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TOP NEWS
photo of stones stacked upon each other outside | EY capabilities to build customers' trust concept
Governance, Risk, and Compliance
EY releases AI Assurance framework to strengthen customers’ trustBy Ekaterina Dudakova
EY has announced new technology capabilities and a global AI Assurance framework for EY professionals to elevate audit quality, deepen assurance insights and help empower decision-makers in navigating a rapidly evolving and complex business environment.
DAILY NEWS
a row of orange Sainsbury's delivery trucks parked next to each other on a sunny day | Microsoft and Sainsbury's AI partnership
MicrosoftAutomation
Sainsbury’s and Microsoft to power up customer experience with AI
photo of a figure standing in front of blue, green and white-colored screen | market surveillance gen AI solution by Nasdaq and AWS
NasdaqFinancial Management
Nasdaq to enhance integrity of market surveillance with GenAI
photo of Westminster bridge, Big Ben and Parliament during cloudy day | Workday investment in the UK economy
WorkdayCloud Platform and Technology
Workday to invest over £550m in the UK to offer locally-run solutions
Image of lit-up cubes on stage / Boomi World 2024 reveals new innovations
BoomiApplication Development and Integration
Boomi World 2024 unveils AI innovations for businesses
image of Google Cloud HQ logo | Bharti Airtel and Google Cloud join to deliver cloud solutions to India
Bharti AirtelCloud Platform and Technology
Bharti Airtel communications and Google Cloud to deliver cloud solutions to India
EDITORS CHOICE
Construction site Enerfab SAP RISE Smarter Projects AI
Analytics and AI
The Potential of Smarter Projects with Enerfab’s Rajesh Kapoor
Enerfab's Rajesh Kapoor speaks with ERP Today to shed light on how his company is leveraging SAP and Microsoft tech for smarter projects.
By Shána Briddock
a computer on a desk in a messy and cluttered environment | The definition of madness. Still driving ERP business change without due care and attention
Cloud Platform and Technology
Why driving ERP business change without due care is madness
Taplin details how more than two decades after his team compiled an "Enterprise Code”, not much has changed in the ERP business change space.
By Paul Taplin
a woman helping an older woman in a wheelchair toward the sun in a field | social worker relief initiatives by Barnsley Council
Business Process Management and Automation
How Barnsley Council uses AI for more “breathing space”
The lives of UK councils are not getting any easier. ERP Today sits down with Barnsley Council executive to discuss how technology can help.
By Ekaterina Dudakova
Image of a couple on top of a snowy mountain, looking out at the landscape | SAP and IBM
Application Development and Integration
A long marriage made in innovation: What’s next for IBM and SAP?
IBM’s global head of SAP, Mike Perera, shares the wins and next step wonderings of an over 50-year-strong partnership, with cloud migration and emerging GenAI and Quantum technologies high on the roster.
By Stephanie Ball
AWS Summit London keynote stage
Analytics and AI
AWS London Summit heralds user opportunity during times of crisis
London is calling for the AWS Summit: Here’s what you need to know from this year’s conference, from Bedrock updates to the latest user wins.
By Stephanie Ball
photo of Infor Velocity event in London with CEO and CTO onstage | Infor
Cloud Platform and Technology
Infor announces “momentum” solutions for clients at Velocity Tour London
Infor Velocity Tour has arrived in London today at Tottenham Hotspur stadium with Infor’s CEO and CTO ready to deliver the most recent updates.
By Ekaterina Dudakova
Waltham Forest Town Hall building in London
Cloud Platform and Technology
Transforming London Waltham Forest Council’s finance, procurement and HR
We spoke with Simon Copsey and Ghan Varsani at the London Borough of Waltham Forest Council discussing the council's cloud move with Oracle.
By Yoana Cholteeva
Image taken at Oracle NetSuite Suite Connect event London, during the Keynote talks.
Cloud Platform and Technology
Oracle NetSuite announcements entice UK customers to “Suite up”
Oracle NetSuite’s SuiteConnect event has reached London, with the announcement that the platform developments teased in the US last month, including GenAI, FSM and more, are now available to UK customers.
By Stephanie Ball
MOST READ
Image of a couple on top of a snowy mountain, looking out at the landscape | SAP and IBM
IBMApplication Development and Integration
A long marriage made in innovation: What’s next for IBM and SAP?
hourglass with blu sand on desk
RISE with SAPApplication Development and Integration
Why you should defer moving to S/4HANA and RISE with SAP
image of mountain in clouds with pine forest in foreground | IBM and SAP
IBMAnalytics and AI
Up in the clouds: IBM and SAP expand long-standing collaboration
Oracle or SAP
Cloud Platform and TechnologyCloud Platform and Technology
Oracle or SAP, which is best?
aerial photography of Stockholm architecture during a sunny day with clouds | Workday partnership with Saab
WorkdayHuman Capital Management
Workday partners with Saab to help employees thrive
photo of Westminster bridge, Big Ben and Parliament during cloudy day | Workday investment in the UK economy
WorkdayCloud Platform and Technology
Workday to invest over £550m in the UK to offer locally-run solutions
 
FEATURES
a board of a Monopoly game | The AWS marketplace monopoly: Win or Lose?
Cloud Platform and Technology
AWS Marketplace: Game, Set and Match?By Christine Horton
Dilpesh Patel and Sean Doherty, Galliford Try | Galliford Try: Building up to the HCM clouds
Human Capital Management
Galliford Try: Building up to the HCM cloudsBy Stephanie Ball
a person working on a laptop from a swimming pool | Workforce gone walkabout
Human Capital Management
Workforce gone walkaboutBy Holger Mueller
Is building back better a remote possibility? With hybrid work placing HR teams and planners under pressure, rebuilding the workforce is proving a tricky customer.
graphic of a marketplace coloured in pink| Confessions of a retail technologist
Service Management
Confessions of a retail technologistBy Yoana Cholteeva
illustrated image of people with sun, grass and plants | HCM
Human Capital Management
Quiet thriving in the HCM workplace?By Adrian Bridgwater
ERP TODAY LIVE!
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FinanceFinancial Management
Webinar: AI for ERP Bank Connectivity: The Good, The Bad and The Scary
Payments fraud continues to be a threat to business leaders and advances in technology are only making it harder to prevent. Build connective tissue between your payments systems to improve defenses at machine speed by leveraging technologies such as APIs and AI to connect payments data , delivering data and compliance checks in real time.
woman at desk with laptop
RISE with SAPApplication Development and Integration
Webinar: Why you should defer migration to S/4HANA and RISE
Join us for a chat to discover how hundreds of SAP clients are saving time and gaining flexibility with Rimini Street.
CertiniaService Management
ERP Today Live! with Certinia and Celonis
In this ERP Today Live! session, Stephanie Ball hosts a conversation with Andy Campbell, Certinia, and Jennifer Atkins, Celonis, to share Celonis’ flexible implementation journey with Certinia’s professional services cloud, while the process intelligence solutions firm undergoes large amounts of growth.
CertiniaService Management
ERP Today Live! with Certinia and UiPath
In this ERP Today Live! session, Certinia's Andy Campbell and UiPath's Ian Turlin, share UiPath’s implementation journey with Certinia’s professional services cloud.
InforAnalytics and AI
ERP Today Live! with Infor
In this ERP Today Live! Stephanie Ball is joined by Infor's Sandeep Anand and Eamon Ida, to discuss getting value when attempting your first AI project.
SplashBiData and Data Management
Webinar: Spring Clean Your ERP Data: Strategies for Reporting Excellence
This session is an unparalleled opportunity for ERP professionals seeking to leverage the knowledge and expertise of industry leaders to revolutionize their reporting processes and data management practices.
InforSystems Administration
ERP Today Live! with Infor
In this ERP Today Live! session, Stephanie Ball speaks with Infor's Manjunath Ganimasty, Senior Vice President, Development, Rick Rider, SVP, Product Management and Eamon Ida, Sr. Director, Solution Marketing, Infor OS Platform, on what the 'new age of ERP' looks like for businesses.
tax forms with coins and letters t a x
VertexFinancial Management
Webinar On-Demand: The tax data dilemma – meeting tax compliance
The paradigm of tax compliance is undergoing a big shift. Join members of Vertex to discuss how to navigate such confusing waters.
 
GUESTS
 
a graphic of a walking person with a light bulb on his head | The great employee glow up
Human Capital Management
The great employee glow upBy Debra Lilley
Say Hello to your new favorite customers. Why HR should treat employees as a business’ most important customer win.
In this image you can see the new green chrysalis coloration, one that’s about ready to emerge (the clear one), and a butterfly that’s already come out.
Cloud Platform and Technology
Managing Change: The Science of Happy EndingsBy Yvonne De Ville
abstract image of face with cosmic universe, tree, stars and a planet in the background | STEM
Human Capital Management
An open door to STEMBy Richard Pepper
BLOGS
smartR AIAnalytics and AI
How AI in ERP will drive smarter cloud cost control
A city at night with a timelapse of red streaks of light indicating speed | extraction Rossera
extraction solutionsData and Data Management
How a data extraction solution can accelerate an implementation
A connection of red cables neatly plugged into a cable router | hub Celonis
 Data and Data Management
How a centralized hub can help you quantify the value of a business transformation
A long exposure shot from the front of a train showing a blurred, white and futuristic tunnel | migration More4apps
data migrationData and Data Management
Have you prepared your data for migration to the cloud?
Red HatApplication Development and Integration
Chocks away, Southwest Airlines elevates with mission-critical automation with Red Hat
a man looking thorough binoculars | Leadership and AI share the spotlight in the future of work
AIAnalytics and AI
Leadership and AI share the spotlight in the future of work
 
EXPERT OPINION
Image of Vivien Boche, senior director SAP BTP CoE, EMEA
Cloud Platform and Technology
Vivien Boche means business
For Gen Z, TikTok is the new search engine - and SAP’s Vivien Boche knows that ideas sell best in a digestible, 60 second video.
By Grace Barrington
a digitally distorted image of a monument's head | Crossing the digital divide in the public sector
Application Development and Integration
Crossing the digital divide in the public sector
ServiceNow’s Dr Raj Iyer tells all on public sector passions, challenges and what cloud technology can do for governments and citizens now.
By Yoana Cholteeva
Minos Ataliotis, CEO CloudRock
Human Capital Management
Cloudy with a chance of curveballs
The times are a-changing: Giacomo Lee discusses human capital management today with consultancy CloudRock's CEO, Minos Ataliotis.
By Giacomo Lee
An illustration of a person looking ahead at the choice of two paths.
Enterprise Architecture
Cloud vendors can’t ditch on-prem: It’s a love/hate relationship
Is it a good match? The history and happenings of cloud vendors' difficult relationship with on-premise solutions.
By Holger Mueller
image of astronaut in space gazing at the navy sky with stars | Big data
Data and Data Management
Dated but still feted: The Big Data universe
Big Data is big. To paraphrase the late, great Douglas Adams on space: You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. And that's nothing compared to the hype around it.
By Adrian Bridgwater
Chris Mason | From bedroom to boardroom
Cloud Platform and Technology
From bedroom to boardroom
Chris Mason started Namos Solutions from his bedroom 11 years ago. Today, it boasts 130 employees and has opened offices in Europe and the US
By Paul Esherwood
Cloud Platform and Technology
Infor Innovations Day: It’s RPA, Jim, but not as we know it
Probing deeper into the latest updates to CloudSuite, as unveiled at Infor Innovations Day Nordics.
By Giacomo Lee
image of leaf growing from a pile of money | Oracle and IBM
Financial Management
Move over finance, it’s time for a new value metric
Jon Chorley, chief sustainability officer at Oracle and Jonathan Wright, senior managing director at IBM, share how sustainability goals can be met by leveraging the power of ERPs.
By Paul Esherwood
SPONSORED NEWS
The constellation of Orion shining in a night's sky through light cloud cover | Constellation Shortlist Nextworld
NextworldEnterprise Architecture
Reach for the stars: Nextworld joins Constellation Shortlist for composable approach
A skyward angle of a tall skyscraper that's reflecting the sunlight into a lens flare | GL Connect SplashBI
GL ConnectFinancial Management
SplashBI releases new financial reporting app: GL Connect
An abstract picture of blue, electronic fibre lines reaching their way across a vertical, metal surface | Axelor Q1
Application Development and IntegrationApplication Development and Integration
Axelor to release BI, Connect and Template products in Q1 release
A close up of a shop sign, showing 'open' in a large font | Coop Danmark KPS
Cloud Platform and TechnologyCloud Platform and Technology
KPS delivers end-to-end process upgrades to retail group Coop Danmark
MORE NEWS
Palo Alto NetworksAnalytics and AI
Palo Alto Networks and Accenture expand alliance for AI and cybersecurity
CurrysCRM and Customer Experience
Currys selects Accenture and Microsoft to deliver technology infrastructure
Wellesley Information ServicesCloud Platform and Technology
Martin Ashplant Joins ERP Today as CEO
SageBusiness Process Management and Automation
Sage launches suites to drive growth for accountants and small businesses
DIGITAL XTRAS
REPORTS
DIGITAL XTRAS
ERP TodayCloud Platform and Technology
ERP Today’s new CEO on the platform’s bright tomorrow
a person using equipment in manufacturing and automobile | Elevating the automotive and industrial manufacturing value chain with Oracle and IBM
IBMApplication Development and Integration
Elevating the automotive and industrial manufacturing value chain with IBM and Oracle
ServiceNow
enosixApplication Development and Integration
A Virtual Win: Why SAP Integration is Vital for ServiceNow
WorkdayCloud Platform and Technology
Workday is not just a people platform, bet your bottom dollar on it
REPORTS
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UiPath
A complete guide to UiPath
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SAP
A Complete Guide to SAP
Capgemini
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ServiceNow
A Complete Guide to ServiceNow
PARTNER PLATFORM
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tax complianceApplication Development and Integration
Extending the value of SAP to streamline VAT determination and compliance
In this guide, we introduce you to the current environment and help you make the business case for extending the value of your SAP ERP with integrated tax technology.
cityscape with streets and buildings
TaxFinancial Management
Are you ready for the future of tax?
This eGuide provides insight for the tax department to show how they can drive business growth, boost corporate agility, and help future-proof indirect tax determination and compliance.
person holding a clipboard and pencil
Manufacturing Systems and AutomationManufacturing Systems and Automation
Ten things great manufacturers won’t do
This briefing by Global Shop Management lists the ten things the best manufacturers try not to do and how their business has succeeded amid the challenges in keeping a modernized ERP.
Oracle
RIP Systems Integrators, long live Value Creators!
In a piece from 2019 entitled RIP System Integrators, Paul Esherwood asked the rhetorical question — can systems integrators re-invent themselves as quickly as the technology changes that they put in place for customers of major IT vendors?
 
OUR COVER STORIES
 
Boomi CEO Steve Lucas | Integration is Innovation
Application Development and Integration
Integration is InnovationBy Giacomo Lee
Boomi CEO Steve Lucas on being inspired by connecting the world and why AI transformation can only happen with your data house in order.
Image of Brian Duffy, CEO at SoftwareOne leaning against a window with greenery reflected | Photos by Kurt Rebry
Enterprise Architecture
99 problems? The fix is OneBy Paul Esherwood
Image taken under the Ceram sea, Tropical West Pacific Ocean. A diversity of hard corals thriving on a shallow reef, reflected in a calm surface of the sea. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia.
Application Development and Integration
Blue Marine Foundation: Saving our seas in real timeBy Giacomo Lee
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