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OutSystems UiPath partner for low-code RPA By Adrian Bridgwater

As a company focused on what it calls ‘high-performance’ application development, OutSystems is clearly aligning its engineering stack to develop, nurture and partner with technologies designed to bring the new era of automation intelligence and autonomous control to bear upon...

Workday EMEA president: people-centricity promotes product & platform By Adrian Bridgwater

Newly appointed in the role, Workday president for EMEA region Angelique de Vries has said that – with almost three decades of experience working in the enterprise software industry – she views people-centricity as key to innovation and development in...

How employees are shaping the future of work By Magnus Falk

Magnus Falk, CIO Advisor at Zoom on how initiatives such as asynchronous working, meeting-free days and the four-day week could shape the workplace of the future

Yes Chef! Progress serves up 2022 partner plaudits By Adrian Bridgwater

Technology awards are the slightly flaky bonhomie padding that IT vendors roll out every year to sidle up a little closer to some of their key industry partners in a move to ingratiate themselves and, possibly, also impress their own...

Under par and counting my blessings By Robin McBurnie

It is hard to believe that we are approaching a year since the first lockdown due to the pandemic. In many ways it has felt like forever and in other ways it has flown by – a year of working from home, looking out the window of my home office and still scratching my head and wondering if this is just a dream.

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WalkMe's Matthew Pepper and John Tibble and Embridge Consulting's Wendy Henry discuss the importance of UX in digital adoption platforms.

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Embridge Consulting: Toppling the technology pedestal By Stephanie Ball

Emma O’Brien, founder and CEO of Embridge Consulting, on the pitfalls of ERP's current tech-first approach

Snowflake: building data clouds around the world By Adrian Bridgwater

Snowflake’s EMEA chief Alison Tierney on adapting to new regions and dishing data across all dimensions

Moving from mid-market to enterprise ERP: when is the right time? By Christine Horton

When should you consider upgrading your mid-market solution for an enterprise-level ERP system?

The CFO is dead, long live the CTO By Stephanie Ball

As hyperautomation technology advances, is the CFO about to see their role subsumed by a CTO?

Global consultancies By Paul Esherwood

Are they all the same and how are they meeting the growing demands from customers? When we hosted a similar session with three ERP vendors, it was quite easy to identify their different strategies, products and road maps, but of...

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EXPERT OPINION

From lipstick on a pig to the experience economy, the evolution of UX By Mark Sweeny

Why spending vast amounts of money just to make something look good without the underlying functionality was - and still is - fool’s gold

Citizen technologists, it takes more than a lion taming hat By Adrian Bridgwater

A reminder why just because you’ve got the title, doesn’t mean you’re necessarily qualified to do the job

Premises and potentates for cloud in 2022 By Holger Mueller

Quantum computing, AI, DAOs and the metaverse make for an interesting cloud race after COVID-19

Building ‘smart’ ERP demands continuous software intelligence By Adrian Bridgwater

Is it time to introduce ERPSI into the lexicon: the development of ERP suites with an inherent ability to exert software intelligence functions?

The cloud goes Vertical By Holger Mueller

The backdrop – commercial elasticity and the demand for workloads. The cloud has been one of, if not the, most transformative IT innovations in the short history of the IT discipline. The ability to convert CAPEX into OPEX has an irresistible lure to enterprises in a pandemic world more than ever.

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Handling complexity: should we be scared of standardisation? By Andy Bird

Why many organisations struggle with the conflict between delivering simplification and standardisation

Artificial intelligence will revolutionise the customer journey By Chris Bedi

AI-driven actions are not only creating positive value for clients but also increasing loyalty and driving business revenue. This shows how important technology is to a company’s business strategy

Watch out for SAP silos in your cybersecurity By Tim Wallen

ERP exposure and the need for business-critical application security to mitigate threats and protect systems from avoidable damage

Glorified filing cabinet: Cloud’s greatest failing By Alan Jacobson

As transformation initiatives continue to accelerate, cloud continues to be a key enabler for organisations transitioning out of lockdown crisis mode to new hybrid working practices and recession-proofing strategies.

How ERP can help create a sustainable future By Duncan Prior

am going through an awakening, a realisation. This is no sudden flash of light on the staycation road to Norfolk, but a gradual, stumbling focus on how I and the club to which I belong – ‘ERPers’ - can play a part in the major challenge the world faces: global warming and the need to cut emissions.

COVER STORIES

Network Rail: Everyone home safe every day By Paul Esherwood

Network Rail and EY team up to deliver a comprehensive package of measures to improve safety, drive efficiencies and boost employee experience

50 years of SAP, Klein says, “We’re just getting started.” By Paul Esherwood

50 years ago five former IBM executives started the conversation by forming a company called Systemanalyse und Programmentwicklung. Since then, new protagonists have emerged, markets have shifted, share prices have fluctuated and products have evolved, but one thing has remained constant. SAP is the market leader….by a mile.

Dream Big By Paul Esherwood

Bill McDermott Dreams Big. His aspirations are not bound by convention nor are they constrained by tradition. They are driven by a conviction that anything is possible and we all have the ability to reimagine our future on whatever scale we conceive.

Social Work England creates new benchmark for ERP projects By Paul Esherwood

Kindness, wellbeing and mindfulness embedded as a key tenet of the project - implemented on time, to budget and already delivering benefits.

Zahra Bahrololoumi, CEO UK&I, Salesforce By Paul Esherwood

A 22 year veteran of consulting giant Accenture, Zahra Bahrololoumi – or Z as she is known to her friends – has made the monumental leap from consultancy to vendor and now finds herself sitting at the top table within...

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