Cross Industry

Oracle Loads Up on AI Infrastructure as OCI Backlog, Data Center Commitments Surge

Oracle's Q2 FY2026 financial results reveal a dramatic surge in cloud and AI offerings, with remaining performance obligations rising to $523.3 billion, total cloud revenue hitting $8 billion, and significant growth in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and GPU revenue.

Analytics and AI

AI Agents, Real-Time Connectivity Defining ERP’s Future

ERP systems are transitioning to AI-native architectures with embedded autonomous agents, enhancing efficiency by automating tasks, monitoring transactions, and suggesting corrections, prompting companies to prioritize semantic data integration, upgrade flexibility and real-time connectivity.

Analytics and AI

Salesforce Agentforce Playbook: Five Steps to Fund and Scale Enterprise AI

In a competitive AI market, the key to success lies not in the technology itself but in crafting a solid business case that emphasizes clear problem definition, coalition-building, scalable solutions, and pre-deployment governance to ensure measurable ROI and executive buy-in.

ERP Strategy and Planning

Five Risks SAP Leaders Can No Longer Ignore in 2026

As SAP vulnerabilities surge and attackers exploit weaknesses swiftly, organizations must prioritize automated security measures and cloud responsibility models while addressing legacy systems and integrating SAP into broader security operations to mitigate risks and safeguard critical business processes.

Analytics and AI

Anthropic Set to Donate MCP to New Linux Foundation Agentic AI Foundation

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) donation to the Agentic AI Foundation, under the Linux Foundation, aims to ensure its neutral governance and collaborative development within a multi-vendor environment.

Analytics and AI

Microsoft’s Canada Investment Puts Digital Sovereignty to Work

On December 9, 2025, Microsoft announced a C$7.5 billion investment to enhance AI and cloud infrastructure in Canada, building on a broader C$19 billion program, aiming to support digital sovereignty and local AI development while contributing to sustainability.

Application Development and Integration

ERP Leaders Declare AI Agents, Connectivity as the Core of ERP’s Next Evolution

AI-driven connectivity is rapidly becoming the defining feature of next generation ERP systems, according to new data and industry perspectives published in Versori’s “The Future of ERP” December 2025 whitepaper. Across every segment represented in the report, ERP leaders depict...

Enterprise Asset Management

ESM Platforms Market Expands as Organizations Seek Cross-Departmental Service Integration

The enterprise service management platforms market is set to grow to $12.1 billion by 2032 as organizations adopt IT service management principles across departments.

Analytics and AI

Inside the AI Shift Transforming Customer, Field Service and What it Means for ERP

The Salesforce 7th annual State of Service report reveals a rapid transformation in customer service driven by AI agents, predicting that by 2027 AI will resolve half of service cases, prompting organizations to enhance data integration and redefine service roles, ultimately positioning service as a blueprint for broader enterprise architecture change.

Analytics and AI

Agentforce Tour Keynote: Salesforce Positions Agentforce 360 as Operating System for Agentic Enterprise

Salesforce's Agentforce 360 is a comprehensive platform designed to revolutionize enterprise automation by integrating data, workflow, agent design, and multi-channel experiences, enabling AI agents to operate efficiently and reliably within existing systems and contexts.

Analytics and AI

Why Hyperscalers Are Investing $67.5B in India

Microsoft and Amazon plan to invest a total of $52.5 billion in India's AI and digital infrastructure, reflecting a broader trend of significant investments from tech giants aimed at enhancing the country's digital economy and capacity to support advanced technologies.

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Application Development and Integration

MuleSoft and Salesforce Push Toward an AI Agent Future, Reframing Integration as Enterprise Automation

At the Agentforce Tour in NYC, Salesforce and MuleSoft emphasized a shift towards AI-driven automation, integrating APIs, RPA, and AI agents into a cohesive model for orchestrating intelligent workflows across systems.

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Governance, Risk, and Compliance

SAP Issues Three Critical Security Fixes in December Patch Day

On December 9, SAP released 14 security notes, including three critical patches for vulnerabilities in SAP Solution Manager, Apache Tomcat in SAP Commerce Cloud, and SAP jConnect, urging customers to prioritize updates based on severity to protect against potential exploits.

Business Process Management and Automation

Rootstock Launches Managed Services Offering with Turnkey Administration

Rootstock Software has launched its Managed Services to provide manufacturers and distributors with turnkey ERP administration to streamline operations and align with evolving business needs.

Enterprise Architecture

UK Enterprises Gain New Control over AI with BT’s Sovereign Deployment Platform

BT has launched a new sovereign platform designed to enhance UK control over AI and cloud workloads, providing a secure domestic environment for data residency and compliance, in alignment with national strategies while preparing for future sovereign services.

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Cloud Platform and Technology

IBM in Advanced Talks to Acquire Confluent

IBM is in advanced talks to acquire Confluent for around $11 billion, aiming to enhance its real-time data and AI capabilities, while also gaining a strategic advantage in the data infrastructure market.

Analytics and AI

AWS Enters the AI Factory Race, Raising Stakes for Cloud-Data Sovereignty, Enterprise Architecture

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is launching on-premises AI factories that integrate advanced hardware and managed service offerings into customer data centers, enabling organizations to develop and deploy AI applications while addressing data sovereignty concerns and enhancing their existing ERP systems.

Implementing Cloud ERP: Codestone’s Six-Phase Approach

Analytics and AI

Cloud ERP Market Growth by Market Segment, Region

The cloud ERP market is projected to grow to nearly $177 billion by 2032, driven by increased demand across industries for scalable, AI-enabled solutions that enhance data handling, with North America leading the market and Asia-Pacific rapidly growing.

Business Process Management and Automation

Digital Tools Help SMEs Secure Green Financing: New Sage–ICC Report

A new Sage–ICC study reveals that while 70% of SMEs prioritize sustainability, only 3% access green financing, largely due to a lack of quality reporting tools, which impedes their ability to secure funding necessary for sustainable growth.

Cloud Platform and Technology

System Integration Market Surging as Enterprises Shift Toward Modernization

The global system integration market is projected to reach $600 billion by 2030, with ERP systems playing a key role as companies shift toward digital transformation, IoT adoption, and increased automation in daily processes.

Analytics and AI

IBM, AWS are Accelerating Enterprise Agentic AI Deployment

IBM and AWS are enhancing their Agentic AI initiatives through a partnership that integrates AI capabilities and solutions, aimed at improving enterprise productivity and customer experiences while facilitating secure software development and ERP modernization.

ERP Strategy and Planning

The key to successful Oracle Fusion Cloud migrations

This article highlights the challenges organizations face when migrating to Oracle Fusion Cloud and emphasizes the critical role of test automation in mitigating risks and ensuring successful transitions.

Quality and Testing

Protecting business continuity: The importance of thorough integration testing for Oracle Applications

This eBook addresses the risks associated with updating Oracle Applications, highlighting the need for comprehensive integration testing and providing strategies for improving testing coverage and building resilient test automation to ensure business continuity.

Quality and Testing

Modernizing Oracle: Deliver quality and reduce risk with a unified, AI-driven test management strategy

Modernizing Oracle Applications is a high-stakes process where test automation serves as a critical initial step to ensure quality and mitigate risk, but is not sufficient alone for comprehensive modernization.

Analytics and AI

Global HR Agent Delivers Real-Time Advisory for SAP SuccessFactors

Globalization Partners' G-P Gia is now available on SAP Store, providing real-time, compliant global HR guidance through an integration with SAP SuccessFactors and Joule, enhancing efficiency for multinational companies.

Application Development and Integration

Sage Advances AI Platform Strategy with New Developer Framework, Deepened Sovos Partnership

Sage is enhancing its AI and integration strategy through the launch of a new AI developer framework for partners and a partnership with Sovos to improve intelligent tax compliance, promoting a shift towards governed, partner-led extensibility in its finance platforms.

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Automation

AI Agents as Digital Coworkers: What ERP, HCM Buyers Must Prepare for by 2026

AI agents are evolving into integral digital coworkers, compelling ERP and HCM buyers to reassess workforce planning, governance, and technology frameworks by 2026, as enterprise software transitions to accommodate AI-driven workflows and digital employees, while also emphasizing the importance of governance and integration in a hybrid human-digital labor model.

Automation

Cloud ERP Market Projected to Triple Growth by 2032

The Cloud ERP market is projected to grow to $176.93 billion by 2032, driven by increasing demand for scalable solutions, AI integration and cost-effective deployment as well as an emphasis toward operational efficiency.

Analytics and AI

Appficiency Backs AskCipher for Faster ERP Deployments

Appficiency's strategic investment in AskCipher, an AI-powered platform for enterprise software, aims to streamline ERP implementations by providing a universal AI interface that adapts to various business contexts, thereby reducing costs and accelerating deployments.

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Cloud Platform and Technology

Enterprises Turn to Cloud Security, Management Solutions for Agility, Protection, Cost Control

US enterprises are increasingly adopting managed cloud security services and cloud management solutions to enhance resilience, control costs, and address the complexities of hybrid and multi-cloud environments amid rising cybersecurity threats and operational challenges.