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Workday to acquire external workforce management startup VNDLY for $510M

TechCrunch

“VNDLY is at the forefront of the vendor management industry with an innovative and intuitive approach. The powerful combination of our technologies and talent will help customers better manage their evolving workforce dynamics, helping them keep pace with today’s changing world of work,” Schlampp said in a statement.

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Nigeria’s Prospa gets $3.8M pre-seed to offer small businesses banking and software services

TechCrunch

The founders built the product between June and September 2019 and went live in October. Alongside providing banking services, he says Prospa offers invoicing tools, inventory management, employee and vendor management, an e-commerce store, and payroll features. Image Credits: Prospa.

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Ramp raises $30M as the battle to own corporate spend heats up

TechCrunch

The new capital is Ramp’s second priced raise after its August, 2019 seed round worth $8 million and the first after its February, 2020-era $15 million raise. The startup raised its latest round in August of 2020, with conversations about the deal kicking off in June. Which of the three has the best software stack?

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Shame-free down rounds, checkout flow tune-up, SaaS tsunami

TechCrunch

Flow’s founder is Adam Neumann, the former WeWork co-founder who resigned and gave up majority voting control after the company pulled its IPO filing in September 2019. In reality, most IT teams aren’t prepared (or even interested) in managing a recurring schedule of software renewals, let alone tracking costs or efficacy.

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Trends in Cloud Jobs In 2019

ParkMyCloud

In addition, they also have a strong knowledge of cloud services such as AWS, Google or Azure, with experience on ITSM, I&O, governance, automation, and vendor management. The post Trends in Cloud Jobs In 2019 appeared first on ParkMyCloud. Here at ParkMyCloud, we talk to a lot of Cloud Architects!

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JLR revs up AI and intelligent automation initiatives

CIO

JLR’s move to electric drive trains is part of a wider business transformation the company calls Reimagine, under which it also plans to halve greenhouse gas emissions from its supply chain and operations, compared to 2019 levels, by 2030, and to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2039.

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9 trends to watch in systems engineering and operations

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Artificial intelligence for IT operations (AIOps) will allow for improved software delivery pipelines in 2019. If your job or business relies on systems engineering and operations, be sure to keep an eye on the following trends in the months ahead.