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• April 18, 2019 18 Apr'19

  Epicor debuts EVA, an AI virtual assistant for ERP

  Epicor users will soon be able to talk to or text their ERP systems through Epicor Virtual Agent, a new AI-based voice command UI that promises to improve productivity.

• April 15, 2019 15 Apr'19

  Del Monte Foods makes SAP ERP migration to AWS

  Thanks to an acquisition, Del Monte Foods' IT had both on-premises and hosted systems, which proved costly and inflexible. It has since moved its IT systems to AWS.

• April 04, 2019 04 Apr'19

  Oracle promises NetSuite performance gains at SuiteWorld

  NetSuite customers will get a lot of the same tech that Oracle customers on other platforms are getting. This includes Oracle Autonomous Database and its Oracle Cloud Infrastructure service.

• April 01, 2019 01 Apr'19

  Digital transformation projects will fail without the right culture

  Companies that want to experience digital transformation success should focus more on culture and less on technology, according to a panel at the recent Digital Transformation Conference in Boston.

• March 29, 2019 29 Mar'19

  Sabre outage puts its 99.995% uptime goal in question

  An airline reservation system outage created long lines for travelers and raised questions about whether Sabre's uptime goals are achievable. They may not be.

• March 25, 2019 25 Mar'19

  Oracle CEO Mark Hurd sees no reason to fear ERP AI

  AI will create more jobs than it will destroy, said Oracle CEO Mark Hurd. One area that may be improved by AI is customer service, which suffers from high turnover in call centers.

• March 21, 2019 21 Mar'19

  Oracle makes its ERP financials smarter -- and talkative

  At its user conference in Las Vegas, Oracle demonstrated how voice can now be used to conduct complex business actions, including financial ERP transactions.

• March 14, 2019 14 Mar'19

  Get a holistic digital transformation strategy or get left behind

  At IDC Directions 2019, IDC's Meredith Whalen said digital transformation at the project level is a recipe for failure. Companies need a more holistic approach that puts culture first.

• March 12, 2019 12 Mar'19

  SAP still leads tier 1 ERP market, Infor solidifies place in the top 4

  SAP continues to lead the tier 1 ERP market, according to Panorama Consulting's Clash of the Titans 2019 report. But disruption is never far from sight, with Oracle and Microsoft trailing just behind and Infor continuing to make gains.

• February 25, 2019 25 Feb'19

  Oracle ERP lawsuit underscores installation hardships for big systems

  Oracle is being sued over a $4.5 million ERP project that did not go according to plan. That's a common problem with ERP installations, according to a new study.

• January 17, 2019 17 Jan'19

  Infor customers may gain from Koch's $1.5B investment

  Infor customers may get new product capabilities from a $1.5 billion investment by Golden Gate Capital and an investment arm of Koch Industries.

• December 19, 2018 19 Dec'18

  Debate over ERP systems in the cloud plays out on top 10 list

  Cloud-based ERP or not? Based on the number of stories that appeared in our top 10 for 2018 list, CIOs seem to be asking the question.

• December 11, 2018 11 Dec'18

  MillerCoors ERP lawsuit begins harshly, ends softly

  MillerCoors and IT services firm HCL have reached an 'amicable' agreement regarding the brewer's $100 million ERP implementation lawsuit over an SAP project.

• December 06, 2018 06 Dec'18

  Oracle HPC cloud aims at mainstream business data

  ERP managers are finding more reasons to turn to high-performance computing to improve the performance of big data analysis and machine learning models.

• October 25, 2018 25 Oct'18

  Cautious about SaaS, Textron came around to Oracle ERP Cloud

  Textron IT and finance leaders said the company only trusted cloud for nonessentials until aging systems made the move to SaaS ERP inevitable.