This Week in Tech (Nov 11 - Nov 17)

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Welcome to "This week in Tech" providing you with weekly tech messages, capturing the mood and the moment with storytelling and insights.

Each week our newsletter focusses on

—????Tech tip of the week,

—????Tech companies in the news this week,

—????Tech events this and next week,

—????Tech trainings this and next week,

—????Tech tools in focus this week.

Black Friday is in two weeks.

This week it deals with Digital Commerce.

No clickbait, just smart advice.

Microsoft

?? Benefiting from the following new functionality in Microsoft Dynamics Commerce:

• Improve sales with product insights from Store Commerce Copilot
• Increase sales and improve efficiency with Copilot for merchandising data
• Gain insights on retail statements with Copilot summaries
• Identify store trends and patterns using Copilot report insights
• Improve customer service with Copilot customer insights
• Faster checkout with optimized payment processes
• Roll out multi-layered pricing strategies

Oracle

?? Supporting Minimum Order Limit Validation and Order Failure Notifications

Salesforce

?? Salesforce Commerce Bundles: Unlock the power of Commerce, OMS, and Revenue Lifecycle Management to boost revenue.

?? Data Cloud for Commerce & Commerce Copilot Enhancements: Automate commerce decisions to grow conversion, enhance personalization with data.

?? Business Manager Enhancements: Manage B2C sites more efficiently with a modernized, state-of-the-art user experience.

?? OMS Enhancements: Drive scale and ease of use, with new enhancements for OMS.

SAP

?? Introducing SAP CX AI Toolkit

?? Self-Serviced Scalable Sandboxes

?? Consumption Credits and Reports

Read about the latest initiatives of tech companies, and other top tech company news.

Microsoft

?? IDC’s 2024 AI opportunity study: Top five AI trends to watch

• #1 Enhanced productivity has become table stakes.
• #2 Companies are gravitating to more advanced AI solutions.
• #3 Generative AI adoption and value is growing across industries.
• #4 AI leaders are seeing greater returns and accelerated innovation.
• #5 Looking ahead: Skilling remains a top challenge.

Please get in touch with Edyta Kosowska (https://www.dhirubhai.net/in/edyta-kosowska-32515b13/) if you want to explore your opportunities.

?? How real-world businesses are transforming with AI

?? How Microsoft and partners trained 250,000 Americans in cybersecurity in record time

Please get in touch with Peter Kestner (https://www.dhirubhai.net/in/peterkestner/) if you want to explore your opportunities in terms of cyber security.

?? Microsoft introduces new adapted AI models for industry

?? Accenture, Microsoft and Avanade help enterprises reinvent business functions and industries with generative AI and Copilot

Please get in touch with Rafael Accorsi if you you want to explore your opportunities in terms of generative AI and Copilot.

Please get in touch with JB Chong (???) if you want to explore how Microsoft can help you elevating your business.

Oracle

?? Oracle Positioned as a Leader in 2024 IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Cash Management Systems Vendor Assessment: https://www.oracle.com/news/announcement/oracle-positioned-as-a-leader-idc-marketscape-worldwide-cash-management-systems-2024-11-12/

Please get in touch with Ebru Pinarbasi if you want to explore your opportunities.

Salesforce

?? Salesforce Positioned as a Leader in 2024 Gartner? Magic Quadrant? for Digital Commerce: https://www.salesforce.com/news/stories/gartner-magic-quadrant-digital-commerce-2024/

SAP

?? Customers Accelerate HR Journeys to Gain Edge on Efficiency and Skills: https://news.sap.com/2024/11/successconnect-customers-accelerate-hr-journeys-efficiency-skills/

Please get in touch with Nima Kia-Laschaki if you want to explore your opportunities.

?? For the 10th Time in a Row, SAP Named a Leader in Gartner? Magic Quadrant? for Digital Commerce: https://news.sap.com/2024/11/sap-a-leader-in-gartner-magic-quadrant-digital-commerce-10th-time-in-a-row/

Please get in touch with Eva Strau? (https://www.dhirubhai.net/in/evastrauss/?originalSubdomain=de) and Sahar Mir Abedini-Pohl to explore your opportunities.

Microsoft

?? Microsoft Ignite | 18 - 22 November 2024 in Chicago and Online

Oracle

?? Charting Your Cloud Journey with Oracle Cloud Success Navigator | 19 November 2024 virtually

?? Oracle Supply Chain and CX Customer Club Quarterly Meeting | 5 December 2024 in London

?? Oracle Belfast Fusion Experience | 10 December 2024 in Belfast

?? Oracle Finance and Customer Experience Forum | 10 December 2024 in London

Salesforce

?? N/ A

SAP

?? SAP Concur Fusion | 18-20 March 2025 in Seattle, United States https://fusion.concur.com/?pid=web&cid=sap&cookie_preferences=gdpr

?? SAP Sapphire & ASUG Annual Conference Orlando | May 2025 in Orlando, United States https://www.sap.com/cmp/nl/sap-sapphire-orlando/index.html

?? SAP Sapphire Virtual | May 2025 virtually https://www.sap.com/cmp/nl/sap-sapphire/index.html

?? SAP Sapphire Madrid | May 2025 in Madrid https://www.sap.com/cmp/nl/sap-sapphire-emea/index.html

Microsoft

?? AI Show (biweekly, every 2nd Friday, 11:00 - 12:00, until July 2025) | Learn more here: ? https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/aktionen/ai-show

Oracle

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Salesforce

?? Winter '25 Release Highlights | Learn more here: ? https://trailhead.salesforce.com/de/content/learn/modules/winter-25-release-highlights

?? Künstliche Intelligenz – Grundlagen | Learn more here: ?https://trailhead.salesforce.com/de/content/learn/modules/artificial-intelligence-fundamentals

?? Künstliche Intelligenz für den Kundenservice | Learn more here: ?https://trailhead.salesforce.com/de/content/learn/modules/artificial-intelligence-for-customer-service

SAP

openSAP is SAP Learning now: https://learning.sap.com/opensap-course-migration?source=email-openSAP-250624

Browse the learning catalog: https://learning.sap.com/courses?page=1&subtype=mooc-content

Workday

?? Workday Basics and Workday Beyond Basics | Learn more here: ?

https://www.workday.com/de-de/customer-experience/learn-with-workday.html

and Serie Workday-Grundlagen | Coursera

Each week our newsletter focusses on different technology tools.

This week it deals with Digital Commerce.

Based upon our 20+ years’ experience in Business and IT Transformation projects, we recommend the following tools.

DIGITAL COMMERCE

I have probably posted it over 1,000 times here on LinkedIn since 2009 and I am hammering it again here:

Sticking to the platform/ software family and keeping the core clean so important as it

• Minimizes the integration effort and
• The major platforms are continuously extending their platforms (based on legal requirements).

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?? SAP

???? ?????? ???????? ?????? ???????? ????????????????????? Do you look for best practice approaches, methods, and tools or simply get an understanding how all these tools fit together into your IT system landscape? Send me a direct message (DM) ([email protected]) to discuss the options.

Read more?This week in Tech?next week.

Ha en bra helg (Swedish for "Have a good weekend.")

//Antje