Vendor support agreements have long been a sticking point for customers, and the Oracle Applications Unlimited (OAU) program is no different. The high costs and lack of flexibility associated with OAU puts its value into question and affects enterprises running on Oracle E-Business Suite, JD Edwards Enterprise One, PeopleSoft, Siebel CRM, Hyperion, and more. As…
In my many customer conversations at our recent European user conference, VMware Explore Barcelona, one message was clear: The strategic importance of data is fueling demand for sovereign cloud services. Cloud sovereignty is central to the European Union’s quest for increased digital autonomy, with the aim of fostering innovation and supporting European businesses on their…
California-based software provider Workday announced today the Workday Agent System of Record as part of its Workday Illuminate strategy to help organizations manage their AI agents. “When you look across what capabilities are needed to manage employees and also role-based agents, these needs are actually tightly aligned with capabilities like lifecycle management, workforce optimization, governance,…
Technology leaders in the financial services sector constantly struggle with the daily challenges of balancing cost, performance, and security — the constant demand for high availability means that even a minor system outage could lead to significant financial and reputational losses. Add to this the escalating costs of maintaining legacy systems, which often act as…
La sociedad actual vive una revolución digital sin precedentes, donde la experiencia de uso marca la diferencia entre una aplicación exitosa o fallida. Este fenómeno ha generado un usuario que demanda cada vez más de la experiencia digital, incluso en los servicios públicos. En respuesta, la Administración Pública lleva años en una cruzada por transformarse…
The market for AI PCs is gaining momentum. According to Canalys, 19% of PCs shipped in 2024 included dedicated low power AI processing chips (NPUs or Neural Processing Units) and this figure is projected to soar to 60% by 2027,, with the commercial sector leading the charge.[1] As businesses look to stay competitive in an…
In the wake of Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware, many CIOs have considered whether to drop VMware from their IT portfolios. But because the popular virtualization platform can be too expensive and pervasive to replace even if they may want to, they may find themselves with a mainframe-type of dilemma. The comparison of VMware to mainframes…
The mission of aligning Cerealto’s IT with business objectives is the ongoing responsibility of CIO Juan Manuel García Dujo. After more than a decade leading the digital transformation and cybersecurity initiatives of the services company, he’s managed to forge a synergy where tech and information security are established as fundamental pillars for business success. His…
If you’re like most CIOs, you’re under pressure to introduce exciting new technological capabilities to the enterprise at large, promoting visions of digital transformation, generative AI, AGI, AI transformation, agentic AI, or some other version of being an FBC CIO — that’s “Fully Buzzword Compliant” for those who haven’t joined the AFC (“Acronymic Fan Club”).…
Cuando 80.000 aficionados llenan el emblemático estadio de fútbol de la Universidad de Notre Dame, Indiana (EE.UU), los sábados por la tarde en otoño para animar a los Fighting Irish, no faltan los gritos a todo volumen. Y ahora, gracias a una importante ampliación de la red, no faltan las transmisiones de gran ancho de…