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The Indispensable Link: Integration, Composable Architectures, and Value Maximisation for Modern CFOs within ERP Systems
Emerging technologies and worldwide volatility have thrown the role of the CFO into disarray. Now, these leaders must transcend traditional accounting and reporting functions. Modern CFOs are now strategic leaders, tasked with driving business value, optimising performance, and navigating a...
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Securing the Digital Core
Securing ERP systems has become a business imperative due to their critical role in enterprises and increased vulnerability to cyberattacks, necessitating a shift from traditional security measures to a more integrated approach that combines IRP and cybersecurity across evolving cloud environments.
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A Transformative Leap: The Emerging Role of Automation and Hyperautomation in Elevating Finance Processes
The article discusses the limitations of manual finance processes, highlighting the need for automation and hyperautomation to improve efficiency, accuracy, and strategic focus in finance departments by leveraging advanced technologies like AI and machine learning.
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Adeptia’s Innovation Engine: Deepak Singh on Simplifying Data Integration for the Modern Enterprise
Adeptia, an enterprise-class data integration platform led by Deepak Singh, distinguishes itself with a no-code, drag-and-drop interface that empowers non-technical users to automate data connections without heavy IT reliance, offering flexible deployment options and AI-driven automation to enhance operational efficiency and customer experience.
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Dell Strengthens Cybersecurity for Microsoft Customers
Dell Technologies and Microsoft are enhancing AI adoption to protect data and improve cybersecurity for multicloud environments.
Have we jumped from “Big Data” to AI too quickly?
The article emphasizes the importance of strategic data management in finance and treasury organizations as they transition to AI, highlighting five essential dimensions—streaming, searching, data lakes, machine learning, and generative AI—that together enable smarter liquidity decision-making and long-term business success.
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The Oracle Insider view on CloudWorld 2024
Oracle is developing and maintaining SaaS and on-premises applications and a tech tool kit to make other vendors weep.
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Av0id data disasters at y0ur d00r
Debra Lilley reflects on the importance of accurate and complete data amidst challenges in data management, especially as AI becomes integrated into ERP systems.
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Data First, Transformation Forever
To ensure a successful digital transformation, organizations must prioritize data quality from the outset, leveraging AI technologies to address data issues and enhance business processes.
SAP now Europe’s Tech MVP with Q3 showing: The Expert View
SAP announced a strong Q3 performance and raised its annual revenue and earnings guidance performance, gaining $26bn in market value to grab the top spot as Europe’s most valuable tech company.
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Even Oprah has an AI Strategy: What GenAI Means for You
Riz Ahmed offers observations on AI and its emergence, as well as what it means for ERP communities.
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Cloud Today
When looking at cloud adoption, it’s often the financial products and older ERP systems that are slow to move off-prem.
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AI in HR: the tightrope walker of recruitment
A string of media outlets and research reports today are discussing the crisis in the global job market, with employers struggling to find talent and more candidates finding themselves without a job.
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The train outta cyber trouble in the smart city
When we rely on a growing network of interconnected systems to help our urban societies function, how can we keep them cyber secure? Answers can be found in case studies from the likes of Transport for London and the Pennsylvania Turnpike, as made possible by the work and offerings of AWS and Deloitte respectively.
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SAP S/4HANA: To wait or not to wait, that is the question
On December 31 2027, SAP maintenance for previous ERP systems will expire, leaving those who have not yet migrated to S/4HANA – as the saying goes – "in the dust". So, what options are out there for those still on the verge about what steps to take?
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Vivien Boche means business
For Gen Z, TikTok is the new search engine - and SAP’s Vivien Boche knows that ideas sell best in a digestible, 60 second video.
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Crossing the digital divide in the public sector
ServiceNow’s Dr Raj Iyer tells all on public sector passions, challenges and what cloud technology can do for governments and citizens now.
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Cloud vendors can’t ditch on-prem: It’s a love/hate relationship
Is it a good match? The history and happenings of cloud vendors' difficult relationship with on-premise solutions.
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Dated but still feted: The Big Data universe
Big Data is big. To paraphrase the late, great Douglas Adams on space: You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. And that's nothing compared to the hype around it.
Chris Mason | From bedroom to boardroom
From bedroom to boardroom
Chris Mason started Namos Solutions from his bedroom 11 years ago. Today, it boasts 130 employees and has opened offices in Europe and the US
Infor Innovations Day: It’s RPA, Jim, but not as we know it
Probing deeper into the latest updates to CloudSuite, as unveiled at Infor Innovations Day Nordics.
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Move over finance, it’s time for a new value metric
Jon Chorley, chief sustainability officer at Oracle and Jonathan Wright, senior managing director at IBM, share how sustainability goals can be met by leveraging the power of ERPs.
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Race for the prize: An update on the AI race as ChatGPT speeds ahead
All vendors bring distinctive value propositions to enterprises - choose wisely or find yourself obsolete in the age of AI!
Cloudy vision begone? How to clarify our view of SaaS in the name of security
A murky mass of cloud instances is not good for business. Instead, we want cloud clarity, visibility and observability to secure virtualized compute and data services.
A puddle of oil : DaaS
After the oil spill comes AI to fill in the gaps for enterprises
For AI to succeed it needs data and computation, so let’s look into the reasons why CxOs need to now have DaaSrolling off their tongues.
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GenAI for enterprise: the AI guru view
Pascal Bornet and Kieran Gilmurray discuss the impact of GenAI, its impact in the workplace and how it has changed the workforce.