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KPN turns to Oracle to modernise operations

Oracle has announced that Dutch telecommunications leader

KPN has chosen Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications Suite . The implementation , managed by Deloitte and Oracle Consulting , will see KPN deploy Oracle Fusion Applications for finance , supply chain management and human resources to help streamline the company ’ s business operations . country in the world and deliver the most environmentally sustainable network and services in the region . It has been rapidly diversifying its business towards digital services over the last few years , which required the company to rethink how it manages its core business processes so that it can quickly and easily embrace new business models and scale new services .
KPN has over six million consumer customers in the Netherlands . The company aims to make the Netherlands the best-connected
Oracle ’ s integrated cloud platform will enable KPN to optimise financial planning and forecasting , modernise its HR processes and improve the employee experience and consolidate and streamline procurement and supply chain management .
The rollout will also help KPN meet its goal of significantly reducing operational costs and energy consumption across its business .
“ Digitalisation is transforming how we work and live and also offers significant opportunities to recover from the pandemic and address many of the social and environmental challenges we face .
“ KPN is transforming its business to support our customers in this new world and this requires us to simplify and consolidate our operations to become more agile , more adaptable and more flexible in what is a continually shifting environment . We believe Oracle can support us in this transformation ,” said Chris Figee , CFO at KPN .

Pango Poland selects Parknav to bring a better parking experience in Poland

Parknav , a provider of real-time on-street and off-street parking information technology and AnyPark , a parking application and integrated mobile payment solution for drivers , have joined forces to deliver an enhanced parking experience for their users with Parknav On-Street Parking Service Data .

Parknav ’ s Machine Learning technology will be helping drivers in Poland find parking in the city fast and easy . This premium service provides information on real-time parking probabilities for every street , specific locations of individual parking spaces that become available , areas with the highest concentration of open parking spaces in the city and information for type of parking restrictions on the streets .
Jankowski , CM of Pango Poland . “ The new partnership with Parknav enables us to provide AnyPark users with not only an enhanced and easy parking experience , but also a holistic parking journey in a single app .”
“ Our mission at Parknav is to enable mobility and businesses to provide their customers with peace of mind and a seamless parking experience ,” said Dr Eyal Amir , Founder & CEO of Parknav .
“ We already cover over 1,000 cities across Europe and we are excited to extend our services in Poland as well and navigate drivers to available parking spots 24 / 7 .”
“ Driving around and wasting time looking for parking impacts arrival times and adds unnecessary stress and frustration to the entire driving experience ,” said Krzysztof
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