Application Development and Integration

In order to thrive and ensure their viability, contemporary enterprises must create and implement applications with a focus on superior quality, user experience, and seamless integration. Simultaneously, it is crucial to mitigate risks associated with the swift development and deployment of applications, particularly within the context of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP).

SAP transformation
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.
DeepFabric Takes Aim at the Manual Work Still Slowing Supply Chains
DeepFabric has launched its AI agent platform aimed at automating manual coordination tasks in supply chain operations, offering over 50 specialized agents that improve efficiency and reduce costs for enterprise clients, while emphasizing the importance of human oversight in the process.
IFS Chelsea FC AI
IFS and Chelsea FC Move Industrial AI from Sponsorship into Club Operations
IFS and Chelsea FC are enhancing their partnership to integrate IFS technology across the club's operations, initially focusing on finance and procurement and later expanding into asset management and facility operations, aiming to leverage Industrial AI for operational efficiency.
middleware partnership management
meshIQ and Dataeko Target the Middleware Blind Spot Blocking Modernization
meshIQ and Dataeko have partnered to give enterprises unified visibility and control over middleware environments that connect ERP, supply chain, and banking systems across hybrid and multi-cloud estates. Powered by meshIQ's Version 12.1 agentic AI, the partnership targets the middleware blind spots blocking cloud modernization.
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.
AI coding legacy modernization
NTT DATA Bets Cursor Can Speed the Messy Work of Legacy Modernization
NTT DATA’s partnership with Cursor brings AI coding agents directly into its global software engineering model, aiming to speed legacy modernization while strengthening governance and aligning modernization with enterprise‑wide AI strategy.
Sovereign AI for regulated enterprises
Cognizant and Domyn Take Sovereign AI From Policy Debate to Enterprise Build
Cognizant and Domyn have formed a strategic partnership to offer sovereign AI solutions tailored for regulated enterprises in EMEA, enabling secure AI deployment while ensuring data control and compliance with European regulations.
AI Made Code Faster—Tricentis Says Quality Teams Are Falling Behind
Tricentis’ 2026 Quality Transformation Report shows that AI has accelerated software creation faster than many organizations can validate it, turning quality engineering into a boardroom issue for ERP and enterprise application leaders.
Gatekeeping Enterprise AI? Workday Redraws the Build-vs-Buy Line for AI Agents
Workday’s DevCon 2026 announcements show how enterprise AI agent strategy is moving beyond build-versus-buy and toward governed access to HR, finance, business process, and audit controls.
AWS agentic AI SAP ERP exceptions - MCP agentic ERP infrastructure with AgentCore
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.
From Silos to Synchronization: How Britax Römer Unified Warehouse and ERP with Dynamics AX
Britax Römer partnered with Hitachi Solutions to integrate its external warehouse logistics with Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012, creating a seamless link between ERP and warehouse operations. The project improved stock visibility, streamlined order processing, and provided a scalable foundation for future supply chain optimization across the company’s EMEA operations.
Top ERP Today stories and H1 2026 enterprise technology trends across AI, cloud, SAP, robotics, and infrastructure
10 Stories That Defined Enterprise Tech in H1 2026 and What They Say About the ERP Market
ERP Today’s most-read stories in the first half of 2026 reveal a market moving from AI enthusiasm into harder questions about pricing, governance, infrastructure, cloud costs, and operational execution.
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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.
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?
SAP AI partnerships
SAP’s AI Partnership Sprint Shows What Its Autonomous Enterprise Still Has to Prove
SAP’s recent partnerships with Google Cloud, n8n, Anthropic, AWS, Cohere, Mistral, and Parloa show how the company is turning its Autonomous Enterprise strategy into a modular AI architecture built around data access, orchestration, model choice, and governed business context.
SAP developers being replaced by AI
SAP Says AI Could Replace Its Coders—Customers Should Watch What Comes Next
Christian Klein’s claim that SAP could have no human software developers within three to four years is not just a workforce prediction. It is a signal of how SAP believes enterprise software will be built, governed, supported, and sold in the AI era.
IBM Brings OpenAI Cyber Models into Enterprise AppSec Workflows
IBM has launched a new application security service using OpenAI's capabilities to help enterprises quickly identify software vulnerabilities, as part of its broader initiative to integrate frontier AI into cyber defense while ensuring controlled access and governance.
Global E-Invoicing Mandates Are Becoming an ERP Architecture Test
Sovos Compliance Network launches into a mandate wave that is pushing tax compliance directly into ERP transaction flows. For finance, tax, and architecture teams, e-invoicing is becoming a permanent operating condition rather than a series of local deadline projects.
Acumatica’s Ratings Sweep: What Midmarket ERP Buyers Are Actually Rewarding
Acumatica has been recognized in seven industry reports for its exceptional usability, customer satisfaction, and product fit for small- and medium-sized businesses, notably achieving top rankings in Nucleus Research, G2, and TrustRadius, emphasizing the growing demand for ERP systems that combine modernity with user-friendliness.
Trusted AI
Tricentis California Deal Puts AI Testing Governance in the Spotlight
Tricentis has expanded its software licensing contract with California to offer its AI-driven quality engineering platform to state agencies, while emphasizing that AI-generated testing must be governed by evidence and compliance, essential for SAP teams in regulated environments.
Finance automation and treasury management
Embat Brings Treasury Management to Sage Intacct Customers Following Series B Funding
Embat has partnered with Sage to offer its treasury management technology to Sage Intacct customers in the UK, enabling finance teams to connect ERP and banking data for enhanced cash visibility and financial operations without replacing their core systems.
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Microsoft Connects Field Service Execution to Project Financials in Dynamics 365
Microsoft has made interoperability between Dynamics 365 Field Service and Project Operations generally available, enabling service organizations to link work orders with project financials for improved visibility and management of costs and revenue during service execution.
ERP Today Live Interview
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.
Boomi World 2026
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'.
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SAP Security Patch Day May 2026 Shows Risk Beyond Core Applications
SAP’s May 2026 Security Patch Day shows why SAP teams need to look beyond severity scores. Critical vulnerabilities affected S/4HANA and Commerce Cloud, while Mini Shai-Hulud brought developer tooling, credentials, and supply-chain exposure into the SAP security conversation.
AI and SAP Discovery Center
The Power of Co-Existence: Orchestrating AI Agents and SAP
In the race to modernize the enterprise, the debate is no longer about choosing one ecosystem over another; it's about extending value from your existing SAP investment without introducing fragility. While SAP excels at integrating the "Core" within its own ecosystem, the modern enterprise lives everywhere else—from legacy on-prem systems to the burgeoning frontier of AI agents. Join ERP Today and MuleSoft for an executive-level deep dive into the Co-Exist Strategy. We explore how organizations are maintaining a clean SAP core while using MuleSoft as the universal connective tissue for everything outside of it—regardless of where you are in your S/4HANA journey.
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SAP API Policy Raises New Questions About ERP Integration and AI Access
SAP’s updated API policy is raising questions about ERP integration, AI access, and partner products. The policy puts new scrutiny on undocumented APIs, large-scale extraction, and the supported pathways customers and partners use to access SAP data.
invoice automation
Addovation and Snowfox Bring AI-Driven Invoice Automation into IFS Finance Workflows
Addovation's partnership with Snowfox enables IFS customers to automate over 90% of invoice processing within existing finance workflows using embedded AI, addressing rising invoice volumes and enhancing operational efficiency without requiring system redesigns.
IFS Starts 2026 Strong As Industrial AI Embeds In Ops
IFS reported 25% YoY growth in annual recurring revenue to start 2026 and a shift in industrial AI usage from single-task support to integration into planning and execution processes, highlighting the company's deepening role in asset-intensive sectors.
Infor’s April Update Sharpens CloudSuite WFM for Frontline Reality
Infor's April 2026 Cumulative Update enhances CloudSuite Workforce Management with user-friendly improvements in scheduling and time and attendance functions, aiming to boost productivity and operational efficiency for supervisors and frontline managers.