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Attendees at NTT's transformation now event | urging SAP community to “step out of comfort zone”

NTT DATA urges SAP community to “step out of comfort zone”

Dedicated to gathering the SAP community to learn, share and network, NTT’s Transformation NOW! 2023 event focused on all things SAP.

SAP doubles down on cloud and unveils S/4HANA Cloud, private edition

SAP has made public a number of new offerings to help its customers move over to the cloud and reap the benefits of cloud technology.

Stacks of old folder filled with paper piled on top of each other precariously | Physical operations Samsara

Physical operations firms push paper to go the way of the dodo

Despite all the digital advances made in just about every other business vertical, firms that operate in physical operations have doggedly clung on to manual processes. However, all that's changing. And fast.

Analytics and AI

Gartner on why CFOs need inhuman accountants

Exclusive: Mark D. McDonald, senior director analyst in the Gartner Finance Practice, talks GenAI use in the financial space

A city skyline at night with a circuitboard superimposed over it | Embridge intelligent automation

Think intelligent: automating positive public sector change

Public bodies have unique needs, often not operating as a typical business might. They require intelligent automation solutions that can support their particular strategic and organizational needs.

Analytics and AI

Can AI be trusted to battle money laundering and fraud?

AI has reached the scope of multiple industries, but banking might be one of the more unexpected fields to adopt the budding technology.

Infor Now 2023 – live from the Big Easy

Infor staged the US leg of its Infor Now 2023 user, partner and practitioner conference this week in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Image of a colourful ferris wheel | upgrade cycles software support

Break the endless upgrade cycles: rethinking software support to ease technical debt

ERP providers push their latest cloud-based upgrade and IT leaders think they have to buy-in, despite not being sold on the benefits. Enter third-party support.

Two laptops on a desk with a close up camera shot of two pairs of hands, each of them writing plans on a shared piece of paper | CFOs cloud

A cloud-juiced CFO can unleash a new era of financial excellence

For CFOs to stay afloat, knowledge of the latest technological developments will be necessary. Here's how cloud technology can help CFOs turboboost their respective businesses.

Several farmers in hoodies, bent over harvesting fruit from a green field on a cloudy morning | AI food and beverage

Eat this! AI shakes new life into food and beverage industry

The value of AI in the food and beverage sector in particular is expected to reach $29.94bn by 2028. How is AI already being used, and to what effect?

Effective business process management (BPM): A smartwatch analogy.

A smartwatch analogy: Keep effective business process management ticking

Using a watch analogy, understanding a business process management is easy - and just as we made our watches smart - we have now the chance to make our business processes intelligent and smart.

Close up of a magnifying glass being held over the keyboard of a Macbook | Test automation

Myth-busting your test automation beliefs

Misunderstandings about the protocols, cost and requirements of automated testing often get in the way of clients making the changes they need to make to stay ahead of the curve.

Implementing Cloud ERP: Codestone’s Six-Phase Approach

Weighing up when and how to move to the cloud

When moving to the cloud, some things you must consider are: time and resources, customized applications and code, implementation partners and more...

Two people have their backs to the viewer in an office setting, working on complex coding on their computers | Infor testing

Time to think testing when implementing Infor Cloudsuite

Testing an Infor platform should be the first thing you do before you roll it out. It's important you're prepared for what that takes.

Will EU scrutiny of Microsoft Teams impact Big Tech?

Microsoft has been working with regulators to resolve the Teams-related issues but is EU’s scrutiny likely to impact more Big Tech?

Top down view of a cluttered and messy desk with ditritus covering the surface | Cloud ERP

No clutter allowed! How a clean core can help innovate your business

Sometimes it isn't enough to requisition a cloud ERP for your business, especially a highly customized cloud ERP. Did you know how much a clean core can benefit your business?

The advent of value-based maintenance and how to reap the rewards

Servitization is too often looked at in isolation as an independent trend, but it represents the entirety of a customer journey. To reap the benefits of it, organizations can make changes such as apply intelligence to the approach.

Analytics and AI

Would Albert Einstein approve of Salesforce AI stance?

Salesforce Dreamforce 2023 finished last week, and AI was the big theme of the company's flagship event. But what would the real Einstein make of Salesforce in this current moment?

How the AI revolution is transforming our public healthcare ecosystem

AI will be prevalent in healthcare transforming healthcare delivery, disease detection and management, and more.

NHS at 75: digitizing to survive

The process of converting healthcare management to fully digital is not without challenges.

Object-centric process mining: how ERP’s x-ray becomes an MRI

OCPM provides a robust and unified representation of an entire organization's internal processes, as Celonis' chief scientist explains.

Shadow APIs: a shadow of a hand in front of a keyboard

Watch out! Zombie and shadow APIs are about

Zombie and Shadow APIs fly under the radar of operation and security teams, how can businesses detect this invisible problem?

Birmingham shows ERP is an existential threat for councils

When Birmingham City Council declared itself “essentially bankrupt”, we couldn't unsee its eye-wateringly over-budget ERP implementation bill.

A mug of coffee that's been spilt over papers, glasses and a calculator | ERP Implementation

How to prevent a failed ERP system implementation

ERP system implementation can be tricky and things might go wrong. Don’t worry, there’s still time to recover the situation and bag a successful delivery!

image of laptop with code on the screen, in the background abstract red, pink and green lights | AI and ML

Will AI take the “human” out of human resources?

How can busy HR executives ensure they are benefiting from the AI revolution, while working safely and ethically?

image of phone on yellow background with white lock on phonescreen on purple background | supply chain | cybersecurity

Is it time to get your digital supply chain security in order?

Cybersecurity is one of the biggest priorities for modern organizations operating across on-prem and virtual digital infrastructures. Dan Llewellyn explores more.

Image of sunny living room with wooden flooring, a woman is laying on her front reading a book | Enosix

enosix lays SAP and Salesforce foundation for Mannington flooring

As enosix lays SAP and Salesforce foundation for Mannington, it knows that modernizing data flow and de-risking is key to competitiveness.