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Sapphire Sapphire extends Sapphire Beyond Cloud digital operating transformation portfolio

partnership Arribatec and RamBase: the perfect match for Manufacturing and Wholesale Distribution ERP

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EY Recruiting challenges in consulting with EY

Embridge Consulting Putting People First in the Digital Evolution

BLOGS

Inside Confluent’s Microsoft commercial partner of the year success By Adrian Bridgwater

Technology vendors love a partner ecosystem. The partner program inside any given enterprise software vendor is typically billed as key place for platform-level collaboration with a view to enabling successful integrations, co-developed innovations and an all round tighter approach to...

Does your ERP stack need an integration boost? By Adrian Bridgwater

The modern ERP stack is a beautiful thing. But, as beautiful as it is, it’s often a complex interwoven multi-tiered network of software services, application endpoints, data-flows and (now, in the modern era of the Internet of Things) a computing...

Windows incompatibility poses a dual threat to enterprise By Giacomo Lee

The end of Internet Explorer grabbed a lot of tech news headlines. But another interesting nugget of Microsoft-related news went under the radar recently.

Biden, Zero Trust and cybersecurity By Giacomo Lee

Cybersecurity presents pressing issues for the ERP community, with few glimpses of hope to be found in the current landscape.

Perfect ploys to prevent ERP procurement process pitfalls By Colin Hennis

When an ERP project fails, the implementation phase is often thought to be at fault when in retrospect these projects are doomed to fail years before the contract is even signed.

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Advanced Advanced adds Pellcomp to edtech portfolio

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Acumatica Auto Action Technologies accelerates growth with Acumatica Cloud ERP

Salesforce Salesforce expands MuleSoft automation integration

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ERP TODAY LIVE! SESSIONS

Recruiting challenges in consulting with EY

In this ERP Today Live! session, we talk to Benoit Laclau, managing partner for consulting at EY UK&I, about plans to hire 5,000 new recruits and the challenges of attracting and retaining talent in a fiercely competitive labour market.

Embridge Consulting 5 vital steps to developing an agile, change ready organization

Advanced Making Tax Digital: a guide for medium to large businesses

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FEATURES

Field service management solutions prepare for digital transformation By Paul Korzeniowski

FSM solutions have been an important element in large enterprises’ operations. A raft of new technologies offers them the ability to streamline and improve service delivery.

SAP Suite sweet spots: how well do you know your SAP Suite? By Adrian Bridgwater

A tour around the sometimes lesser-known elements of the SAP software suite is guaranteed to provide additional insight into how the company has built a whole which has always intended to be greater than the sum of its parts.

Moving on: When it’s time to adopt a dedicated ERP system By Christine Horton

The time will come when basic accounting software will no longer fulfil your growing business’ requirements. There often comes a point within a relationship when one party realises it’s time to move on.

The metaverse is a shiny new hammer, but what are the nails in enterprise tech? By Giacomo Lee

Deloitte, ServiceNow, Zoom and more reveal exactly what they’re thinking about a business metaverse.

The importance of leadership, purpose and wellbeing in a crisis By Paul Esherwood

When I interviewed Mike Ettling back in April 2019 he had just taken the hot seat at Unit4. He inherited a mixed bag of fortunes but told me about a bold plan to transform the company into a contemporary ERP vendor...

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Paul Esherwood Editor in Chief

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Holger Mueller Principal analyst at Constellation Research covering next gen apps

Emma Sinclair MBE CoFounder, EnterpriseAlumni

Andy Bird Inoapps founder, passionate about increasing value from Oracle solutions.

Dr Zara Nanu CEO and co-founder at Gapsquare

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EXPERT OPINION

The Rise of Industry Vertical Solutions By Mark Sweeny

Both the platform vendor and systems integrator landscapes are changing. Where to put your money?

The hidden gem in SAP RISE’s crown: the SAP Business Network By Joshua Greenbaum

SAP’s RISE initiative has a lot of moving parts that together offer customers and prospects important incentives to move to the cloud.

The state of the key HCM vendors for 2022 and beyond By Holger Mueller

The future of work is changing faster than ever, and people are the biggest asset of any enterprise.

Why Ukrainians need UK business to step up refugee support By Emma Sinclair MBE

The story and personal history behind the RefuAid Ukraine business consortium.

The tipping point scenario for consumer product supply chains is now By Mike Petevinos

Consumer product (CP) companies are sitting in hot water, right in the middle of a value chain that is transforming across almost every conceivable dimension. And it’s not a stretch too far to say that most are hot under the...

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The ERP Today Awards & NHS Fundraiser

The ERP Today Awards & NHS Fundraiser has set a new benchmark for in-person events combining fun, awards and fundraising in an outdoor festival-style setting.

GUEST CONTRIBUTORS

We are ready to write our next chapter By Julia White

It feels as though we’re just getting started. In this special issue, we look back so we can innovate forward - we hope you’ll join us on the journey as we write our next chapter.

Five key cloud opportunities for the next decade By Scott Russell

After years of repeated shocks and disruption, there is still one constant when we talk to customers about their cloud goals - the need for business transformation.

The future of cloud ERP is here By Thomas Saueressig

Five founders and the vision to transform the way businesses run - that is how SAP’s story began in 1972. I’m privileged to have been part of this journey for almost two decades.

SAP’s history – fifty years and counting By Jon Simmonds

What started SAP on such an illustrious journey, all those years ago back in 1972? Let’s take a dive into history to understand SAP's legacy and what the future holds.

IBP is key to post COVID supply chains By Fred Akuffo

While organisations need more visibility, modelling and planning than ever before, what are...

COVER STORIES

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...

The Moment of Service By Paul Esherwood

There’s a fragile point in time during every business deal when the blood, sweat and tears are condensed into a single instance. The efforts made to secure the sale, the capital invested to deliver your product, and the time spent nurturing relationships are boiled down to a solitary moment when it all comes together or fails to meet expectations. This is the moment you either delight or disappoint. This is the moment of service...

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