Editor’s Choice

Michael Park, CMO at ServiceNow, on layoffs
“Purpose matters”: ServiceNow reveals its plan to avoid job cuts
Amidst Big Tech layoffs, ServiceNow isn't budging. Michael Park, CMO explains how the tech giant is able to buck the trend with a focus on purpose.
Cloud
Dynatrace: How to measure cloud’s carbon conundrum
As much as cloud computing is designed to enable us to use functions more efficiently, it also creates wastage on a variety of levels.
UK Government Matrix reload connected
The UK government wants to reload the Matrix. But is there a glitch?
According to the architects of the government’s shared services cluster strategy, the civil service has a lack of interoperability, a problem for which, they think they have a solution. The project’s name: the Matrix Programme.
data clean
The big clean up: welcome to data clean rooms
Data clean rooms are allowing multiple parties to combine and analyze their data in a protected environment.
brick wall ERP Travis Perkins
Piecemeal ERP: why Travis Perkins is tech stacking brick by brick
Are pickings getting a whole lot slimmer for the big ERP software vendors? It seems the days of having a one-catch-all software vendor have passed. ERP today hears about Travis Perkins' implementation journey.
UiPath Guide
A complete guide to UiPath
Free downloadable resource containing original articles, case studies and analyst reports covering the full spectrum of the UiPath proposition.
Carpenter,Hammering,A,Nail
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.
Mary Ann’s Specialty Foods Enhances Efficiency with QAD Advanced Scheduling
It’s time for a new automation approach
To excel at automation and outperform competitors, intelligent automation (IA) and hyperautomation is only part of the answer.
Bug
Did software wolves cry BUG in Y2K?
Marc Ambasna-Jones explores mafia killers, K-pop and woodland bunkers to find the truth about the Y2K bug and some pretty big bucks. Oracle for example saw a 22 percent growth in a record quarter, while SAP also saw record profits.
Riding the waves in insurance transformation with Oracle and PwC
Riding the waves in insurance transformation with Oracle and PwC
Insurance and finance are perpetually in flux. As one set of regulations is embedded into the industry, another appears on the horizon. Likewise, as one set of metrics is cemented into the reporting norms, another lot rises.
Workday Rising 2022 event preview
Workday Rising 2022 event preview
What can we expect from Workday Rising Europe 2022?
elon musk ceo of twitter
Elon Musk buys Twitter; Oracle in, Salesforce out
Looks like Elon Musk has done it and bought Twitter. The acquisition of one of the world's biggest social media sites was a legally fraught one, as has been well-documented. Not so widely covered? The background presence in the story of a few big names in enterprise tech, namely Oracle CTO and co-founder Larry Ellison, and Bret Taylor, co-CEO of Salesforce. The latter was chair of Twitter’s board of directors until Musk's takeover became reality.
ERP Awards 2022
EY wins top prize at the ERP Today Awards 2022
The ERP Today Awards have once again ended with a bang, seeing EY win top prize for 'Transformation Project of the Year'. EY's stellar work for Network Rail saw the consultancy giant walk away from Ascot Racecourse with the major gong. The ERP Today Awards & Fundraiser 2022 also saw IFS win 'ERP Vendor of the Year'.
Deepfake data will mean real money in finance – but reality is key
Can synthetic data resolve bias, privacy and data gaps for financial services?
Netflix and chill on the Mega-Deal?
The recent spate of Microsoft mega-deals looks to be over in the current 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?
Microsoft and SAP continue 25 year innovation partnership
Microsoft and SAP continue to advance our partnership by deepening our commitment to each other’s platform. Microsoft will be the first public cloud provider to adopt the RISE with SAP solution internally to transform some of its large SAP ERP deployments.
Matt Hicks, Red Hat CEO
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."
cloud race
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.
M&D has a long way to go in protecting the supply chain
Very few manufacturers and distributors seemed invested in supply chain readiness during the pandemic.
SAP sorts out supply chains and sustainability for Sapphire 2022
Returning to Orlando for its 2022 iteration, the ERP giant stood face to face with a world decidedly different to that of 2019. Supply chains, sustainability and social inequality have all come to the fore during the pandemic, and SAP CEO Christian Klein came to the stage with a timely message for the masses.
All work and all play: Do young professionals really want an office metaverse?
The tools to make work more engaging in the metaverse are already here. But who are they for? And does anyone want them?
Cloud healthcare and the data state of play
Big Tech is muscling in on health big time: look no further than recent acquisitions such as the Microsoft-Nuance and Oracle-Cerner mega-deals.
AI in healthcare: What now after Watson?
IBM’s Watson health venture was so beleaguered, it can be forgiven if AI in healthcare seems like a poor business bet.
Legacy tech lingers in healthcare after Covid. What’s the fix?
It's still too early to say the NHS has shed off enough of its legacy technology, even after the pandemic.
Editor’s Words: capability and complexity
In a previous editorial, I quoted Tom Peters who famously said: “If you’re not confused, you’re not paying attention” - but that sentiment is already outdated.
ERP Today Vendor Review 2022
ERP’s role has changed – and finally the vendors are listening. This year’s vendor review takes a close look at the 10 key ERP vendors that are suited to mid-market and enterprise customers.