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UiPath Extends Automation Into KYC and AML Investigations With WorkFusion

UiPath is extending automation into KYC and AML investigations with WorkFusion, a move that highlights how regulated workflows increasingly depend on enterprise platforms and audit-ready execution.

Analytics and AI

ERP Today Interview: Achyut Jajoo

Salesforce's Achyut Jajoo talks with ERP Today about how they're working on helping manufacturers enhance operational scalability through prebuilt AI templates and improving autonomy and competitiveness in the face of labor shortages.

ERP Strategy and Planning

RISE with SAP: More efficiency through clean core

Deutsche Telekom is transforming its complex SAP landscape through RISE with SAP and T-Systems, aiming to reduce its applications from 83 to 10-30 by 2030, enhance efficiency with a clean core, and leverage cloud solutions for future growth and innovations.

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.

Analytics and AI

IFS Launches AI-Powered Disaster Response Platform for Utilities

IFS' Nexus Black Resolve for Utilities is an AI-driven platform that enhances field service management by improving workforce coordination, automating communication and integrating predictive maintenance capabilities.

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.

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.

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.

ERP Strategy and Planning

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.

Security

Microsoft Maia 200 Inference Accelerator Targets AI Economics at Enterprise Scale

Microsoft's Maia 200 inference accelerator, built on TSMC's 3-nanometer process, boasts 30% improved performance per dollar over prior hardware, featuring advanced specifications aimed at optimizing AI model efficiency.

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ERP Strategy and Planning

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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Enterprise Asset Management

HAESL Selects HCLTech for SAP S/4HANA-Integrated Maintenance Platform

HAESL has selected HCLTech to deploy the iMRO/4 asset management platform integrated with SAP S/4HANA, creating a unified maintenance execution environment to improve visibility, efficiency, and operational scalability.

Executives from CloudRock and SuccessDay following the acquisition, highlighting advisory-led ERP and HR consulting leadership.

ERP Strategy and Planning

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.

Automation

Construct CRM Claims One-Week ERP-to-eCommerce Rollouts for Distributors

Construct CRM has revolutionized ERP-to-eCommerce integration for distributors by reducing implementation timelines to one week through AI-driven automation and an outcome-based pricing model, enhancing digital sales channels while promising significant efficiency gains and cost savings.

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.

Rootstock Launches Summer ’25 Release with AI Agent, New Data Grid, and Expanded Financials

Analytics and AI

i-Genie.ai Joins Microsoft’s Pegasus Program

i-Genie.ai's acceptance into the Microsoft for Startups Pegasus Program highlights its rapid growth and provides access to advanced AI tools and a global customer network.

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.

ERP Strategy and Planning

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.

Human Capital Management

Global Enterprises Using SAP BTP to Cut Customization Debt and Prepare ERP for AI

SAP BTP enables enterprises like McDonald’s and a global consulting firm to adopt clean-core ERP strategies by reducing custom code and fostering agility through extensibility, allowing for scalable operations and AI readiness in their digital transformation journeys.

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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ERP Strategy and Planning

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.

Analytics and AI

Oracle Targets Research Data Fragmentation with New AI Platform

Oracle has introduced the Life Sciences AI Data Platform, a cloud-native offering designed to unify clinical and research datasets, integrate with Fusion applications, and support analytics across the research lifecycle.

Analytics and AI

Microsoft’s Agentic e-Commerce Strategy and What It Signals for Retail ERP

At NRF 2026, Microsoft unveiled its vision for agentic AI as a foundational layer for retail e-commerce, emphasizing a shift towards protocol-driven, cooperative AI architectures that integrate seamlessly with ERP and commerce systems to orchestrate holistic retail experiences.

Analytics and AI

Sage Embeds AI Copilot Into X3 and Operations Products for Mid-Market

Sage has integrated AI-powered features into its mid-market ERP solutions, notably embedding Sage Copilot into Sage X3 and Sage Operations to provide predictive insights and autonomous workflow management.

Supply Chain Management

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.