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• 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.

• August 22, 2019 22 Aug'19

  Shakeup in the Infor leadership tree

  Charles Phillips moved from Infor CEO to become chairman of the board of directors. He has been replaced by CFO Kevin Samuelson. Analysts believe recent revenue results may be behind the moves.

• August 14, 2019 14 Aug'19

  Updates to Infor Concierge aim to improve customer access

  With updates to Infor Concierge, the vendor intends to improve customer access to Infor ERP services and products to expedite the problem-solving process.

• August 12, 2019 12 Aug'19

  Cloud is driving force behind 2019 ERP industry trends

  Interest in deploying ERP systems to the cloud continued to increase in 2019, but deployments may be slowed by misunderstanding and uncertainty about vendor roadmaps and costs.

• August 06, 2019 06 Aug'19

  Aysling launches new vendor management software

  Vendor Management is a cloud-based software designed to help businesses manage their vendors and vendors' employees. It lets users track payments, store files, see invoices and more.

• August 05, 2019 05 Aug'19

  TraceLink Network delivers digital supply chain visibility

  Drug manufacturers can collaborate with customers, suppliers and contract manufacturers on the TraceLink Network, and build applications on the new TraceLink Digital Network Platform.

• July 25, 2019 25 Jul'19

  IFS, Acumatica take aim at top-tier ERP vendors -- together

  IFS and Acumatica now share the same corporate ownership with EQT Partners, which creates the potential for the two ERP companies to collaborate on technology and business resources.