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Analytics and AI
When AI Spend Outpaces Value: A Reality Check for SMBsBy Jon Pollock
As small and midsize businesses increasingly integrate AI into operations, they are facing a shift towards viewing AI as a recurring operational expense rather than a simple software enhancement, prompting the need for clear governance and targeted use cases to ensure measurable value while controlling costs.
DAILY NEWS
ERP TodayAnalytics and AI
Google Cloud Partnerships: Gemini Enterprise Pushed Deeper into Workday and IBM Delivery
Jentic API scoring tool
ERP TodayAnalytics and AI
AI Infrastructure Company Jentic Wants to Score the APIs AI Agents Will Depend On
Anthropic Project Glasswing expansion
AnthropicSecurity
Anthropic Expands Project Glasswing into Critical Infrastructure
software vendor AI acquisitions
ERP TodayAnalytics and AI
Recent Acquisitions Announcements Show Enterprise Software Vendors Are Buying the AI Execution Layer
ERP Today Awards 2025CRM and Customer Experience
How SugarAI Helped Country Fare Increase Existing Account Revenue by 40%
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EDITORS CHOICE
Beacon.li office workspace with desks, monitors, chairs, and indoor plants, representing enterprise software implementation and support operations.
ERP Strategy and Planning
The Support Insight That Moved Beacon.li’s CEO Toward Enterprise Implementation
Beacon.li CEO Rakesh Vaddadi built a support tool. His customers pushed him upstream. Now he is making the case that implementation failure is a knowledge transfer problem — and that the fix is capturing expert judgment before it walks out the door.
By Adam Pitman
public sector ERP modernization AI readiness
Analytics and AI
ERP Technical Debt Is Blocking Public Sector AI. Here Is How to Address It
With nearly half of UK government technology spend consumed by maintaining legacy systems, DXC Technology's Derek Allison examines why ERP modernization, cloud adoption, and interoperability are now the critical foundations for closing the gap between AI ambition and operational reality in public services.
By Derek Allison
SAP Executive Interviews
Analytics and AI
SAP Sapphire Interviews: SAP Executives Say AI Is Pushing ERP Back to the Center of Business Strategy
At SAP Sapphire 2026, Maura Hameroff and David Vallejo emphasized that AI is transforming ERP systems into strategic business frameworks that enhance enterprise decision-making by integrating industry knowledge and addressing fragmented data, thereby enabling companies to efficiently navigate modern challenges in supply chain management and overall business operations.
By Tarsilla Moura
SAP Sapphire Madrid Customer Keynote
Analytics and AI
SAP Sapphire Madrid Customer Keynote: Enterprise AI Value Depends on Business Ownership
The SAP Sapphire Madrid keynote highlighted the shift in AI discussions from announcements to operational integration, emphasizing that AI's value relies on governance, user trust, and practical implementation within business processes, as showcased by various case studies from companies like Ericsson, Fonterra, and EssilorLuxottica.
By Tarsilla Moura
Manufacturing Systems and Automation
Organizations Must Confront the AI-ERP Reality Gap
The enterprise landscape is facing disruption as AI agents automate tasks and support decisions, but many organizations struggle to implement AI effectively due to outdated and fragmented ERP systems, necessitating a transformation that integrates AI and ERP capabilities.
By Gertjan van der Linden
Taming Landed Costs
Supply Chain Management
‘Midmarket manufacturers should avoid treating automation and ERP as separate initiatives:’ Chris Brumett
Over the past decade, ERP systems have evolved from merely tracking transactions to becoming integral to the operational backbone of global supply chains, necessitating dynamic orchestration, real-time data integration and a focus on adaptability to support manufacturers.
By Chris Vavra
Boomi World 2026
Analytics and AI
Boomi World 2026 Pushes Enterprise Platform Toward Agentic AI Governance
At Boomi World 2026, Boomi unveiled a comprehensive strategy to transition AI agents from pilot programs to enterprise workflows through enhanced orchestration, connectivity, context, and governance, supported by partnerships with Red Hat and Couchbase, ultimately positioning itself as an active data foundation for the emerging 'agentic enterprise'.
By Constance Sayers
Governance, Risk, and Compliance
The Impact of the Sovereignty Gap in Enterprise Architecture
Recent power outages and data center disruptions have challenged the assumption that cloud infrastructure is resilient, highlighting the necessity for enterprises to develop data sovereignty.
By Pavel Bulowski
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SAP Sapphire 2026 Keynote
ERP TodayAnalytics and AI
‘Will SAP Be a Software Company in the Future?’ Sapphire 2026 Keynote Maps SAP’s New ERP Stack
OracleSupply Chain Management
Oracle Fusion Agentic Apps Target Everyday Enterprise Friction
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Organizations Must Confront the AI-ERP Reality Gap
SAP Claude integration
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IBM Client Zero on Oracle: A Blueprint for Enterprise AI at Scale
 
ERP TODAY LIVE!
ERP Today Live Interview
ERP TodayAnalytics and AI
Interview: Nominal CMO on Why Finance AI Agents Need to Execute, Not Just Explain
At Sage Future, Nominal CMO Stephanie Montelius discussed why finance teams are moving beyond chatbots toward agentic AI that can execute ERP-adjacent accounting work with human oversight. The interview explores trust, deterministic agents, multi-entity complexity, intercompany transactions, manufacturing use cases, and the role of ERP-agnostic AI platforms in finance operations.
SageAnalytics and AI
Sage Future 2026: Julie Adams
Julie Adams, SVP of Construction at Sage, highlighting challenges and opportunities for ERP systems in the construction industry in a video interview at Sage Future 2026 in San Francisco.
SageAnalytics and AI
Sage Future 2026: Jon Fasoli
Jon Fasoli, SVP of Sage Intacct, discusses how the cloud financial technology is helping improve operations and management for their customers in many industry in a video interview at Sage Future.
SYSPROAnalytics and AI
ERP Today Interview: Leanne Taylor, Syspro
Syspro CEO Leanne Taylor discusses how they're embedding AI into ERP systems to have it function as an activation layer to help make better and more informed decisions the user can trust.
ERP TodayCloud Platform and Technology
ERP Today Interview: Rick Rider
Rick Rider, SVP of product management at Infor, discusses the transformative impact of autonomous AI on ERP systems, viewing it as a beneficial evolution rather than a crisis, while emphasizing the importance of robust underlying systems and exploring the variations in U.S. and European approaches to AI.
ERP TodayApplication Development and Integration
Acumatica Summit 2026: Cassandra Moore
Chris Vavra and Cassandra Moore explore key themes and trends from the 2026 Acumatica Summit in Seattle, focusing on innovations in ERP technology.
AcumaticaAnalytics and AI
Acumatica Summit 2026: Manish Chandak
At Acumatica Summit 2026, Tech Electronics CEO Manish Chandak discussed the evolving themes in ERP, focusing on the impact of digital replicas and AI on the future role of ERP systems.
SalesforceAnalytics and AI
ERP Today Interview: Achyut Jajoo
Salesforce's Achyut Jajoo talks with ERP Today about how they're working on helping manufacturers enhance operational scalability through prebuilt AI templates and improving autonomy and competitiveness in the face of labor shortages.
BLOGS
Cybersecurity
ERP TodaySecurity
Sage-IDC Research Reveals SMB Cybersecurity Gaps in the AI Era
Workday office building | Workday and Groundswell take US federal agency to the cloud
ERP TodayAnalytics and AI
Workday’s Moat Is Real—But AI Is Testing Its Limits
SageCRM and Customer Experience
Sage Agentic ERP Shifting From Passive Recording to Active Prevention
SageManufacturing Systems and Automation
Sage X3 Helping Food, Beverage Manufacturers Tackle AI and Compliance Challenges
Citizen developer AP Automation with Native Apps
SAPAnalytics and AI
Architecting the Intelligent Enterprise Across Mixed Ecosystems
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Education ERP Market Growth Is Real, But the Numbers Tell a Fragmented Story
 
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