Enterprise Architecture

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Analytics and AI
Report: AI Is Moving Faster Than the Enterprise Systems Built to Support It
Microsoft's 2026 Work Trend Index reveals a growing disconnect between employee AI capabilities and the enterprise systems designed to support them. As workers move faster with AI, ERP leaders face growing pressure to connect intelligence, governance, and operational execution.
Boardroom Decision Debt
ERP Strategy and Planning
Decision Debt: The Hidden ERP Liability No Dashboard Tracks
Most ERP programs measure budgets, milestones, testing progress, and deployment readiness. Few measure the hidden liability created by unresolved business decisions. As AI compresses implementation timelines, decision debt may become one of the most expensive risks in enterprise transformation.
Sovereign AI for regulated enterprises
Application Development and Integration
Cognizant and Domyn Take Sovereign AI From Policy Debate to Enterprise Build
Cognizant and Domyn have formed a strategic partnership to offer sovereign AI solutions tailored for regulated enterprises in EMEA, enabling secure AI deployment while ensuring data control and compliance with European regulations.
Governance, Risk, and Compliance
The Impact of the Sovereignty Gap in Enterprise Architecture
Recent power outages and data center disruptions have challenged the assumption that cloud infrastructure is resilient, highlighting the necessity for enterprises to develop data sovereignty.
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.
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ERP Strategy and Planning
France Defines a New Model for Managing Technology Dependencies
France’s move to Linux is part of a broader program to reduce technology dependencies across government systems. The shift introduces a structured approach to dependency mapping that could influence how ERP environments are evaluated over time.
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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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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.
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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.
M&A
Analytics and AI
Enterprise Software Faces AI-Driven Disruption as Development Productivity Gains Fail to Materialize
In 2026, the enterprise software industry will undergo significant disruption due to AI, leading to increased merger and acquisition activity among mid-market companies, while organizations struggle to convert productivity gains from AI into strategic business value.
Enterprise Architecture
How SAP Experience Centers Win Transformation
SAP's Experience Centers have transformed from showrooms to operational labs, exemplified by the fully functional S.Mart Store in Walldorf, illustrating the company's commitment to co-creating practical industry solutions with customers.
Cloud Platform and Technology
Connected Construction: ERP Without the Bottlenecks
Cloud ERP is evolving into a critical operating system for construction and field service companies, enabling resilience, real-time decision-making, and lean operations, as evidenced by the experiences of Tester Construction, Tech Electronics, and Carlson LaVine Construction in their transitions to Acumatica.
Analytics and AI
Agentic AI Defined and How It Is Reshaping the Enterprise Architect’s Role
The rise of agentic AI in enterprise applications is transforming the role of architects from static designers to dynamic overseers, requiring new workflows and governance models as AI increasingly undertakes decision-making tasks historically handled by humans.
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Analytics and AI
Five AI Trends Affecting Enterprise Scaling, Transformation
At the Gartner 2025 IT Symposium/Xpo, key discussions highlighted the necessity of modernizing ERP systems for AI integration, emphasizing data quality, workforce development and more.
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Cloud Platform and Technology
Infor, AWS research points to uneven ERP modernization and widening governance gaps
Organizations are modernizing ERP superficially, with cloud adoption outpacing essential governance and strategy, leading to inconsistent deployment, limited returns, and an urgent need for structured integration and support for achieving measurable value.
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Enterprise Architecture
The coming of the composable age
Even before Gartner coined the term ‘composable enterprise’, back in 2014, the idea had been implemented throughout technology.
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Data and Data Management
Case study: Automating and accelerating SAP system separation and consolidation
One of the key objectives for many organizations is to modernize their IT strategy to enable and drive intelligent business. In this customer story, you learn about how BP (British Petrol) and SNP were able to streamline BP's systems and data including within its SAP landscape.
SAP Transformation and SNP
Enterprise Architecture
What is the best ERP for retail?
This article discusses the essential role of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems in retail, highlighting key features such as inventory management, POS integration, customer relationship enhancement, and scalability, while recommending top ERP solutions like Microsoft Dynamics 365, SAP S/4HANA, and Oracle Retail Cloud for optimal retail performance.
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Enterprise Architecture
Composable ERP: Some assembly required
Matt McLarty discusses the what and why of composable ERP, so you're not left looking with frustration at an ordeal of scattered parts.
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Enterprise Architecture
99 problems? The fix is One
Paul Esherwood speaks to Brian Duffy, former SAP cloud president turned CEO of SoftwareOne, on why its time for technology customers to stop buying and start utilizing.
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Enterprise Architecture
Cloud vendors can’t ditch on-prem: It’s a love/hate relationship
Is it a good match? The history and happenings of cloud vendors' difficult relationship with on-premise solutions.
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Enterprise Architecture
Accenture to acquire New Zealand-based IT services firm, Solnet
Accenture has agreed to acquire Solnet, an IT services provider with technology experience for New Zealand government and private organizations across multiple industries.
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Enterprise Architecture
Maintain first place with enterprise automation
New technology and the widespread adoption of digital solutions have revolutionized how businesses operate, connect with customers and optimize their processes. It has become increasingly clear that leveraging technology is a necessity for sustained success.
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Enterprise Architecture
Elevating Workday ERP with Boomi and Huron
Having proper data governance and preparation can prevent errors, duplicate data and inefficiencies, but this can be difficult to achieve without the right tools and partners in place to elevate your ERP implementations.
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