Governance, Risk, and Compliance

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) serves as a cornerstone in ensuring effective Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) within organizations. By integrating GRC modules, ERP systems provide a centralized platform to manage and monitor governance practices, identify and mitigate risks, and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements. This approach enhances transparency and accountability across various business processes. ERP’s real-time reporting and analytics capabilities enable organizations to proactively identify potential risks and address compliance issues promptly. The integration of GRC within ERP streamlines workflows, promoting a culture of risk-aware decision-making. This synergy empowers organizations to navigate complex regulatory landscapes, mitigate risks efficiently, and uphold the highest standards of governance, ensuring a resilient and compliant operational environment.

Analytics and AI

Emerging AI Laws in Asia Are Raising New Questions for ERP Systems

AI regulation across Asia is evolving from voluntary guidance to binding rules, creating a fragmented compliance landscape that influences ERP design and implementation of AI, particularly concerning AI-generated content, high-impact decision-making, and the need for documentation and explainability.

Tax Compliance

Real-Time Requirements for Accurate Tax Calculations

E-invoicing is often misidentified as the sole challenge of indirect tax compliance, whereas it is merely a symptom of a broader need for enterprises to develop resilient tax architectures capable of adapting to emerging regulatory demands and continuous transaction controls.

Security

Rise with SAP Security Risk Is Increasingly Shaped by Timing, Data, Assurance

As organizations accelerate their migration to SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition, security risks intensify, prompting a shift in focus towards proactive security measures, data-centric access control, and a structured assurance model to ensure effective protection and compliance in increasingly complex cloud environments.

Tax Compliance

Framework or Platform? How Sovos Is Turning Tax Compliance into an ERP Strategy Decision

The article discusses the urgent need for ERP programs to integrate tax compliance as a core architectural element rather than a secondary concern, emphasizing that organizations must choose between ERP-native frameworks or specialized third-party solutions to address rapidly evolving regulatory requirements, with the choice impacting operational flexibility, risk management, and overall compliance efficiency.

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Tax Compliance

UAE E-Invoicing Mandate: What ERP and Finance Teams Need to Know Before 2027

The UAE e-invoicing mandate will require businesses to generate structured invoice data and report transactions through accredited service providers by 2027. The shift moves invoice compliance into ERP systems, where billing data, validation workflows, and compliance architectures determine whether invoices pass regulatory checks.

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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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Cloud Platform and Technology

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...

Security

Pathlock Extends SAP Threat Detection into Microsoft Sentinel’s SIEM Architecture

Pathlock has extended its SAP Threat Detection capability into Microsoft Sentinel’s SIEM architecture, bringing enriched SAP security telemetry into centralized SOC workflows across hybrid SAP environments.

ERP Strategy and Planning

Nvidia Earnings Signal Expanding AI Infrastructure—and New ERP Risk Dependencies

Nvidia’s FY26 earnings confirm accelerating AI infrastructure investment. For ERP leaders, the real story lies in emerging dependencies across hyperscaler leverage, security posture, and enterprise data governance.

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Cloud Platform and Technology

Steering Cloud ERP Migrations with Data Governance

Migrating to a modern cloud ERP system requires prioritizing high-quality data management to avoid legacy pitfalls, including early-stage data validation, strategic archiving, and creating unified golden records to ensure a successful transformation.

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Business Process Management and Automation

TCN Secures Arum Approved Status for Operator Platform

TCN has achieved Arum Approved System status for its Operator contact center platform, validating compliance controls, automation strength and scalability in regulated credit and collections environments.

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Analytics and AI

AI’s Priority Shift and Impact for ERP Systems

Aptean is shifting from AI pilot projects to embedding vertical AI within ERP systems such as AppCentral 2.0, emphasizing the necessity for industry-specific intelligence to enhance decision-making, productivity, and competitive advantage for midmarket enterprises.

Security

AI Compressing Breach Timelines as Identity Weaknesses Drive 90% of Incidents

Unit 42’s 2026 Global Incident Response Report finds attackers reaching data exfiltration in as little as 72 minutes, with identity weaknesses involved in nearly 90% of incidents. The findings highlight AI-driven acceleration, over-permissioned identities and multi-surface exposure across modern enterprise environments.

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Cloud Platform and Technology

India AI Impact Summit: Capital, Compute, and Execution Align

The India AI Impact Summit 2026 centered on infrastructure scale, hyperscaler investment, indigenous AI models and enterprise delivery alignment rather than new software releases.

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Tax Compliance

KPMG Launches Tax AI Accelerator Program to Advance Generative AI in Corporate Tax

KPMG has launched a Tax AI Accelerator Program that pairs structured AI training with a secure Digital Gateway sandbox. The model signals a governance-led approach to generative AI adoption in corporate tax and ERP-adjacent finance functions.

Security

Cybersecurity at the Munich Security Conference—What It Means for Businesses

Cybersecurity was central to discussions at the Munich Security Conference 2026. As state leaders integrate cyber into national security planning, enterprise risk, cloud strategy, and infrastructure resilience are being reshaped by geopolitical realities.

Security

SAP February Patch Day Puts ABAP and Platform Risk in Focus

SAP’s February 2026 Patch Day delivered 26 new notes and one update, with critical exposure centered in ABAP and core platform services. Vendors warn impact depends on how trust and integrations operate inside each landscape.

Governance, Risk, and Compliance

Closing the ERP Intelligence-to-Action Gap

Over 70% of ERP initiatives are projected to fail by 2027 due to the gap between insights generated and coordinated actions taken, as traditional ERP systems, despite modernizations such as AI and analytics, struggle with structural issues that prevent timely decision-making across interconnected divisions.

Financial Management

Liquidity as a Real-Time Operating System: Kyriba on the Future of Treasury

As CFOs face escalating challenges from interest rate fluctuations and FX shocks, they urgently need connected treasury systems that provide real-time liquidity insights by integrating multi-bank and multi-ERP data, enabling strategic decision-making through AI-driven recommendations.

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Governance, Risk, and Compliance

UiPath Extends Automation Into KYC and AML Investigations With WorkFusion

UiPath is extending automation into KYC and AML investigations with WorkFusion, a move that highlights how regulated workflows increasingly depend on enterprise platforms and audit-ready execution.

Analytics and AI

SAP, AWS Embed Generative AI Directly Into SAP Consulting Work

SAP and AWS are embedding generative AI into SAP consulting work through SAP Joule for Consultants, integrating Anthropic Claude models via Amazon Bedrock to support delivery teams.

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ERP Strategy and Planning

The New ERP Backbone: Databricks, Inetum, and the Shift to AI-Native ERP Architectures

ERP systems are entering an AI-augmented era, but many data foundations are not ready. This analysis examines why AI-native ERP architectures are emerging, how Databricks is becoming the intelligence layer, and how Inetum helps enterprises operationalize AI with trust, governance, and scale.

Analytics and AI

Procore’s Datagrid Acquisition Signals ERP Imperative for Construction Technology

Procore Technologies' acquisition of Datagrid enhances construction management by integrating autonomous AI for seamless data connectivity between platforms and ERP systems, leading to improved operational efficiency, immediate workflow changes and a shift towards prioritizing data integrity and collaboration.

Analytics and AI

Microsoft Data Security Index 2026: AI Adoption Is Outpacing Data Security Controls

Microsoft’s 2026 Data Security Index shows generative AI adoption accelerating faster than data security controls, exposing governance and visibility gaps across enterprise environments.

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Human Capital Management

Workday to Invest CAD $1 Billion in Canada as Demand Grows for Compliant, AI-Enabled ERP

Workday plans a CAD $1 billion investment in Canada to expand talent, operations, and customer support as demand grows for compliant, AI-enabled ERP software.

Data and Data Management

Manufacturing Survey Reveals AI Adoption, Digital Transformation Progress

Rootstock Software's 2026 State of Manufacturing Technology Survey reveals many manufacturers are adopting AI and investing in digital transformation despite economic uncertainties.

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Governance, Risk, and Compliance

AI’s Infrastructure Risks Raise New Stakes for ERP Systems

AI’s growing dependence on energy, compute, and concentrated supply chains is introducing new cost and governance risks for ERP systems, according to research from Arthur D. Little’s Blue Shift Institute.