Data and Data Management

Efficient data management, encompassing the systematic collection, organization, and retrieval of data, is fundamental for enhancing productivity, efficiency, and informed decision-making. Regardless of their scale or industry, organizations benefit significantly from implementing a robust data management strategy and adopting a modern data management system. This ensures streamlined operations and optimized use of information, facilitating better decision-making processes. The integration of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions further enhances the effectiveness of data management, providing organizations with comprehensive tools to manage and utilize data seamlessly across various facets of their operations.

Analytics and AI
SAP’s Reltio Deal Puts Data Quality at the Heart of ERP AI
Discover what SAP's acquisition of Reltio means for the ERP landscape. Learn why unified master data is now the critical foundation for enterprise AI success.
SAP Engagement Index UK
Analytics and AI
SAP Engagement Index UK Report Reveals CX Failures Rooted in Data and ERP Integration Gaps
SAP’s latest Engagement Index reveals a growing gap between how businesses perceive customer experience and what consumers actually encounter. Fragmented data, weak AI execution, and siloed systems are driving dissatisfaction and brand abandonment. The findings highlight a shift in CX ownership toward enterprise data and architecture.
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Analytics and AI
Snowflake Adds Governance Skills to Cortex Code to Streamline AI Data Control
Snowflake has introduced governance skills within Cortex Code, embedding data classification, access control, and monitoring directly into AI-driven workflows to improve enterprise data management and compliance.
Data and Data Management
Acumatica Puts AI on Revenue Watch for Professional and Field Service Firms
Acumatica's 2026 R1 updates for its Professional Services and Field Service editions introduce AI anomaly detection, improved financial reporting, and enhanced collaboration tools, addressing significant revenue capture issues in service operations by promoting unified data workflows and real-time decision-making.
Application Development and Integration
Education ERP Market Growth Is Real, But the Numbers Tell a Fragmented Story
The education ERP market is rapidly growing due to modernization pressures in educational institutions, yet forecasts for its future size and growth rate vary widely, reflecting differing definitions of the market, assumptions about cloud adoption and AI impact, and changing pricing models.
Analytics and AI
Opkey Targets SaaS Release Bottleneck with AI-Driven ‘Release-to-Action’ Automation
Opkey has launched Release Advisor, an AI tool that automates the analysis of Oracle and Workday updates to streamline release decision-making, cutting analysis time by 60-80% and enabling faster certification of updates.
Data and Data Management
Build vs. buy: How to best integrate Salesforce and SAP
PwC's Connected Journeys offers a streamlined integration solution for Salesforce and SAP S/4HANA, addressing the complexities of aligning CRM and ERP systems to enhance the order-to-cash process and deliver a seamless customer experience.
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Data and Data Management
SAPinsider Las Vegas: Why Enterprise Data Architecture Must Change for the AI Era
At SAPinsider Las Vegas, Gaurish Dessai explored how enterprise data architecture must evolve for the AI era, shifting focus from reporting to decision-making and from centralized data to connected data products.
CIOs attend SAPinsider Las Vegas 2026 session on AI adoption and SAP strategy
Analytics and AI
SAP CIOs Say AI Adoption Remains Early Despite Growing Attention
CIOs report that AI execution in ERP environments remains limited, with organizations prioritizing efficiency, cost control, and data readiness over large-scale AI deployment.
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Analytics and AI
SAPinsider Las Vegas: Why Data Strategy Must Start With Trust
At SAPinsider Las Vegas 2026, Ingo Hilgefort explains why data trust, governance, and business alignment are essential to building a successful data and analytics strategy.
CIO forum discussion at SAPinsider Las Vegas 2026 at the Bellagio conference venue.
Analytics and AI
CIO Forum at SAPinsider Las Vegas 2026 Opens With Focus on Cost, Alignment, and Execution
CIOs at SAPinsider Las Vegas 2026 emphasized cost pressure, AI adoption, and business alignment as key forces shaping SAP strategy and enterprise technology decisions.
Automation
Cloud ERP Growth Set to Grow Worldwide as Digital Transformation Accelerates
The global cloud ERP market is projected to grow to $128.3 billion by 2033, driven by enterprises' focus on scalability and efficiency, with cloud ERP adoption yielding significant productivity gains, proven ROI, and resilience in crises, despite ongoing challenges in data migration and implementation complexities.
Data and Data Management
Managing Legacy Data in a Cloud-First World With SNP
Legacy systems kept for just-in-case audits bloat IT budgets and expand attack surfaces. Learn how strategic decommissioning and data tiering can reduce SAP landscape TCO by up to 80% while maintaining compliance.
European Economic and Social Committee building in Brussels representing EU cloud sovereignty and data governance policy.
Cloud Platform and Technology
‘Sovereignty Washing’: Why Cloud Sovereignty Claims Don’t Always Match Reality
As concerns about data sovereignty grow across Europe, many cloud providers now promote “sovereign cloud” solutions. But legal jurisdiction, technology dependencies, and supply-chain relationships can complicate these claims. This article explores the emerging phenomenon of sovereignty washing and explains how organizations can evaluate whether cloud services truly meet sovereignty requirements.
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Analytics and AI
SAP Business Data Cloud Expands to Azure Switzerland with EU Access Controls
SAP is preparing to launch its Business Data Cloud platform on Microsoft Azure infrastructure in Switzerland in the coming weeks, introducing a deployment designed to meet European data residency and governance requirements. The rollout includes “EU Access” availability, meaning data...
Johor Bahru skyline and transport infrastructure near Singapore, a fast-growing hub for hyperscale data center development in Southeast Asia.
Analytics and AI
AI Is Redrawing Southeast Asia’s Data Center Map
AI infrastructure investment is rapidly reshaping Southeast Asia’s data center geography. As hyperscale providers expand across Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and emerging markets, the region is evolving into a distributed infrastructure network that will increasingly influence cloud availability, AI compute capacity, and enterprise ERP deployments.
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Application Development and Integration
Why Workday Implementations Fail to Deliver ROI—and How to Fix It
Many organizations implement Workday expecting significant operational improvements, yet struggle to realize meaningful return on investment. In this article, Prashanth Paladugula explains why Workday implementations often fall short—and how stronger data governance, process transformation and standard configurations can significantly improve outcomes.
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Analytics and AI
Optimizing MCP for Production: 10 Proven Performance Techniques
Model Context Protocol (MCP) is becoming production infrastructure for AI agents. This article outlines 10 proven performance optimization techniques to improve latency, throughput, and scalability while positioning managed MCP platforms as a foundation for reliable enterprise AI.
Data and Data Management
SAP Positions Itself as the Digital Backbone of New York Fashion Week
SAP is evolving its role at New York Fashion Week from event sponsor to infrastructure provider, collaborating with N4XT Experiences to create a connected, data-driven platform that enables real-time integration of enterprise systems and analytics for designers.
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Analytics and AI
Why Inetum Sees Control—Not Infrastructure—as the Real Sovereignty Challenge
ERP modernization in Europe now unfolds under sovereignty expectations. Data control, hybrid architecture, and governance-by-design increasingly determine whether AI-enabled systems can withstand regulatory scrutiny and scale with confidence.
Bharat Mandapam New Delhi lit at night during India AI Impact Summit highlighting AI infrastructure and enterprise platform strategy discussions.
Analytics and AI
At the India AI Impact Summit, SAP Makes the Case for Platform-Centric AI
As infrastructure pledges dominated the India AI Impact Summit, SAP focused on platform-centric AI, positioning Business AI inside enterprise systems rather than competing in the compute investment cycle.
Analytics and AI
Agentic AI Signals a Shift to New Enterprise Operating Model
The rise of agentic AI is compelling executives to reassess whether AI merely enhances existing operations or fundamentally transforms their business models.
Data and Data Management
The Hidden Cost of AI: Why Data Debt is Actually a Human Problem
Explore how leaders at DMI’s Digital Lounge @ Davos are tackling transformation fatigue and data debt to liberate SAP teams for S/4HANA innovation.
Digital Lounge @ Davos with DMI
Data and Data Management
Beyond the Hype: 3 Structural Shifts Every SAP Leader Must Make In 2026
At this year's Digital Lounge @ Davos, over 200 leaders acknowledged the industry's shift from the allure of AI capabilities to focusing on data sovereignty, accountability, and governance as critical components for ensuring responsible AI implementation, underscoring the importance of addressing legacy data management and integrating AI within a broader risk landscape.
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Analytics and AI
Oracle Helping Organizations Enhance Process Manufacturing
Oracle enhances its Fusion Cloud Supply Chain & Manufacturing platform with new capabilities aimed at process manufacturers, enabling improved real-time production visibility, regulatory compliance, and streamlined operations through integrated batch execution and recipe management.
Analytics and AI
Oracle AI Agents Improve Efficiency, Resiliency for Supply Chain Leaders
Oracle has introduced AI agents within its Fusion Cloud Applications to streamline supply chain decision-making and efficiency by automating workflows and providing actionable insights.
Analytics and AI
Acumatica Summit 2026: Manish Chandak
At Acumatica Summit 2026, Tech Electronics CEO Manish Chandak discussed the evolving themes in ERP, focusing on the impact of digital replicas and AI on the future role of ERP systems.
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