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Data security in the cloud: Why it’s important and where to start

In today's digital landscape, organizations must prioritize cloud data security by implementing effective policies and tools that balance protection of sensitive information with employee productivity, addressing risks such as shadow IT, insider threats, and accidental exposure.

Cloud Platform and Technology

Nutanix simplifies management & Ops of Kubernetes clusters

Nutanix has introduced the Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) at its .NEXT conference, aimed at simplifying the management of Kubernetes clusters across various environments, providing a complete cloud-native solution, and supporting enterprise resilience and compliance for modern applications.

Analytics and AI

How AI in ERP will drive smarter cloud cost control

The integration of generative AI with ERP systems and FinOps is enhancing operational efficiency, enabling better cost tracking, predictive analytics, and improved financial decision-making, while fostering collaboration between finance and engineering teams.

Application Development and Integration

Chocks away, Southwest Airlines elevates with mission-critical automation with Red Hat

Southwest Airlines has implemented the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform to enhance its network management efficiency, enabling rapid upgrades and standardized configurations across its extensive operations, while minimizing downtime and fostering innovation within its IT teams.

Application Development and Integration

Incident-ally: New Relic & Atlassian observability integration for Jira

New Relic has launched an integration with Atlassian, becoming the first observability platform to connect with Jira's new incident tracking capability, aimed at helping software development teams manage incidents more effectively and streamline their workflows.

Cloud Platform and Technology

Catchpoint: Site Reliability Engineering comes of age

Catchpoint's 2024 Site Reliability Engineering report highlights the critical role of SREs in maintaining reliable digital services, revealing trends in incident management, the importance of monitoring beyond traditional boundaries, and the growing recognition of their foundational contribution to business innovation.

Application Development and Integration

Appian end-to-end process automation starts with partners

At the Appian World 2024 conference, Appian highlighted the significant contributions of its partners, announcing award winners including KPMG for transformation, Groundswell for growth, Ignyte for innovation, and Perficient for delivery, each recognized for their exceptional work in leveraging the Appian platform to drive customer success and innovation.

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Cloud Platform and Technology

Don’t forget the cloud on the road to AI digital transformation

AI and cloud solutions are transforming business operations by enhancing efficiency and agility, yet many organizations remain in the experimentation phase with AI in the cloud, emphasizing the need for tailored strategies that align these technologies for optimal growth, data security, and operational advancement.

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Cloud Platform and Technology

Effective management and modernization of ERP systems are essential for business efficiency, yet many leaders face challenges with data accuracy and user support, prompting the need for solutions like More4apps to streamline data processes and enhance organizational productivity.

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Business Process Management and Automation

How to streamline budgeting and forecasting in Oracle Project Management

Companies deploying software like Oracle's Projects Module for Fusion ERP Cloud should evaluate functionality and usability to improve project management, as high-volume data handling often leads to inefficiencies, prompting the need for enhanced desktop integration tools like those offered by More4apps.

Application Development and Integration

NTT Low-Latency Network connects urban & suburban datacenters in US & UK

At the Upgrade 2024 conference, NTT Corporation showcased its All-Photonics Network (APN) technology, achieving under 1 millisecond latency for connections between datacenters in the U.S. and U.K., paving the way for enhanced AI analysis and financial services.

Data and Data Management

DataStax acquires Langflow for easier gen-AI, at scale

DataStax has acquired AI startup Langflow to enhance the development of retrieval augmented generation (RAG) applications, providing developers with a user-friendly visual framework and one-click deployment to accelerate generative AI application creation.

Application Development and Integration

The FlowDown podcast

The article provides links to stream a podcast episode on YouTube and Spotify.

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Data and Data Management

Making sense of cloud-first ERP with Britvic

Implementing a cloud-based ERP system offers significant benefits such as reduced costs and faster ROI, but organizations must carefully consider data migration strategies and potential risks, as exemplified by Britvic's successful use of an iPaaS solution for its digital transformation.

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Cloud Platform and Technology

Data in the cloud drives employee onboarding for MOD Pizza

Shifting to cloud-based ERP systems can enhance operational efficiency and scalability, but organizations must also prioritize effective onboarding processes to improve employee retention and satisfaction, as demonstrated by MOD Pizza's automated onboarding transformation.

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Analytics and AI

AI-driven analytics can change the way you use your data

AI-driven data analytics automates and accelerates the analysis of vast business data, enhancing speed, accuracy, and insight, while requiring pervasive connectivity for optimal effectiveness.

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Analytics and AI

Simply put, your ERP system can’t do AI analytics

Leveraging analytics and AI through effective data integration can enhance decision-making and operational efficiency in organizations by enabling quick access to in situ data for automation and strategic analysis.

Application Development and Integration

ERP Today Live! with IBM and Oracle

IBM’s Chacko Thomas, Nirmal Assudani and Oracle’s John Barcus discuss how companies can use a new Oracle-IBM solution in the aftermarket sector.

Cloud Platform and Technology

Couchbase accelerates AI-adaptive apps with vector injection

Couchbase, Inc. has launched vector search in its Couchbase Capella and Couchbase Server to enhance the development of AI-powered adaptive applications, allowing for hybrid searches that streamline data processing and improve application performance across various platforms.

Analytics and AI

NTT & Red Hat ‘edge up’ AI analytics with IOWN

The IOWN initiative, driven by photonic technology and collaboration between companies like NTT, Red Hat, and Nvidia, aims to enhance real-time AI data analysis at the edge by using an All-Photonics Network for lower latency and power consumption, ultimately contributing to a sustainable and smarter society.

Application Development and Integration

eBook – Making your workload setup a breeze with modernized management apps

Unifii has launched a Workload Management App designed to streamline business operations by replacing inefficient manual processes and legacy systems like spreadsheets and shared mailboxes with a tailored digital solution that enhances productivity, communication, and governance.

Analytics and AI

Salesforce and AWS step up to bolster AI safety and drug discovery

Salesforce has announced it has been selected to join the National Institute of Standards and Technology to help facilitate AI collaboration.

Manufacturing Systems and Automation

Ten things great manufacturers won’t do

This briefing by Global Shop Management lists the ten things the best manufacturers try not to do and how their business has succeeded amid the challenges in keeping a modernized ERP.

Application Development and Integration

The ultimate guide to buying ERP software

Read the guide by Global Shop Solutions to help you through the entire ERP buying journey. From learning the ERP software basics, to budgeting, to building a complete checklist for evaluation potential providers, this guide covers everything you will need to make critical decisions.

Automation

Why Does ‘Composable’ Have to Be Limited to ERP? by Boomi

The concept of a composable architecture is linked to ERP — breaking apart specific components into bite-size pieces that can be more quickly and easily updated or exchanged for new functionality without having to tackle the entire massive application. Read the blog by Boomi.

Application Development and Integration

The Value of Data for a Composable ERP Architecture by Boomi

SAP and Oracle users are being forced into cloud migration, but many other businesses are jumping at the opportunity to relinquish on-premises application management for a cloud- or hybrid on-premises/cloud architecture. And that means dealing with a lot of data, and a lot of applications. Read the blog by Boomi.

Automation

CloudBolt drives ‘cloud ROI’ with augmented FinOps

CloudBolt aims to redefine FinOps by introducing Augmented FinOps capabilities in 2024, utilizing AI and ML to optimize cloud investment and shift the focus from merely cloud-first strategies to more value-driven cloud management.