Top WorkTech News From the Week of December 1st: Updates from Aptean, Planview, Accenture, and More

The editors at Solutions Review have curated this list of the most noteworthy WorkTech news from the week of December 1st. This round-up covers announcements and updates from companies like Aptean, Planview, Accenture, and more.

Keeping tabs on the most relevant ERP and BPM news can be time-consuming. As a result, our editorial team aims to summarize the week’s top headlines in the enterprise technology marketplace. The Solutions Review editors will compile a weekly round-up of vendor product news, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital funding, talent acquisition, and other noteworthy WorkTech information. With that in mind, here is some of the top WorkTech news for December 1st.

Top WorkTech News From the Week of December 1st, 2023

Accenture and SAP SE Announce an Expanded Collaboration

Accenture has announced a collaboration with SAP SE to help organizations improve their supply chains with an extensive supply chain nerve capable of reducing risk, supporting sustainability goals, and enhancing visibility. This supply chain nerve center can also interface with other SAP solutions, including S/4HANA Cloud, Business Network, Business Technology Platform, Datasphere, and Analytics Cloud. The two companies also plan to co-develop new capabilities for the SAP Integrated Business Planning for Supply Chain (SAP IBP) solution. This will help organizations further enhance their ability to respond to supply, demand, and inventory changes.

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Amazon Web Services Debut New Capabilities for its Supply Chain Offering

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced four new capabilities for the AWS Supply Chain solution. These capabilities, announced at re:Invent, will become available in 2024 and expand Amazon’s existing data lake, demand planning, and machine learning (ML)-powered insights. Companies can use these features to manage their upstream supply chain, forecast inventory and materials needs, get accurate data about relevant environmental factors, obtain commitments from suppliers, and communicate with suppliers to confirm supply chains.

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Aptean Acquires 3T Logistics & Technology Group

Aptean, a global provider of enterprise software solutions, has acquired 3T Logistics & Technology Group (3T), a cloud-based transportation management system (TMS) provider for shippers and carriers in the United Kingdom and across the broader European territories. The acquisition will add new capabilities for Aptean’s TMS offerings for shippers and carriers that serve manufacturers and distributors in industrial machinery, food and beverage, fast-moving consumer goods, automotive, and building product verticals.

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DXC Technology and Amazon Web Services Expand Their Partnership

DXC Technology, a global technology services company, has expanded its ongoing relationship with Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) to help customers accelerate their journey to modern, cloud-centric IT. The partnership will allow DXC customers to move their workloads to AWS, give them access to AWS’s security and reliability, increase innovation, and lower IT infrastructure costs. Additionally, as part of the multi-year expansion of their partnership, DXC and AWS will build several strategic elements to help customers. These include Accelerated Cloud Migration and Modernization, Workforce Transformation, and Asset Transformation.

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Flexera Announces Plans to Acquire Snow Software

Flexera—a hybrid ITAM and FinOps solution provider—has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Snow Software. The companies will offer an expanded global footprint, extensive strategic partner network, and deeper IT Asset Management (ITAM), SaaS Management, and FinOps capabilities. Additionally, customers will gain in-depth, dynamic views into their technology blueprints and deeper visibility into their assets, technologies, terms of licensing, and usage. Once the transaction is complete, Flexera will continue to innovate, enhance, maintain, and support both Flexera and Snow solutions.

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Planview Releases Several of its Solutions on the AWS Marketplace

Planview—a global portfolio and value stream management solution provider—has announced that five of its solutions are now available in the AWS marketplace. The available solutions include Planview AgilePlace, Planview Hub, Planview Portfolios, Planview ProjectPlace, and Planview Viz. Louise K. Allen, the Chief Product Officer at Planview, says, “By making our solutions available in AWS Marketplace, we’re able to bring the power of Planview to AWS customers, helping them to navigate these demands with even greater agility and efficiency.”

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What to Expect at the 5th Annual WorkTech Insight Jam LIVE on December 6th

On December 6th, Solutions Review will host the 5th annual WorkTech Insight Jam event. The Solutions Review team has partnered with leading industry experts, thought leaders, and analysts to livestream roundtable discussions, breakout sessions, industry predictions, and insights into current and future trends. Additionally, the whole experience is built on a community platform that enables unlimited discussions, posts, and polls to bring you deeper into the enterprise technology conversation.

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Thryv Announces the General Availability of Thryv Command Center

Thryv, a software platform provider for small and medium-sized businesses, has announced that the Thryv Command Center is transitioning from beta to general availability. Thryv Command Center, a freemium central communications hub, combines all the communication between an SMB and its customers into a single, unified conversation. It provides users with forever-free WebChat, unlimited SMS capabilities, and more.

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What Role Should AI Play in Industrial Automation Initiatives?, a WorkTech Insight Jam Panel Discussion

As part of next week’s WorkTech Insight Jam LIVE event, the team at Solutions Review has compiled a panel of industry experts to talk about “What Role Should AI Play in Industrial Automation Initiatives?” The free, hour-long discussion is moderated by Sam Gupta, a Principal Consultant at ElevatIQ. The other panelists include Cris Grossman of Beekeeper, Debbie Baldwin at Acumatica, Edmund Zagorin at Arkestro, and Vikhyat Chaudhry of Buzz Solutions.

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How to Harness Generative AI in the Enterprise (With Real Use Cases), a WorkTech Insight Jam Panel Discussion

As part of next week’s WorkTech Insight Jam LIVE event, the team at Solutions Review has compiled a panel of industry experts to talk about “How to Harness Generative AI in the Enterprise (With Real Use Cases).” The free, hour-long discussion is moderated by Dan Aldridge from Merino Consulting Services. The other panelists include Cameron Van Orman at Planview, Kausikram Krishnasayee from Kissflow, Jonathon Reilly at Akkio, Mark Chaffey at hackajob, and Nandan Mullakara from Bot Nirvana.

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How Emerging Technologies are Affecting Digital Transformations, a WorkTech Insight Jam Panel Discussion

As part of next week’s WorkTech Insight Jam LIVE event, the team at Solutions Review has compiled a panel of industry experts to talk about “How Emerging Technologies are Affecting Digital Transformations.” The free, hour-long discussion is moderated by Sam Gupta, a Principal Consultant at ElevatIQ. The other panelists include Dinesh Varadharajan from Kissflow, Krishna Dunthoori at Apty, Lux Narayan from StreamAlive, Manoj Chaudhary from Jitterbit, and Vikhyat Chaudhry from Buzz Solutions.

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5 Enterprise Software Industry Predictions for 2024, By Rick Rider at Infor

As part of Solutions Review’s Contributed Content Series, Rick Rider, the SVP of Product Management at Infor, shares some enterprise software industry predictions for the upcoming year. His predictions cover innovations amidst rising cloud costs, digital control towers, democratized platforms, generative AI’s effect on no-code tooling, and a resurgence of governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) initiatives.

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