The Ultimate Guide to Enterprise Resource Planning
A curated American edition of TechDay news, analysis, interviews, reviews, job moves, and related resources for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP).
What to know about Enterprise Resource Planning
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is a vital technology that integrates core business processes into a unified system, enabling organisations to manage operations more effectively. Recent developments showcase significant investments in cloud-based ERP solutions, reflecting a move towards scalable, flexible platforms that enhance productivity and provide real-time data insights.
Readers will find stories exploring how ERP helps manufacturers navigate economic challenges through data-driven strategies, supports financial transformation in public agencies, and facilitates business growth across sectors like retail, healthcare, and supply chain management. The integration of artificial intelligence and automation within ERP systems is highlighted as a key driver of improved decision-making and operational efficiency.
This collection also covers ERP vendor innovations, strategic partnerships, and emerging trends such as industry-specific cloud ERP, sustainability tracking, and enhanced customer engagement. Whether you are a business leader considering ERP implementation, an IT professional exploring digital transformation, or simply interested in the evolving ERP landscape, these stories provide valuable perspectives and insights.
American Enterprise Resource Planning News
Regional stories with direct local relevance
Rillet raises USD $100 million at USD $1 billion valuation
The funding doubles the accounting software group's total raised to more than USD $200 million as customers adopt AI tools for finance teams.
CleanStart expands Middle East, Africa security push
Rising use of AI coding tools is widening software supply-chain risks for businesses across the Middle East, Türkiye and Africa.
Pricefx adds bring-your-own AI to pricing platform
Customers can query live pricing data in Microsoft Copilot, Claude or ChatGPT as Pricefx opens its platform to approved enterprise AI assistants.
Brinqa buys PlexTrac to broaden exposure management
The combined group now serves more than 3,000 customers in 57 countries as Brinqa adds validation tools to close the remediation gap.
Sauce Labs lets enterprises bring their own model to AURA
Enterprise software teams can switch large language models without changing release checks, reducing lock-in as AI coding outpaces testing.
Xero unveils US payroll & payments push with Gusto
Small businesses may be able to run payroll, payments and bookkeeping in one system as Xero deepens its US push with new tools.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to Enterprise Resource Planning
Google named Gartner leader for cloud-native platforms
Gartner urges CFOs to pilot finance AI with governance
Unit4 wins public sector deals as demand for cloud grows
Application modernisation services market set to soar
Infios named a leader in IDC MarketScape assessments
Featured News
AI will fade, says Dell Technologies' ephemeral Chief AI Officer
Dell says agentic AI should shift routine tasks below the machine line, freeing staff for expert work while making the role temporary.
Schrodinger's ERP both dead and alive, says Rimini Street
Businesses can avoid costly ERP rip-and-replace projects by layering AI and automation onto existing systems, Rimini Street says.
Autonomous IT boom fuelling LogicMonitor's APAC growth
APAC customers are fuelling LogicMonitor's AI growth, with Australia among the earliest adopters of its Edwin AI platform.
Lumana's focus on vertical applications for AI video surveillance platform
Lumana's Principal Product Manager says its camera-agnostic AI platform is expanding beyond security into retail, healthcare and smart cities.
Theorem study: friction between pre-sales and executed media ads
Theorem's new survey finds friction remains the biggest barrier in enterprise pre-sales, despite widespread automation adoption.
AI arms race forcing businesses to rethink cybersecurity
Security teams are racing to shrink exposure windows as AI makes newly disclosed vulnerabilities exploitable almost immediately.
TrustedTech report warns of 'AI Skills Underclass' gap
Nearly half of U.S. workers lack AI training, widening a skills gap that leaves the most exposed employees to fend for themselves.
Meet the man behind the Saas-Pocalypse: Emergent's Mukund Jha
The new cash will help Emergent broaden from coding tools into an operating system for small and medium businesses as demand surges.
Future of enterprise software is agentic apps, says Oracle
Oracle is targeting a common blocker to AI adoption by adding governance, human checks and audit trails to its agentic app builder.
Exclusive: Dreamdata CEO on why B2B buying funnel isn't linear
Buyers are spending most of the journey before sales speak, forcing marketers to rethink funnels and how they prove return on investment.
Storage to strategy: Everpure pivots to data intelligence
Enterprises wrestling with AI readiness and data sovereignty may gain clearer governance as Everpure adds a new intelligence layer.
Exabeam: Ruthless efficiency can make agentic AI malicious
Behavioural analytics is becoming essential as AI agents can pursue tasks so efficiently that they may cause damage without any malicious intent.
Snowflake unveils platform upgrades for CoCo, CoWork
Enterprises will get tighter AI controls as Snowflake adds blocking policies, multi-party authorisation and new agentic tools at Summit.
Exclusive: Reco COO on securing the AI inside your SaaS stack
Reco COO Zoe Hillenmeyer says enterprises typically underestimate their AI agent exposure by a factor of ten and that gap is widening.
Expert Columns
The psychology of better decision-making in the real-time enterprise
Bolt-on AI is the new lipstick on a pig; the pig is still running your enterprise
Amperity's CMO reveals how continuous decisioning fuels loyalty innovation
Enterprise leaders seek clarity over complexity in AI
Why AI and composable architectures are changing the ERP playbook
Why seamless Middle East 2026 should be on every commerce leader's calendar
'Human-in-the-Loop' is the industry's most comfortable lie
Why Customer 360 initiatives fail to deliver ROI
AI is rewriting the rules of dealmaking
How AI is changing the rules when it comes to observability
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the network
AI will fade, says Dell Technologies' ephemeral Chief AI Officer
Schrodinger's ERP both dead and alive, says Rimini Street
Autonomous IT boom fuelling LogicMonitor's APAC growth
Lumana's focus on vertical applications for AI video surveillance platform
Theorem study: friction between pre-sales and executed media ads
Recent Enterprise Resource Planning News
Intapp launches Celeste AI for compliance and timekeeping
AI-driven workflows are set to speed intake, conflicts checks and billing for regulated firms as they juggle growth and tighter compliance demands.
Aprio launches venture arm for AI & tech investments
The US advisory firm is formalising years of AI investments with a dedicated unit that will test tools inside its accounting and client work.
Channelscaler launches partner performance benchmark
Channel chiefs get a new yardstick as anonymised data from 30,000 partners shows deal registration can lift pipeline and closed revenue.
LoanPro makes Inc. 5000 list for fifth time in 2026
Its lending software has helped customers scale loan volumes without adding staff, underpinning 92 per cent revenue growth over three years.
American Express expands virtual cards for US businesses
The move gives select US businesses tighter control over employee and travel spending without relying on reimbursements to personal cards.
PDQ launches MCP server for AI endpoint management
IT teams can now issue endpoint tasks from AI assistants, with PDQ keeping permissions, authentication and audit trails intact.
Sionic launches Instant Bank Pay via Microsoft Marketplace
Merchants could cut payment processing costs by an average of 60% as Sionic pushes bank-to-bank checkout across Microsoft's cloud tools.
Intuit adds AI features to mid-market finance software
Mid-market finance teams can now query company data in plain English as Intuit rolls out AI tools that automate close, reporting and payments.
Airbyte launches migration service for Core to Cloud
Customers can now shift production pipelines to the managed platform without rebuilding connectors or reloading months of data.
Xero launches US payroll service via Gusto integration
The service lets small US businesses run pay, accounting and payments in one system, cutting admin and missed-payroll risk.
SEI adds Zocks AI assistant to adviser services ecosystem
Advisers could see less admin and quicker follow-up as SEI widens its AI toolkit with software that turns client meetings into records and tasks.
CollectivIQ launches AI workers for workplace roles
Businesses could soon hand routine office tasks to named AI agents, as CollectivIQ rolls out software that works inside existing workplace systems.
Wordly rises in Inc. 5000 as AI translation demand grows
Growing demand for live AI translation has pushed the software group up 1,186 places on the Inc. 5000 after 668% revenue growth.
Farsight deepens PitchBook data tie-up for deal teams
Deal teams can now pull PitchBook's private market data into Farsight without switching systems, cutting manual work in valuations and memos.
US accounting firms with integrated systems feel AI ready
Disconnected systems are leaving many accountancy firms short of time, even as a survey finds integrated platforms sharply boost AI readiness.
Peer Software teams with IMC for Central America push
The deal should widen access to file management tools for businesses across Central America through IMC's reseller network.
Payouts.com & Replit expand partnership to speed builds
The move could cut Payouts.com's product development cycle from months to days while keeping audit trails and PCI controls in place.
Valantor launches FraudX for insurance fraud probes
Insurers are under pressure to spot fraud faster as claims files swell and investigations become harder to defend in court.
nCino launches Mortgage MCP for lenders' AI agents
Mortgage lenders could cut routine admin time as nCino's new tool lets AI agents act within existing permissions and audit logs.
Eltropy sets out AI playbook for community lenders
Community banks and credit unions are being urged to use AI across the customer journey to speed replies, cut calls and satisfy regulators.
Job Moves
Zingtree appoints Venkat Iyer as Chief Technology Officer
Ondaro promotes three to vice president in ServiceNow shift
Jazz appoints six senior leaders as DLP push scales
1Kosmos names Roger Hale as Chief Information Security Officer
Opaque hires Microsoft veteran as Chief Platform Officer
Geordie appoints Courtney Broadwell as Channel Chief
CodeHunter appoints Anurag Jain as Engineering Chief
Sparq appoints Barry Newton as Chief Sales Officer
Sift names co-founder CEO & opens San Francisco office
