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• November 06, 2019 06 Nov'19

  With Scout, Workday acquisition strategy takes shape

  Workday's planned acquisition of Scout RFP, a sourcing and procurement platform, says one thing to analysts: It is pushing to become a full-service ERP vendor.

• October 29, 2019 29 Oct'19

  Epicor cloud, on-premises ERP get equal treatment

  Epicor upgraded its platform, and the improvements are available to both cloud and on-premises ERP users. The upgrade takes advantage of Microsoft Azure technologies.

• October 25, 2019 25 Oct'19

  Unit4 ERP software aims to prioritize people experience

  Unit4 promises to deliver features including the ability to self-drive, automate repetitive administrative tasks, integrate third-party applications and add customer extensions.

• October 24, 2019 24 Oct'19

  New small business ERP delivers SAP Business One alternative

  SMBs in search of an affordable ERP app can look to Priority Zoom a cloud-based platform designed to help small and medium-sized businesses manage each phase of the sales cycle.

• October 23, 2019 23 Oct'19

  SAP's McDermott joins ServiceNow to push enterprise growth

  SAP's Bill McDermott will take over as ServiceNow CEO, replacing John Donahoe, in a move that analysts say could take the fast-growing ITSM vendor in new product directions.

• October 18, 2019 18 Oct'19

  Acumatica cloud ERP, IFS systems fit together well

  Acumatica and IFS share a similar manufacturing ERP industry focus but target different markets. In this Q&A, Acumatica CEO Jon Roskill explains how the vendors are working to integrate systems and services.

• October 10, 2019 10 Oct'19

  RPA basics: What it is, benefits, downsides, use cases

  Robotic process automation may be able to help your business, but first you need to understand what it is and what it can and cannot do. IFS VP of AI and RPA shares his take.

• October 09, 2019 09 Oct'19

  IFS acquires Astea in bid for FSM market consolidation

  The acquisition not only opens IFS up to a broader customer base, but also consolidates the field service management market during a time of growth and increased competition.

• October 03, 2019 03 Oct'19

  Infor positions CloudSuite ERP as alternative to S/4HANA

  Infor's Rod Johnson, general manager and head of Americas, said the company is focused on two things: getting its customers to the cloud faster and helping its customers get more value out of their investments.

• September 26, 2019 26 Sep'19

  Inforum 2019 focuses on ease of deployment and intelligent ERP

  Infor talked up AI, machine learning and embedded RPA as intelligent tools that will help make ERP projects more successful. But do customers need features like these?

• September 25, 2019 25 Sep'19

  At Inforum 2019, Infor takes aim at SAP

  Infor wants to take SAP head-on. At Inforum 2019, Infor executives described SAP's push to migrate customers to SAP S/4HANA by 2025 as an opportunity to do just that.

• September 20, 2019 20 Sep'19

  Oracle strengthens autonomous cloud positioning

  Oracle announced a host of new features for EPM, ERP and HCM clouds, including machine learning OCR and new jobs for the Oracle bot, and a new UX.

• September 18, 2019 18 Sep'19

  Sigfox network provides cheap, efficient connectivity for IoT

  IoT applications for manufacturing and supply chain don't require 5G networks to send small packets of data. Sigfox believes they're better suited for a 0G network.

• September 17, 2019 17 Sep'19

  Oracle ERP Cloud expands its digital assistants

  The Oracle ERP Cloud is increasing its use of digital assistants. These systems will interact with AI-type systems to help move the conversation along.

• August 29, 2019 29 Aug'19

  Supply chain digital transformation demands new skills

  Madhav Durbha's take on the evolving supply chain landscape includes a warning: Organizations will need to address the growing skills gap it is creating.