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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.

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?

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Snowflake: building data clouds around the world

Snowflake’s EMEA chief Alison Tierney on adapting to new regions and dishing data across all dimensions

From hard hat to high tech, the evolving role of frontline workers

We talk to Marne Martin, president of IFS Service Management, about how the benefits of a digitalised frontline are being felt by individuals and enterprises alike.

GearTrack and NexGen Tech Solutions Strengthen Intelligent SCM Partnership

Navigating global supply chain disruption

It has never been more important to ensure supply chains are both resilient and sustainable. So how can organisations develop both short and long-term strategies to cope with global disruption?

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Samsara poised to disrupt world of physical operations

The IoT industry is more than 40 years old, but until recently most companies that strapped a device to a physical asset got little more than some binary data with almost zero value.

Young professionals are keeping office space alive

Despite all the hype about remote work, Big Tech is still clearly invested in big bricks – and so are its younger workers.

The metaverse is a shiny new hammer, but what are the nails in enterprise tech?

Deloitte, ServiceNow, Zoom and more reveal exactly what they’re thinking about a business metaverse.

Field service management solutions prepare for digital transformation

FSM solutions have been an important element in large enterprises’ operations. A raft of new technologies offers them the ability to streamline and improve service delivery.

Open Source ERP is no free lunch

The community contribution model of open source centralises around the practice of ‘code commits’ that sees users, teams and organisations actively working to share advancements for the collective benefit of others.

Moving on: When it’s time to adopt a dedicated ERP system

The time will come when basic accounting software will no longer fulfil your growing business’ requirements. There often comes a point within a relationship when one party realises it’s time to move on.

Landed costs with NetSuite and CloudPaths

How can technology provide the tools to meet the future demands of sustainable supply chains?

What is Big Tech doing to ensure its customers are equipped with the tools and technologies to ensure that supply chains are optimised and sustainable?

SAP Suite sweet spots: how well do you know your SAP Suite?

A tour around the sometimes lesser-known elements of the SAP software suite is guaranteed to provide additional insight into how the company has built a whole which has always intended to be greater than the sum of its parts.

Augmenting the butterfly’s wing: new frontiers in supply chain technology

Tech can’t prevent every freak incident, but, as HS2, Accenture and Boomi reveal, innovative software can help industries protect their supply chains during times of chaos.

Ukraine and the state of play in Enterprise Security

When it comes to cybersecurity, enterprise tech can no longer afford to ignore the threat of hostile nation states.

Being #2 set the stage for #1 in cloud ERP

Oracle has been on a journey of self-reflection over the last few years.The once brash and spiky vendor has reinvented itself with a new customer-centric narrative, a modernised partner network and a portfolio of products that has escalated it to the undisputed position as the world’s leading cloud ERP vendor.

The Now Platform is the foundation of ServiceNow’s success

The backdrop –enterprise application platform (EAP) matter more than ever. I contributed a piece to the Q1 2022 issue of ERP Today on the importance of EAPs and their key criteria that matter

The COVID-19 transformation of business transformation

According to management consultancy firm McKinsey, the average business in EMEA accelerated its digitisation by a factor of some seven years over the course of 2020.

Workflow becomes enterprise application’s cornerstone

ServiceNow has been on a roll and gaining traction in the enterprise application workflow arena. However, workflow is becoming a key element in all business applications and a fundamental digital transformation building block.

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Tech Trends Report 2022

The Deloitte Tech Trends report is in its thirteenth year and looks at current, emerging and future technology trends. It is essential reading for any digital leader and is widely regarded as one of the most comprehensive and thorough reports of its kind.