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Governance, Risk, and Compliance
Microsoft Adds Dynamic Permissions and Risk Controls for AI Agents
Microsoft has extended Project Perception to cover AI agents it describes as insiders, with permissions that start at zero and tighten as risk changes. Guardian Agents handle continuous security work while people set policy and approve major decisions.
Analytics and AI
Infor Survey Finds AI Deployment Outpacing Reported Efficiency Gains
Infor's second Enterprise AI Adoption Impact Index finds deployment outpacing reported efficiency gains in the US, UK, and France between April and August 2026. The report also shows weak industry fit for off-the-shelf AI and no clear owner for AI governance.
Financial Management
Epicor Propello 2026.3 Extends Financials and EDI Links
Epicor's third Propello release of 2026 deepens the retail system's ties to Epicor Financials and EDI, adds an open AR import for migrations, and introduces configurable cash rounding as US states and Congress set rules for a post-penny economy.
Analytics and AI
What Acumatica 2026 R2 Changes for Manufacturers
Acumatica's 2026 R2 manufacturing edition links an expanded Shop Floor Kiosk, per-work-center APS scheduling, and the AI Assistant into one data chain, where each step depends on the accuracy of the one before it.
ERP Strategy and Planning
Unit4 Acquires Napta to Connect Skills Data With Professional Services ERP
Unit4 is acquiring Paris-based Napta, a resource management and skills intelligence platform, to connect staffing decisions with the project and financial data in its ERP. Napta keeps its brand, leadership, and integrations with other ERP and PSA platforms.
ERP Strategy and Planning
Fairline Yachts Selects Syspro ERP and Torque to Connect Design Through Aftersales
Fairline Yachts has selected Syspro cloud ERP and the Syspro Torque industrial AI platform to connect operations from design through aftersales, with HIT Technology leading the implementation.
Application Development and Integration
Budgeting Platform Martus Reaches 1,000 Sage Customers
Martus Solutions now has 1,000 customers using Sage accounting products, more than triple its 2021 total. The budgeting and reporting platform adds planning on top of Sage data, with integration details that vary by Sage product.
ERP Strategy and Planning
QAD | Redzone Pairs Frontline Software With PwC Delivery in European Push
QAD | Redzone has partnered with PwC Belgium to pair its frontline manufacturing software with consulting-led change management, extending a European expansion that began in the DACH region in September.
ERP Strategy and Planning
NetSuite QuickStart Gives US Tech Startups a Free Route Into Its ERP
Oracle NetSuite has launched QuickStart, a free AI-first finance platform for early-stage US technology startups. It runs routine accounting work with AI within monthly usage limits and is designed to move into full NetSuite as companies grow.
Analytics and AI
Microsoft Brings 30 Dynamics 365 CRM Skills Into Copilot Cowork
Microsoft has made 30 prebuilt Dynamics 365 CRM skills generally available in Copilot Cowork, built on Dynamics 365 MCP tools. Its guidance asks IT teams to verify that agents keep recommendations, proposed changes, and completed actions separate.
Analytics and AI
Infor Expands Industry AI With Shared Business Context and Built-In Agent Governance
Infor has expanded its Industry AI architecture and Velocity Suite with industry-context agents and built-in governance controls. Its own survey finds 68% of businesses say off-the-shelf AI does not meet their industry's needs.
ERP Strategy and Planning
Epicor Links Frontline Knowledge Sharing to Lasting Operational Gains
Epicor argues that manufacturers and distributors fall behind when lessons learned on the floor stay with individual workers, and it positions its Acadia Connected Worker Platform as the way to capture and spread that knowledge.
Analytics and AI
Acumatica Names Jason James CIO as AI Expansion and Global Growth Advance
Acumatica has appointed Jason (JJ) James as chief information officer to lead its IT organization, following its 2026 R2 AI release and a year of acquisition and engineering expansion.
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Analytics and AI
Enterprise AI Readiness Through Data Independence and Business Context
Enterprise AI needs the business context behind ERP records, and that context often sits inside the applications that created it. Data independence keeps that context governed and available to AI after source systems are migrated or retired.
Application Development and Integration
Workday Moves Benefits Administration Closer to the HR System of Record
Workday Total Benefits connects benefits providers directly to Workday and adds an AI agent that answers employee benefits questions. The launch treats benefits as an integration and data problem first, with the AI layer built on top.
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Spend Management and Procurement
SAP Connect 2026: How New Agents Will Detect and Respond to Supply Disruptions
Moody's supplier risk data in SAP Ariba and new supply chain agents, both due in Q4 2026, help SAP spot disruptions. Agents act on their own in some processes and defer to people in others.
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Analytics and AI
SAP Rolls Out Joule Work and New Assistants, With Most Arriving by Early 2027
SAP presented Joule Work, new Joule Assistants, and SAP Business AI Platform at SAP Connect. Some capabilities are available now, most arrive by early 2027, and early customers tie their results to S/4HANA foundations.
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Business Process Management and Automation
SAP to Sell ORO Labs’ Procurement Orchestration as an SAP Ariba Extension
SAP will sell ORO Labs' procurement orchestration platform as a solution extension called SAP Ariba Procurement Orchestration by ORO Labs. It connects diverse procurement landscapes, integrating SAP and third-party systems, and offers agentic AI with human oversight.
Analytics and AI
Acumatica 2026 R2 Puts AI Agents and Outside AI Tools Inside ERP Controls
Acumatica 2026 R2 adds AI agents triggered by business events and MCP servers that give outside AI tools read-only access to ERP data under existing permissions. The release also makes the Modern UI the default ahead of Classic UI retirement in 2027 R1.
Analytics and AI
Syspro Torque’s IMTS Debut Centers Industrial AI on Approval, Rules, and Cost
Syspro's first public demos of its Torque industrial AI platform at IMTS 2026 focused on how agent actions are approved, sourced from a manufacturer's own rules, and costed before they run.
Data and Data Management
Unplanned Work Is Eroding Professional Services Margins
Unit4-commissioned research finds UK project and delivery managers lose almost one working day a week to inefficiency and unplanned work. Firms with connected project, resource, and financial data manage performance more proactively and use AI more widely.
ERP Strategy and Planning
Sage Acquires Paperless to Strengthen Construction AP and Compliance
Sage has acquired Paperless Environments, a long-standing partner that provides AP automation, document workflow, and subcontractor compliance software for construction firms. The deal follows Sage's August acquisition of Bangert and adds to its Sage Intacct Construction offering.
Analytics and AI
QAD | Redzone Bets on Manufacturing Intelligence to Turn ERP Into a System of Action
QAD | Redzone has unveiled Manufacturing Intelligence, a cross-system intelligence layer it expects in market in spring 2027, alongside new AI agents for ERP, the shop floor, ERP modernization, and trade compliance.
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Data and Data Management
Why Data Sovereignty Is Becoming an Enterprise Architecture Question
Data sovereignty increasingly describes who controls enterprise data, workloads, and operators, as well as where data sits. Cloud, AI, regional policy, and portability are making it an enterprise architecture question.
Analytics and AI
Fusion Claw: Oracle’s New Runtime for Autonomous, Governed Enterprise Work
Oracle has introduced Fusion Claw, a governed execution runtime that lets Fusion Agentic Applications take on larger, longer-running work. It pairs frontier-model reasoning with deterministic computation and records each run in an auditable receipt.
Analytics and AI
Microsoft Opens Work IQ Preview for Dynamics 365 and Power Platform Data
Microsoft has opened a public preview of Work IQ, which grounds Copilot and agents in a shared model of Dynamics 365 and Power Platform data built largely from existing configuration. Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations coverage is scheduled for late October.
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Analytics and AI
Why Industry Context Is Becoming Critical to Enterprise AI
As AI moves from generating suggestions to executing work, industry processes, rules and data increasingly determine what it can do. This explainer covers what industry AI is, why context matters more as AI takes action and what determines whether it can scale.
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Analytics and AI
AI and Cybersecurity: Faster Attacks, Smarter Defense, and Agent Identity Risk
AI is compressing the time attackers need to exploit known weaknesses while adding software agents that can act inside enterprise systems. This explainer examines how AI is changing threats, defense, identity and security governance in SAP environments.
Business Process Management and Automation
Infor Treats Post-Go-Live Adoption as an ERP Design Problem
Infor argues that manufacturers can finish an ERP rollout on schedule and still miss its value because employees keep working around the system. Its answer for CloudSuite Industrial is role-based workspaces, embedded AI and automation, and in-app learning.
Business Process Management and Automation
Epicor Adds Conveyance Solutions to Its ANZ Partner Program
Epicor has added Conveyance Solutions, a Prophet 21 specialist focused on mid-market industrial distributors, to its Channel Partner Program in Australia and New Zealand. The partner a customer chooses shapes much of how it experiences the system.
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Analytics and AI
How AI Is Changing Enterprise Process Automation
AI-driven automation extends rules-based workflows into processes that involve changing context, exceptions, and judgment. Enterprises must align agent autonomy with governed data, permissions, human oversight, and process-level performance measures.
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