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.

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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.
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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.
Analytics and AI
IBM Positioned as Leader in Oracle Supply Chain Services as Enterprises Prioritize Resilience and AI
IBM is recognized as a Leader in the IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Supply Chain Oracle Ecosystem Services (2025–2026) for its comprehensive capabilities and strategic approach, emphasizing the necessity of integrated, end-to-end supply chain transformation amid increasing investment and complexity in the industry.
Financial Management
SAP’s Autonomous Finance Push Turns CFO Attention to Governance
SAP’s autonomous finance push is moving CFO priorities toward governance, controls, and AI-ready financial processes. For SAP customers, the opportunity depends on how well automation, GRC, and finance transformation connect inside ERP operations.
SAP Executive Interviews
Analytics and AI
SAP Sapphire Interviews: SAP Executives Say AI Is Pushing ERP Back to the Center of Business Strategy
At SAP Sapphire 2026, Maura Hameroff and David Vallejo emphasized that AI is transforming ERP systems into strategic business frameworks that enhance enterprise decision-making by integrating industry knowledge and addressing fragmented data, thereby enabling companies to efficiently navigate modern challenges in supply chain management and overall business operations.
Private Equity in ERP
Analytics and AI
Private Equity’s ERP Upgrade Push Has a Controls Problem
Private equity firms are increasingly willing to fund cloud ERP modernization for portfolio companies, recognizing that outdated systems can significantly reduce valuation, thus emphasizing the importance of incorporating internal controls early in the transformation process to mitigate risks and enhance operational efficiency.
Deutsche Telekom German Sovereign AI Contract
Analytics and AI
SAP and Deutsche Telekom Put Sovereign AI at the Center of German Public Administration
Germany is implementing a public-sector AI strategy through a new SAP and Deutsche Telekom platform designed to deliver secure AI services and infrastructure for federal, state, and municipal administration, marking a significant shift towards shared digital infrastructure and sovereignty in AI governance.
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Analytics and AI
Workday’s AI Agent Push Started Showing Up in its Q1 Earnings Numbers
Workday's Q1 fiscal 2027 results demonstrated strong revenue growth and increasing adoption of AI agents, reassuring investors that AI can enhance rather than undermine subscription software economics.
ServiceNow
Analytics and AI
ServiceNow’s Next Knowledge 2026 Message: Governed AI Has to Reach the Frontline
ServiceNow's Knowledge 2026 initiative emphasizes a governance layer for AI and security, with tools like Otto, an AI-driven interface designed to streamline enterprise workflows for employees and operators, enhancing user experience across systems while integrating deeper operational capabilities.
Analytics and AI
BCG and Conduct Target Custom Code Complexity in ERP Transformations
BCG and Conduct have partnered to enhance ERP transformations by leveraging Conduct’s AI platform for early custom code analysis, aiming to streamline decision-making, reduce risks, and optimize costs in migration efforts.
Analytics and AI
ERP Today Expert Exchange – AI Transformation – Season 1
This three-part Expert Exchanges series, hosted by Constance Sayers from ERP Today, explores how organizations are navigating AI-led transformation in partnership with Oracle Cloud and IBM Consulting. Across the episodes, a consistent set of themes emerges: AI is elevating traditionally...
SAP Sapphire Madrid Customer Keynote
Analytics and AI
SAP Sapphire Madrid Customer Keynote: Enterprise AI Value Depends on Business Ownership
The SAP Sapphire Madrid keynote highlighted the shift in AI discussions from announcements to operational integration, emphasizing that AI's value relies on governance, user trust, and practical implementation within business processes, as showcased by various case studies from companies like Ericsson, Fonterra, and EssilorLuxottica.
ServiceNow Knowledge 2026
Analytics and AI
ServiceNow Repositioned Around AI Security and Governance at Knowledge 2026
ServiceNow positions itself as a governance and action layer for enterprise AI, launching Autonomous Security and Risk, enhancing the AI Control Tower for comprehensive governance, and making its Action Fabric available to external agents, amidst a backdrop of growing financial momentum and challenges in broad adoption.
Dataiku Cobuild on Snowflake
Analytics and AI
Dataiku Launches Cobuild on Snowflake for Governed AI Workflows
Dataiku has launched Cobuild on Snowflake, a new offering designed to turn natural-language requests into governed AI workflows, agents and applications running inside Snowflake.
SAP Sapphire Madrid
Analytics and AI
SAP Sapphire Madrid: Autonomous Enterprise Pitch Meets Europe’s AI Control Test
At SAP Sapphire Madrid, the company introduced the Autonomous Enterprise as the next evolution in ERP, focusing on AI-driven solutions tailored for European markets, emphasizing sovereignty and regulatory compliance in data handling and operational control.
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Analytics and AI
Beacon.li Launches AI Platform for Enterprise Software Implementation
Beacon.li launched Implementation Studio, a UI-based AI platform that aims to execute enterprise software implementation work inside target applications, with early traction likely in repeatable configuration, testing and hypercare workflows.
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Automation
SAP and Anthropic Integrate Claude with SAP Joule Using Model Context Protocol
SAP and Anthropic announced the integration of Claude into the SAP Business AI Platform and Joule, enabling AI agents to execute tasks across SAP S/4HANA, SuccessFactors, Ariba, and third-party systems using Model Context Protocol (MCP).
SAP Joule AI
Analytics and AI
SAP Pushes Joule Toward Enterprise Execution, but Readiness Remains the Constraint
SAP is turning Joule into an enterprise execution surface, not just an AI assistant, but the layer through which ERP users interact with SAP data, agents, generated workspaces, voice, desktop tools, and cross-system workflows.
Manufacturing Systems and Automation
Organizations Must Confront the AI-ERP Reality Gap
The enterprise landscape is facing disruption as AI agents automate tasks and support decisions, but many organizations struggle to implement AI effectively due to outdated and fragmented ERP systems, necessitating a transformation that integrates AI and ERP capabilities.
Boomi World 2026
Analytics and AI
Boomi World 2026 Pushes Enterprise Platform Toward Agentic AI Governance
At Boomi World 2026, Boomi unveiled a comprehensive strategy to transition AI agents from pilot programs to enterprise workflows through enhanced orchestration, connectivity, context, and governance, supported by partnerships with Red Hat and Couchbase, ultimately positioning itself as an active data foundation for the emerging 'agentic enterprise'.
Cybersecurity
Security
Sage-IDC Research Reveals SMB Cybersecurity Gaps in the AI Era
A Sage-IDC study reveals that while small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are significantly increasing their cybersecurity investments, a disconnect exists between spending intentions and actual implementation, exposing many to cyber threats due to a lack of governance and preparedness, particularly in the face of accelerating AI adoption.
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.
SAP Autonomous HCM
Human Capital Management
SAP Pushes Autonomous HCM Beyond HR Automation in SuccessFactors
SAP's Sapphire 2026 announcement highlights its Autonomous HCM capabilities in SuccessFactors, transforming HR from a static record system into an active operational layer that includes payroll, hiring, workforce planning, and learning integration through new Joule Assistants.
SAP Sapphire customer keynote
Analytics and AI
SAP Sapphire Customer Keynote Shows AI Value Depends on Readiness, Data, and Standardization
At SAP Sapphire 2026, the customer keynote made a definitive case: AI value in the enterprise depends on readiness, data standardization, and clean core ERP foundations—not experimentation. Through transformation stories from Lockheed Martin, ExxonMobil, Levi Strauss, and Aeropuertos Argentina, SAP reinforced that organizations succeeding with AI have built the operational and data infrastructure to support it on SAP S/4HANA and BTP.
EU flag displayed on the glass exterior of the European Parliament building, representing ERP governance questions around the EU AI Act delay.
Governance, Risk, and Compliance
What the EU AI Act Delay Means for ERP Governance
The EU AI Act delay eases some near-term compliance pressure, but ERP teams still need to build governance evidence around how AI is used across business processes.
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