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Partnerships
Governance, Risk, and Compliance
KPMG and Pathlock Are Targeting the Control Gaps Behind AI-Driven ERP Modernization
Pathlock and KPMG are targeting the access-risk layer behind ERP modernization, where AI agents, automation, elevated privileges, and transaction controls are turning identity governance into an audit-readiness priority.
Systems Administration
Australia’s Home Affairs Starts the Clock on a 2030 SAP ECC6 Replacement
Australia's Department of Home Affairs is initiating a project to replace its SAP ECC6 enterprise resource planning system by December 2030, engaging consultancy Next Apex to assist in assessing its current systems and future needs amidst a broader movement towards modular ERP selection across public agencies.
Analytics and AI
SAP’s Cloud Backlog Bounced Back, but AI Pricing Stole the Earnings Call
SAP's latest quarter demonstrated strong cloud momentum, but the bigger story may be emerging around AI economics. As SAP expands Business AI, Joule, and autonomous agents, executives are signaling a future where ERP pricing could shift from licenses and subscriptions toward measurable business outcomes.
Manufacturing Systems and Automation
SAP’s Korea AI Tour Showed Why Manufacturing AI Starts with ERP Standardization
At the SAP NOW AI Tour Korea 2026, SAP showcased Joule's capabilities in root-cause analysis for profitability and procurement, emphasizing the significance of ERP standardization and data integration for effective AI-driven operations in manufacturing.
Accelerating cloud modernization with solutions
Cloud Platform and Technology
Why Microsoft Migrated a Billing Backbone to SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud
Microsoft successfully migrated its 70 TB SAP ECC billing system to SAP S/4HANA private cloud in just six months, minimizing downtime to 24 hours while enhancing integration, operational efficiency, and financial performance.
Security Patch Day
Security
July Patch Day Gave an AI Wake-Up Call from Microsoft, ServiceNow, and SAP
July's record-breaking patch cycle from Microsoft, ServiceNow, and SAP highlights a new reality for enterprise security teams. AI is accelerating vulnerability discovery, shrinking remediation windows, and expanding the attack surface across ERP systems, cloud platforms, identity infrastructure, and business-critical workflows.
Analytics and AI
Can Agentic AI Work on the Pharma Plant Floor? Pharma AI Startup Katalyze Raises $10.5M to Find Out
Katalyze AI has secured $10.5 million in seed funding to enhance its agentic AI operating system designed for pharmaceutical manufacturing and life sciences, aiming to connect disparate data systems within the sector, thereby improving operational efficiency and compliance.
AWS SAP Transformation
Quality and Testing
KTern.AI’s AWS Agents Target the Consulting-Heavy Work Behind SAP Transformation
KTern.AI says a network of specialized AI agents can automate major SAP transformation activities, potentially reducing consultant dependency and accelerating S/4HANA migration programs.
SAP Enterprise Asset Management data transformation project at a Saudi utility consolidating asset and maintenance records
Systems Administration
Saudi Utility Consolidates SAP EAM Records, Putting Clean Asset Data Before Operational AI
A major Saudi utility transformed more than 150 million SAP records as part of a large-scale EAM modernization initiative, highlighting the growing importance of data harmonization in asset-intensive industries.
DLA ERP Modernization
Security
DLA’s ERP Modernization Race Shows How Audit Pressure Is Rewriting Federal Cloud Deals
DLA is years ahead of schedule on a major ERP modernization initiative aimed at reducing technical debt, improving auditability, and moving away from heavily customized systems. The effort highlights how cloud services, managed support, and process standardization are becoming foundational to federal ERP transformation.
Service Management
From SNP Transformation World 2026 – SAP’s Stefan Steinle on Clean Core and Agentic Support
SAP's Stefan Steinle on why running well in the cloud after go-live matters, the role of Clean Core, and how agentic AI powers preventive support.
Analytics and AI
From SNP Transformation World 2026 – SAP’s Thomas Pfiester on AI as a Growth Accelerator
SAP's Thomas Pfiester explains why AI is a growth accelerator, how clean data powers agentic AI, and why adoption decides transformation success.
ERP Strategy and Planning
SNP Transformation World 2026
ERP Today brings members essential insights from SNP Transformation World 2026, covering SAP S/4HANA migration, AI-ready data, clean core strategies, M&A and business-led transformation.
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Systems Administration
SAP’s EU Settlement Gives On-Premise Customers More Room to Maneuver
SAP has resolved a European Commission investigation by committing to more flexible maintenance and support policies for on-premise ERP software, enhancing customer choice and alleviating competition concerns without impacting its cloud offerings.
SAP transformation
ERP Strategy and Planning
The Friday-to-Monday Test for SAP Transformation: A Conversation with SNP’s CTO
Successful SAP transformation hinges not just on technical milestones like migration and cutover, but on ensuring business continuity by enabling enterprises to maintain essential operations across both SAP and non-SAP systems post-migration.
SAP Business Data Cloud
Cloud Platform and Technology
SAP Business Data Cloud Raises the Stakes for ERP Data Readiness
SAP Business Data Cloud positions itself as the governed foundation for AI-driven analytics. But adoption is still early, data fragmentation remains the norm, and only 3% of organizations have achieved a unified data layer. This article examines what ERP teams need to address before BDC can scale: semantic preservation, BW migration maturity, partner capability, and governance frameworks for agentic AI.
Analytics and AI
SAP and IBM Say AI-Ready ERP Still Starts with Trusted Infrastructure
SAP and IBM are positioning ERP infrastructure as the foundation of AI readiness. New customer wins—including JYSK, GBM, DIFARE Group, and Plastilene Group—show how SAP Cloud ERP Private on IBM Power Virtual Server gives enterprises a secure, scalable path to modernization without abandoning the resilience of IBM Power.
ERP Strategy and Planning
Why Agribusiness ERP Has to Treat Contracts as Risk Signals
Agribusiness contracts carry commodity, FX, and interest-rate exposure long before settlement. This article explains how SAP Agricultural Contract Management turns contracts into a live risk engine inside ERP, with msg global's implementation approach.
ERP Strategy and Planning
What Does It Take to Win the Next Energy ERP Cycle? SAP, Oracle, IFS, Infor Offer Different Answers
Excerpt: SAP, Oracle, IFS, and Infor are offering different answers to the next energy ERP cycle as oil, gas, utilities, renewables, and energy services companies modernize around assets, field execution, AI, and changing operating models.
federal ERP modernization
ERP Strategy and Planning
Federal ERP Modernization Gets Another Procurement Path as 2027 Deadline Nears
Federal agencies require effective procurement strategies for ERP modernization, as highlighted by M&S Consulting's participation in NASA's SEWP VI contract, which provides a framework for essential IT services and emphasizes the importance of leveraging small-business certifications in the contracting process.
SAP AI budget discipline for hiring and travel
ERP Strategy and Planning
After SAP’s Leadership Reorg, AI Overhaul Places New Scrutiny on Hiring and Travel
SAP is reallocating its operating budget by tightening hiring, limiting travel, and reviewing supplier spending to prioritize investments in AI capabilities and technologies, signaling a strategic shift towards enhancing its AI-driven products and services while managing operational costs.
Applied Materials finance transformation using SAP Taulia Dynamic Discounting for supplier payments
Business Process Management and Automation
Applied Materials Is Finding Finance Transformation in Faster Supplier Payments
Applied Materials is using SAP Taulia Dynamic Discounting as part of its Agile Finance program to accelerate supplier payments, improve supplier liquidity, and build a scalable, AI-first finance operating model. The initiative shows how enterprise working capital programs can evolve from transactional efficiency tools into strategic platforms that deliver both supplier value and measurable financial returns for large manufacturers.
SAP AI skills
Analytics and AI
ERP’s AI Skills Gap Is Becoming the Real Transformation Bottleneck
ERP vendors like SAP are shipping AI features faster than teams can absorb them. The SAP AI skills gap—with 91% of organizations using AI but only 17% embedding it in core workflows—is now the defining bottleneck to real ERP transformation.
AWS agentic AI SAP ERP exceptions - MCP agentic ERP infrastructure with AgentCore
Analytics and AI
MCP Is Becoming the Plumbing of Agentic ERP—ERP Leaders Need to Understand It
MCP is emerging as the protocol layer that lets AI agents discover and call enterprise tools, data sources, and workflows. For ERP leaders, the opportunity is lower integration friction. The risk is that access control, auditability, and cost discipline move closer to the agent boundary.
Analytics and AI
Nokia’s ERP Overhaul Shows Why AI Ambitions Are Moving to the Hyperscaler Layer
Nokia has signed a multi-year RISE with SAP agreement to consolidate multiple ERP systems into a unified SAP S/4HANA landscape hosted on Microsoft Azure, using clean-core principles and SAP's transformation methodology to prepare its global business backbone for embedded AI, operational resilience, and continuous cloud innovation.
ERP Strategy and Planning
SAP Announced Product Leadership Reorganizations Around AI and the Autonomous Suite
SAP is reorganizing product and engineering leadership around the SAP Business AI Platform and Autonomous Suite—a structural shift that puts AI delivery accountability at the center of its cloud ERP roadmap and signals the end of siloed product development.
SAP procurement automation
Spend Management and Procurement
SAP Procurement Agents Are Reaching the Front Door of Spend Management
SAP's Joule AI capabilities, set for general availability across Ariba and Fieldglass in June 2026, aim to enhance procurement processes by automating intake, contract creation, and workforce operations while urging spend teams to ensure proper governance and integration before widespread adoption.
Secure enterprise corridor representing Microsoft Power Platform governance and AI agent access
Governance, Risk, and Compliance
Microsoft Power Platform Narrows the Access Gap for ERP Agents
Microsoft's June 2026 Power Platform updates introduce Advanced Connector Policies that govern AI agent access to SAP systems at the action and MCP server level. ERP leaders must understand what the new controls mean for low-code automation, connector visibility, and enterprise AI compliance.
Application Development and Integration
Can AI Break the ERP Change-Order Cycle? Tessera Labs Just Raised $60M to Try
Tessera Labs’ $60 million funding round puts a spotlight on AI-native ERP modernization, raising a new question for CIOs: how much of the migration, data, code, and documentation work that once required large consulting teams can now be automated without weakening governance?
Enterprise Architecture
Who Governs AI Agents When Workflows Cross Platforms?
As AI agents expand across ERP, cloud, and workflow platforms, enterprise leaders face a critical governance challenge: who owns accountability when data, models, and audit trails are fragmented across multiple systems. This analysis explores the control plane problem and what ERP teams must do to prevent agent sprawl.
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