Analytics and AI

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and analytics are indispensable in propelling digital transformation efforts, particularly influencing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). With the rapid progression of technology and computing power, organizations across various sectors are generating immense amounts of data daily, impacting ERP processes. The significance of this data lies in its potential to extract actionable insights, facilitate strategic planning, and drive innovation within the ERP framework. In this context, AI and analytics emerge as pivotal tools, facilitating the extraction of value from the vast amounts of data generated and collected across the enterprise, optimizing ERP functionalities. Analytics is commonly categorized into descriptive, prescriptive, diagnostic, and predictive types, enhancing the ERP landscape. AI algorithms contribute not only to predictive and prescriptive analytics but also empower companies to develop innovative ERP capabilities, exemplified by advancements such as Industry 4.0.

Analytics and AI
IBM and ServiceNow Target Legacy Systems and Data Readiness for AI at Scale
IBM and ServiceNow announced a multi-year collaboration to modernize legacy applications, enhance AI-ready data governance, and integrate autonomous operations into IT workflows, aiming to overcome barriers to enterprise AI by evolving existing systems and improving data management and operational integration.
Analytics and AI
Harbour Energy’s SAP Tool Chain: The Architecture Behind Acquisition-Speed Integration
Harbour Energy is leveraging a connected SAP tool chain to manage its acquisition-led growth across multiple ERP systems, prioritizing visibility, process alignment, and integration speed to maintain agility while expanding globally.
Court Ruling AI Overviews
Analytics and AI
German Court Raises Legal Stakes for Google’s AI-Generated Search Answers
A German court has held Google directly liable for false claims made by its AI Overviews, differentiating them from traditional search results due to their generation of new statements, thereby establishing heightened accountability for AI outputs.
Analytics and AI
Before AI Agents Can Touch the ERP: An Infrastructure FAQ Checklist for Enterprise Leaders
The gap between organizations' aspirations for enterprise AI agents and the necessary infrastructure to implement them safely is widening, emphasized by key developments in data platform competition, API readiness challenges, increasing data center demands, and heightened security risks, urging ERP and IT leaders to investigate and address these critical infrastructure needs promptly.
Analytics and AI
Priority Payables vs. Leading ERP Payables Automation Solutions
This guide highlights the advantages of Priority Payables over other providers, demonstrating why it is the ideal solution for ERP integration.
Analytics and AI
Epicor Names Rachel Barger Chief Revenue Officer
Epicor has appointed Rachel Barger as Chief Revenue Officer to enhance global sales and recurring revenue strategies, focusing on customer relationships and partner ecosystem expansion, as the company continues its shift towards industry-specific ERP solutions.
Oracle Q4 2026 earnings
Analytics and AI
Oracle’s Q4 2026 Earnings Call: $638B Backlog Turns AI Cloud Growth into Funding Test
Oracle surpassed fiscal Q4 revenue and earnings expectations with a focus on its AI infrastructure, reporting significant growth in cloud revenue and large-scale AI contracts, but faced investor concerns over capital spending and negative free cash flow as it aims to convert its $638 billion in remaining performance obligations into revenue.
Analytics and AI
DATEV Moves Sales Teams to Microsoft Dynamics 365 with Capgemini
DATEV is implementing Microsoft Dynamics 365 as part of a CRM transformation with Capgemini to enhance customer engagement and internal collaboration, starting with a pilot in July 2025 and a full rollout planned for February 2026, aiming for improved sales processes and data visibility for over 1,300 employees.
NTT DATA and Google Cloud
Analytics and AI
Google Cloud Adds NTT DATA to Gemini Enterprise Delivery Push
Google Cloud is enhancing its Gemini Enterprise partner strategy through an expanded collaboration with NTT DATA to facilitate the deployment of enterprise AI solutions, aiming to create a dedicated practice that supports 5,000 certified experts and the development of 500 AI agents to effectively transform business operations.
Analytics and AI
The Next Enterprise AI Wave Will Reach Beyond Agents, Says SAP Labs US Managing Director
At SAP Sapphire, Global Head of Research & Innovation Yaad Oren discussed SAP's forward-looking exploration of emerging technologies like AI, data, user experience, robotics, quantum computing, and cloud architecture, urging customers to embrace current AI capabilities while also preparing for future innovations.
Earnings
Analytics and AI
Oracle Earnings Will Test AI Infrastructure Economics Behind OCI Growth
Oracle's upcoming Q4 FY2026 earnings report on June 10 is pivotal, as investors are keen to understand how the company plans to manage the capital-intensive demands of its AI cloud expansion amidst a substantial $553 billion backlog, with expectations for revenue growth and the implications of their capital expenditures on future profitability.
Accelerating Oracle modernization with Tricentis solutions
Cloud Platform and Technology
Victrola Cuts P&L Reporting Time by 94% After SAP Cloud ERP Migration
Victrola has successfully transitioned from SAP ECC to SAP Cloud ERP, reducing its profit-and-loss reporting time from four hours to 10-15 minutes and eliminating over 250 hours of finance-related work, while aligning its operations with new market demands and modernizing its data management.
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Financial Management
Zuora Suite Helps Companies Connect AI Pricing, Billing, and Revenue Recognition
Zuora’s AI Monetization Suite connects AI pricing, billing, usage data, and revenue recognition as companies commercialize AI products through usage, credits, commitments, and hybrid models.
ERP Strategy and Planning
SAP Sapphire Interview: AI Agents Will Force HR to Rethink Workforce Management, Says SAP SuccessFactors CRO
SAP SuccessFactors is addressing the pivotal question of how to manage AI agents within the workforce, emphasizing the need for strategic workforce planning and skill development, as companies navigate the complexities of integrating AI into HR functions and organizational structures post-COVID.
Oracle AI World Tour
Analytics and AI
IBM Closes Out 2026 Oracle AI World Tour with a Clear Message: AI Is Now an Operational Imperative
IBM's 2026 Oracle AI World Tour highlighted the transition of enterprises from questioning AI adoption to leveraging it for tangible business value, showcasing success stories and practical guidance across major cities while emphasizing the importance of intentional design, robust governance, and integrated systems for effective AI implementation.
Analytics and AI
Reveal Puts SAP Performance Fees Fully at Risk with 8x Return Guarantee
Reveal USA has launched a pioneering SAP performance improvement model that risks 100% of its fees against achieving an 8x return on investment within 12 months, aiming to address operational drift and enhance measurable business outcomes in SAP-run enterprises.
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Analytics and AI
Europe’s Tech Sovereignty Package Puts Cloud, AI, Chips and Open Source Under One Policy Roof
The EU's new European Technological Sovereignty Package aims to reduce reliance on non-EU digital infrastructure by promoting domestic capabilities in semiconductors, cloud, and AI through the Chips Act 2.0, Cloud and AI Development Act, and an emphasis on open source strategies, while also addressing energy constraints and competitiveness in the technology sector.
Orbital data centers
Analytics and AI
AI’s Data Center Crunch Sends Compute Ambitions into Orbit
As demand for infrastructure grows due to AI, cloud and space companies are investigating orbital data centers as a solution to terrestrial constraints like land and energy shortages, with initiatives from companies like SpaceX and Google, although challenges remain regarding optimal workloads and economic viability.
Analytics and AI
Google Cloud Partnerships: Gemini Enterprise Pushed Deeper into Workday and IBM Delivery
Google Cloud is advancing Gemini Enterprise into enterprise AI through expanded partnerships with Workday and IBM, focusing on integrating HR and finance agents into workflows and enhancing delivery capacities with industry-specific solutions.
Jentic API scoring tool
Analytics and AI
AI Infrastructure Company Jentic Wants to Score the APIs AI Agents Will Depend On
Jentic has launched a free API Scoring tool that evaluates the readiness of enterprise APIs for AI integration across six dimensions, emphasizing the distinction between API validity and usability for AI agents, thereby addressing potential operational risks in enterprise systems.
Analytics and AI
When AI Spend Outpaces Value: A Reality Check for SMBs
As small and midsize businesses increasingly integrate AI into operations, they are facing a shift towards viewing AI as a recurring operational expense rather than a simple software enhancement, prompting the need for clear governance and targeted use cases to ensure measurable value while controlling costs.
Analytics and AI
AI Readiness Evaluation Checklist
AI is more than just a tool, and when combined with the power of a comprehensive modern, cloud-based ERP system, it can serve as your strategic advantage to transform your operations and succeed in this competitive environment.
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ERP Strategy and Planning
The Support Insight That Moved Beacon.li’s CEO Toward Enterprise Implementation
Beacon.li CEO Rakesh Vaddadi built a support tool. His customers pushed him upstream. Now he is making the case that implementation failure is a knowledge transfer problem — and that the fix is capturing expert judgment before it walks out the door.
Anthropic Project Glasswing expansion
Security
Anthropic Expands Project Glasswing into Critical Infrastructure
Anthropic has expanded Project Glasswing to 150 additional organizations across more than 15 countries, bringing its AI-powered cyberdefense program into power, water, healthcare, communications, and other critical infrastructure sectors.
software vendor AI acquisitions
Analytics and AI
Recent Acquisitions Announcements Show Enterprise Software Vendors Are Buying the AI Execution Layer
Asana, Coupa, Salesforce, and Vertice are acquiring new AI capabilities to enhance their platforms by enabling more comprehensive enterprise workflows and intelligent automation that extends beyond current functionalities, presenting opportunities and risks for ERP leaders as they adapt to a fragmented AI landscape.
public sector ERP modernization AI readiness
Analytics and AI
ERP Technical Debt Is Blocking Public Sector AI. Here Is How to Address It
With nearly half of UK government technology spend consumed by maintaining legacy systems, DXC Technology's Derek Allison examines why ERP modernization, cloud adoption, and interoperability are now the critical foundations for closing the gap between AI ambition and operational reality in public services.
ERP Today Live Interview
Analytics and AI
Interview: Nominal CMO on Why Finance AI Agents Need to Execute, Not Just Explain
At Sage Future, Nominal CMO Stephanie Montelius discussed why finance teams are moving beyond chatbots toward agentic AI that can execute ERP-adjacent accounting work with human oversight. The interview explores trust, deterministic agents, multi-entity complexity, intercompany transactions, manufacturing use cases, and the role of ERP-agnostic AI platforms in finance operations.
CRM and Customer Experience
How SugarAI Helped Country Fare Increase Existing Account Revenue by 40%
SugarAI’s award-winning work with Country Fare shows how connected ERP and CRM insight can help distributors grow existing account revenue, reduce manual analysis, and improve proactive customer engagement.
Future ERP systems will likely undergo a significant transformation, from static and reactive to dynamic, event-driven platforms powered by agentic AI, enabling them to execute workflows and interact autonomously across business processes. Image from Adobe.
ERP Strategy and Planning
Priority Software Bets Midmarket ERP Users Are Ready for AI That Executes
Priority Software enhances its cloud ERP with the release of V26.0, integrating embedded AI features, including an aiERP Companion and specialized agents for finance, sales, and supply chain workflows, aimed at minimizing manual tasks and improving decision-making efficiency.
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Analytics and AI
Databricks’ $134B Valuation Puts the Enterprise AI Data War in Focus
Databricks is signaling a pivotal shift in enterprise AI spending towards essential data platforms for effective model utilization, highlighted by its recent $7 billion funding round and competition with Snowflake to manage data for analytics and agentic AI.
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