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Cloud Platform and Technology
Your AI Roadmap Has a Cloud Problem: New NTT DATA Research Reveals Why Enterprise Cloud Maturity Is the Gating Factor for AI Success
Despite extensive investments in cloud migration, only 14% of enterprises have achieved the advanced cloud maturity necessary to support AI-driven innovations, posing significant strategic challenges as organizations grapple with legacy systems and the urgent need for integrated cloud and AI strategies.
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Spend Management and Procurement
SAP Embeds AI and Joule Into SAP Ariba To Transform Enterprise Procurement
SAP’s next-generation Ariba platform integrates AI and Joule on SAP BTP to help enterprises automate sourcing, improve decision-making and modernize procurement operations.
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Analytics and AI
Companies Are Acting on AI Value They Haven’t Realized Yet
Most organizations say AI delivers value, but few can measure it consistently. New research shows that measurement maturity and operating models determine whether AI produces repeatable enterprise ROI.
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ERP Strategy and Planning
Clorox Shows What SAP S/4HANA Transformations Require Before 2027
Clorox’s $580M SAP S/4HANA transformation highlights how design, benchmarking, and execution decisions shape outcomes beyond go-live.
Application Development and Integration
IFS Starts 2026 Strong As Industrial AI Embeds In Ops
IFS reported 25% YoY growth in annual recurring revenue to start 2026 and a shift in industrial AI usage from single-task support to integration into planning and execution processes, highlighting the company's deepening role in asset-intensive sectors.
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Manufacturing Systems and Automation
SAP EWM Meets Humanoid Robotics in New Accenture and Vodafone Warehouse Pilot
SAP, Accenture, and Vodafone Procure & Connect have launched a warehouse pilot that integrates humanoid robots with SAP Extended Warehouse Management, showcasing how SAP EWM could become a control layer for physical AI, governed automation, and real-time warehouse execution.
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Financial Management
Zuora Adds AI Agents for Quote-to-Cash Workflows and Auditability
Zuora introduces AI agents for quote-to-cash workflows, focusing on how outputs are integrated, explained, and executed within financial controls, audit frameworks, and operational processes.
Project Prometheus AI
Analytics and AI
Jeff Bezos’ Project Prometheus Nears $38 Billion Valuation, Targets Industrial AI and ERP-Linked Execution
Jeff Bezos’ Project Prometheus is nearing a $38 billion valuation, signaling a shift toward physical AI that connects ERP systems with real-world operations across manufacturing, logistics, and supply chains.
Application Development and Integration
Infor’s April Update Sharpens CloudSuite WFM for Frontline Reality
Infor's April 2026 Cumulative Update enhances CloudSuite Workforce Management with user-friendly improvements in scheduling and time and attendance functions, aiming to boost productivity and operational efficiency for supervisors and frontline managers.
Governance, Risk, and Compliance
AirTrunk’s Lumina Deal Raises Stakes For APAC Cloud ERP
AirTrunk's acquisition of Lumina CloudInfra accelerates its entry into India's hyperscale data center market, granting access to a 600MW development pipeline and enhancing infrastructure options for ERP and SaaS deployments amidst India's rapid digital growth.
AI is reshaping enterprise partnerships across ERP, supply chain, governance, and ecosystem collaboration
Analytics and AI
AI Is Changing the Rules of Enterprise Partnerships: Q&A with Blue Yonder’s VP Kelley Lear
In this ERP Today Q&A, Blue Yonder’s Kelley Lear explains how AI is changing the rules of enterprise partnerships. The discussion covers agentic AI, hyperscaler and ERP alliances, supply chain disruption, data readiness, governance, and what separates outcome-focused partnerships from those that stall.
Manufacturing Systems and Automation
Fujitsu GLOVIA One Targets AI Era of Japanese ERP
Fujitsu is launching GLOVIA One, a cloud-based ERP suite tailored for mid-sized Japanese companies, integrating AI agents and a composable architecture to address local business needs while streamlining compliance and decision-making processes.
Modern office buildings in Mumbai, where TCS is based.
ERP Strategy and Planning
What TCS and SAP Show About the Future of ERP Delivery
TCS and SAP show how ERP delivery is shifting toward integrated, partner-led models that combine workforce skills, system implementation, and ongoing operations.
Amazon and Perplexity AI legal dispute highlights governance risks for AI agents in enterprise systems
Analytics and AI
Court Ruling in Amazon-Perplexity Case Raises New Questions for Agentic AI in Enterprise Systems
A preliminary court ruling in the Amazon-Perplexity case suggests platform owners may control how AI agents access password-protected systems, with significant implications for enterprise AI architecture and governance.
Cloud Platform and Technology
Automation, Cloud Redrawing ERP Market Boundaries
Enterprise resource planning is evolving into an intelligent, automated framework driven by cloud technology and AI, with projected software revenue reaching $157 billion by 2033, emphasizing the critical role of ERP in automating workflows and enhancing organizational responsiveness to disruptions.
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Quality and Testing
Opkey Report Signals ‘Cloud Velocity Crisis’ as ERP Complexity, Costs, AI Expectations Collide
A new report from Opkey finds enterprise ERP teams struggling to keep pace with cloud release cycles, rising integration costs, and manual lifecycle processes, with agentic AI emerging as a key response.
U.S. Department of the Treasury building in Washington, D.C., before regulators met to discuss AI cyber risk in financial systems.
Security
Claude Mythos Preview Shows How AI Collapses the Distance Between Discovery and Exploitation in Financial Systems
Claude Mythos Preview is prompting regulators and banks to reassess cyber risk as AI accelerates vulnerability discovery and exploitation across interconnected financial systems.
ERP Strategy and Planning
Epicor Partner Community
Epicor partners don't just resell software — they build thriving businesses, with one partner growing 30% year-over-year for five years and another going from a one-man basement operation to Epicor's Global Partner of the Year with 60 employees. The program's deep enablement, certification, and hands-on channel team support give partners the foundation to lead with credibility and win in their markets.
ERP Strategy and Planning
Building a Services-Led ERP Channel
Brenda Nobleza, Vice President of Channel Solutions at Epicor, drives partner success and global channel expansion while fostering a collaborative work environment and advocating for women's professional development.
Application Development and Integration
Wipro’s Alpha Net Deal Targets AI Application Services
Wipro's acquisition of select customer contracts and teams from Alpha Net Consulting for up to $70.8 million emphasizes a shift towards providers integrating enterprise software development, data engineering and AI capabilities.
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Analytics and AI
SAP Embeds AI Across CX in Q1 2026 Release
SAP’s Q1 2026 Customer Experience release embeds AI directly into sales, service, and marketing workflows, signaling a shift from experimental tools to operational execution across its CX portfolio.
Application Development and Integration
The Power of Co-Existence: Orchestrating AI Agents and SAP
In the race to modernize the enterprise, the debate is no longer about choosing one ecosystem over another; it's about extending value from your existing SAP investment without introducing fragility. While SAP excels at integrating the "Core" within its own ecosystem, the modern enterprise lives everywhere else—from legacy on-prem systems to the burgeoning frontier of AI agents. Join ERP Today and MuleSoft for an executive-level deep dive into the Co-Exist Strategy. We explore how organizations are maintaining a clean SAP core while using MuleSoft as the universal connective tissue for everything outside of it—regardless of where you are in your S/4HANA journey.
ERP Strategy and Planning
How AI Agents Are Reshaping ERP in the “SaaSpocalypse” Era
The “SaaSpocalypse” makes for a dramatic storyline, but it flattens critical distinctions in how AI agents interact with enterprise software layers. Lightweight, UI-heavy workflow tools are clearly exposed, yet systems of record that own deep data, compliance and audit trails...
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Security
SAP Security Patch Day April 2026: Critical Vulnerabilities, CVSS 9.9 SQL Injection, and Authorization Risks
SAP Security Patch Day April 2026 introduces a critical SQL injection vulnerability and high-severity authorization flaws across SAP BPC, BW, ERP, and S/4HANA. This analysis explains how these vulnerabilities affect enterprise risk and where exposure concentrates across SAP environments.
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Financial Management
Zuora Collections Launches in Europe with Germany Data Center for In-Region Data and AI-Driven Workflows
Zuora has launched Collections in Europe with a new Germany data center, bringing AI-driven workflows and in-region data handling to finance teams managing cash collection and forecasting.
EY Digital Marketplace
Governance, Risk, and Compliance
Copado Agentia Pushes Salesforce DevOps Toward AgentOps Reality
Copado's new Agentia platform integrates context-aware AI agents into the Salesforce DevOps lifecycle, transforming the role of technology executives and ERP teams by enabling automated planning, coding, testing and release processes within governed frameworks.
ERP Strategy and Planning
ERP Market Acceleration Puts Pressure On Modernization Plans
The ERP software market is poised for significant growth, expected to exceed $280 billion by 2034 due to rising demand for integrated systems, a shift towards cloud-based models and the need for enhanced operational efficiency.
Internal Revenue Service building exterior illustrating IRS impersonation scams and tax season fraud risks in 2026.
Security
Tax Season Scams 2026: How IRS Phishing, Fake Tax Messages, and AI Fraud Threaten Businesses
Tax season scams in 2026 are expanding beyond individual taxpayers into broader business risk. IRS impersonation, fake tax messages, QR codes, and AI-enabled fraud are targeting tax professionals, payroll teams, and organizations handling sensitive financial and employee data.
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Application Development and Integration
Crawford Connect Highlighting ERP’s Noisiest Supply Chain Gaps at Epicor Insights
Crawford Connect is a portal-driven platform designed to enhance collaboration among manufacturers, distributors and their suppliers and customers by streamlining processes.
Application Development and Integration
Choosing the Right Integration Strategy and Framework for Manufacturers
Manufacturers face integration challenges as their systems become increasingly complex and interdependent, necessitating a strategic shift from point-to-point connections to a more cohesive approach like integration platform as a service (iPaaS) to effectively manage growth, change, and operational efficiency.
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