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• June 12, 2018 12 Jun'18

  Workday to acquire Adaptive Insights for $1.55 billion

  Workday says its acquisition of Adaptive Insights, a financial planning and modeling system, will save it two years of development time.

• June 07, 2018 07 Jun'18

  Oracle claims it can cut ERP system migration costs by 30%

  A migration can cost millions, but Oracle believes its new automation and integration tools can significantly reduce the cost of ERP system migrations to the cloud.

• May 21, 2018 21 May'18

  Contract lifecycle management highlighted at Apttus conference

  Analysts, users tout CLM's risk management and revenue benefits at event by Apttus, maker of a 'middle office' repository for managing contracts across ERP, CRM and departments.

• May 09, 2018 09 May'18

  Oracle Autonomous Database concept extended to PaaS, apps

  Having earlier laid the foundation with Oracle Autonomous Database, the vendor unveiled self-driving, self-repairing tools for application development, analytics and integration.

• May 01, 2018 01 May'18

  Financial management software vendors march ahead

  Financial management software vendors FinancialForce, Vena Solutions and Model N have made recent moves to upgrade products, add third-party integrations or accelerate innovation.

• April 30, 2018 30 Apr'18

  Additive manufacturing industry still small but innovative

  The Rapid+TCT 3D printing conference shows new developments in machines, materials and digital systems may fuel growth as an industrial manufacturing option.

• April 20, 2018 20 Apr'18

  Acquisition gives ERP public sector firm Tyler a data cloud

  Tyler Technologies, a firm solely focused on government verticals and public sector ERP, has added data-as-a-service capability by acquiring Socrata.

• April 18, 2018 18 Apr'18

  Santa Fe's ERP implementation project fix stirs debate

  ERP implementation projects may be IT's most challenging, something the city of Santa Fe, N.M., found out. City officials needed a fix and considered three options.

• March 23, 2018 23 Mar'18

  IDC says supply chain 'killer' among blockchain use cases

  Blockchain is gaining ground in the supply chain and financial services, according to IDC, and other third-platform technologies are enabling the digitization of the economy.

• February 23, 2018 23 Feb'18

  Model N revenue management software gets new capabilities

  ERP news briefs: Model N adapts its revenue management to include subscription, outcome-based, risk sharing, as well as physical product, pricing. Priority Software aims at U.S.

• February 15, 2018 15 Feb'18

  CFOs get argument for moving on-premises ERP systems to cloud

  Cloud services can boost the nation's productivity by making advanced tech widely available. The cloud will be the major conduit to AI and other tools, a new report says.

• February 01, 2018 01 Feb'18

  Office Depot says 'no' to Oracle ERP Cloud customizations

  Office Depot believes it's possible to run its HCM, EPM and supply chain on the Oracle ERP Cloud without customizations. The retailer says it will save money and headaches. Analysts agree.

• January 15, 2018 15 Jan'18

  Oracle chosen as provider of shared ERP system for colleges

  Private, nonprofit colleges are discovering they can reduce back-office IT costs by working together. Novel approaches are emerging to reduce the financial drain of ERP systems.

• December 05, 2017 05 Dec'17

  National Grid sues Wipro over alleged botched SAP implementation

  An SAP deployment at National Grid allegedly was botched, leading to missing paychecks and unpaid invoices. The utility is suing a contractor, Wipro, which called the allegations baseless.

• November 30, 2017 30 Nov'17

  Cloud ERP provider FinancialForce integrates Salesforce's AI

  FinancialForce has made two major changes to its platform: It has turned to ADP for core HR services, and has integrated Salesforce's AI capability called Einstein.