Americas

The future is agentic - or is it? Microsoft and Celonis case studies may show ERP users the truth behind the AI agent hype.

Financial Management

Atlas Salt digs into Oracle Cloud for efficiency and financial management

Atlas Salt is digging into Oracle’s project and financial management solutions to support the development of its Great Atlantic Salt deposit.

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Cloud Platform and Technology

IBM raises Oracle public sector reach with Applications Software Technology deal

IBM intends to acquire Applications Software Technology LLC, enhancing its Oracle cloud solutions expertise for public sector clients and building on its previous acquisition of Accelalpha to drive digital transformation across North America, the UK, and Ireland.

Manufacturing Systems and Automation

Capgemini and Ascendance strengthen partnership to propel decarbonized aviation

Capgemini has expanded its partnership with start-up Ascendance to advance sustainable aviation through hybrid electric propulsion technology, facilitating the transition from technology demonstrations to large-scale production, thereby addressing climate change and reshaping the aviation industry.

Enterprise Architecture

SUSE gives retail the Edge with new suite

SUSE has unveiled updates to its SUSE Edge solutions, including SUSE Edge 3.2 and SUSE Edge Suite, designed to enhance operational efficiency, security, and innovation for retailers, showcased at NRF 2025 with features like real-time fraud detection and zero touch deployment.

Business Process Management and Automation

Acumatica users to enhance business efficiency with CYBRA

CYBRA has partnered with Acumatica to integrate its RFID and label printing software with Acumatica's ERP systems, enhancing label design, inventory tracking, and operational efficiency for users while aiming to reduce shipping errors.

Supply Chain Management

Machitec’s journey with Genius ERP towards easing inventory management

To enhance production efficiency, companies like Machitec are integrating their CAD software with ERP systems, overcoming challenges related to procurement, inventory management, and production schedules through solutions like CAD2BOM integration, which automates the creation of bills of materials and streamlines purchasing and inventory tracking.

Cloud Platform and Technology

What’s driving the move of vertical markets to the Cloud

Acumatica has reported a significant trend of businesses transitioning from basic accounting software to its cloud-based ERP solutions, demonstrating marked improvements in operational efficiency, financial visibility, and overall growth through various case studies across different sectors.

Cloud Platform and Technology

Oracle’s Chief Corporate Architect Edward Screven to retire in February

Edward Screven, Oracle's Executive VP and Chief Corporate Architect, will retire in February after 38 years, having led the company's technology and architecture initiatives, including its successful open-source strategy and innovations through Oracle Labs.

Manufacturers face deployment hurdles for smart technologies: SYSPRO

Manufacturing Systems and Automation

King Nutronics and GR Technology Announce Go-live of Rockwell Automation’s Plex Smart Manufacturing Cloud

King Nutronics and GR Technology have successfully launched Rockwell Automation's Plex Smart Manufacturing Cloud integrated with RMB Solutions' Service Management Application via the GR8T Platform Pathway Bot, enhancing calibration processes, customer satisfaction, and operational efficiency for King Nutronics in the manufacturing industry.

Supply Chain Management

Walmart and IBM accelerate last-mile delivery in new collaboration

Walmart GoLocal has partnered with IBM to integrate its last-mile delivery services into IBM Sterling Order Management, providing retailers with enhanced delivery solutions and streamlined operational workflows.

Tax Compliance

Talent shortages threaten progress in digital tax transformation, Vertex study finds

New study by Vertex has exposed critical skills gaps in tax teams that could hinder businesses' progress in tax transformation.

CRM and Customer Experience

HCLTech and Microsoft Expand Strategic Partnership to Transform Contact Centers with Gen AI and Cloud

HCLTech is expanding its partnership with Microsoft to enhance customer service through generative AI and cloud-based contact center solutions, becoming the exclusive professional services partner for Nuance’s Enterprise Professional Services while integrating Microsoft Dynamics 365 Contact Center to drive operational efficiency and improved customer experiences.

Analytics and AI

82% manufacturers increasing budgets in 2025 to grow AI-ready ERP: Rootstock

A survey by Rootstock reveals that 82% of manufacturers plan to increase their AI budgets for 2025, highlighting a strategic shift towards integrating AI for operational efficiency and competitiveness, emphasizing the need for robust ERP systems to facilitate successful AI adoption.

Cloud Platform and Technology

Epicor Prism enhances enterprise intelligence with AI for supply chains

Epicor has launched Epicor Prism, a new supply chain-focused software that utilizes vertical AI agents to enhance user experience, automate tasks, and provide actionable insights within its ERP platform, aiming to improve productivity and decision-making for organizations.

Cloud Platform and Technology

Oracle brings “Xstore Factor” to retail in 2025

Oracle has launched an enhanced version of Xstore Point of Service, featuring a redesigned architecture and a mobile-friendly interface, enabling retailers to streamline operations and improve customer experiences through intuitive workflows and advanced data processing capabilities.

Supply Chain Management

The power of 4: How Blue Diamond Growers solved supply chain issues

Between 2022 and 2023, Blue Diamond Growers enhanced its supply chain efficiency through the integration of SAP Transportation Management with SAP Integrated Business Planning, improving logistics visibility and forecasting while also exploring AI for sustainability and innovation.

Cloud Platform and Technology

From Legacy Systems to Real-Time Insights: How SplashBI Empowered Tampa’s Transition to Oracle Cloud

The City of Tampa successfully transitioned to Oracle Fusion Cloud with the help of SplashBI, which provided over 500 pre-built and custom reports, enhancing transparency, operational efficiency, and enabling the use of real-time analytics for better decision-making.

Application Development and Integration

Origina CEO: Beyond the patch, how to rethink your security safety net

Solid systems can crumble. In the high-stakes world of enterprise computing, we know that there are multiple layers throughout modern IT stacks straddling cloud and on-premises deployments that can be made to expose their inherent fragility and susceptibility to failure....

Enterprise Asset Management

Cetec ERP’s new release enhances usability and control for manufacturers

Cetec ERP has launched its 4.17 update with features like a drag-and-drop scheduling tool, enhanced manufacturing time tracking, new reporting capabilities, improved user access controls, usability enhancements, and better pricing import tools, all aimed at increasing efficiency and functionality for users, with rollout planned for January 2024.

Business Process Management and Automation

Learn How (And Why) You Need to Effectively Map Business Processes

Business process mapping is a structured visual approach to optimizing organizational workflows that enhances communication, resource allocation, and compliance, involving seven key steps to identify, analyze, redesign, document, and continuously improve processes for better efficiency and productivity.

CRM and Customer Experience

SAP launches loyalty management solution to strengthen retailer-customer relationships

Announced at Retail’s Big Show, the flagship industry event hosted by the National Retail Federation, SAP announced a new loyalty management solution aimed at retailers and consumer packaged goods companies, which is due to be released H2 of 2025. This...

Analytics and AI

Google Cloud announces new retail solutions ahead of NRF 2025

Google Cloud has unveiled AI advancements for retailers through Google Agentspace, enhancing workforce productivity, improving product discovery with Vertex AI Search, and enabling connected store solutions ahead of NRF 2025 to tackle industry challenges.

Analytics and AI

Unleashing efficiency: How a WMS cuts cost and improves accuracy in warehousing

Warehouse Management Systems (WMS), such as those offered by Tecsys, enable e-commerce businesses to enhance order fulfillment speed, reduce costs, and improve inventory accuracy by integrating automation technologies, ultimately streamlining warehouse operations for greater efficiency and competitive advantage.

Analytics and AI

How Forterro’s acquisition of alltotrec unlocks the value of AI for manufacturing

Forterro is enhancing its ERP offerings by integrating advanced APS capabilities from alltotrec, including AI and IoT solutions, thereby providing Forterro and Abas ERP customers with improved planning, execution systems, and competitive advantages in the manufacturing sector.

Analytics and AI

How AI can drive more economic growth than lower taxes or less regulation, UK businesses weigh in

Most UK leaders' productivity is held back by economic headwinds, stress and difficulty implementing new productivity tools, survey shows.

Cloud Platform and Technology

The IBM-Oracle-Accelalpha partnership poised for the era of business transformation

The recent partnership between IBM and Accelalpha, finalized with IBM's acquisition of the Oracle-services provider, aims to enhance client success through improved business vitality and expanded capabilities in finance and supply chain across key global markets, while also leveraging Generative AI to drive innovative solutions.

Data and Data Management

Data loading made easy: EF Education First’s journey with More4Apps

EF Education First successfully migrated to Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP despite challenges in change management and learning new systems, ultimately enhancing their data-loading efficiency and accuracy through the implementation of More4apps' finance module, which streamlined processes and improved user experience.

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Application Development and Integration

How third-party support can provide cybersecurity flexibility

Third-party support specialists like Spinnaker Support offer businesses enhanced software support, including cybersecurity solutions like Spinnaker Shield, which can help organizations manage compliance, security, and legacy technology without being tied to vendor-imposed restrictions.

Cloud Platform and Technology

SNP expands transformation and data management collab with SAP

SNP is expanding its partnership with SAP to enhance data management for RISE with SAP and the Public Cloud, leveraging their established collaboration to improve customer migrations and integrations while focusing on minimizing risks and downtime.