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Cloud Platform and Technology
Clean core: Paving the way for the SAP transformation
RISE with SAP facilitates the consolidation and optimization of complex SAP environments by embracing the 'clean core' principle, which enhances efficiency, reduces costs, and enables companies to leverage SAP's latest innovations without excessive customization.
Cloud Platform and Technology
Digitalization: From vision to reality
The article discusses the ongoing challenges and critical importance of digital transformation for organizations, emphasizing that while many invest in digital technologies, a significant gap remains between their aspirations and actual implementation, and highlights the necessity for a coherent strategy, cultural change, skilled workforce, and robust technological infrastructure to succeed.
Analytics and AI
Clarity in the Data Jungle
SAP is embedding AI into its systems to transform raw data into actionable intelligence, enhance operational efficiency, and drive innovation, thereby helping organizations lower costs and improve customer satisfaction.
ERP Strategy and Planning
How is RISE with SAP key to Industry 4.0?
Manufacturers face significant challenges in migrating to next-generation SAP platforms, as the complexity, resource demands, and risks involved in digital transformation often lead to 'transformation fatigue,' necessitating tailored strategies and partnerships for effective modernization.
ERP Strategy and Planning
Cloud transformation in a regulated world
Financial institutions in Europe face the challenge of balancing urgent cloud transformation with strict regulatory compliance, and RISE with SAP, supported by T-Systems, offers a structured pathway to modernize ERP systems while ensuring security, flexibility, and adherence to industry regulations.
SYSPRO and NexSys
Vena Acquires Acterys to Create Microsoft-Native Orchestrated Planning Environment
Vena Solutions announced its acquisition of Managility Pty Ltd (Acterys), merging its Excel-native financial planning platform with Acterys' analytics capabilities, creating a Microsoft-native environment for integrated planning.
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ERP Strategy and Planning
LF Selects Rimini Street to Optimize ERP Support and Fund Innovation
LF has selected Rimini Street to support its SAP and Oracle systems, seeking to lower maintenance costs, improve service quality, and fund innovation initiatives across the business.
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Analytics and AI
SAP, AWS Embed Generative AI Directly Into SAP Consulting Work
SAP and AWS are embedding generative AI into SAP consulting work through SAP Joule for Consultants, integrating Anthropic Claude models via Amazon Bedrock to support delivery teams.
Cloud Platform and Technology
Project Management Software Market to Pass $9 Billion by 2030
The global project management software market is projected to reach $9.1 billion by 2030, growing at a 14.34% CAGR, driven by rising demand for digital collaboration tools in hybrid work environments, with significant influence from major vendors.
Analytics and AI
Building Digital Coworkers That Ask the Right Questions
Enterprise software is evolving towards worker-centric models where autonomous AI agents, integrated within platforms like Nextworld Intelligence, execute complete business processes independently, transforming ERP systems into operational foundations.
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Analytics and AI
The New ERP Backbone: Databricks, Inetum, and the Shift to AI-Native ERP Architectures
ERP systems are entering an AI-augmented era, but many data foundations are not ready. This analysis examines why AI-native ERP architectures are emerging, how Databricks is becoming the intelligence layer, and how Inetum helps enterprises operationalize AI with trust, governance, and scale.
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Application Development and Integration
CloudRock Was the One Deal SuccessDay Said Yes To
After years of rejecting acquisition approaches, SuccessDay agreed to a founder-led ERP consulting acquisition with CloudRock. The deal highlights how advisory-first consulting firms are scaling deliberately without disrupting delivery models or client relationships.
Oracle Database
Analytics and AI
Oracle AI Database 26ai Brings Enterprise AI to On-Premises Deployments
Oracle's release of AI Database 26ai Enterprise Edition for on-premises Linux x86-64 platforms brings AI vector search, quantum-resistant encryption, and autonomous database features to facilitate data sovereignty and regulatory compliance.
Analytics and AI
Achieving Manufacturing Operational Excellence in the Marketplace
The partnership between Syspro and SugarCRM introduces Sugar for Syspro, designed to enhance sales navigation and operational efficiency in complex manufacturing environments by eliminating manual data entry errors and fostering collaboration through integrated ERP-CRM visibility.
Analytics and AI
ERP in 2026: What Changes When Systems Start Acting on Our Behalf
As ERP transitions from a control-centric model to one empowered by agentic AI that autonomously executes decisions, CIOs must rethink governance, accountability, and operational readiness to address new risks and ensure effective outcomes.
Analytics and AI
Microsoft Q2 2026 Results Show AI, Cloud Growth Accelerating as Spending Surges
Microsoft reported strong Q2 FY2026 results with $81.3 billion in revenue, driven by significant growth in cloud and AI services, despite a sharp increase in capital expenditures to support infrastructure demands, reflecting the company's aggressive AI ambitions.
IFS appoints Matt Breslin as President, North America to drive Industrial AI growth
Analytics and AI
IFS Posts Strong ARR Growth as Industrial AI Transitions to Production
IFS's fiscal 2025 report highlights a significant 23% year-over-year growth in annual recurring revenue and 114% net retention, showcasing the successful deployment of industrial AI in asset-intensive sectors.
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Application Development and Integration
Brex’s ERP Integrations Move Accounting Control Upstream
Brex’s Accounting API connects transaction systems directly to ERP logic, enforcing accounting rules earlier in the process. The shift highlights how accounting control is moving upstream across enterprise finance architectures.
Automation
NetSuite 2025.2 Enhances Supply Chain Agility Amid Growing Operational Pressures
NetSuite’s 2025.2 release enhances supply chain management with improved planning and fulfillment capabilities, allowing organizations to better handle production schedules, inventory allocation, and order prioritization amidst ongoing global disruptions.
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Analytics and AI
i-Tech Support Brings AI Decision Intelligence to Acumatica Customers
i-Tech Support has partnered with ConverSight to provide AI-powered decision intelligence for Acumatica ERP customers, enabling faster actionable insights from ERP data with a prebuilt analytics solution.
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Analytics and AI
AR Complexity Is Exposing ERP System Limits
A new study examines where ERP systems fall short in accounts receivable, highlighting how automation gaps, system fragmentation, and rising complexity affect cash-flow execution.
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Analytics and AI
Snowflake, OpenAI Partner to Embed AI in Data Cloud in $200M Deal
Snowflake and OpenAI have entered a $200 million multiyear partnership to embed OpenAI models directly into Snowflake’s AI Data Cloud, enabling enterprises to build AI agents and analyze data within governed environments.
Analytics and AI
Acumatica Summit Recap: ERP Elevated as Proactive Intelligence Infrastructure
At Summit 2026, Acumatica executives revealed a vision for ERP systems as predictive intelligence platforms leveraging digital replicas and AI to streamline operations, improve decision-making, and enhance user experiences through behavioral telemetry, all while emphasizing a partner-led growth model to address mid-market challenges.
Application Development and Integration
Sage CRM 2026 R1 Prioritizes Stability Over Features in Strategic Reset
Sage's CRM 2026 R1 release, set for late March, emphasizes a predictable release cadence that facilitates smoother integrations and prepares for future AI capabilities.
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Analytics and AI
Snowflake Expands Energy Sector AI Push with New Industry Partnerships
Snowflake’s new Energy Solutions offering gained traction as with partnerships to bring AI-driven analytics to energy operations, pricing intelligence, and grid planning workflows.
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Analytics and AI
Microsoft Data Security Index 2026: AI Adoption Is Outpacing Data Security Controls
Microsoft’s 2026 Data Security Index shows generative AI adoption accelerating faster than data security controls, exposing governance and visibility gaps across enterprise environments.
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Analytics and AI
Workday to Invest CAD $1 Billion in Canada as Demand Grows for Compliant, AI-Enabled ERP
Workday plans a CAD $1 billion investment in Canada to expand talent, operations, and customer support as demand grows for compliant, AI-enabled ERP software.
Analytics and AI
Acumatica Leveraging Telemetry, Personalization to Reduce ERP Workflow Complexity
Acumatica executives announced plans at Summit 2026 to simplify workflows using behavioral telemetry and AI-driven personalization, enhance user experience in ERP systems, and prioritize real-time vendor and partner portal integrations.
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Analytics and AI
Five AI Predictions for Finance From Sage CTO Aaron Harris
Sage Global CTO Aaron Harris outlines five predictions for how artificial intelligence will reshape finance and accounting in 2026. In an interview with ERP Today, he explains why accountability, trust, and system design are becoming central as AI moves into production use.
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Analytics and AI
AI’s Infrastructure Risks Raise New Stakes for ERP Systems
AI’s growing dependence on energy, compute, and concentrated supply chains is introducing new cost and governance risks for ERP systems, according to research from Arthur D. Little’s Blue Shift Institute.
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