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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.

Tech talent shortage – why it’s time to get outside your comfort zone

The talent crisis continues to impact every aspect of the tech industry. There simply are not enough qualified individuals to support the work that is required – a problem that has been exposed by the acceleration in digital transformation necessitated by COVID-19.

How Innovation and Responsibility Drive a Sustainable Future This Earth Day

Taking control of your supply chain

Tackling Scope 3 emissions can seem like a daunting task - but it’s a necessary aspect of any net zero plan Coming out of COP26, business leaders across all industries pledged to accelerate climate action throughout every aspect of their organisations.

The IoT sweet spot – how much data is too much data?

The Internet of Things (IoT) is no longer news. The Gartners of the world have made their predictions about the billions of connected devices and sensors that are on their way to run our world – and most of those predictions have come true.

Industries: the final frontier for cloud

Ever bought something new to find that it’s actually something old in a different wrapper? There are some great examples of deep domain experience, regulatory compliance and finely tuned capability - but there is also a lot of vapourware out there too.

Boomerang hires and the importance of maintaining relationships with former employees

The battle for talent is well documented in this issue of ERP Today and virtually all large employers are in a race against time to find, hire and onboard the staff they need to meet their obligations.

BLAH, BLAH, BLAH

Can sustainable supply chains help firms rise above the greenwash noise and deliver real value to customers and the environment? Greta Thunberg has a point. We’ve heard it all before.

10 things to know Now about ServiceNow

ServiceNow is a company dedicated to making work, work better. With many of its core competencies resting in IT services management and IT operations management, ServiceNow was founded according to a simple vision detailed by founder and chairman of the board Fred Luddy.

The state of AI and UK healthcare

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

Productivity and people – why finance is so much more than balancing the books

Advanced CFO Andrew Hicks discusses insights and statistics that have come from the Advanced Workforce Trends Survey. The article analyses key take-outs from a finance perspective.

Can ERP save the world?

There’s a hypothesis in cosmology and astrophysics called the Fermi Paradox that ponders a simple question – where are the aliens? This thought experiment illuminates the contradiction between the absence of evidence for extraterrestrial life and the mathematical prediction that life should be evident throughout the cosmos

Why multi-cloud is the New Normal

Not long ago the IT landscape of an enterprise was a simple affair: one or a few data centres, usually determined by location requirements, would create a system landscape that every IT person with 10 or more year’s work experience grew up with. Fast forward to the 2010s and the landscape was characterised by duality – meaning that the data centres were still there – and a few workloads in the cloud, most likely a single cloud.

Will low-code / no-code drive or fix ERP technical debt?

It’s easy to jump on a bandwagon, especially in technology circles. When the next ‘killer app’ comes along (or the next Twitter starts to emerge), every protagonist, futurist, evangelist (and possibly a few tech-polygamists) wants a share of voice and a slice of the market pie.

Can a new entrant change the game in the experience economy?

Getting the band back together is not always a prudent idea. How many times have we seen legends reform in their twilight years only to undo their previous good work and rewrite their legacy with a failed attempt at making it again?

Living the EAM Dream: How asset management has changed

Asset Performance Management (APM) is the evolution of Enterprise Asset Management (EAM), so how will this technology now be applied inside the Industry 4.0 universe to give us the Maintenance 4.0 intelligence we will need to keep running?

Retail software & tech trends

Ask any retailer what keeps them awake at night and the majority will probably answer Amazon. The combination of product range, price, availability and delivery infrastructure has caught many asleep at the wheel. Just when everyone thought ecommerce was king...

Creating resilient end-to-end agility in the New Digital Supply Chain

COVID-19 has caused even the most robust supply chains to creak. What lessons can we learn and how should enterprises structure their supply chain so that digital technologies ensure goods and services flow?

Acumatica takes on Sage in the UK

Acumatica is the US-based cloud-native ERP vendor that has set its sights on a big slice of the UK market that is currently occupied by Sage. Acumatica is from the same stable as IFS...

Going green with the Cloud

We’re encouraged to choose more sustainable options every day – and this extends to the decisions organisations make when purchasing technology. For any number of reasons, sustainability is an increasingly important factor in the IT decision making process today...

Michiel Verhoeven: Can a new MD move the needle for UK customers?

Back in July 2020, SAP appointed Michiel Verhoeven as managing director in the UK&I – until now we haven’t heard much from the new top man. In his first media interview since taking over the hot seat...