This Week in Tech (Sep 16 - Sep 22)

Welcome

Hej! 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.

This week it deals with Robotic Process Automation software.

No clickbait, just smart advice.

Microsoft

?? Scaling faster with the thin client app from Process Mining.

Oracle

?? Configuring journal workflow notifications general ledger.

?? Configuring payables workflow notifications.

Salesforce

?? Creating more flexible workflows with new button options:

• Multi-click: Allow more than one click (by one or more people) on the same button in a workflow step.
• Authorizations: Define who can click on a workflow button.
• Expiry date: Define how long a button should be active.

SAP

?? Benefitting from Microsoft Copilot integration for SAP S/4HANA.

Workday

?? Using WalkMe Innovations.

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

Everyone is back in the office. Software companies are flooding our inboxes with marketing messages. Below you will find only an extract.

Microsoft

?? Another important step in advancing responsible AI to serve the world

?? Catch up on Power Platform Community Conference day one highlights

?? Windows App now available on all major platforms

?? The right way to co-create with AI

?? IDC study on partner profitability with Microsoft AI

?? New wave of Copilot innovation coming to education

Please get in touch with Matthias Heinelt or Carsten ?lholm if you want to know more about Microsoft Dynamics 365.

Oracle

?? Oracle Introduces New Research Service for Analyzing Global Trends in Cancer Treatment: https://www.oracle.com/news/announcement/oracle-introduces-new-research-service-for-analyzing-global-trends-in-cancer-treatment-2024-09-17/

?? New Oracle Cloud Service Helps Banks Quickly Identify Financial Crime Risk: https://www.oracle.com/news/announcement/new-oracle-cloud-service-helps-banks-quickly-identify-financial-crime-risk-2024-09-17/

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

Salesforce

?? Salesforce Introduces Agentforce Partner Network — The World’s First Agent Ecosystem: https://www.salesforce.com/news/press-releases/2024/09/17/agentforce-partner-network-announcement/

?? Salesforce and Google Cloud Join Forces to Deliver Autonomous AI Agents That Collaborate Across Salesforce and Google Workspace: https://www.salesforce.com/news/press-releases/2024/09/17/google-autonomous-agent-partnership/

?? Salesforce Data Cloud Momentum Soars with Rising Adoption and New Innovation That Brings Trusted Data to Agentforce: https://www.salesforce.com/news/press-releases/2024/09/17/data-cloud-unstructured-data-announcement/

?? Salesforce and NVIDIA Forge Strategic Collaboration to Advance AI Agent Innovation: https://www.salesforce.com/news/press-releases/2024/09/17/nvidia-ai-agent-partnership/

?? AI for All: Salesforce Provides Free AI Training, Dedicates Office Space to Help Anyone Succeed in an AI World: https://www.salesforce.com/news/press-releases/2024/09/18/ai-training-opportunities/

SAP

?? SAP Recognized as a Challenger in 2024 Gartner? Magic Quadrant? for Robotic Process Automation: https://news.sap.com/2024/09/sap-a-challenger-2024-gartner-magic-quadrant-for-rpa/

?? SAP History: IDES – The Model Company: https://news.sap.com/2024/09/sap-history-ides-model-company/

?? Winning the Race for Skills with Skills-Based Hiring: https://news.sap.com/2024/09/winning-skills-based-hiring/

Please get in touch with Nima Kia-Laschaki if you want to know more about SAP HCM, H4S4, and Success Factors.

?? SAP Receives 2024 ASP Best Support Websites Award for Digital Customer Support Experience: https://news.sap.com/2024/09/sap-receives-asp-best-support-websites-award/

Workday

?? Workday Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Evisort

?? Workday and Its Partners Launch 12 New Industry Accelerators to Help Customers Meet Industry-Specific Needs Faster

Accelerators comprise the following:

• Healthcare Provider from PwC delivers data-driven insights to help healthcare providers streamline financial processes, enhance supply chain efficiency and expense management, and reduce administrative burdens.

Please get in touch with Malte Sommerfeld if you want to know more.

?? Workday Announces Workday Wellness, A New AI-Powered Solution to Help Companies Deliver More Personalized Health Benefits

Microsoft

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

Oracle

?? HCM Partner Event | 5 November 2024 in Berlin

?? Oracle Applications Unlimited Tour 2024 Frankfurt | 12 November 2024 in Frankfurt

Salesforce

?? Salesforce AI Day: Calling all TrAIlblazers

SAP

?? Devtoberfest featuring fun contests and content aligned to the SAP TechEd Virtual event.?? | 23 September 2024

?? SAP Customer Experience LIVE in 2024 | Virtual Experience | 24 September 2024

?? SAP TechEd Virtual | 8 - 9 October 2024

Registration Now Live

Workday

?? Workday Rising EMEA | 12 - 14 November 2024 in London

https://rising.workday.com/emea.html

Microsoft

?? Learn Live: Operational Excellence with AKS (24 September 2024) | Learn more here: ?https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/reactor/events/23497/

The name says it all ...

?? Microsoft AI Tour (24 October 2024 in Berlin) | Learn more here: ? https://register.aitour.microsoft.com/berlin?wt.mc_ID=AITourFY25_XCSA_fld_ge_bl_oo_promo_website

Oracle

?? Tax Reporting in Oracle (26 September 2024) | Learn more here: ? Tax Reporting in Oracle Cloud EPM - Equip yourself for Corporate Tax and Pillar 2

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 Robotic Process Automation software.

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

ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION SOFTWARE

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.is so important as it

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

Thus, we recommend the following three Robotic Process Automation software depending on your platform.

?? Microsoft

?? Salesforce

?? SAP

Please get in touch with Rafael Accorsi if you want to know more about RPA.

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Read more?This week in Tech?next week.

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

//Antje