APAC

The 2025 Tech Transformation Playbook: Lessons from Leading CIOs

In a panel discussion featuring IT leaders, key trends highlighted include business process automation as a priority for 2024, the widespread yet uneven adoption of SAP S/4HANA, the ongoing challenges of AI integration, and the critical importance of data management for successful transformations, underscoring the need for bold organizational changes and a cultural shift towards digital and data-driven methodologies.

Security

Why Identity Security is a Top Priority for Enterprises in 2025

In response to rising identity-related threats, 78% of organizations are set to increase their identity and access management spending in 2025, reflecting a strategic shift towards modern security measures that emphasize complex governance and AI-driven solutions to enhance resilience in the digital landscape.

Analytics and AI

Empowering Your Business with AI: Key Features in ServiceNow’s Yokohama Release

The Yokohama release of ServiceNow introduces innovative AI features, including an AI Governance Module for secure deployment, Now Assist for ATF and eBook Generation to boost operational efficiency, and Spoke Generation along with Table Summarization to enhance integration and data insights, thereby empowering business technology decision-makers to optimize their AI initiatives.

Tax Compliance

Vertex for Oracle SCM Cloud

Vertex has connectors to SCM Cloud's Inventory Management, Order Management, Procurement, and Service Logistics. Enjoy automated sales tax calculations to reduce audit risk and grow your business.

Analytics and AI

Oracle Unveils AI Agent Studio for Fusion Cloud Applications

Oracle has launched the AI Agent Studio for Fusion Applications, a platform enabling customers and partners to create and manage customizable AI agents to enhance enterprise productivity and streamline processes while integrating advanced features like agent templates, orchestration, and robust security.

Quality and Testing

The Critical First Step to Automation: Documenting Your Business Processes

To successfully implement automation and achieve improved efficiency, businesses must first document their existing processes to avoid automating inefficiencies and to create a solid foundation for effective automation.

Data and Data Management

BI and Analytics

Connect any analytics and reporting tool to any data across your organization - no matter where it lives - to streamline reporting processes and drive actionable insights.

Data and Data Management

Data Virtualization

Data virtualization enables real-time orchestration of siloed data from various sources into cohesive self-service data services, often implemented through a stand-alone server or an embedded unified access layer.

Analytics and AI

The Melting Pot of AI & ERP: Transforming Enterprises with Affective and Augmented Intelligence

The future of ERP systems lies in transforming them from transactional and reactive tools into intelligent, emotion-aware, and proactive decision-making partners by leveraging affective and augmented intelligence, enabling businesses to enhance operational efficiency, predict risks, and adapt seamlessly to challenges.

Governance, Risk, and Compliance

The End of Oracle GRC: Are You Ready?

With Oracle sunsetting its GRC solutions by May 2025, organizations must swiftly transition.

Security

Dell Strengthens Cybersecurity for Microsoft Customers

Dell Technologies and Microsoft are enhancing AI adoption to protect data and improve cybersecurity for multicloud environments.

Security

A Step Ahead: Onapsis CEO Mariano Nunez

Onapsis CEO Mariano Nunez talks about the importance of cybersecurity in today's ERP landscape, shared security responsibility, and why it is vital to embed security from the start.

Cloud Platform and Technology

The Hidden Risks of Cloud Migration: How to Ensure a Smooth Transition with Testing

Migrating an ERP system to the cloud offers benefits such as scalability and cost savings, but poses significant risks like data integrity issues and security vulnerabilities, necessitating a structured testing strategy to ensure a smooth transition.

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Analytics and AI

EY Announces AI-powered Blockchain Analyzer Tool to Bolster Vulnerability Detection

EY has launched enhanced AI capabilities for its Blockchain Analyzer's Smart Contract and Token Review tool, automating testing processes to reduce review times by over 50% and improve vulnerability detection, addressing the increasing security needs in the blockchain environment.

Cloud Platform and Technology

IBM Acquires HashiCorp, Enhancing Hybrid Cloud and AI Capabilities

IBM has completed its acquisition of HashiCorp for $6.4 billion, aiming to enhance its hybrid cloud and AI capabilities through the integration of HashiCorp's automation and security products, ultimately helping clients optimize and secure their cloud infrastructure.

ERP Strategy and Planning

IFS Chief Product Officer Discusses Future of AI, Automation, and Quantum Computing in Enterprise Software

IFS Chief Product Officer Christian Pedersen discusses the future of enterprise software, emphasizing the imperative of AI-driven automation and quantum computing to address evolving workforce dynamics and productivity challenges, while ensuring that IFS helps customers navigate these technological advancements seamlessly.

Automation

Automating the SAP Financial Close

This webinar discusses how enterprises can enhance the efficiency and quality of their financial closing processes through automation and standardization, focusing on integrating with SAP systems to streamline various closing activities. Watch this webinar on-demand to Watch this webinar to: *Learn how to identify areas of weakness in current financial close processes. *Understand how Aico’s live integration to SAP and other data sources improves efficiency. *Explore options for monitoring and optimising performance during period-end close. *Ensure closing activities align with corporate governance requirements and internal controls.

Analytics and AI

How Industrial AI can Support Sustainability Goals

The webinar hosted by IFS and ERP Today will explore how Industrial AI can enhance operational efficiency and sustainability by optimizing processes, minimizing waste, and improving resource utilization, while providing best practices for integration and discussing the impact on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) objectives.

Analytics and AI

How Industrial AI can Support Sustainability Goals

Cloud Platform and Technology

IFS appoints Hannes Liebe as President of APJMEA

IFS has appointed Hannes Liebe as President of APJMEA to drive growth and strengthen partnerships in the region, succeeding Vincent Carvalho, amid the company's significant momentum and investment in Industrial AI capabilities for enhanced ERP solutions.

Security

Ch4tter: Threat Actors Attacking SAP for Profit

New Intelligence to Protect SAP from Ransomware and Data Breaches, Onapsis and Flashpoint have joined forces to level the playfield, revealing how threat actors are attacking SAP applications. Download our report or listen to our recent webinar

Security

Attack Surface Management

Onapsis Assess - Complete ERP Attack Surface Management. Discover vulnerabilities across your critical ERP application landscape and get the risk-based guidance you need to better prioritize and respond faster to issues posing the greatest threats to your business.

Security

Accelerate and De-Risk your RISE with SAP Transformation

Onapsis Secure RISE Accelerator lowers risk and reduces security and compliance obstacles in RISE projects by delivering a proven SAP security framework that helps you make better-informed, faster security decisions, narrow the scope for an optimized secure-by-design go-live, and de risks the threat of costly project delays with expert guidance and automation technology that reduces manual efforts and costs.

Security

Maximizing Security in RISE with SAP webinar- On Demand Webinar

SAP offers a highly secure and compliant cloud infrastructure for RISE with SAP customers. With the peace of mind that SAP is managing the security of the foundational layers, customers can concentrate on their own security and compliance responsibilities: protecting business processes, sensitive data, and any extensions or customizations.

Nextworld secures $65M funding to accelerate AI-driven ERP innovation

Analytics and AI

ServiceNow unveils AI agents for telecom

ServiceNow has launched AI agents tailored for the telecom industry, leveraging NVIDIA AI software to automate labor-intensive workflows in customer service and network operations, thus optimizing efficiency and customer satisfaction while facilitating better decision-making through a centralized orchestration system.

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Manufacturing Systems and Automation

ServiceNow Expands AI-Powered Manufacturing Solutions with Quality 360 Acquisition

ServiceNow has acquired Advania's AI-powered quality management solution, Quality 360, to enhance its Manufacturing Commercial Operations platform, enabling manufacturers to improve quality control and operational efficiency amidst rising industry challenges.

Governance, Risk, and Compliance

Drata Unveils new GRC Findings on AI, Regulation, and More

Drata's report "The State of GRC 2025" highlights the growing importance of Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) amidst increasing data protection regulations and AI impacts, emphasizing that companies prioritizing strong GRC strategies will not only enhance compliance and mitigate risks but also build long-term customer trust and competitive advantage.

Automation

Automating the SAP Financial Close

Quality and Testing

SAP S/4HANA Migration Guide: Key Steps for Faster, Safer SAP Updates

If your S/4HANA migration is greenfield, brownfield, or in between, learn how to avoid false starts and unexpected costs with change impact analysis and automated testing. Find other insightful content from Tricentis on their Partner Page.

Cloud Platform and Technology

How to future-proof your Oracle testing strategy

Cloud technologies are revolutionizing our working world – including Oracle Cloud. Software testing will be an essential component of your coming Oracle migration strategy, ensuring your business continues to run as usual before, during, and after the change. Click to...