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Rootstock Launches Summer ’25 Release with AI Agent, New Data Grid, and Expanded Financials
Analytics and AI
Rootstock Launches Summer ’25 Release with AI Agent, New Data Grid, and Expanded Financials
Rootstock Software's Summer ’25 Release features an AI-Powered ERP Agent to enhance operational efficiency, a high-performance data grid for better data interaction, and new financial capabilities including support for a 13-period fiscal calendar, aiming to streamline processes for manufacturers and distributors.
Analytics and AI
AI agents and the evolution of ERP
Agentic ERP brings intelligent, AI-driven agents into the solution, allowing for more autonomous operations and decision-making. These AI Agents are capable of analyzing large datasets, predicting outcomes, and automating routine tasks, freeing up workers for more strategic activities.
Analytics and AI
State of AI in Manufacturing
Improved efficiency (49%) and productivity (40%) are the top benefits manufacturers currently gain from AI, with production planning and quality control identified as key areas for added value. Manufacturers are increasingly aligning their AI strategies with supply chain optimization and big data analytics to meet demand and ensure resilience.
Why Traditional ERP Access Controls Are Failing Against Modern Insider Threats
Security
The $17.4 Million Question: Why Traditional ERP Access Controls Are Failing Against Modern Insider Threats
The 2025 Ponemon report reveals that organizations are spending an average of $17.4 million annually to manage insider threats, particularly from negligent employees and sophisticated malicious actors, while highlighting the urgent need for enhanced visibility and cross-application risk management to combat these emerging internal dangers.
Data and Data Management
Modernize to monetize: BMC’s connected platform powers a shift to help drive more profit
BMC Software transformed its revenue operations by adopting a unified subscription-based model with the help of PwC and Zuora, resulting in streamlined processes, improved data integration, and enhanced customer satisfaction.
ERP Strategy and Planning
SNP at 30 Transforming Tomorrow
SNP’s unique Bluefield™ approach combines the best of greenfield and brownfield strategies, offering a faster, more flexible route to S/4HANA. With SNP Kyano, companies can visualize their SAP landscape, simulate outcomes, and execute complex changes in a fraction of the usual time.
Data and Data Management
The ROI of Instant Insights: Quantifying the Business Impact of Orbit websheets
Orbit Websheets allow users to create flexible, interactive reports connected to live ERP data without depending on IT. As a result, teams are empowered to make quicker, more informed decisions while reducing the overhead of traditional reporting cycles.
Data and Data Management
Orbit Analytics Introduces Websheets; A Cloud-Native, AI-Powered Spreadsheet Tool for Oracle and Cloud Data
Orbit Analytics has launched Websheets, an AI-powered cloud-based spreadsheet interface that connects directly to live data, improving efficiency and saving users up to 35% on data analysis tasks while enabling real-time access and collaboration for finance, operations, and executive teams.
Oracle and AWS Cloud Database
Cloud Platform and Technology
Oracle & AWS Collaboration to Boost Cloud Database
Amazon Web Services and Oracle have launched Oracle Database@AWS, allowing customers to run Oracle workloads on dedicated infrastructure within Oracle Cloud on AWS, enhancing seamless data integration while maintaining high performance.
Combating Vendor Lock-Ins with JiVS During SAP S/4HANA Migrations
Cloud Platform and Technology
Combating Vendor Lock-Ins with JiVS During SAP S/4HANA Migrations
As pressure mounts from boardrooms and regulators, SAP leaders must navigate the complexities of data sovereignty and vendor lock-in while utilizing DMI’s Data Replication Service to enable real-time, application-independent data access, ensuring compliance and agility during SAP S/4HANA migrations.
Analytics and AI
Global Foundries Case Study
Global Foundries, a leading semiconductor manufacturer, successfully migrated to Orbit Reporting & Analytics for real-time operational reporting and analytics. With seamless integration with different databases and powerful dashboard capabilities, Orbit performed beyond expectations. Global Foundries users were thrilled to utilize the advanced features of Orbit. Read the case study to know more.
Data and Data Management
Orbit Analytics Expands Power BI Solution for Oracle Fusion Cloud with Enterprise-Grade Data Pipelines and Prepackaged Analytics
Orbit Analytics has launched its Power BI Integration for Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications, providing a no-code solution that automates data extraction and real-time reporting, significantly improving data accessibility and decision-making for enterprises.
Financial Management
Orbit Analytics Launches Blaze Adaptive Memory for GL Sense
Orbit Analytics has launched an intelligent upgrade to its GL Sense reporting solution for Oracle ERP users, featuring the new Blaze Adaptive Memory technology that enhances real-time data accessibility and reporting efficiency by adapting to user behavior.
Data and Data Management
Alcoa Case Study
The implementation of Orbit at Alcoa brought transformative changes to their reporting landscape. By consolidating multiple software installs, adopting generic data models, and reducing the number of reports, Alcoa achieved significant cost savings and improved efficiency in its reporting processes.
Financial Management
Why Billing Doesn’t Belong in ERP: Insights from ISG & 24 Hour Fitness on Accelerating Digital Transformation
This webinar explores why modern businesses like 24 Hour Fitness are unbundling billing from ERPs to accelerate transformation, featuring expert insights from ISG and Zuora.
Financial Management
Adapt fast & monetize any business model
Take an interactive tour of Zuora Billing and see how it streamlines quote-to-cash, handles complex pricing models, and empowers teams to quickly adapt to market changes.
ERP Strategy and Planning
From SNP Transformation World 2025 – Rami Amkieh
ERP Today’s Robert Holland sat down with Rami Amkieh, Senior Vice President Middle East and Africa at SNP, to discuss the challenges faced by customers in the Middle East and Africa, how SNP is working with those customers to support their transformation goals, and the technologies that SNP is using to facilitate those transformations.
ERP Strategy and Planning
From SNP Transformation World 2025 – Don Mahoney
Robert Holland from ERP Today sat down with Don Mahoney, Chief Customer Officer at SNP, to talk about the challenges that customers face in finding the right approach to transformation, the preparations they can make regardless of a final transformation decision, and what makes successful transformation projects different.
ERP Strategy and Planning
From SNP Transformation World 2025 – Richard & Daniela Bühler
Richard Bühler, Head of Global IT at Cerdia, and Daniela Bühler, Head of IT Applications at Cerdia, sat down with Robert Holland of ERP Today to talk about their move to SAP S/4HANA. Having a long history with SAP, beginning with SAP R/2 and SAP R/3, and following a launch as a standalone company in 2019, Cerdia needed to move their SAP landscape from their SAP ECC 6 system. They have now completed their move to SAP S/4HANA, going live in April on RISE with SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition.
ERP Strategy and Planning
From SNP Transformation World 2025 – Saleha F. Al-Kuaisi
Robert Holland from ERP Today talked with Saleha Al-Kubasi, Head of SAP at Qatar Chemicals, and Ravi Mahalingam, Managing Director of SNP Middle East, about Qatar Chemicals’ recent move to SAP S/4HANA on RISE with SAP. With over 20 years of history with SAP, Qatar Chemicals needed to update their systems, user experience, and transition to the cloud.
ERP Strategy and Planning
From SNP Transformation World 2025 – SNP Japan & Accenture Japan
Robert Holland from ERP Today sits down with Shuhei Hotosanhi, Managing Director of SNP Japan, Mitsuhiro Wake, Managing Director of Accenture Japan, and Hiroki Irisawa, Associate Director of Accenture Japan, to talk about the unique challenges faced by Japanese customers, how SNP and Accenture are collaborating to support digital transformation journeys, and what considerations will be most important for customers over the coming year.
ERP Strategy and Planning
From SNP Transformation World 2025 – SNP ANZ & IBM Australia
Robert Holland of ERP Today sat down with Richard Checketts, Managing Director ANZ at SNP, and Marcus Scott, SAP Practice Lead at IBM Australia, to talk about how the unique factors impacting customers in Australia and New Zealand and how SNP and IBM are collaborating for success.
ERP Strategy and Planning
From SNP Transformation World 2025 – Adriana Bassi
ERP Today’s Robert Holland talked with Adriana Bassi, IT Executive Manager at Raizen about the company’s crucial transformation to SAP Business Suite on HANA. Coming from a situation where their existing SAP ECC 5.0 deployment has been running without mainstream maintenance for over a decade, including the associated cybersecurity and business continuity risks, the strategic move also aimed to help the organization create a path for a future deployment of SAP S/4HANA.
ERP Strategy and Planning
SAP’s Post-Award Momentum: How 2024 ERP Today Recognition Has Translated to Real-World Impact
SAP's 2024 ERP Vendor of the Year award has catalyzed its cloud transformation mission, solidifying its position as a leader in AI-driven enterprise solutions and driving significant innovation and market expansion, evidenced by major customer wins and the development of tools like the Business Data Cloud and the AI assistant Joule.
ERP Strategy and Planning
From SNP Transformation World 2025 – Sandrine Pons
ERP Today’s Robert Holland sat down with Sandrine Pons, Managing Director of SNP France and General Manager of SNP Iberia and BeNeLux at SNP Transformation World, to talk about the unique challenges faced by the customers in the regions she...
ERP Strategy and Planning
From SNP Transformation World 2025 – Tara von Metzen
SNP’s Head of Products and Innovation, Tara von Metzen, sat down with ERP Today’s Robert Holland to talk about new developments that have been launched over the last year as well as what is on the roadmap for the future. Kyano brings together the data migration capabilities that have been available for years in SNP CrystalBridge and enhances them with everything from enabling business agility to continuous assessments.
ERP Strategy and Planning
From SNP Transformation World 2025 – Tim Garippa
Tim Garippa, Transformation and Innovation Lead at Adobe Technology, sat down with Robert Holland of ERP Today to discuss Adobe’s recent transition to SAP S/4HANA including a migration from a very large source system and a short deadline for completion. Garippa appeared on stage during the SNP Transformation World keynote along with other SNP customers to talk about Adobe’s success and the role that SNP played in their project.
ERP Strategy and Planning
From SNP Transformation World 2025 – Thomas Pfiester
Following his participation in the opening keynote at SNP Transformation World, ERP Today’s Robert Holland talked with Thomas Pfiester, Head of Global Customer Engagement and Services and Member of the Extended Board of SAP, about the transformation and innovation journey to SAP Business Suite, how SAP is helping customers get to the point where they can use AI in their day-to-day operations, and SAP’s relationship with SNP.
ERP Strategy and Planning
From SNP Transformation World 2025 – Robert Schmaltz
DHL Group is currently undertaking a global SAP S/4HANA transformation program, with Robert Schmaltz, Global Head of Process Standards and Governance, overseeing the process model and ensuring its fit for various entities. DHL has a long history with SAP, including legacy systems from R2 to R3 migrations, and is now transforming a "very customized, very grown SAP system".
migration
ERP Strategy and Planning
The ERP Elephant in the Room: Why Legacy System Decommissioning is Business Critical
Modern enterprises face significant challenges with legacy ERP decommissioning, as maintaining outdated systems poses financial, security, and compliance risks, making it imperative for organizations to strategically sunset these systems to unlock the full potential of their digital transformation efforts.
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