Guest Voices

Inside The Software Automation Revolution

The popularization of software application development tools designed to empower ‘citizen developers’ has burgeoned over the last half-decade.

Human Capital Management

HR tech will embrace employee experience and talent marketplace

HR analyst Josh Bersin sees much for the sector and HR tech market to be optimistic about this year.

How to be ruler, and not rube, in the sovereign cloud

Legislation is catching up in the cloud race, as Mueller discusses how to keep your sovereign cloud safe from outside forces.

Automation leading to greater innovation

We at UiPath have created a form of automation that emulates people performing a business activity on a computer. The software infrastructure, existing applications, and workflows are reused, reducing complexity and cost of implementation.

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.

Machine learning in erp needs Clarity with a capital C

Develops want speed, functionality and choice with software tools, while operations want security and compliance. The worlds don't always align: to find a middle ground, what comes next is MLOps.

Electric Sheep: The two-horse race in AI

Which company is the Switzerland of AI? Why have AWS and Microsoft failed? Who is leading in artificial intelligence? Find out with Holger Mueller, VP and principal analyst at Constellation Research.

Composable by nature

Today the buzzword du jour is ‘composable, ’composable business, composable thinking, composable architecture and even composable ERP.

Are you ready to weather the economic storm with agile working capital management?

With soaring inflation and interest rate rises, SAP's Thomas Mehlkopf says its time to revisit liquidity forecasting and working capital management.

From lipstick on a pig to the experience economy, the evolution of UX

Why spending vast amounts of money just to make something look good without the underlying functionality was - and still is - fool’s gold

Blurred lines: is the consumerisation of enterprise technologies creating unnecessary division?

Enterprises beware – there may be some sacrifice in software simplicity for the hybrid user

Citizen technologists, it takes more than a lion taming hat

A reminder why just because you’ve got the title, doesn’t mean you’re necessarily qualified to do the job

Premises and potentates for cloud in 2022

Quantum computing, AI, DAOs and the metaverse make for an interesting cloud race after COVID-19

From IT delivery to business success: shifting the mid-market project mindset

In a cloud world, ensure the business objectives of your project are clear

Aligning ESG and digital strategies

In the quest to build sustainable, purpose-driven companies, technology cannot be an afterthought.

An effective metaverse strategy requires a web3 mindset

Businesses might face risks by underpinning their metaverse strategies with a web2 way of thinking.

The state of the key HCM vendors for 2022 and beyond

The future of work is changing faster than ever, and people are the biggest asset of any enterprise.

A fair and inclusive future of work needs some planning

For a closer look at how much the Great Resignation is impacting the IT sector and its workforce plans for the future, just look at the data.

Why Ukrainians need UK business to step up refugee support

The story and personal history behind the RefuAid Ukraine business consortium.

The Rise of Industry Vertical Solutions

Both the platform vendor and systems integrator landscapes are changing. Where to put your money?

Welcome to the New World: how Capgemini is solving supply chain challenges

Before the global pandemic, public awareness of supply chains and the dependency on these to move goods around the world was taken for granted.

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The hidden gem in SAP RISE’s crown: the SAP Business Network

SAP’s RISE initiative has a lot of moving parts that together offer customers and prospects important incentives to move to the cloud.

Enterprises better strap in for a journey to the metaverse

When social media giant Facebook changed the name of its holding company to Meta in late 2021, both the internet and enterprise world were abuzz with confusion over what it all meant.

Platforms matter in 2022 EAP is key for ERP success

Back in 2019, I had the pleasure to author a piece for ERP today on why platforms matter. Since, the industry has not stood still, and platforms have become stronger, broader and more important for all ERP vendors.

IT makes business dreams real

Every company’s ambitions are now digital. As a result, IT permeates organizations and influences outcomes in every corner of the enterprise. Whether you sell cars or clothes, entertainment or detergent, your business architecture is likely indistinguishable from your technology architecture.

ServiceNow’s critical role in today’s HR tech market

The HR technology market is massive. More than $80bn per year is spent on tools to hire, pay, manage, develop and support employees around the world.

Platforms that deliver value through employee engagement

Over the last 18 months we have seen the constant rise in the industry narrative from the SaaS cloud platform providers regarding the importance of delivering ‘experiences that matter’.