Editor’s Choice

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.

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?

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."

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.

Supply Chain Management

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.

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.

The great hybrid multi-cloud myth

Dan Scarfe with an alternative look at the trend for hybrid and multi-cloud architectures – does the world really need to be this complex?

Industry clouds: a key ingredient for agility and business opportunity

The astonishing pace of change in the world today driven by extraordinary levels of technology innovation has been pushing business towards the cloud for years.

What can we learn from the ERP project of the year?

At this year’s ERP Today Awards, Social Work England was voted the best ERP project of the year by a panel of judges that included industry heavyweights, independent analysts and seasoned media commentators. It wasn’t the biggest project the judges considered nor was it the most complex – so why did six experts agree it was the standout submission?

Editor’s Words

It’s 2021 and ERP buyers are getting serious about their tech choices. They have several decades of experience to inform their next big purchasing decisions and many are making brave choices...

Are you really ready for the future?

The COVID-19 pandemic has intensified the pace of global change and the pressure on companies to respond. But, despite rapidly building their digital capabilities during the pandemic many organisations are yet to fully embrace transformation...

Editor’s Words – The opening thoughts in the latest issue

This issue of ERP Today has been the most challenging to produce so far. But, as I put the finishing touches...

Manufacturers Need to Shrink Costs to Survive and Power Up

The COVID-19-infected world is in turmoil and no business sector reflects that better than manufacturing...

Editor’s Words.

Many high-performing businesses have discovered the fragility of their systems and processes...

Paul Esherwood with an alternative review of Oracle OpenWorld Europe 2020

It’s true to say that if you are an Oracle partner, customer or even a casual user – OpenWorld is a great place to connect and collaborate....

It’s OK to be confused – just know that you are and embrace it.

Tom Peters famously said “if you’re not confused, you’re not paying attention.” Nothing could be closer to the truth when considering one’s options in the modern technological era..