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Take a closer look at SAP Business Suite

The HANA-powered SAP Business Suite 7 is the company's most robust offering yet, giving businesses faster ERP applications and new analytics. Continue Reading
Microsoft Dynamics AX: ERP business software for the upper midmarket

Microsoft Dynamics AX is at the high end of the company's Dynamics line, and is available on-premises, hosted or in the Azure public cloud. Continue Reading
Infor SyteLine builds on legacy with SaaS, analytics

Infor SyteLine is an ERP product designed for companies to connect business activities across departments through cloud or on-premises deployment. Continue Reading
PeopleSoft ERP suite excels at human capital management

PeopleSoft ERP software aims to help enterprises recruit and retain top talent, while offering financial and supply chain modules. Continue Reading
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne takes legacy into the future

Oracle JD Edwards takes its EnterpriseOne 9.1 to the next level, with ERP software that supports mobile, Internet of Things and cloud computing. Continue Reading

Epicor ERP: Flexible applications with vertical-industry appeal

Epicor ERP targets midmarket industries that run the gamut and is designed for global scalability and configurability. Continue Reading
Sage 100 targets small businesses with on-premises and cloud ERP

Sage says entry-level ERP is scalable to mid-size Sage 300 and enterprise Sage 500 systems. Continue Reading
Budgeting and forecasting software sparks change at Hames

Hames Corp. CFO Max Rule challenges the status quo with Centage budgeting and forecasting software and video software for self-checkout. Continue Reading
3D printing a key piece of digital manufacturing puzzle

Barriers to production-class uses of 3D printing are falling, causing digital manufacturers to ramp up its use. Continue Reading
Augmented reality provides a change of perspective for manufacturers

Augmented reality, which enhances the physical world with digital data and images, could make industrial repairs easier. Continue Reading
Digital manufacturing helps manufacturers reduce risk

Digital manufacturing software helps manufacturers plan, simulate and optimize production processes before adding costly infrastructure and tooling. Continue Reading

Big data revolution takes root among manufacturers

The big data revolution is making its way into manufacturing, where big data and analytics are being used to solve critical business problems. Continue Reading
ERP platform giants push into SMB market

With more tailored offerings available, SMB customers look to ERP platform vendors SAP and Oracle for on-premises or cloud products. Continue Reading
ERP cloud services reach a new level of maturity

A wider range of software choices and growing familiarity with clouds are encouraging even skeptical manufacturing executives to consider ERP cloud services. Continue Reading
Financial close management software aids finance greatly

Finance has an ongoing requirement to close the books faster and cheaper -- and financial close management software can help achieve that goal. Continue Reading

First take on Oracle 19c: 6 useful enhancements for DBAs

Database administrator Brian Peasland lists some of the new and updated features coming in Oracle Database 19c that he thinks ...

Click-to-launch tools pull apps through Oracle Cloud Infrastructure marketplace

Oracle has made it easier for customers to choose and launch third-party software onto its cloud. Now, the question is whether ...

Rewards program provider taps Oracle IaaS for app migration

Oracle struggles in IaaS against AWS and Azure, but one Oracle cloud customer said its move there is a success, albeit within an ...

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DataOps is more than DevOps for data, Delphix CTO says

Data operations is young compared to DevOps, but it is increasingly used as part of projects that put data at the center of ...

Originators form group to boost Presto SQL query engine

The Presto engine arose as an alternative to Hive for big data queries. Now, the Presto Software Foundation has formed to promote...

5 best practices for managing real-time data integration

Real-time data integration isn't like traditional data integration -- "it's moving, it's dirty and it's temporal," cautions one ...

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Customer success tools pave the way for business advancement

Quick Base launched an online university with the help of Skilljar to offer ongoing training, improving CX and increasing the ...

CEO plots course for Televerde women's prison call centers

Working at a Televerde women's prison call center outpays many inmate jobs and sets agents up for careers on the outside. CEO ...

Giving inmates a second chance as prison call center agents

Televerde staffs contact centers with incarcerated women, where they are paid the federal minimum wage. CEO Morag Lucey and COO ...

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SAP managed services weed out IT complexity at Ball Horticulture

Ball Horticultural outsourced its SAP Basis administration to Symmetry when the complexity of its SAP environment grew, but ...

Haribo can't bear SAP S/4HANA implementation

Haribo's recent deployment of S/4HANA may have led to problems getting its products into stores, but experts believe they could ...

10 record-to-report tips in SAP ECC for audit compliance

Ensuring a comprehensive segregation of duties and limiting the financial postings that can be made manually are some of the ways...

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Attunity acquisition expands data management for Qlik users

Qlik's acquisition of Attunity is another sign of the BI vendor's data management ambitions -- and may help attract new users ...

What to consider when choosing big data file formats

While JSON may be the go-to data format for developers, Parquet, ORC or other options may be better for analytics applications. ...

Upswing in cloud business intelligence spawns migration issues

More organizations are looking to run BI and analytics applications in the cloud. This handbook offers insights into moving ...

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SQL Server auditing best practices: 3 key questions for DBAs

Acing a SQL Server database audit starts with careful monitoring of how sensitive data is accessed and used so you can answer the...

Talend Stitch tools load data to Azure SQL Data Warehouse

Cloud data warehouses see serious data transformation work moving to the cloud. Talend's first integration with Stitch, which it ...

5 trends for SQL Server environments as SQL Server 2019 looms

SQL Server is undergoing new changes, as Microsoft prepares to release the 2019 version of the database software. Other changes ...

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How content services can speed up cloud content migration

During a continuous, or hot, migration, a content services platform can move content from the legacy repository to a new one -- a...

Personalized content solidifies the customer experience

Today's customers expect customized, curated digital experiences. Learn how to deliver what customers need and stay ahead of the ...

Create a winning personalized customer journey

Web content management platforms, customer data platforms and matchmaking can all help companies create and implement a ...

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Antibias diversity tools grow, spinning off a new market

Antibias software is a rapidly growing HR market, according to a new report that offers what may be the first comprehensive look.

AI in recruiting may be above HR's head

Video job interviews are powerful tools. HireVue's AI algorithm can watch a candidate without losing focus and notice things a ...

Cybersecurity education: How HR can plan for the inevitable

Cybersecurity is a major concern for any organization, but employees continue to be a top threat. HR can help mitigate insider ...