Adam Pitman
Senior Editor, ERP Today and SAPinsider
124 Articles Published
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Automation
Rocketlane Launches Nitro to Automate Professional Services Delivery
Rocketlane has launched Nitro, an AI execution layer embedded within its PSA platform to automate repeatable delivery tasks. The platform extends AI from planning and reporting into execution inside live projects. This approach aims to improve consistency and predictability across professional services delivery.
Security
SAP Security Has the Board’s Attention—Now What?
SAP security has gained visibility at the executive level but often fails to drive decisions due to a lack of effective translation of cyber risks into clear business impacts, as highlighted by Asha Vartak, emphasizing that awareness alone is insufficient for action in a landscape increasingly influenced by AI and regulatory pressures.
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Financial Management
Zapier and Rillet Connect AI-Native ERP to Broader Finance Stack
Zapier and Rillet have partnered to deliver AI-native finance ERP integration across more than 8,000 applications. The integration connects Rillet’s AI-driven general ledger with Zapier’s orchestration layer, enabling finance teams to automate workflows, coordinate processes across systems, and support continuous close operations.
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Security
Zero-Day Risk Reshapes SAP Security as Attacks Grow Faster and More Complex
Zero-day vulnerabilities are becoming expected in SAP environments. As attacks grow more frequent and sophisticated, patching alone is no longer sufficient to manage enterprise risk.
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ERP Strategy and Planning
SAP CIOs Say AI Adoption Remains Early Despite Growing Attention
CIOs report that AI execution in ERP environments remains limited, with organizations prioritizing efficiency, cost control, and data readiness over large-scale AI deployment.
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ERP Strategy and Planning
CIOs Shift SAP Transformation Focus to Long-Term Value at SAPinsider Las Vegas 2026
CIOs at SAPinsider Las Vegas 2026 discuss how SAP transformation decisions are shifting toward long-term value, with a focus on migration versus modernization, cost pressures, and post-go-live accountability.
CIO forum discussion at SAPinsider Las Vegas 2026 at the Bellagio conference venue.
ERP Strategy and Planning
CIO Forum at SAPinsider Las Vegas 2026 Opens With Focus on Cost, Alignment, and Execution
CIOs at SAPinsider Las Vegas 2026 emphasized cost pressure, AI adoption, and business alignment as key forces shaping SAP strategy and enterprise technology decisions.
Analytics and AI
Emerging AI Laws in Asia Are Raising New Questions for ERP Systems
AI regulation across Asia is evolving from voluntary guidance to binding rules, creating a fragmented compliance landscape that influences ERP design and implementation of AI, particularly concerning AI-generated content, high-impact decision-making, and the need for documentation and explainability.
Security
Rise with SAP Security Risk Is Increasingly Shaped by Timing, Data, Assurance
As organizations accelerate their migration to SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition, security risks intensify, prompting a shift in focus towards proactive security measures, data-centric access control, and a structured assurance model to ensure effective protection and compliance in increasingly complex cloud environments.
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ERP Strategy and Planning
Unit4 Makes Success4U Default Delivery Model for ERP Deployments
Unit4 is making its Success4U framework the default delivery model for ERPx and existing ERP deployments. The model packages implementation services, advisory guidance, and outcome-based service packages into a single subscription designed to simplify ERP adoption and optimization.
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Security
SAP Security Patch Day March 2026 Highlights FS-QUO and Enterprise Portal Risks
SAP’s March 2026 Security Patch Day delivered 15 new Security Notes, including critical vulnerabilities affecting SAP Quotation Management Insurance and SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal. Vendor analysis highlights how trusted platform services and system integrations can amplify exposure across SAP landscapes.
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Tax Compliance
UAE E-Invoicing Mandate: What ERP and Finance Teams Need to Know Before 2027
The UAE e-invoicing mandate will require businesses to generate structured invoice data and report transactions through accredited service providers by 2027. The shift moves invoice compliance into ERP systems, where billing data, validation workflows, and compliance architectures determine whether invoices pass regulatory checks.
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Cloud Platform and Technology
SAP Business Data Cloud Expands to Azure Switzerland with EU Access Controls
SAP is preparing to launch its Business Data Cloud platform on Microsoft Azure infrastructure in Switzerland in the coming weeks, introducing a deployment designed to meet European data residency and governance requirements. The rollout includes “EU Access” availability, meaning data...
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Analytics and AI
AI Is Redrawing Southeast Asia’s Data Center Map
AI infrastructure investment is rapidly reshaping Southeast Asia’s data center geography. As hyperscale providers expand across Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and emerging markets, the region is evolving into a distributed infrastructure network that will increasingly influence cloud availability, AI compute capacity, and enterprise ERP deployments.
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Analytics and AI
Optimizing MCP for Production: 10 Proven Performance Techniques
Model Context Protocol (MCP) is becoming production infrastructure for AI agents. This article outlines 10 proven performance optimization techniques to improve latency, throughput, and scalability while positioning managed MCP platforms as a foundation for reliable enterprise AI.
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Security
Pathlock Extends SAP Threat Detection into Microsoft Sentinel’s SIEM Architecture
Pathlock has extended its SAP Threat Detection capability into Microsoft Sentinel’s SIEM architecture, bringing enriched SAP security telemetry into centralized SOC workflows across hybrid SAP environments.
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ERP Strategy and Planning
Nvidia Earnings Signal Expanding AI Infrastructure—and New ERP Risk Dependencies
Nvidia’s FY26 earnings confirm accelerating AI infrastructure investment. For ERP leaders, the real story lies in emerging dependencies across hyperscaler leverage, security posture, and enterprise data governance.
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ERP Strategy and Planning
Why Inetum Sees Control—Not Infrastructure—as the Real Sovereignty Challenge
ERP modernization in Europe now unfolds under sovereignty expectations. Data control, hybrid architecture, and governance-by-design increasingly determine whether AI-enabled systems can withstand regulatory scrutiny and scale with confidence.
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Supply Chain Management
SPS Commerce Introduces MAX, Embedded AI for Supply Chain Workflows
SPS Commerce introduces MAX, embedded AI that guides retail trading workflows, surfaces anomalies, and supports compliance across supply chain networks.
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Analytics and AI
At the India AI Impact Summit, SAP Makes the Case for Platform-Centric AI
As infrastructure pledges dominated the India AI Impact Summit, SAP focused on platform-centric AI, positioning Business AI inside enterprise systems rather than competing in the compute investment cycle.
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Security
AI Compressing Breach Timelines as Identity Weaknesses Drive 90% of Incidents
Unit 42’s 2026 Global Incident Response Report finds attackers reaching data exfiltration in as little as 72 minutes, with identity weaknesses involved in nearly 90% of incidents. The findings highlight AI-driven acceleration, over-permissioned identities and multi-surface exposure across modern enterprise environments.
Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi illuminated at night during the India AI Impact Summit 2026.
Cloud Platform and Technology
India AI Impact Summit: Capital, Compute, and Execution Align
The India AI Impact Summit 2026 centered on infrastructure scale, hyperscaler investment, indigenous AI models and enterprise delivery alignment rather than new software releases.
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Tax Compliance
KPMG Launches Tax AI Accelerator Program to Advance Generative AI in Corporate Tax
KPMG has launched a Tax AI Accelerator Program that pairs structured AI training with a secure Digital Gateway sandbox. The model signals a governance-led approach to generative AI adoption in corporate tax and ERP-adjacent finance functions.
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Security
Cybersecurity at the Munich Security Conference—What It Means for Businesses
Cybersecurity was central to discussions at the Munich Security Conference 2026. As state leaders integrate cyber into national security planning, enterprise risk, cloud strategy, and infrastructure resilience are being reshaped by geopolitical realities.
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Analytics and AI
Why Agentic AI May Succeed Where Digital Transformation Stalled
After a decade of heavy digital investment, many enterprises still struggle to translate infrastructure into measurable outcomes. A new report from Riff argues agentic AI changes the economics of delivery by narrowing the distance between expertise and action. Success now depends on how leaders redesign workflows, governance, and ownership.
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Security
SAP February Patch Day Puts ABAP and Platform Risk in Focus
SAP’s February 2026 Patch Day delivered 26 new notes and one update, with critical exposure centered in ABAP and core platform services. Vendors warn impact depends on how trust and integrations operate inside each landscape.
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Supply Chain Management
SPS Commerce Embeds Agentic AI Into Supply Chain Execution
SPS Commerce has introduced MAX, embedding agentic AI directly into supply chain workflows. The move extends automation beyond visibility and into execution, as customers and investors look for proof that network scale can deliver measurable operational impact.
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Governance, Risk, and Compliance
UiPath Extends Automation Into KYC and AML Investigations With WorkFusion
UiPath is extending automation into KYC and AML investigations with WorkFusion, a move that highlights how regulated workflows increasingly depend on enterprise platforms and audit-ready execution.
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Analytics and AI
SAP, AWS Embed Generative AI Directly Into SAP Consulting Work
SAP and AWS are embedding generative AI into SAP consulting work through SAP Joule for Consultants, integrating Anthropic Claude models via Amazon Bedrock to support delivery teams.
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ERP Strategy and Planning
The New ERP Backbone: Databricks, Inetum, and the Shift to AI-Native ERP Architectures
ERP systems are entering an AI-augmented era, but many data foundations are not ready. This analysis examines why AI-native ERP architectures are emerging, how Databricks is becoming the intelligence layer, and how Inetum helps enterprises operationalize AI with trust, governance, and scale.
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