Analytics and AI

Inetum's ServiceNow practice has achieved ISG 'Rising Star' recognition and launched an Agentic AI Center of Excellence, marking significant advancements in enterprise technology that highlight the increasing integration of intelligent, autonomous capabilities in the ERP landscape.

The collaboration between SAP and Google Cloud focuses on developing practical, AI-powered enterprise systems that enhance innovation and reduce project risk, leveraging tools like SAP Joule and Google’s Gemini models for real-time access to actionable data and robust infrastructure, exemplified by successful implementations at companies like AMD and Suzano.

Sage has integrated AI into its Sage 50 platform to better serve UK small and mid-sized businesses, enhancing financial operations with features like faster reporting, automated data extraction, and improved security, while emphasizing the importance of technology for operational success.

SAP's upcoming Joule Everywhere update in 2025 integrates generative AI agents across its entire ecosystem, enabling intelligent co-piloting and seamless decision-making within workflows while enhancing security and governance.

At SAP Sapphire 2025, SAP introduced a production-grade network of autonomous business agents integrated with SAP Joule, enabling organizations to execute end-to-end processes across finance, HR, procurement, and supply chain without custom code, while ensuring governance and compliance through SAP LeanIX.

Sage Ai automates tasks like processing invoices, gives you a real-time view of your business performance, and tells you what you can do to improve it. As technology moves forward, we move with it. Our 40 years of experience ensures you make the most of technology as it advances.

The adoption of Artificial Intelligence in manufacturing is transforming decision-making, predictive maintenance, and quality control, with 80% of manufacturers investing in AI to enhance efficiency and innovation, despite facing integration challenges that require clear strategies and investment in workforce upskilling.

HCL Software is redefining the enterprise software landscape with an outcome-based, empathy-driven approach to AI and automation, focusing on customer needs and integrating advanced technologies into existing platforms without discarding legacy systems.

At the Epicor Insights 2025 conference, Epicor announced its commitment to the manufacturing and supply chain sectors with the introduction of AI-driven tools, including Epicor Prism and Grow AI for enhanced operational efficiency and data quality, alongside the Carbon Cost Rollup for managing carbon footprints in production, highlighting the increasing importance of sustainability in ERP systems.

At Oracle CloudWorld 2025, Executive VP Steve Miranda highlighted AI's transformative role in business operations, stressing Oracle's commitment to embedding AI across its cloud technology stack while showcasing real-world applications with major clients like TD Bank, ultimately positioning Oracle as a partner in navigating technological change.

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IBM and Oracle have enhanced their longstanding partnership to integrate IBM's watsonx AI into Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, paving the way for advanced agentic AI capabilities across various enterprise applications while promoting ESG reporting for sustainability and compliance.

Unit4 has launched Ava, an Advanced Virtual Agent integrated within Unit4 ERPx and Microsoft Teams, designed to streamline enterprise automation by handling routine tasks and providing intelligent insights, with the ambition to automate 50% of ERP activities and enhance user experience.

Opkey helps businesses maximize the value of their enterprise resource applications with intelligent, agentic AI-powered automation that assures every stage of the ERP lifecycle—from deployment, to operation, to ongoing evolution and business transformation. With Opkey’s platform, businesses can seamlessly deploy cloud applications, adopt critical updates with confidence, eliminate human error in system testing, and minimize business disruptions.

IBM and Oracle are collaborating to integrate artificial intelligence into enterprise technology, enhancing efficiency, decision-making, and operational performance, while providing secure and scalable solutions that drive business transformation and innovation.

AI is rewriting the rules for ERP users in the manufacturing and supply chain industries.

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Lifetime Products successfully modernized its ERP system by adopting Microsoft Dynamics 365, enabling enhanced operational efficiency and employee development through automation and a collaborative workforce strategy that reallocates resources towards higher-value tasks.

Microsoft is transforming ERP systems from traditional user-initiated processes to intelligent, autonomous platforms that execute tasks independently, emphasizing continuous business value and adapting to user needs rather than the other way around.

At the AWS London Summit, AWS announced a program to upskill 100,000 individuals in AI over five years, while also launching SAP Databricks on its platform, which enhances data accessibility and AI capabilities for SAP users, marking a significant step towards integrating advanced analytics and AI in enterprise resource planning.

This powerful Large Language Model (LLM) set the record for the fastest-growing user base in history by soaring to more than 100 million active monthly users in only two months.

There is much agreement that AI will automate routine tasks, freeing up time for more strategic work. But what does this future workplace look like? How will AI impact the way we work and interact with colleagues, and what will be expected of employees in the AI-fueled office?

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IBM is strengthening its partnership with Microsoft by establishing a Microsoft Practice within IBM Consulting aimed at leveraging AI, cloud, and security solutions to deliver measurable business outcomes across various industries undergoing digital transformation.

AI-powered business intelligence tools help you get the data and insights needed to run your business and make better decisions.

AI adoption among small-to-midsize businesses has surged nearly threefold from 2023 to 2024, with Verizon's survey highlighting this trend alongside NetSuite's release of innovative AI enhancements in 2025, including generative AI capabilities for streamlined reporting, data visualization, and tailored insights to improve business decision-making and efficiency.