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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.

• July 24, 2019 24 Jul'19

  Beta tester imagines financial modeling software future

  The Seattle Sounders FC's finance department is testing new anomaly detection capabilities in Adaptive Insights, but it also wants to see external data used to probe anomalies.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• July 28, 2017 28 Jul'17

  Sage adds Intacct financial management software to its ERP

  Sage says the move will boost its cloud financial management software and U.S. presence. Analysts think it's a good technology move but are unsure about the market impact.

• March 08, 2017 08 Mar'17

  Uncertainty about fiduciary rule changes could affect HR tech

  After the Trump administration suspended the Department of Labor fiduciary rule, uncertainty about tighter regulation of retirement plan providers could affect HR tech planning.

• January 31, 2017 31 Jan'17

  Unit4 ERP aims to be the next SAP or Oracle -- eventually

  Unit4 ERP is strong in Europe, but the company wants to grow in North America with sibling FinancialForce.com. It may challenge SAP and Oracle one day, but that will take time.

• October 28, 2016 28 Oct'16

  CFOs want analysts trained in finance data science

  Analytics expertise is widespread in operational realms such as manufacturing and HR. Finance data science must be a priority for CFOs to secure a place at the planning table.

• May 31, 2016 31 May'16

  Forrester report says six emerging vendors have best business software

  Forrester flags six breakout vendors in SaaS business applications that have high growth, solid financial backing, proven technology and the ability to support large enterprises.

• April 19, 2016 19 Apr'16

  Workday gives debt collectors predictive analytics software

  Workday is providing predictive analytics to help in collection of bills and scorecards for managing employees and projects, while Zuora is upgrading with big data analytics.

• February 22, 2016 22 Feb'16

  CFOs prepare for new revenue recognition criteria

  Some finance chiefs are gearing up for revenue recognition standards. The rules have important implications for companies that sell term licenses for on-premises software.