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Workday Announces Fiscal 2026 Second Quarter Financial Results 4:02 PM EDT 8/21/2025 - Comtex PLEASANTON, Calif., Aug. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- Fiscal Second Quarter Total Revenues of $2.348 Billion, Up 12.6% Year-Over-Year Subscription Revenues of $2.169 Billion, Up 14.0% Year-Over-Year Workday, Inc. (NASDAQ: WDAY), the AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, today announced results for the fiscal 2026 second quarter ended July31, 2025.
Here’s what 2022 has in store for UK public sector technology
Sign up here for GlobalData's free bi-weekly Covid-19 report on the latest information your industry needs to know. This year has been an incredibly important one for the UK public sector, with the ongoing impact of Brexit, Covid-19 and now the looming threat of the new Omicron variant. Added to this is the first multi-year spending review since 2015, which offered a more generous real-term rise in departmental budgets than many dire predictions expected.
The 2021 Queen’s Speech: What it Means for Local Government
Sign up here for GlobalData's free bi-weekly Covid-19 report on the latest information your industry needs to know. Extra details on ‘levelling up’ will not be enough to make up for a lacklustre Queen’s Speech for councils, says Robert Stoneman, Local Government Analyst at GlobalData. Like March’s budget, yesterday’s Queen’s Speech provided little in the way of new major legislation that will dramatically affect the local government sector.
What Now for the Future of Remote Council Meetings?
Sign up here for GlobalData's free bi-weekly Covid-19 report on the latest information your industry needs to know. Remote council meetings have proved a success during the pandemic, yet the progress of the last year will be lost without legal reform, says Robert Stoneman, Principal Analyst for Local Government at GlobalData, as part of techUK’s #DigitalPlace week.
Budget 2021: What it Means for Local Government
Sign up here for GlobalData's free bi-weekly Covid-19 report on the latest information your industry needs to know. A lacklustre 2021 Budget with few major announcements for local government will leave councils frustrated and uncertain about the future, says Robert Stoneman, Local Government Analyst at GlobalData. Yesterday’s 2021 Budget struck a far more optimistic tone than the Autumn Spending Review.
Comparing Councils: Which Local Authorities are Under the Most Pressure to Transform in 2021?
Sign up here for GlobalData's free bi-weekly Covid-19 report on the latest information your industry needs to know. Nearly a year since the start of the pandemic, Robert Stoneman, Principal Analyst for Local Government at GlobalData, looks at recent research on the underlying pressures facing councils and the key take-aways for suppliers. COVID-19 has exposed the challenges and inequalities across our society and laid bare the precarious position many councils find themselves in.
ESN chickens come home to roost
Image: ESN will go at least £3.1bn over budget and is likely to miss the revised December 2022 deadline. Photo: courtesy of Craig Young/Freeimages.com. Sign up here for GlobalData's free bi-weekly Covid-19 report on the latest information your industry needs to know. The Emergency Service Network (ESN) is, to put it simply, in a mess. That is the conclusion of a long-awaited National Audit Office (NAO) report into the Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme (ESMCP).
What does the 2021-22 Scottish Budget mean for local government?
Sign up here for GlobalData's free bi-weekly Covid-19 report on the latest information your industry needs to know. Last week, the Scottish Public Finance Minister, Kate Forbes, outlined the latest draft budget for Scotland for 2021-22. As with last year’s UK Spending Review, the day was dominated by the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public finances.
What the 2020 Spending Review means for local government
Sign up here for GlobalData's free bi-weekly Covid-19 report on the latest information your industry needs to know. Robert Stoneman, Principal Analyst for local government at GlobalData, explores the impact of the 2020 Spending Review on local government technology. Yesterday’s 2020 Spending Review (SR20) was certainly a more sombre affair than usual.
A London Borough bust: what now for Croydon?
Sign up here for GlobalData's free bi-weekly Covid-19 report on the latest information your industry needs to know. Robert Stoneman, Principal Analyst for local government at GlobalData, explores the financial difficulties facing the London Borough and what these mean for the Council and its suppliers Last week, the London Borough of Croydon essentially went bust.
English Devolution Delayed
Sign up here for GlobalData's free bi-weekly Covid-19 report on the latest information your industry needs to know. Robert Stoneman, Principal Analyst for local government at GlobalData, explores what the latest delay to the Devolution White Paper means for the sector. It has been nearly a year since the Government first announced a white paper on extending devolution within England, a key part of the Conservative Government’s ‘levelling up’ agenda to combat regional disparities across the UK.
Building a local Smarter State post-pandemic
Sign up here for GlobalData's free bi-weekly Covid-19 report on the latest information your industry needs to know. Robert Stoneman, Principal Analyst for local government at GlobalData, analyses the key messages from the second day of techUK’s “Building the Smarter State” conference. Day two of techUK’s flagship conference for 2020 took on a decidedly local theme compared to the day before, with the response of local public sector organisations firmly in the spotlight.
Taking over social care: implications for local government
Sign up here for GlobalData's free bi-weekly Covid-19 report on the latest information your industry needs to know. Robert Stoneman, Principal Analyst at GlobalData, explores the potential impact on local authorities of the NHS taking over delivery of social care. Last week saw a rumour surface that the Government is considering moving responsibility for social care from local authorities to the NHS.
The COVID-19 recovery: from space-based to place-based
Sign up here for GlobalData's free bi-weekly Covid-19 report on the latest information your industry needs to know. Robert Stoneman, Principal Analyst at GlobalData, explores how the public sector is exploring space-based technologies to combat COVID-19. The work of local public sector organisations can seem a long way from the latest developments in the burgeoning global space economy. Yet the cost of accessing space and building satellites is continuing to shrink.
OneWeb: where no Gov has gone before!
Sign up here for GlobalData's free bi-weekly Covid-19 report on the latest information your industry needs to know. One week on, Robert Stoneman, Principal Analyst at GlobalData, explores why the UK Government saved OneWeb, the failed satellite operator? Space: the final frontier! These are the voyages of the UK Government – a week after it announced a shock bid to buy OneWeb, the satellite broadband operator that filed for bankruptcy in March.
The Government SME Agenda: will £1 in £3 be the new normal in a post-COVID world?
Sign up here for GlobalData's free bi-weekly Covid-19 report on the latest information your industry needs to know. Robert Stoneman, Principal Analyst at GlobalData, demonstrates that the claim government is spending more than ever with SMEs may not be all it is cracked up to be.
ESN chickens come home to roost
The Emergency Service Network (ESN) is, to put it simply, in a mess. That is the conclusion of a long-awaited National Audit Office (NAO) report into the Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme (ESMCP). ESN will go at least £3.1bn over budget and is likely to miss the revised December 2022 deadline when the incumbent TETRA based Airwave system, run by Motorola, is switched off.
Brexit: what does the uncertainty mean for local government?
The UK’s exit from the European Union presents risks and opportunities for local authorities, though it is becoming clear some could suffer more than others. Those already under the greatest demands and a fragile local economy will likely face the greatest challenges at a time when budgets remain tight and demand on services is increasing.
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