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How Manufacturers Can Thrive in the New Age of Disruption

In the volatile manufacturing landscape shaped by global disruptions, companies must adopt intelligence, innovation, and agility to transform internal processes, leverage advanced technologies, and effectively respond to market changes for long-term success.

Application Development and Integration

Using the AI Launchpad Service and Command Prompt Engineering

At the SAPinsider Vegas 2024 conference, participants in the inaugural Developers Challenge utilized the SAP AI Launchpad to showcase innovative applications of generative AI in just eight hours, highlighting the transformative potential of AI in software development alongside critical techniques like prompt engineering.

Enterprise Asset Management

EAM (Enterprise Asset Management)

The article outlines the importance of Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) for manufacturers to maximize asset utilization, extend equipment life, support operational efficiency, and address key challenges such as diversity of assets, maintenance scheduling, hidden costs, and quality assurance.

Enterprise Architecture

What’s the True Cost of a Critical Business System Outage?

The article emphasizes the critical importance of managing risks associated with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems to prevent disruptions, detailing a three-step approach for proactive system management that encourages manufacturers to move beyond mere maintenance towards strategic IT investments for enhanced resilience and alignment with business goals.

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Analytics and AI

Enhancing your enterprise AI with the right tools

Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing enterprise technology by enhancing productivity and optimizing business processes through tailored deployment of proprietary data, particularly when integrated with Process Intelligence to ensure accurate insights and mitigate issues like AI hallucinations.

Application Development and Integration

Webinar: Why you should defer migration to S/4HANA and RISE, presented by Rimini Street

The webinar discusses the importance of carefully considering the decision to migrate to S/4HANA, emphasizing that businesses should prioritize making moves that ensure a return on investment, particularly in light of alternative support options like Rimini Street that can extend the lifespan of current SAP systems.

Data and Data Management

Smooth seas ahead: Cruise line transforms data accuracy

The cruise industry is focused on cost reduction and debt management as it rebounds from the financial challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Application Development and Integration

Tricentis dials call to highlight poor mobile app quality

At SAP Sapphire Orlando 2024, Tricentis highlighted its AI-driven Tricentis Tosca Copilot tool aimed at enhancing mobile application quality, revealing that poor mobile app quality costs businesses significantly, while emphasizing the potential of AI and low-code/no-code solutions to improve testing efficiency and business outcomes.

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Supply Chain Management

What makes a robust supply chain solution?

Chi Park of Accelalpha discusses the impact of COVID-19 on supply chains, highlighting the need for enhanced visibility and robust solutions like their Command Center dashboard, which integrates various supply chain data and utilizes Oracle's AI capabilities, while predicting a resurgence of manufacturing in the U.S.

Application Development and Integration

ERP Today Live! with Boomi

In a discussion hosted by Giacomo Lee, Ed Macosky from Boomi addresses the challenges of AI integration in ERP systems, focusing on security and cost management to facilitate hybrid technology adoption.

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.

Cloud Platform and Technology

Nutanix analysis details ‘cloud smart’ workspace embrace of multicloud

Nutanix's sixth annual Enterprise Cloud Index survey reveals a shift towards 'cloud smart' strategies among organizations, emphasizing hybrid multi-cloud adoption driven by performance, cost management, and sustainability concerns, while highlighting ransomware recovery challenges and significant migration activity.

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.

Application Development and Integration

Kubecon + CloudNativeCon 2024 Europe: Solidifying branding & training for cloud-native natives

At Kubecon + CloudNativeCon 2024 in Paris, participants were invited to design a 10th-anniversary logo for Kubernetes to celebrate its crucial role in container orchestration, alongside the launch of new cloud-native training courses aimed at enhancing skills for IT professionals.

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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.