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
NATO Taps Google Cloud for AI-Ready Sovereign Infrastructure
NATO has partnered with Google Cloud to enhance its digital modernization through a multimillion-dollar commitment to an air-gapped sovereign cloud environment, improving data governance and enabling AI-driven workloads while maintaining strict security and operational control.
SAP Sovereign Cloud
Analytics and AI
SAP Is Building a Sovereign AI Stack for Europe
Regulatory trends in the EU are fostering a shift towards sovereign cloud and AI infrastructure, highlighted by companies like SAP, which has invested in local partnerships with firms like Mistral AI to enhance digital autonomy and develop industry-specific applications.
Analytics and AI
AI-Handbook
The document outlines how SMBs can leverage AI-first ERP platforms to enhance efficiency, automate workflows, and improve decision-making. It contrasts traditional systems with modern AI-driven solutions, emphasizing benefits like real-time insights, scalability, and intuitive interfaces. It also highlights the importance of assessing organizational readiness for AI adoption and provides a checklist to guide SMBs in transitioning to AI-powered tools for competitive growth.
Unit4 and Pragmatic AI
Analytics and AI
AI Agents Shifting from Hype to Enterprise Workflow Redesign: IBM Webinar
The misconceptions about AI agents primarily stem from enterprise expectations rather than the technology itself, emphasizing the need for organizations to redesign workflows for effective adoption and integration of AI systems.
Cloud Platform and Technology
Higher Education Races to Modernize ERP as Cloud, AI Pressures Intensify
Higher education institutions are rapidly upgrading ERP systems to embrace cloud flexibility and AI readiness, viewing modernization as essential due to budget constraints, enrollment dynamics, and the demand for streamlined digital experiences.
Amazon AWS
Analytics and AI
New AI Agents Make AWS ProServe Projects Faster
AWS has launched the Professional Services Delivery Agent, an AI-powered tool that enhances AWS ProServe engagements by automating routine tasks, thereby significantly improving project turnaround times and reducing costs.
mid-market multi-entity ERP
Financial Management
Intuit, Rehmann Launch Joint ERP Push for Mid-Market Multi-Entity Accounting
Intuit and Rehmann are collaborating to launch an AI-driven ERP suite targeting mid-market firms with complex financial needs, aiming to streamline multi-entity finance on a unified cloud platform while enhancing automation and visibility.
Analytics and AI
ServiceNow Advances Enterprise AI Through Integrations with Microsoft
ServiceNow announced integrations with Microsoft, including Microsoft Agent 365, to create seamless AI orchestration and governance for businesses, enabling autonomous workflows and visibility across Microsoft 365 and the ServiceNow AI Platform.
Coda
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.
Analytics and AI
SAP, Microsoft Tighten Their Data Fabric to Boost AI Value for the Enterprise
SAP and Microsoft are enhancing their partnership with SAP Business Data Cloud Connect for Microsoft Fabric to enable bi-directional data sharing without replication, facilitating immediate access to SAP data for analytics and AI within a unified platform that supports cross-cloud interoperability and improved user experience.
Analytics and AI
IFS Showcases AI Impact Through Industry-Specific Scenarios
IFS's innovations at the Industrial X Unleashed event showcased partnerships with leading AI firms to integrate industry-specific solutions that enhance predictive maintenance, improve operational efficiency and transform asset management.
Workday mid-size enterprise success
Analytics and AI
Workday Boosts ERP Automation with Pipedream Buy, BigQuery Patnership
Workday has announced plans to buy Pipedream to enhance ERP-native automation with over 3,000 pre-built connectors, and partnered with Google BigQuery to improve data integration and analytics, while also expanding its Workday GO solution for global payroll and faster deployments.
Blake Moret, CEO of Rockwell Automation.
Manufacturing Systems and Automation
Going from Automation to Autonomy at Rockwell Automation Fair
At Rockwell Automation’s Automation Fair, CEO Blake Moret emphasized the future of manufacturing through simplified automation and AI integration, while Plex's Michael Hart highlighted the importance of structured data and human-centered autonomy in evolving from automation to smarter, more autonomous operations.
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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.
Zuora Monetization Catalog
Analytics and AI
How Zuora’s New AI-Ready Catalog Targets the Hard-Coding Bottleneck
Zuora's new Monetization Catalog aims to alleviate the tension between product innovation and rigid financial infrastructure by enabling business users to create and launch dynamic, usage-based pricing models without code.
Analytics and AI
Strong AI Governance is Critical to Responsible Enterprise Deployment
As companies rapidly adopt generative and autonomous AI technologies, effective governance has become essential to mitigate risks such as accuracy, bias, and compliance, necessitating executive oversight and coordinated efforts across various departments to ensure trust and accountability in AI deployments.
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Analytics and AI
IBM Embeds AI Consulting Tools Inside Microsoft Copilot, Cites 250,000 Hours Saved
IBM integrates its Consulting Advantage with Microsoft Copilot to enhance efficiency for consultants, saving over 250,000 hours annually, by optimizing access to proprietary information within familiar Microsoft 365 applications while maintaining governance and oversight.
Microsoft OpenAI Enterprise AI
Analytics and AI
Microsoft Leans on OpenAI’s Custom Chip Designs to Accelerate In-House Silicon Strategy
Microsoft is deepening its collaboration with OpenAI by leveraging the startup's custom chip designs for its own semiconductor strategy, while addressing concerns about AI hardware depreciation, which may influence enterprise decisions on long-term cloud and AI investments.
Analytics and AI
Microsoft Expands MCP into Dynamic, AI-Ready Foundation for Dynamics 365 ERP
Microsoft is transforming its Dynamics 365 ERP by upgrading its Model Context Protocol from a static toolset to a dynamic, real-time gateway, integrating analytics and allowing extensive access to ERP functions for improved AI-enabled operations by December 2025.
Analytics and AI
GPT-5.1 Lands in Copilot Studio as OpenAI Pushes Speed, Reasoning, Personalization Forward
Microsoft and OpenAI have released GPT-5.1 in Copilot Studio for US customers, offering two versions—Instant and Thinking—for enhanced reasoning and personalization, thereby supporting enterprise-scale adoption and allowing organizations to test advanced AI capabilities in a controlled environment.
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ERP Strategy and Planning
New Basis Technologies Index Reveals Speed as Top Concern for SAP Change Managers
A Basis Technologies study revealed that while 84% of organizations hesitate to make SAP changes, the adoption of AI-assisted intelligent change management tools is empowering change managers to execute strategic initiatives more efficiently and effectively.
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Analytics and AI
Sana Acquisition Promises New AI Tools for Workday Users
Workday's recent acquisition of Sana aims to integrate AI-powered tools into its platform, enhancing productivity and user experiences through new AI agents and a seamless learning system, marking a significant shift towards intelligent ERP solutions.
IFS unleased digital workers AI agents
Analytics and AI
IFS Loops Unveils Agentic AI-Driven Digital Workers for Industrial Operations
IFS Loops has introduced digital workers to address staffing challenges in industrial organizations, offering out-of-the-box solutions for 10 roles that enhance efficiency and transparency, demonstrated by Kodiak Gas's significant ROI through their recent implementation.
Unit4 and Pragmatic AI
Analytics and AI
AI Trust Label Live for Sage Intacct Users in the US, UK
Sage launched its AI Trust Label for Sage Intacct users in the US and UK, marking the beginning of a global rollout aimed at enhancing user confidence in AI by providing transparency about data usage, ethical practices, and compliance standards.
ERP cloud lifecycle management dashboard showing integration complexity and AI-driven automation
Cloud Platform and Technology
Amey Completes Cloud ERP Overhaul with SAP S/4HANA and NTT DATA Business Solutions
Amey has successfully migrated from a 20-year-old SAP ECC system to SAP S/4HANA Cloud on Google Cloud Platform as part of its modernization initiative while partnering with NTT DATA Business Solutions.
Analytics and AI
Microsoft Takes Lead in Global AI and Cloud Transformation Partnership
Microsoft is leading a global partnership to transform enterprise AI and cloud adoption, positioning itself as a strategic enabler of change through integrated infrastructure, AI solutions, and workforce training.
JiVS IMP and AI Ready Data
Analytics and AI
Why 92% of Companies Lack AI-Ready Data
The Cisco AI Readiness Report reveals that while 97% of organizations prioritize urgent AI deployment, 92% are unprepared due to fragmented and siloed data across disparate systems, indicating a critical need for unified and clean foundational data to enable effective AI implementation.
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