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TAKE NOTE (Insights into Emerging Technology) In the wake of Oracle’s successful protest of a $950 million “other transaction authority” award by the Army to REAN Cloud, House appropriators are putting the Defense Department on notice that they’ll be keeping a close eye on future OTA awards. For appropriators, as was the case for the Government Accountability Office, the issue…

TAKE NOTE (Insights into Emerging Technology) Here are four reasons you should be in Orlando June 5–7. Time To Modernize There’s been more innovation in the last five years than in the last 100. A vast array of game-changing technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, blockchain, and intelligent Cloud ERP are redefining business models and creating a chasm between…

SAP Puts a Bullseye on Salesforce.com TAKE NOTE (Insights into Emerging Technology) Betting it can expand and elevate the CRM market as digital business is reshaping the global economy, SAP is taking direct aim at SaaS powerhouse Salesforce.com and its market leadership in CRM with SAP CEO Bill McDermott promising to deliver “next-generation business modeling for the perfect customer experience.”   SAP’s…

What is sLOG or Simple Logistics on S/4 HANA? The market has seen huge increases in the number of S/4HANA implementations globally, whether they are for the S/4HANA general suite, or more specifically Simple Finance or S/4HANA Finance. But what’s going on with S/4HANA Enterprise Management, also known as sLOG or Simple Logistics? In the same way that SAP S/4HANA…

Is BPM Under Threat From RPA Bots? TAKE NOTE (Insights into Emerging Technology) The business process management (BPM) world appears to be under threat from a number of sources with many questioning whether there is still a place for BPM in today’s rapidly changing business environment. Megan Potrzeba, marketing and content strategist at BPM software solutions provider Appian, points out that traditional…

Solving The legacy Conundrum With iBPMs TAKE NOTE (Insights into Emerging Technology) When companies want to implement technologies of the digital age, and access leading-edge capabilities – such as skills-based routing and tracking, native mobile access, social collaboration, robotic process automation and predictive analytics – they have to accommodate the legacy applications somehow, or risk losing what they contain. The question is…

Migrating to S/4HANA? Look Out For These Gotchas TAKE NOTE (Insights into Emerging Technology)     This post is the first in a three-part interview series with Brian Burke, global SAP solutions executive with IBM SAP Alliance.   Thoughts on Cloud (ToC): While SAP ERP users have until 2025 to migrate to S/4HANA, many businesses are already in the process of migrating…

Pegasystems rolls out new AI and virtual assistant capabilities TAKE NOTE (Insights into Emerging Technology) While virtually all software vendors are promoting new AI capabilities, customer service is one of the main areas where enterprises expect AI to actually drive revenue. Pegasystems is rolling out new artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual assistant capabilities to help customer service agents respond quickly to customers via…

How Bad Polling Data Fooled Everyone Except Trump TAKE NOTE (Insights into SAP solutions and Emerging Technology) Data crunching is only as good as the data you use. If Barack Obama’s 2012 presidential victory proved big data’s triumph for accurately predicting elections, Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential win could demonstrate the opposite. Prior to Trump’s upset win, virtually all national polls showed the…

AI Going Mainstream Faster Than You Think TAKE NOTE (Insights into Emerging Technology) Artificial Intelligence (AI) is expected to have a profound impact on the future of digital business. So, what’s the easiest way for traditional companies to take advantage of AI capabilities? Focus on AI-powered cognitive services—computer vision, machine learning, natural language processing, speech recognition, and robotics. AI Going Mainstream Yes,…