Adrian Bridgwater, Author at ERP Today

Adrian Bridgwater

Technology Editor, info@erp.today

174 Articles Published

The birth of automation-native, Avantra drives SAP Ops

AIOps, focused on enhancing AI through systematic operations, is exemplified by Avantra's latest platform update, Avantra 23, which automates SAP operations to improve service quality and enable hyperautomation in enterprise resource planning systems.

Workday Rising 2022 event preview

What can we expect from Workday Rising Europe 2022?

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Hello caller, CNCF cloud-native network function certification engages

The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) is all about creating, building and nurturing sustainable ecosystems for cloud-native software. In line with the organization’s KubeCon + CloudNativeCo conference this week in Detroit, Michigan, the CNCF has announced its first set of certified products that form part of the newly launched (May 2022) Cloud Native Network Function (CNF) Certification Program.

Cleaner clouds: IFS drives platform (and planet) towards ESG goals

Of the new capabilities in the latest release of IFS Cloud, many features are aimed at making it easier and faster for customers to collect, manage and record key data that provides visibility into their environmental performance.

Hyperscaler no brainer, Nutanix puts Cloud Clusters (NC2) on Microsoft Azure

Nutanix has launched Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) on Microsoft Azure, enabling seamless hybrid cloud integration and management, allowing organizations to run workloads across private and public clouds without re-architecting their applications, thus simplifying IT operations and accelerating hybrid cloud adoption.

Moment of (Joint) Service: IFS details partner of the year

At the IFS Unleashed event in Miami, IFS highlighted the importance of its partner community by awarding the 2022 Partner of the Year honors across twelve categories, recognizing partners' contributions to growth and customer service excellence within the global IFS ecosystem.

Tibco analytics research lead: Data ‘storytelling’ needs a narrative

Lori Witzel emphasizes the importance of immersive visual data storytelling over traditional literary methods, illustrating how Aeroporti di Roma transformed its operations and customer experience through real-time data visualizations and collaboration.

OutSystems UiPath partner for low-code RPA

OutSystems and UiPath have partnered to integrate their low-code development and automation solutions, enabling businesses to automate core processes, enhance operational efficiency, and accelerate application development.

Building ‘smart’ ERP demands continuous software intelligence

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

Citizen technologists, it takes more than a lion taming hat

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

Snowflake: building data clouds around the world

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

Workday EMEA president: people-centricity promotes product & platform

Angelique de Vries, newly appointed president of Workday for the EMEA region, emphasizes the importance of people-centricity for innovation and success in the enterprise software sector, aiming to leverage her extensive experience to further enhance the company's growth and cultural values in the region.

Yes Chef! Progress serves up 2022 partner plaudits

Progress celebrated its partners by awarding the 2022 Chef Partner Awards at the Progress360 event, recognizing outstanding contributions in DevOps and DevSecOps, highlighting the importance of collaboration in delivering exceptional client outcomes.

AutoRABIT hops higher on code scanning health for Salesforce

AutoRABIT, founded in 2015 to enhance development cycles for organizations, recently launched CodeScan Shield, a static code analysis tool for Salesforce that enforces compliance and security, helping developers mitigate risks associated with data breaches.

Datanomix & ProShop ERP get tactical on ‘takt’ time targets

Datanomix has partnered with ProShop ERP to enhance automated job costing analytics, allowing manufacturers to compare target 'takt times' for part production with actual machine performance to identify opportunities for margin improvement and optimize operational efficiency.

Rimini Street tracks first moves to seconded third-party ERP support

Rimini Street, a third-party support provider for Oracle and SAP software, highlights in its 2022 report that many SAP customers are opting for alternative support to better manage their ERP strategies and mitigate the costs and risks associated with migrating to S/4HANA.

Alation cloud service for Snowflake is a data catalog leapfrog

Alation Inc has launched Alation Cloud Service for Snowflake, aimed at simplifying data governance and empowering organizations to efficiently catalog and manage data on Snowflake's platform.

Incorta turns up heat on raw business data analytics

Incorta is transforming business analytics through real-time capabilities and a new marketplace for customizable data applications, aiming to enhance agility and data-driven decision-making for companies hindered by outdated tools.

FinancialForce: Get savvy to SaaS with SaaB

FinancialForce has unveiled its new Services-as-a-Business platform, enhancing its Professional Services Automation capabilities to provide comprehensive operational insights and improve service delivery efficiency amidst ongoing market disruptions.

Iguazio sees ‘Sense’ in MLOps automation

Iguazio collaborates with Sense to enhance AI-driven recruitment through automation and a real-time NLP pipeline, leveraging MLOps for efficient data handling and candidate engagement.

New Relic goes native on SAP agentless observability

New Relic has launched its Monitoring for SAP Solutions, an agentless observability platform that allows enterprises to monitor critical SAP processes efficiently, facilitating faster issue detection and resolution to minimize revenue impact.

OutSystems joins SAP PartnerEdge program

OutSystems, now a member of the SAP PartnerEdge program, enhances its integration capabilities with SAP solutions, allowing businesses to develop high-performance low-code applications that improve operations and customer experiences while facilitating migrations to SAP S/4HANA.

The Quest to uncover unknown & unused ERP data

Quest Software's 2022 State of Data Governance and Empowerment Report highlights that while data quality has become the primary focus of data governance initiatives, many organizations struggle with dark data and poor data visibility, which hinders their ability to leverage data effectively for business decision-making.

Inside Confluent’s Microsoft commercial partner of the year success

Technology vendors, such as Confluent, leverage partner ecosystems for collaboration and insights, exemplified by Confluent's recognition as Microsoft’s Commercial Marketplace Partner of the Year for its innovative data streaming solutions that enhance real-time application development on Azure.

Does your ERP stack need an integration boost?

The complexity of modern ERP systems necessitates specialized integration tools like MuleSoft to effectively manage interconnectivity and automation across multiple applications, highlighting the limitations of traditional ERP vendors in this area.

Digital Hive creates buzz around Analytics & BI (ABI)

Keen to provide a means of working to the modern scale of big data is Digital Hive with its intelligent analytics portal

Red Hat: an open shift in the enterprise cloud

An interview with Matt Hicks, Red Hat’s global executive VP of products and technologies. "Disrupting a critical application is never the right path, but deliberately evolving into an open ERP foundation is absolutely a well-trodden and successful approach."

Open Source ERP is no free lunch

The community contribution model of open source centralises around the practice of ‘code commits’ that sees users, teams and organisations actively working to share advancements for the collective benefit of others.

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

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.

Is the business world ready for Zoomer SaaS apps?

As Gen Z joins the workforce, businesses have to adapt to the shifting expectations employees bring to the office.