Paul Esherwood, Author at ERP Today

Paul Esherwood

Former editor

162 Articles Published

Don’t bring a hammer to an automation fight

In 2019 I wrote that “AI and automation will be the most transformative technologies that we ever invent”. Today we are starting to see the realisation of that prediction as point solution RPA matures into enterprise-wide hyperautomation.

ERP Today Live! with Sapphire & Aspen Pumps Group

In this ERP Today Live! session we explore automation with a customer story revolving around UK business Aspen Pumps Group.

Unlimited opportunities for customers with intelligent automation

Today, the remit for automation goes far beyond narrow optimisation. It's providing radical alterations in the way data, processes and humans interact. Hear how the conversation is evolving from leading technologists.

The value of ecosystems with EY

EY partners Anthony Byrne and Laura Atkinson discuss the value of ecosystems, along with their own interpretations of technology's hottest new term.

ERP Today Live! S/4HANA with Jan Gilg

This session with Jan Gilg, president of S/4HANA, is focussed on SAP’s flagship ERP Product and looks at the adoption curve for S/4, how the product has developed and can be augmented by BTP through RISE with SAP.

ERP Today Live! with Craig Dale, UKISUG

Craig Dale is chief executive at UK & Ireland SAP User Group (UKISUG). In this ERP Today! Live session, Craig discusses fostering a vibrant SAP community where all members can develop together and speak with one voice.

ServiceNow earnings and first shots across the bows at ERP vendors

The latest ServiceNow earnings call followed a similar theme to previous quarters: revenues up by more than 20 percent; average contract value soaring with customers paying $10m+ up 60 percent; and more than 1,500 customer with ACV more than $1m. Across every metric, ServiceNow defies the macroeconomics and industry trends – as Bill McDermott, CEO, confidently stated: “we have a tireless appetite for growth”, and their customers seem hungry.

Can IFS do for assets what Salesforce did for CRM?

Identity is everything in today’s super-competitive enterprise tech market. Oracle built an imperious business on its database credentials and then dominated finance. Salesforce has owned the CRM space for two decades and became the world’s biggest biz apps vendor as a result. Workday emerged to tackle HCM for big enterprises and is now the default choice for HR leaders.

ERP Today Live! with Acumatica

Additive-X, a UK manufacturer specializing in 3D printing, initiated an ERP modernization program during the pandemic to adapt to market changes and enhance future resilience, as discussed in a session featuring MD Jo Young and partners.

ERP Today Awards & NHS Fundraiser film 2022

The #1 corporate event for the tech community. 3000 attendees, £150k raised for the NHS. 400 ERPers dancing the night away. Thank you to everyone who supported. We are already planning 2023....see you at Ascot :)

Editor’s Words: Strength in adversity

A sombre mood has been cast across the United Kingdom with its effects reaching all four corners of the globe. Queen Elizabeth II has passed and Charles III has been proclaimed king. As the world adjusted to the loss of the longest serving monarch on record, the ERP Today community shared a unique opportunity to pay tribute to Her Majesty at Royal Ascot, one of the late Queen’s most cherished venues.

Network Rail: everyone home safe every day

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

ERP Today Live! with Acumatica

John Case is the new CEO at Acumatica. 6 months into his role, we ask what has been achieved in the first half-year of his tenure and does the world really need another mid-market ERP vendor? Case discusses the traction Acumatica is getting with an increasingly focussed cohort of customers and how Acumatica’s points of differentiation help set the cloud-native ERP publisher apart from the competition.

ERP Today Live! RISE with SAP, Brian Duffy

In this session of ERP Today Live! we speak to Brian Duffy, President of Cloud at SAP, to discuss RISE with SAP and how customers of all shapes and sizes can benefit from this revolutionary way to buy, consume and implement ERP software.

Latest results a turning point for IFS

IFS has revealed another set of stellar results which confirm the business is firmly on the path to £1bn in revenue and underscores the recent valuation of $10bn following a recent recap with Hg Capital. IFS’s growth in H1 2022 is put down to acquiring net new customers as well as from the IFS install base continuing to upgrade to its IFS Cloud product. In the first 12 months of IFS Cloud’s general availability, the company reported the same number of new users as it secured over a 25-year period with previous generation software.

Talent Tech Strategies – with Unit4

The article discusses the critical challenge of attracting talent in today's competitive market, emphasizing the importance of company culture and HR technology in meeting the evolving expectations of a demanding workforce.

Oracle partners collaborate on event for EBS customers

ERP Today attended Oracle5:LIVE last month, a one-day conference in London that promised to cut through business software “techno-babble” and explore what the latest developments in the industry really mean for Oracle users.

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.

Editor’s words: what kind of future do we want?

Our future is being designed for us and we have very little say in the process. Drucker told us we could predict the future by designing it, the only question that remains is what kind of future do we want?

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

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.

image of Sanjit Biswas, CEO and co-founder of Samsara | Samsara Q3

Samsara poised to disrupt world of physical operations

The IoT industry is more than 40 years old, but until recently most companies that strapped a device to a physical asset got little more than some binary data with almost zero value.

Orbis non sufficit – the race for cloud supremacy

Is anyone else bored by the numbers? Do you find the race for cloud dominance a bit dull? Are vendor boasts reminding you of a recent time in history when getting rich and grabbing more played out pretty badly for most of us? Fundamental market dynamics dictate that big tech companies must sell more to satisfy shareholders but the persistent desire for growth is taking its toll on workers and the markets are finally realising that not every cloud business has a future.

Christian Klein, cover story preview

Christian Klein, talks exclusively to Paul Esherwood in this access all interview. As SAP turns 50, Klein opens up on his journey to the CEO role, the work SAP has done on its own transformation, and discusses S/4HANA, RISE and sustainability. This 8 minutes preview forms the basis for the cover story in the June issue of ERP Today. Subscribe for free to get the full story.

Oracle ecosystem stalwart joins Inoapps to lead EMEA business

Fiona Martin, a former KPMG executive with 25 years in the IT industry, has been appointed managing director for EMEA at Inoapps to drive growth and enhance the company's presence in the European market, following significant investments and a period of rapid expansion.

Ellie Orton OBE, CEO at NHS Charities Together – the need to support the NHS has never been greater

The NHS and its staff are under more pressure than ever - face masks and restrictions may be over but the challenges for the NHS continue - that is why the whole ERP community stands as one to support the NHS.

Oracle deepens its reach into social media, sort of

Larry Ellison has pledged $1 billion of his own funds to support Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter, marking a significant investment compared to his previous, less impactful deal with TikTok.

The world wants to work with ServiceNow…..new recruits flock to the fold as quickly as enterprise customers

ServiceNow reported strong Q1 2022 financial results with $1.72 billion in revenues (up 26%), significant growth in net new contracts and subscription revenues, and highlighted its successful hiring strategy amidst a competitive talent market, underscoring its brand strength and commitment to employee engagement and diversity.

New investment boosts value of IFS and Workwave to $10bn

Hg is set to become a significant minority shareholder in IFS and WorkWave, which are valued at $10 billion, allowing them to strengthen their market positions while EQT remains the majority shareholder.

ERP Today Live! with Jellyfish

In this ERP Today Live! session we explore the benefits of an integrated platform and single data model for end-to-end transformation and analyse the impact it has on delivering customer and employee experience.

Microsoft and SAP share the love in new mega deal

Microsoft has chosen RISE with SAP on Microsoft Cloud, making it the first public cloud provider to adopt the solution. Microsoft and SAP have a long track record of collaboration and the Redmond giant has run large parts of its internal operations on SAP ERP for decades. However, the announcement that Microsoft has signed up to RISE with SAP to deploy S/4HANA Cloud (private edition) is still a huge endorsement of SAP’s cloud credentials - considering Microsoft has its own cloud ERP solution in the form of Dynamics 365.