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"Head of HR wanted, must be fluent in HCM technology" the job ads read. Here's why thriving in HR's developing role means more than just understanding people.

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Analytics and AI

Tapping into diversity with the technological revolution

Abigail Allman speaks with IFS MD UKI Stephanie Poore who offers an insightful glimpse into her own professional journey.

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Business Process Management and Automation

The low-code fix for your skills chase

Enterprises simply can't hire enough technology specialists fast enough. Are low-code and no-code solutions a perfect fix?

Data and Data Management

Cleaning up the data swamp

In a world amassing a colossal amount of data, how are we wading through the swamp? Beyond dumping our data somewhere, it also needs to be handled and put to good use.

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Security

Remote work and GenAI: spanners in the cybersecurity engine?

Remote work and GenAI are here to stay. But what does this mean for enterprise cybersecurity and how are they impacting it?

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Application Development and Integration

Comparing ERP apples and oranges – Consultant vs contractor

One of the biggest decisions organizations face with an ERP implementation is choosing between a consultant or hiring a contractor.

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GenAI guardrails ahoy with LLM sandboxes

GenAI LLMs can transform enterprises without rocking the boat. Jeremy Barnes, ServiceNow and Dave Kanter, Accenture ServiceNow Business Group, explain.

Arcwide – tall and proud

Happy first birthday to Arcwide as chief operating exec Andy Green discusses the integrator's unique position in the IFS ecosystem.

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Scaling startups for sustainable cities is a billion-dollar business

ERP Today talks to AWS’ Jeff Kratz, general manager, worldwide public sector partners about scaling startups for sustainable cities.

Off with their head! Why more tech firms are ditching their HQs

An increasing number of tech companies are abandoning the traditional HQ in favor of becoming “headquarter-less”, post-pandemic.

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Going underground: The digital twin tech turning the Piccadilly line green

TfL partners up with a start-up to develop a digital twin which, if successful, could help make London Underground carbon neutral by 2030.

Reputation on the line? Tech redundancies and jostling for future business

Exploring recent tech redundancies with the enterprise tech ecosystem, and why layoffs are never a good look.

Battling uncertainty in a hybrid world: from 2022 to what’s ahead in 2023

For success in uncertainty in 2023, businesses are turning back to their fundamental values to produce the best results.

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Enterprise tech firms switch up their messaging

Christine Horton speaks with industry professionals detailing how enterprise tech firms now market themselves to potential customers.

The birth of fusion teams

How fusion teams speed up business transformation initiatives and reduce the barrier between IT and the rest of the business.

Prodding “The Diverted” towards real sustainability

Overmilked and electric: Resulting IT's founder says that for ESG effectiveness, it’s time to step away from Walking Tech dependency.

How global consulting firms are adapting to life out of the box

There is no major technical complexity for GSIs to manage anymore. So how are Big 4 giants like KPMG, Deloitte and EY responding to increased demand for business process design and change management rather than tech implementations?

Supermarket Sweep: the enterprise app store is open for business

As enterprise technology vendors now seek to make the software procurement process simpler and safer for clients, the use of enterprise app stores to present a ‘curated showcase of solutions’ is an appealing customer proposition for many.

Big Miner: the hot potato in automation ethics

Intelligent automation is the hot potato every business wants to grab. But what will businesses need to consider to ensure data privacy for employees? And how long before hands are burnt as automation technology moves faster than ethics?

Industry 4.0: How are firms addressing the skills shortage?

Despite the hype surrounding the next Industrial Revolution, there’s one big problem: a global skills shortage is hampering the progress of Industry 4.0. Christine Horton asks how firms will solve the problem.

A new intersection: IT Policy-as-Code

Moving commercial business policy forwards into the digital age requires a deeper reliance upon cloud-native automation control. Here's why business policy and IT policy-as-code is the next intersection in ERP.

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.

Doctor Bot, curing the NHS backlog?

Technologists are out to heal the deficit in NHS resources, creating battalions of digital workers to bolster the front lines with intelligent automation. Neeti Mehta Shukla and Tremaine Richard-Noel are leading the charge.

Money in Web3 needs neither crypto nor cyberspace

Accenture, Alibaba and more explain why the future of finance doesn’t necessarily involve cryptocurrency and extended reality

Moving from mid-market to enterprise ERP: when is the right time?

When should you consider upgrading your mid-market solution for an enterprise-level ERP system?

The CFO is dead, long live the CTO

As hyperautomation technology advances, is the CFO about to see their role subsumed by a CTO?

Embridge Consulting: Toppling the technology pedestal

Emma O’Brien, founder and CEO of Embridge Consulting, on the pitfalls of ERP's current tech-first approach