implementing a financial management system (FMS) from COA Solutions. This finance system, which will include electronic procurement and document imaging functionality, will support Crisis’ ambitious growth plans. It will also improve financial reporting and provide the charity with greater control over procurement. The planned go-live is July 2010.
read more - Crisis UK selects COA Solutions
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IBM says that Nottingham Building Society, one of the largest regional building societies in the UK, has improved customer service and efficiencies through reduced paper waste with the help of IBM business analytics. IBM business analytics software is used by the Society to analyse financial, transactional, and operational statistics, as well as customer data on mortgage applications for the marketing team. The software generates reports on the primary mortgage application system, which processes an average of £500 million of applications per year.
read more - IBM business analytics helps Nottingham Building Society
