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Why is transformation failing in our universities?

The irony of lagging progress for ERP in educational faculties. Few, if any sectors, could benefit more from an overhaul of systems and processes than higher education (HE). Yet, virtually every attempt...

It’s no longer a two-horse race

As the post-modern ERP market matures there’s more choice than ever and the opportunities for ERP buyers could not be better. It used to be said that no-one ever got sacked for choosing Oracle or SAP...

Do women [still] really have more to prove?

We can walk the same walk, but do we talk the same talk? Georgina Elrington looks at how the simple conditioning of genders will keep the diversity conversation going...

For the challengers

IFS may be the biggest (and best) ERP vendor that you haven’t heard of. With sales approaching $700m and plans to hit the $1bn mark by 2021, IFS is a taking a refreshing approach to selling enterprise technology...

What future for on premise?

As a journalist, I find myself at the same crossroads as many CIOs; I know cloud technologies – whether applications or infrastructure – are complete game changers. I understand that AI-infused ERP systems...

Are you ready to get ready for the cloud?

For decades we have believed that our business processes were the horse and the system was the cart. Now, CEOs are being urged to switch that long held belief and embrace a new way of working that puts...

Customisation

There was once a well-trodden path for ERP implementations. Buy a licence from Oracle or SAP for some generic finance and HR software and then give Deloitte or Capgemini several million pounds to dismantle...

IPO set to catapult Infor into the big league

Charles Phillips is not your typical American tech CEO. He is an elegant man. Gently spoken, thoughtful in his responses and his calm and measured tone is to the point and unexaggerated; a far cry from...

Artificial Intelligence

Do you know what it is? AI is the hottest topic in tech right now. But, like with so many other hot topics there is a lot of confusion, misunderstanding and false narrative...

Cloud Wars

As cloud computing becomes the foundation of the emerging digital economy, the future of work in this fast-paced new world is being shaped by a new generation of SaaS applications that are infused with AI...

RIP Systems Integrators

The role of the system integrator is changing almost as fast as the technologies that they are implementing. Can SIs disrupt themselves as well?

Experience & Expectation ERA

What does the X factor say about your company? Wanting to deliver great experiences is one thing but doing it well is quite another. In this section, Helen Peatfield looks at understanding what...

Power to the people – Putting HR at the heart of your business

Addressing process progress for profit from your most valuable resource. Enabling your people and your processes for optimum profit. Digital HR and human capital management (HCM) applications are playing an increasingly major...

It’s 2019 and ERP platforms matter

It used to be that functionality was all and everything for ERP selection, but this has fundamentally changed as platforms are the base that powers successful enterprises in the 21st century...